The New York Herald Newspaper, January 8, 1865, Page 5

NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. -—_———___—__—_ GENERAL GRIERSON'S RAID. | Mis Sweeping Work on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. Alan ng Great Damage to the Rebels: Inflicted, &e., Wasuinarox, Jan. 7, 1865. TH CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ABOLISHING SLAVERY. The Houge was engaged during most of the seasion to-day in the discussion of the constitutional amendment abolishing slavery. A teat vote is to be taken on Monday afternoon, But little interest appears to be taken in the discussion, the attendance yesterday and to-day having been quite meagre. It is impossible to predict with any certainty the result, though it is hoped by the friends of the measure that it will pass. It is believed that the rebels now hang their only remaining hope of ultimate success upon the proposition to barter the insti- tution of slavery for a recognition of their indepencence by France and England. It is unperstood that assurances have been given that if this amendment should be adopted here, all excuse for the recognition of the rebel confederacy will be removed; but if it should fail to Pass, and the South should agree to give up slavery, re- tow Corinth, and had, on the 27th, utterly destroyed It | cognition will immediately ensue. There is no doubt of to belcw Okolona, Twenty-nino bridges, a great deal of | the passage of the amendment by the next Congress; trestlev.ork, thirty-two railroad cars, 300 army wagons | and if it should not be done by the present one it is ‘and 4,000 carbines were destroyed. probable that an extra session of the new Congress will Forrest's camp of dismounted men at Everona was | be called for this purpose. dispersed. Six officers and twenty men were captured. | GexgzaL FREMONT NOT TO BE APPOINTED MINISTER ‘The expedition did not lose a man. General Grierson TO FRANCK. hs ordors to destroy the road as far as Meridian, and re- | ‘The ‘statement in the Tribwne that John C. Fremont ‘Sense our prisoners at Catowaba if possible, ia to be appointed Minister te France is to-day contra- «| dicted by authority, ‘There is nothing aa yet to indicate THE ST. ALBANS RAIDERS. who the appointee will be. THE NEGROBS IN GEORGIA ANXIOUS TO ACCOMPANT ‘The Question as to the Jurisdiction of. whe Court im the Case of the Raiders SHERMAN ON HIS MARCH, Decided AMirmatively. 0 do. Meswrurs, Tenn., Jan. 3, Via Caio, Jan. 6, 1564. General Dana has received information from his cav- alry force sent out from here on the 2ist of December, They struck the Mobile and Ohio Railroad five miles be- A letter received here from General Sherman alates that if he had been able to Téed the negroes who desired s Jan. 7, 1865, | toeccompany him on his recent march through: ‘The question of the jurisdiction of the Court in the case | he could have broeght a hundred thousand away with Of-the rebel raiders, rearrested, which has been under | him. Not being able to provide for them he was obliged déliberation for some time past, was today decided. The | to refuse most of them the desired ‘pormission, and for decision was that the Court had jurisdiction. Tho case | the present leave them within the rebel lines. ‘will therefore proceed. MR. DRAPER’S MISSION TO SAVANNAH. Mr. Draper, Collector of New York, does not go to Sa- THE PASSPORT SYSTEM. vannah as cotton agent, but on a special mission ia re- gard to the large quantities of cotton and rice captured Action of the Detroit Board of Trade— Commissioners Sent to Canada—Strict there, and to make arrangements for securing the rights Enforcement of the Orde * 5.) “ye of the government in this respect. Th (From the ape Froe Press, Jez. THE OBJECT OF MR. GRRELKY’S VISIT TO WASH- © passport system becomes tnore and :.ore obnoxious INGTON, bs: aor Cae praia fe Manny 5 fy RT It is stated to-night that while the ostensible object of irrespective of party. Nobody can seo the advantage to | Mr. Greeley’s visit here is a peace movement, in con- our government which is to secrue trom it, or in what | junction with opposition members of Congress, the real b AG cas