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the requisite dra for the one prop: attended to that duty and furnished the plans ith submitted, whicn are so arranged as to admit an it of the building without riering with ite symetry. The estimated cost is oe ark requires the site for the new jail to be selected 9 the Penitentiary, and the Department is, d , confined to that vicinity. Tne grounds adjoin. the tent on the east belong, as { am informed, he government, and if the jail is to be erected im that hborhood, I should recommend that it be placed Aside, however, from the fact that these grounds understood to be needed by the War Department, are Cragg catenin origi locality, ahs fein a rought }@ attention of is 0 ‘A ta proceedings are had respecting it. y ounds are low and marshy, and at certain sea- ‘the year there is reason to fear the place would e unhealthy, when occapied by so large a number obably 160) as would usually be confined ib- to the malaria from the creek on the one side, and river on the other. It would be weil, therefore, to a more healthful situation, and it is believed such ly be found, which would like vise he more convenient Bees tothe city. Should it be concluded to se- site, 1am satisfied, from the examinations dy made, that the gevernment would be the galner point of cost, as the extra expense of securiag @ Indation upon the groun¢s indicated by the act, to- ber with that of fliiling up the premises to a proper de, would be more than enough to make the requisite this connection it is deemed proper to invite atten- to the want of suitable accommodations fdr the cri- coart of the District of Columbia. Aa appropria- ‘was made at the last session for tho alteration and pro it of the conrt room heretofore used in com: in by the Circuit and Crimina! Courts, which has been clo expended, and by means of which that room been rendered convenient and comfortable. Sa‘Bam Soe ese ontop Bre y nce & Separate room pensal socommodation of each. and the members of the bar have resently to be object. 1 have ed memorial a8 of 80 interest as to {te publication with the printed imates of the department, in the that suitavle siom may be made by Congress, at its next sesion, upply the wants therein #0 clearly shown to exist. 8 view of effecting object of Ci in re- i ongress d to the construction of a new and substantial bridge river, Alfred L. Rives, « civil engineer, make the necessary surveys, exam! and estimates. Every effort has the month of February next eration ot Congress. b ‘across the Potomac, at the Falls ip this district, ‘been enirusted to a skilful Toe appropriation was made 0 late ia the sea- could not be Gnished in time for tra- ing winter, = it will be pressed to com tion ag rapidiy as practicable. he appropriaiion made in 1866 for grading, &>., pre- ry to the extension of the Capitel grounds, was cioully and economically expended. As Congress opriated the money without any estimate or recom dation ef the , and as no general plan had devised or ted, it was not deemed proper to Pmit an item among the estimaten presented at the last on of reas, because the department did not un- pd its design, and presumed if \ts continuation was dered advieable a suitable approp'iation would be defor that purpose. As none, however, was made, the wings of the Ospitol are advancing rapidly to on, and the grounds present a rough and inele- it Log ieee yl it appears proper that the attention of shouid be directed to it. Phe improvement of the grounds south of the exacutive 0 been competed acz0rding to the plap adopt- lat fis commencement. That part of the grounds im- adjacent to the executive premises is not suffi- ly elevated, and further appropriations should be je with this view, not oply because it would add to beauty, bet be promotive of the bealthtulooss of the cutive mansion and the neignboring residences, With | expenditure of money this mey be done xod ti the sooner it is accomplished tho r, a Pow tl Will oot seriously interfere with the arrangement he grounds. blic grounds im the city of Washington have besn Froty improved and Deautified; but sill as much Bot been done as is required. Within a few years Congrees has in this regard deen more than usually , but iar from lavish. The comfort, health ana venience uot merely of the citizens, but of the mem themgelves, and all the functionaries of the govern and every visitor to this city, demand that much lger expenditures should be made When the moncy judiciously expended, no ope can object to ts a ger . The whole nation ls interested in the national polis, and the people will sanction anything rel js improvement which is Decessary and constitutional. in Certain, these improvements will eveatuaily made by the government, and, being merely a ques of time, an overflowing treasury suggests this as the ir ‘100. Phe Thain lends in the Territory, of Kausat, which, by }y stipulations, were to be sold, and the proceeds ap 1a the use of the Indians, are in a state of prepara- for sale. A portion of the liclaware lands was, pur- to law, advertised to be sold on the 17th instant. 'Y precaution has been adopted to secure fairness and ality in the sale. Jt was entrusted, according to Tequirements of the law, to the local land officers, ‘the superintending contro! of a commissioner of standing; and the agent of the Delaware [adiaus was to be present, in order to advise with the com- oner. and guard amd protect the interests of the If the Instructions given, which were minute, and tame time liberal, bave been strictly adhered to, whish we entertain no doubt), alt interested will be cted; but where there is so much diversity of fecl- and interest, It is almost impossible to satisfy every in my last report I stated that it would be advanta 8 610 the Indians and the government to provide an officer, to be attached to the bureau, whose it should be to visit th periniendents, agents tribes, examine into all affairs, ant make such detailed reports and submit such sugges able the Indian office to adopt mea- correct many of the abuses that pre- to meliorate the conditioa of the jon has strengthened this view. ney eee ae beyond the reach of the bureau, and that it le to communicate with or receive tnfor- — from thom for montha; that they are frequently dasto defy in: and to fear no expo- ‘unless by the adoption of some such mosture as |, it seems to me thatiis policy and expediency be doubted. your administration there bave been nego'lated two Indian treaties. Of these, thirty two have been by the Senate, and twenty remain yet to be acted ‘there treaties the Indian title has been extin d to, and re acquisitions c of, landa amounting, to 174,184,710 acres, of which about are included im the ratified treaties, and about 000 acres are secured by those now before the benides 19,343,8¢0 are hich have been re. ved for Indian pur y ie money consi- scious iets ae 0 treaties are of three classes: of peace and friend. ; Of acquisition, with a view to the colonization of tue on reservations; ing for the permanent it of individual ans upon separate tracts of as homesteads, and inguishing at once, or paving way to the final abandonment of the tribal character money consideration has varied according to the Of the title, the resources and valve of the country d, and the relinguishment of all claims, or sup. olaime the United States, the last being d essential to the quictude of the Indias, to protect interests of the ment, and promote harmony it_and the respective tribes. the actual money considoration, other imports are guaranteed at times, and in the manner indi. d in the treaties, which cannot be estimated accurate. Object throughout bas been to do ample justice Indians and lea 0 room for the complaint, som: been overroach inderstood, jen as reduced to writing, which ‘they seldom cor comprehended. reat ditficnity has heretofore existed, and still existe, jmaking even an approximate catimate of the popula of the various tribes of Indians within our borders; from the mont reliable information they are now sup to number some 300,000 souls, As we become familiar with remote tribes we find the reprosenta mad to their numbers generally exaggorate. gi © number, however, of the whole is very , and although it will not probably inoreare, yot it the immense responsibility resting upon thi \. ment, to which ia entrusted tho'r welfare and ha; “ ze amount annually oxponded by the goneral ere six years, for Indian purposes, 98! been al $2, 2 61, and reregate amount the entire period $15,755, 593 new has been adopted, of making remittancor he disbursing officers of this bureau quarter! annually, instead of the custom of drawing 1 reel ee from the treasury, and placing da of the disbursing agents, officers and aupor- lent, in advance of a necessity for the money. are now required to transmit, promptly and regu. correct statement, verified Key showing the of public on band the oxpiration of aaareer, the goject od ty ~ py te prove dimosity, and to NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1856. lal reatly augmented by the extevded operations in the Territories of Wathington, Oregon, Utah, New Mexico, and Nebraska, and the States of Toxas and Cali- fornia, by attention to’ Indian claims for bounty lands, sale of Creek re- Ind! » ry to the division and allotment of lands in severalty to Indians, classifying and Indian trust lands in Kangas, and other duties devolved on the bureau. The actual labor has been doubled within the last four yoars, as is exhibited by the and the most accurate data of the office transactions, yet the number of perma- nent clerks is the same. Since | entered upon my duties in this Department, the jurisdiction of the Indian bureau, and the operation of ita agents have been extended over an additional ares offrom 400,000 to 600,060 square miles, and thirteen aew agea- cies and nine subd-agencies hay. been established by law. ‘The podoy of the colonization of the Indians bas already been attended with the happiest results, and gives promise of a steady ia the amelioration of thetr physical and moral condition. It ie the universal testimony of those who, from intercourse with them, are the most competent to form an accurate judgment of the:r characteristics, that, as a rece, in mental and moral capacity, they are inferior to no other—destitute, as they are, ofthe means and oppor. tunities of bi culture. Their passions, unsubdued by the mild inflaences ot Christianity, frequently hurry them into the wildest excesses, sometimes accompanied with acts of frightful cruelty. Accounts of these, alone, meet the general eye, and exite in the public mind senti- ments of loathing and horror. But of the strength of their domestic and social affections, the depth of their gratitude and attachment to those from whom tney have received benefits, and by whom they have been treased with kindness and humanity, the public hear little or nothing. Hence it is that they have been heretofore left compa- atively unprotected lence and wrong, inflicted by Pere white mer, under the influence of un- bridied passion, or in the pursuit of their own venal ends, By such men, unworthy of the name, they are often crueily beaten when unprotected, and not unfrequenily shot down, when defenceless, in mere wantouness, Tne bloody revenge which sometimes follows, becomes the general theme, unaccompanied with the circt tances of cruel tion whioh gave it birth. A border war- fare springs up between the er settlers, who are really trespassers on their lands and the tribe, and the stropg arm of the government being invoked for their Protection, wars take » which are carried on at Much expense and at cost of many valuable lives, retarding the progress of our people by rendering the condition of the settler insec ore This process of the destructton of a people of whom Providence bas given us the guardianship, originating in such causes, is ‘unworthy of the civilization of the age in i og we live and revolting to every sentiment of hu- manity. Consi¢erations like these, based upon extensive o! vation and long experience, cangot fail to impross the solute be 4 of # perseverance in the system of colo- nization, which by isolating the respective tribes within limits suitable to their numbers and their wants, under the care of agents and the immediate ion of the government, will alike prevent them from committidg and suffering wrong. situatd, it is already shown that the a f civilization may be scceptably introduced emongst them, and the enlightening and elevating pre- cepts of Christianity, by their tnfluence upon their cha- racter and habits, transform the savage into the industri- ous and useful citizen, and ever commend us as # nation to the approbation of the just and humane. To eflect so desirable an end, the faith of the nation, for the integrity of these colonial reservations, should be maintained inviolate; menual labor schools should be introduced, in which the mechanic arts may be taught, end agricultural science, with its prastical application, pereeveringly incuicated, by precept and example. ‘The Incian regards the white man as his superior, and the idea of the cerogatory character of manual labor which be entertains wili readily give way to the iaflu- ence of taeda, @ realizaion of tho beneit de- rived the: hal But abor 11 should Christian Instruction be introduced and fedulously prosecuted, by teacbers devoted to the cause in the true spirit of their divine mission. Without this, ali subordipate mesps will be tn vain, and the great duty which bomi imposes upon us to ressue this uphoppy race from eatire degeneration and speety de- strucuon, will be bute delugive dream of tmpracticabie philartoropy. ‘There are many recommendations and suggestions contained in my former reports which, although no} tpecificaly repeated, are again revewed. They relate 10 ma'ters of much public interest, and, as such, com- mend themselves to your favorable consideration. Tcanvot permit this occasion to pass without bearing testimony tothe abie manuer ia which the chiefm of bureaus and the employés of the’ Department bave dis- charged their official duti They have afforded m ficient aid. and baye done everything tn their subserve and advance the public interests. I a very reepectiully, your obedient servant, McCLELLAND, S.cretary. ‘To rue Presipent oF tHe Uxerep States. Lynch Law in Ohio—A Negro Hung. {From the Adams County (Oulo) Democrat, Nov. 27.] m Fridey night the bouse of Mr. Israc] Morris, of Man- chester, waa broken into during the absevce of Mr. M. ‘The person of Mra. Morris (who was alone with two small infants),was vioiated in the most —o manner. Whe discovered vex! morn'ng, by the cries of the children, it ‘was found that her jaw was dislocated and otherwise ured to such an extent as to render her eatlely helpless. hen sufficiently recovered to speak, conflict she had scratched the lip of i bied . This led to the arrest of a brute negro named Bill , who bore tue mark upon his lip. An infuriated mob took him to @ neighboring tee and swung bim by the neck until ne confessed. He was then sept to West Union end confined; but the huaband of Mra. M. returning and learning the particulars of the crime, aroured bis friends, went to West Union, forced the jail, and returning with the negro, swung him upon the limb of @ tree until he was dead! {from the Maysville (Ky.) Bagle, Nov. 91.) Ono of the moat horrible outrages of ine kind Was com- mitted in the town Manchester, Adams county, Obto, About twelve miles ab ‘olty, on Sanday mornin 0, named Bil, effect Mr. Morris, who was at me absent at Cincinnati, by lifting out the sash of a room window Hie gi bis way in tbe dark to the next room, where Mrs. Morris was ), and reach- ed her bedside before rhe awoke Sho inqnired if the in- i + yea, caught at her throat, a ng it, his thumb entered her mouth, which b ed #0 violenily as to fracture ber jaw bone. He then choked ber until she way insen- sible, and alter eflecting his hellish purpose of ravishing her, ¢scaped from the house, went home and to bed with his own colored wife. His wile inquiring why he pantod fo remarkably, he tried to divert ber attention by saying that be had run all the way from the river, where be bad been bard at work pumping outs flat boat. Mrs, Morris’ screams having siarmed the bore, they rosbed tn In quick succession and lea of the outrage by the of things, for Mra. Morris’ tongue and throat were 0 swollen, and she was so far exbavsied, that she covid not speak until she received ical then gave those t know who the vii gle abe scratched his face in such @ man- ‘aa to certainly identify bim. The circumstances point d out the negro, and the fact that be bad twice before committed or attem; rapo— once at Ironton and atter wards at Rock vil nio—doter- = aes 0 immediately to bis bol found bim in his face badly ed and bleeding, just as described by his victim. forthwith, before day, to Manchester Is- land. on tales me See Sree ee cneve we wenn, where they hung him up to a tree, but the rope breaking, bo fell and revived. He then acknow! ‘tho {oternal deed, and would bave been hung up again but for the in- terposition of some of tke less excited in tne caowd whore counsel prevailed, and tbe prisoner was acoording- ly taken to West Union, iodged in jail, and chained to pre- ‘Veni his ercape. Dering Monday night Morris reached home from Oin- cinnat!. On Tuesday morning & crowd of fifty-nine men, with Jobe BPougherty (a bi of Mra. Morris) at their bead, left Manchester for the county seat, waero they breke open the jail, bursting the locks with hammers and exes. On reaching the room where the was, bupew wih one biow trom ao axe broke his chain, then rained ibe axe to cleave the negro’s skull, but the arm of ibe infuriated man waa caught, and the nogro saved fora differert death. At the time, the Adams county Court of Common Pleas was in seesion, attended by probably one thousand per- tons, who were deeply interested in the trial of the irish. ran Milligan, Who murdered the old man Senter and his ‘wife about ear ‘The mot rit 4 eo rapidly that it was propose! to the Mi Thertor crowd to wah @ little, acd ifthy Court should not sentence Milligan to hang! the mob would then bang both together. Bot the Mea chester crowd waa intent upon completing tho work they bad undertaken, an being joined by several bendred men, took the negro Bill back to Manchester, and over to the island, where they hung him upon the limb of a tree some twenty five feet high. On his way from jail, and aven under bis gallows, the be gi0 cursed and swore terribly, and yowed 'f he got of ive, he would kill Mra. Morris at et; Afver banging wot)l be was dead, his body was out down, and with the chain still fastened to kim, deposited in a box and buried on the island. At West Union the jailor was absont when tho attack was made on the jail. But the Sheriff of the orunty rurhed {nto the jail with gon ia band, and attempted to prevent the reecue of the prisoner, The gun was wrenched from bim and bis power defied. ill, and it ts quite doubtfal m brutal Sovramny LirenaTvee.—The Alabama Sentind containe an article cenen| the support given by the South to a P, = wo that ys otand » Aneasy task this, for Se predioes tow of thems - "a Court. PROBATE OF HENRY PARISH'S WILL. Before A. W. Bradford, Nov. 27.—Examination of William Youngs oon- tinued—When I presented my bills to Mr. Parish and desired my pay, I would read them to him | item by item, end explain to him what they | were; the reason I came to read them to him was | that he pointed to me and then to the bill, as it laid upon the table; I asked Mr. Parish if he wanted me | to read it; he nodded his head, yes, and I read it; in | several instances he stopped me while I was reading, by a motion of the head, and I would expiain to him about it; after my explanation he would nod his. head, and when I got through he nodded to Mrs Parish, and she gave mea check; I had no doubt that Mr. Parish understood all! { said to him; I thought he always understood me as well as he ever did before lus attack. ‘Witness cross-examined.—Before Mr. Parish’s at- tack Mrs. Parish was frequently at his house in Union square, both with and without him. Q. Did you ever see Mr. Parish read anything? a. He took my bills and held them up before him; I don’t know whether he read them or not; he seemed to me to be | locking at the amount of the bills at the foot—the om I have been frequently left alone with Mr. Parish, from fifteen to twenty minutes at atime. Q. How often did it happen that you were left alone with him more than just sufficient time to send for Mrs. Parish? A. Mra. Parish would sometimes go out of the room and leave me talking to Mr. Parish; she would be in and out of the room two or three times within the space of half am hour that I might be there; I have no doubt that I have been left alone with him longer than sufficient to send for Mrs. Parish fifty times. Nov. 28.—Luther Bradish, witness for proponent, being duly sworn, testified—I reside at No. 36 East Sixteenth street; am 74 years old; was acquainted with Mr. Parish previous to his marriage and until his decease; I visited him several times after his attack; one of those visits was in the early part of November, 1853; Mrs. Parish stated to me that Mr. Parish desired to learn something of the enterprise on which the American Bible Society was then eu- gaged in erecting its new Bible House in Astor place; I proceeded to state the nature of the enter- prise; I was seated near to Mr. Parish at the time, and he apparently listening attentively to my state- ment, that the object of the society was to accom- pie she purchase of the site and the erection of the uilding without using any portion of the ordinary funds of the society—by ape funds, I mean those contributed for printing and circulating the Scriptures— that to assure this, the building commit- tee, of which I was a member, had thought it pra- dent to obtain a Cae subscription to some extent; we bad done this to the amount of about $55,000; that this, with the place of the building which would have a portion of it not used immediately by the so- cay: to be rented or leased; the rents from that portion of the building, together with the amount of the special subscription, would provide for the payment of a portion ot the debt, would so reduce the debt that the rents would provide for the payment of the interest upon the remaining part of the debt, and leave a considerable lus to be applied to a sinking fund for the final extinction of the debt. At this time Mr. Parish was asked b; Mrs. Parish if he desired to contribute to this ol he indicated very clearly the affirmative. This is dication was in a sound, which some might take for e8, although not very clearly articulated, but main- ly by expression and gesture, but so clearly aa to leave mein no doubt as to his assent or ai ive answer to Mrs. Parish’s question. He was osk- ed by her how much he desired to contribute. She asked if he desired to contribute, and named one or two thousand dollars; I don’t recollect pre- cisely the sam she named. To this question he in- dicated decided negative, a shaking of the head ine @ sound which by some might be taken ut it was not very clearly articulated; she then named a larger sam, to whica he seemed to ob- ject by the same negative indication as before; she firally named five thonsand dollars, to which he evidently aseented, by the same sound which might be taken by some as yes, but as I said beiore, it was not very clearly articulated, but there Was ap expression which left upon my mind no doubt that he understood the question, and inteaded to answer it in the affirmative. I then asked the question whether he would prefer that this five thousand dollars should be applied to the general funds of the society, which were employed in the printing and circulation of the Bible, or vo the puild- ing fund, which was specially devoted to the erec- tion of the building; to the first question he indi- cated a negative; to the latter he indicated an affir- mative. These questions were put to hia separately, and the answers separately indicated; the check for five thousand dollars was then drawn by Stra. Parish, at my oye mm, directly to the order of the treasurer of the society, Wm. Whitlock, Jr.; he pro- pored to make it to my order, the check was then bonded to Mr. Parish by Mrs. Parish; he appa- rently read it, looked at it, examined it—apparently read it; he held it before his eyes; be then handed it to me: previous to that, however, he gave an indi- cation that it wes right, with a motion of the head and sor-e sound—I don't recollect exactly, but there was every expression that he gave his assent to the correctness of the check; I then gave an acknow- ledgment ot the receipt of the cheek, declaring its purposes; the receipt now shown to me the check are beef ogee in question. Q. From your observation of Mr. Parish, and your intercourse with him, what, in your oe, was the condition ot his mind and understane _ at the time you saw him after bis attack? A. It is difficult to determine with precision the mental condition of a person de- ived of the power of speech; yet there are means ‘ides speech by which intell may be mani- fested so clearly as to leave little or no doubt; such I think I have perceived in regard to Mr. Parish in the various interviews I had with him subsequent to his attack, At these interviews, and from the indi- cations I saw at these interviews, it is my opfaion that Mr. Parish was capable of understanding and did actually understand what I said to him; what was said to him that be was capable of assenting to or dissenting from in any matter pro) to him, his expressions of aflirmation and of negation, were bit wrong, Ad —- jay decided, fpeeselly indicating intelligence and judgment, or decision, Q. Was the habitual cereus of Mr. Parish’s fave, after his attack, one of sadness?—A. Not uniformly 80; I have seen him after his attack when the expression of his face wore nothing of sadness, or | very little; for instance, in being first accosted by a | friend, the expression of his face would be that of | pleasure—agreeable—nothing of sadness; so in a pleasant conversation the expression of his face would'wear nothing of sadness, but appear agrecable; I can only auswer as to the occasions I saw im, and en those occasions the expression was sometimes that of sadness—at others it was not. Novy. 29.—James C. Fisher, witness for proponent, being duly sworn, testified—I live at 161 Stanton street; am thirty-six years old; my business is that of sick gentlemen's nurse; I first knew Heary Parish, deceased, in July, 1849;1 went to attend him as nurse by request of Dr. Delafield; I found Mr. Pa- rish in bed very sick; 1 discovered he could not speak; I told Mr. Parish when he wanted certain ar- ticles to make a peculiar motionfor each, which he did very readily; his yes was nota perfect yes; he would say ‘‘oh, dear!” three times successively when suffering from pain in the right side; he would als> take my haud and put it on his right side and com- mence to rub; I would continue to rub until he was relieved and would take my hand away; Mr. Parish rose from six to seven o'clock, breakfasted at eight; then by his direction I would read papers to him; he would hand me the Courier and Enquirer to read it to him, after which he would sometimes read it himself for some time ; after that he would sometimes point to the library door leading out to the stable; § would ask him it it was a message to the kitchen or stable ; to my question as to the kitchen he would shake his head im the negative ; I would then ask Mr. Parish it he wanted Edward Clark, the coachman, to which he nodded and said “ yes ;” I went to the stableand told the coachman Mr. Parish wanted him; he would come and ask him several questions as to his time of riding out; Mr. Parish would very decidedly take his watch and point to one o'clock; Edward Clark would ask him if he an- derstood him that he was going to ride at one; Mr. Parish would answer him “Yes” by his head and his mouth; after that he would take a waik—some- times in the yard, sometimes in the diningroom, sometimes the first flight of stairs up as far as the drawin, mi, next the carriage would come to the door; at one o'clock Mr. Parish would see it himself; int to the closet for me to get his overcoat; put on is overcoat; it Mrs. Parish was not present, h would give me to understand to go and see if she ‘was ready; point with his fingers to go and tell Mra. Parish to burry, a8 I understood it; he would take ont bis wateh and point to it with his hand that it was past the time; Mra. Parish would come down; Mr. Parish would get into the carriage with my a9 sistance alone; he would come home at three or half past; have dinner; after that, point with his finger to the street door for me to go and see if the evening paper had come yet; he would have it read to him—the Evening Express; efter that the Mesars. Delafield came and told Mr. Parish the news, what was going on in town, the topics of the day, the news of the day; Mr. Parish would sometimes ask questions, and they would answer them and tell what was going down town; after that they would have tea; that Mr. Parisb took a walk through the hall; if it was a fine night, out on the sidewalk; after that he eat in the library, the same as any other gentleman in comoeey' sometimes he sat so till he would go to bed: this was after taking his walk: sometimes he would walk three or four times between his tea and his to bed; he would point at the clock ~ bag ; thas before his face; he could see it; Goat e’clock, he would put us band up, get hold of me by my shoulder, Fel himself up, and to bed; that would be the day's work: ra Parah ali witl some- times without the prayer book; this custom of pe ‘ers, and of Mrs Parish taking leave of Mr. , Was consistent ; every evening it was an es- tablished rule, and tne last thing every night ; Mr. Parish closed his eyes while saying Brayers, and opened them immediately at the close of the prayer; he would wake me up in the morning aud desire me to bring him his watch, by pointing to it; if it was earlior than his usual hour for rising he would not get up; if it was apout the time he would; in shaving, Bin in the morning he would inspect his razors the first thing ; he took the razor one morn- ing to show me how to sharpen it; I brought the hone and razors both ; he pulled off the case of the hone with his lefs hand; he looked in my face very intelligibly, witn his finger ap so {the witness here raised his arm and hand, with one finger extended], as if to ask a question; I asked him if his razors were sbarp enough, to which he shook his head and said, no; he pointed to the hone; I asked Mr. Parish if that was the way he wanted the razor stropped; he snook bis head no—said no; [ held up the hone to Mr. Parish to show me himself how he wished it done ; he pulled it a different way from me, sir; I asked him‘if it was his wish I should do it as he did it; he said yes, accompanied with a nod of his head; that is ail; I have waited on some hundred gentlemen; ir. Parish was as particular as ee of them; if in brushing his coat ina harry, I did not do it well, he would make me do it over again; if, in putting it on, he discovered any dust upon it, he would get a little angry at seeing the dust; if I made a mistake in reading the paper, Mr. Parish would correct me by raising his Roger and saying, “Ah, ah, ah;” I would look at him and ask him it I read Cig At not; he would point to Mrs. Parish; Mra. Pa would correct the mistake by reading the paper over herself; she was better acquainted with stocks than I was. Dec. 4.—James C. Fisher, wii 9s for proponent, being further examined said:—I know that Mr. Par- ish heard the door bell ring when I did not by his pointing with his finger towards the door ; I always urkeo the waiter, io such cases, if the bell rung, and ae would answer yes ; in September, 1849, Mrs. Danio! Par- ish called ; the servant aunounced her ; Mrs. Parish ask- ed Mr. Parish if he would see her; Mr. Parish said yes, and nodded ; Mrs. Parish went into tha ball aad told her to walk in ; sho came In and anook hands with Mr. and Mrs Parish ; two litle children came in with her ; Mr. Parish pointed to them to be seated ; they spoke to him and seemed to understand him ; Mrs D. Pariah told him thas ‘ad a letter from bor son in Europe, that he was going a to the same places Mr Parish bad been ; she then led up her youngest child, saying Mr. Parish had not seen it be- fore heard al ; sbe then said when sho . Parish nodded and said yes; before she went out she asked if ho was fond of children, ant if oi showd bring them again ; Mr. Parish shook bis head, and said no ; whoi Mrs Parish said she hoped she would often ; Ibave seon Mrs. Kingsforu th lhe came into the Ubrary and shook hands with Mr. and Mra. Parish; they bad a» good deal of conversation; this was in september; 1 have ofien seen Mr. Kernochan; he began to come very thortly after I went there; it seemed to me he was doing busizess tor Mr. Parish; be talked avout the property in Wa)! and }'ine streets; at one time in August, before Mr. Parish left bis room, I beard Mr. Kernochan ask Mr. Parirh if he wished him to have bis power of atiorncy; Mr Parish said yes; Mr. Kernochao asked him agaia, “Henry, do I understand you perfectly that you want me to take a power of attorney ’’’ Mr. Parish said ‘*Yea;"” I saw Mr. Daniel Pariah in the sick room once; the ser- vant told Mrs. l’arieh that he bad called to see his bro. ther: Mrs. Parieh told the servaut to say that Br. was dangerously ill, ana to etate the doctor's orders; Mr. Porish was then azleep under the influence of au ano- dyne; the servant said Mr. D. Parish iusiated on seeing bis brother; Mrs, Parish went ut to seo him; * Cail the nurse he wi'l tell you the doctor’s ‘went and told him that Mr. Pari-h was under of an anodyne; he said he would ace his brother; | went back to see if Mr. Parish was still asicop; on turning to look around at tbe door, I saw Mr. D. Parish talking with Mrs. Parish; be reshed io past Mrs. Parish; ltold him he was doing wrong—that Mr, Parish was asleep; ho told me to oven the window and let in more Nght; opened the sbuiters; by thie time Me. Partat bed waked : Mr. Danie! Parish asked, ‘ How do you feol, ‘Heary’” Mr. Parikh looked toward the wicdow, and ebutting his eyes, pointed at the window ; Mr. Daniel Parish asked mo whattbet meant I said Mr Parish waa- ted the window abut; be said be could understand bis br othor as well ag 1; {asked Mr. Parish If bo wished tte binds cloned ; he euid yes: I darkeved the roo: Daxioi i'arint said he would caltand see him ag seft the room ; this was about 11 o'clock im the forenoon ; tbe room waa not in order ; there were soveral things ly- ing round ; Mr. Parish was very avgry ; he saook his ennebed fet at we and at Mra. l’arish, potnting tothe wia- dow, and expressed bis dissatiefacuon with a sound ; Mr. Yar i#h knew bis brother ; ho always knew aoybody whom be bad knewn beiore ; during this sickness n0 ono was ac mitted (0 (he sick room except the doctors ; [bave seea Mr Dillon there ; he came ta with Dr. Delateid, | think, curtpg Mr Parish’a first ilpess ; Dr, Inilon sald to Me Parish © 1 am sorry to see yous ill: Thope you will tooo be about,’ to which Mr. larian bowed hig head ; before tho visit of Mr Dantel Pariebf {saw him at th) houre, during Mr. Parish’s first iiiness ; he sat near Mr Parieh’s bed ; 1don t recollect the coaversation, except be & ket Lim where he felt bis pain, and if he slept well, apd what tbe doctor tbeught about his illnees, ‘The case was then adjourned to tae 10th of December, Superior Court. Betore Hon. Judge Slosson and a Jury. RAILROAD ACCIDENT—CARELESSNESS—CAU TION. Dao. 6 —James Houston va the Third Avenue Railroad Company —This was aa action brought for the recovery of three thousand dollars damages for sertous injuries and mutilation of limb by the alleged negligence of the jervanis, in driving over an intant daughter if, on Thira avenue, at the intersection of street, about @ year and a haif ago. The ben only wo years and a half oid, and in Cocrt with a wooden log, amputation een found neceesary, Toere was 0 dispute as but the question of negligence on the cry having to the coourre! part of the plainuils wan arguod by Me. P for the company, whe contended that tl litled to recover. 7 the complaint was di a Court so held the iaw to be, aud ane d Common Pleas. ACTION POR KILLING 4 CHILD. 5 —In ihe case of Bali against ine New York and Haric m Railroad Company, for runaing over aod kiiling the plaint 1s ebild, we have received a letter from Mr. Balls, pimtiog that tb iid was not permitied to play adont the public streets, and that on the aay of the casualty be was in the care of hie grandmother up to within five Of the occurrence. from ail Bian Mr. Balis exonorates himself and wife Suockr@ RattroaD Aeciwrnt—The Hornella- ville Tribune, given the following particulars of a rail road acciuent which occurred ai tuat piace on Monday last — As tho mail train which leaves for Buflalo, at 1 o'clock, P.M, was cron u Mu), Mrs Mary O'Conper, wife of James O'Conner, whase Teeidence \¢ Bear the crossing, discovered her youngest child, a boy of eighteen months, on the track some three of four rods from the house, and the train moving to it. Stimulated by that feeling which none bat a can feel for the safety of her child effort to save her cbild, both mother and ebild were shockingly crushed beneath the wheel: of the Both of the woman’s legs (rom ber knoas re literally mashed to a pammace, and she ot #80 severely injured that ene died about three hours afer. One of the child's legs was also \d be was otherwise seriousty injured, so that he following day. The Question of Jurtediction over Foreign Consuls, TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. Under the head of ‘The December Term of the Law Courts,” in the Herat of this day, in speaking of the case of “Grabam vs. Meyer and Stucken,” now at iaque in the United Staten (tren! you say that Mr Btacken being Consul bas demurred to the bill of comp laim on nited piates Conris have to jurtedietion Yon have been wholly midatormed in regard to this matter, This point is not raised, as the de eodents bave made no much plea by thelr demurrer. The submitted to the Court mpon entirely diferent grounds on the aith November Ivst. and although it ‘may be rable that “the sooner this queetion ae to 8 foreign Com settled tbe better,’ yei it cannot be decided oder nes 1h thie mete Tabs 1. LANB. Rolieltor fe Deeewnnn 1, 1866 We give the foregoing in justice General of H the ground defeodan's, awd (he the compiain or form as the same are rh and alleged, demnrs thereto, and for causes showeth (hat the said complainant hath not, in that this court hath any jartedic by reason of any of the matierain he said complainant, In and by bis stich & case as doth or onghi ta entitle aid bill to any such discovery or relief as is therein sought and yrased for agains’ him or himeef and his copartner, Meyer, breither of them. of against avy or all of the defendanta, and a'so, fox eauise of demurrer. that the complainant hath not, ia ia said Dill tendered or offered or avowed any readiness or willingnest to pay Of account for the actual amount alleged to have been loaned to him, which loan ia in said bill al to be usurious; wherefore ihe defendant demands the judgement of this honorable court whether be shail be compelled to make anv further or olher answer to the said bili, or aoy of the mat tera and things therein con‘ained, ant pray’ to be heace die missed with big reasonable costs in this behalf susta ned. HADS BA. LANE, Sol'r. for der't Stucke Rowerd ® duly swore nt veterpceed for delay, hut that the saane Advice of conneel in good faith on behalf Bows Aatd defendaay RO STUCKE Tdo hereby certify that T have eximinet the frdering de- mmurree ap! tbe bill of compiaint to which the sume ia. inva. ported, » Umy oprcon such Jemurrer is well Ounded apotat ot JAS. T. BRADY, of Counsel ert 2, Commerce of the Port of New York—Imports aud Exports. ‘The annexed statement exhibiis the quantity and value ending and including Friaay, Nov. 28, 1866:— | Communcn Ov THs Port or New Youk—~Vator ov Lavonta. | Phgs, Value. ‘the $2,374 le 600 23 7,708 Blea. powder, 237 Bicarb. soda.1,694 9.464 Captnarides 7 | | | } | 203 | Reg. antim’y. 17 Soda ash,.... 781 Balsoda, » 610 | Scan ar oct Ae | Tm, plate. .21,258 Milistones,,.. 68 Toys... » 163 Sugar, b & tr.,6U Sugar:bxécog, 638 - -@ Glasa p! Mirror plates, 242 Holts. 18 $2,011,335 Tho quantity and value of certain articles exported from this port last week were aa follows:— Commancs oF THs Poet oF New York—Vacus or Exvorrs. UV SKPUOL, Quant. — Value, Cotton, bs,..2.809 $166,560 Seods, os Flour, bbia 13,214 94,804 Spmoil, gal Wheat, bu.116,876 179,439 Lard, ! Gorn, bu ..38/126 23,673 Kosta, bb! Pork, bis... 49 1/837 Clocks, bxs... 607 Bacon, 1d,,110,818 121083 Apples, vole. 421 3,832 Hams.,,....2,068 221 Lignumvitae.. 83 4,357 Tobacco, hds.' 14 1,750 Baple, pes... 981 1,863 804 Siaves......01,010 “Bid sone ses ene 3507466 Flour, bbls.16,674 $111,450 kins, cw 11 $3,200 Wheat, bv.100,682 160,642 IR 904 6,759 O11 cok: 8,168 | 1,330 Wl 2,800 | Lea. clotb,cs. 3 314) Brazil ow! Kosin, bbis,.1 1,063 Staves.. ‘Spm oll, gal 24,062 Clocks, Dxs, 869 Total... GLascow Flour, bbls,.6,€21 $44,489 Rosin, bbis..1,238 $4,992 Wheat, bus 76.619 116,100 Staves ......6,480 600 Corn x 7,060 —— Rye 4,02) 7403 Total... 2.0.5. 6+. $189,680 HAVRE Wheat, bus.17,874 $29,801 O'me ore,bbis 100 $1 401 7 1 1,040 Mach’y, cs... 3 438 1,271 Beeswax, iba 4,045 896 6,659 earlaxh,obls, 86 2,014 550 Potash 1,454 1,689 Staves ‘286 1438 —— ooo -854,607 WREMEN Flour, bbls... 164 $1,297 Tobacco, 1>s.3,300 $320 Cotton, bi 49 2,600 Books, os... 150 6,432 Faroiture, cs, 5 804 Logwood. tous 60 234 Leacioth, ca, 10 1,300 Dried ap, bois 79 2,370 Hnoepeg 11,465 Ch 1 00 —— 300 Total .. <- 974,231 nnietor Flour, bbis..6,408 $45,168 Wheat, bus.39,249 $59,005 WU vinniesisaharecatnanes ened capescsssere $104,165 SEVILLE Flour, bbis... 600 $3,500 Wheat, bus..7,233 $11,068 Deal. ceccvescvees sense eeeeeeeeeene ee se S15, 468 ororto. ,720 $12,261 Spts.tur.,bbis (0 $183 10.008 Ter... . 15 au 341 Masts. . 48 2661 484 Staves... 14,000 "768 ols —— u tao: Fiour, bbis..2,000 $12,775 Staves...... 13,600 $1,040 t, bus 20, 34,011 Pe ’ BAZ TOM ee ee eee BASES GOTHENAURG. $4,570 Sp oil, gals..4,096 $6,800 50 Clocks, bxs...° 14 202 1,079 128 2,925 220 Laywood, tons 236 O11 cake, bb! Total... ALICANT. Wheat, bush 2.981 $5084 Staves... Cora oT 8H Dyewood,tons 40 8,000 Wheat, bush. Sraves...... WOTTISH NORTH AMERICAN COLON cee e S18/426 Flour, bbis..4,96% $38,995 Corn, bueh..4,.779 $3,541 Meal. 1,140 Tea, ch ata 4,706 2,187 bbis... 20 487 489 Tobacco, Ibs.2,148 ar 750 a == arrow Aer ivDres, 7 bis..1,764 $12,262 Lumber, (t. 20,000 $230 ~~ oe 806 Pano... . 1 80 a 406 Potatoes, bois. 926 ob 2,292 Sugar, bbie,, 18 au 13s os «8 242 id 120 a0 1,087 os 4,160 13ut os Conner ereeeeseesereeseeseressesees! $24,975 DANICN WRAT InDiRy, Flour, bois... 82 Droge, cases. 82 $501 Meal 100 400 Candies, bas. 900 1,020 Firecrackers, 200 3 487 Hardware, cs. 6 364 10 doap, boxes. 100 a0 Tobacco, Iba 9,605 1,968 Sugar, bbls... 10 au rok canes, 44 807 F or’kers, bxs 204 aM ARGRNTINE REPU REI 6,200 $41,530 100 | celved.”? | as “Stop this instant;”’ “ Don’t you hear me;'? ——— | language, ‘I beg my way itil ty reser ateaeseauzee Our Virginia Correspondence. Avoxxnce, Virginia, Nov. 30, 1866, Manner in which ‘ Free Negroes’’ are regarded at the Bouth—Effect of Black Republican Measures om the Possible Enfranchisement of the Slaves—Compartson Between Southern Slavery and Northern Freedem— Aunt Chloe's Case. We bave on the plantation a family of free negroes, who willingly give their labor in return for the support and protection of *‘ the masier,”” and, as may be readiig surmised from a knowledge of the Ethiopian character, they ylelda very small equivalent for the * value re- ‘Taking our after breakfast ramble this mor- ning, wo etumbled upon two of the little black boys, whe | were pommeiling each other with suca hearty good wit, that, being something of 4 peacomaker, we felt called upor to interfere, Afler a variety of exclamations, avet “Why, what do you mean?” ‘If you don’t beuave I’li call your | master,”’ we finally succeeded in effecting a cossation of | bostilities; and upoa inquiring into the cause of the ta- mult, the indignant repiy which burst from the lips of the injured party, was, ‘‘Hecatled mo « ‘ free nigger,’ that’s whathe did, and he can’t say be didn’t.” “Se you isa ‘free cigger,’ and you kuow it,” roarod bis asrallant, prefacing the opprobious epithet with anything but « complimentary adjective. ‘I aint no sich a thiag, sir; Mr. —— is as much my master as he is your’n.'” In fact there is no epithet which the negroes of the Bouth can {ling into each othors’ teeth, which is construed inte a moro galling insult than the mere expression, “ You're nothin’ but a free nigger no how,'’ or “ You're no better ’a a poor free nigger.’” The identity in the negroe’s mind of the t- terests and position of bis master with his owm (which we alluded to in a former letter), may ae- count for this. Making this remark to a gentiomam last night, be replied—‘Yos, and that reminds me of a servant of mine, who, upon my asking him whg he bad become 60 irregular in his attendance at churea, repiied—“ indeed, sir, the congregation at my chureh ts getting too mixed for my taste.’” There may be a shadow of justice in the contempt of the slave for hig free brothers, tor it would be hard to aad ® more vicious, dishonest set of people than these last worthies have the credit of beirg in the eyes of those neighbors whose hen roosts, pig pons, or sheep folde te in unfortunate proximity to their rapacious grasp. Even, however, the poorer or humbier classes of white people are re; edb: ves with very much the feeling with which, inthe days ef feudal despotism, the pampered and insolent retainers of the nobility looked upon the honest yeomanry oi Frgiand. 1 do not thivk that any honest and enlightened South- erver regards slavery iu the light of blessing. As for Us, we are free to confeas—Soutnerner, heart aud soul, as we are, and condemning the fanaticism of the abolitiontet we do—that wo think it an evil, b ars even more injuriously on the slave; and in support of this belief w instant, fine estates, splendi¢ fortunes which have been unable to withstand the ceaseless drain imposed oa them by the support of a trie of indolent, spoiled dependenta, whese owners have not boen qual to the hoary respousl- bilities devolving oa them. ‘We will not ¢well (setting aside this evi!) on the wear and tear of body and mind incurred in the coeping up et such an establishment, but merely remark that the souti- | menta we bave just expreread are thore we have often | beard from the lips of Southerners, who yet are uawil- Ing to copeede even thie much to the North, prompted by the fecling which often prevente a generous bat bigm spirit from confessing itself in the wrong, namely, the oam- fciovanrte (bat they havo been ‘‘more singed against than stp: If the > seit, an i | tempt to drive into measu alone the evil would sure &- ber tnstaaces, hoor § tue at people proud, bigh spirtt- ed, impatient of contri, accustomed to command, is, apd must ever be, vain Previous to tbe Congrertional disturbaccos of lass session, which seut the ory of disunioa through the lepgin and breadth of our lend, making it @ common toplo at the hearths and homes to which & may prove the precursor of death and desol measures for the gradual ea'ranchisement the slaves hed been spoken of among some of the abless and besi men of Virginis, particularly of the western por- | ton of the State, where already the slaves aro com; tively few in number, and treated tn general with an en- viable degroe of kindness and consideration. Hut these disturbances smothered tp embryo thi« infant germ of irecdom, and thus w ever the xbetract principle of the right or wrong of tlavery merged into the broad question of national ression ani defepee, and tho mild votes of cry of an insulted pee- That the er Ruler time the enslavement of a peoi insertable purpose of bis own. only the coavictoas of our reason, but # careful research into the records of Holy Writ must satisty us, Therefore it is that we say | slavery must work out ts own redemption. That the cegro cherishes the warmest (celings of afieo- | Hon and reverence for the household ties, the ties of birt | snd bread, and home, which bind him to his master, te certainly true, and that where he has been induced te | Usten to the goléen but deceitful promises of the kid | ping abolitionist he has ever regrowed it afterwards, ‘eqnally certain ‘That the condition of the Southern slave ts a happier one than that of the Northern free negro {a many ree- pects, that he im treated with more and equality by bis f@ brethren, Is also undeniably tree. A friend of ours took a colored woman with her on a virit to Philadelphia, newer imagin! an the bad been ber attendant irom childhood, that ate coull be induond to leave her. Mut Chioe found the persuasive eloquence | employed to induce ber to relinquish e life of Southerm siavery for ote of Northern freedom, too strong for her ‘weak brain to resist, and to the consternation and grief ber piace was one day found vacant. ime passed on, apd at length Mrs. ———— received @ letter from Chioe, filled with repemtance, and | her to receive ber once more into ber old home. eon- suited her husband, Hix reply was, “Chloe bas chossa her own lot. lether abide by the consequences.” A retusal, theretore, waa the answer to the appeal. | six month after Mr. was one morning surprised by the eptrance into his oifice of Chloe. “Master,” she said, to use her own simply true, and therefore peat back to you; won't cast meo® Bow. fion’t talk to me "bout the North. The white folke thar think niggers ain’t made out of the same fleeh and Diood they is. Sick, nobody to pay your doctor's bill, | Bobody to tend you; if they look at you they charge you for it. Howse rent come cue, no money to pay; naked for clothes, have to work your dngers etm, One day worked to death, stary: i if f oman Thia is yut one example of many, aye, a which we bave at our fingers’ ends, but we multiply words, and therefor for the present are HT i Deatn or Arraur Srxine, Jn—Everybedy | Phiiscolphie Fecilects whe horrible murder’ cf the ime double crime upon his his be sigualty milea con offspring. seventeen years of age: but in thie he Ube testimony rf that child sent his parent to You pring Was poesersed of & bright aad strong imtel- his being launched Into eternity were—‘: cen Young Arthur was taken to the 4 the officers of the Court, Mr. Wm, Kindnees and apy ey Spring wae taken to Washington city by Mr, it charge of bis uncie, Mr. nomen Cruse oizen. AD hoporabdle situation wae unfortepate youth in one of the public offices of the me- tropolis, (we Delleve the Treasury Department,) during \is occupancy his conduct was upright and Table, porrersing the confidence and eeteem of either meoolated with or knew ae bad 1,2 1481 4,609 Pepper, 1,388 Rooke. . ri Matung 6,500 Cartisgs......° 1 178 jay and Sunday, nods fd tuok clos Firecrackers!,000 = 1,196 Soee Philadely hia Journal, Dee. Lend, pige.... 800 6,206 TotAbe ee... $93,928 Wear gi 81 » New $8,184 Furniture, co 119 $1,901 Po. a Suscece Porsomixa Case tm Om $96 Domontics, bs. 125 8,642 | with Mrs. Smelser, with poisening fon Smolsor, baa 9,907 ee bbia 30 380 | band of the indy, baa been tried and found guilty @ 4 De, role, 60 = 488 | New Orleans. Ad the verdict prohibits capital pwnist. -———~.} ment in this care, ho will probably be (noargeraved: ta. 835000 Jac blae prisoa,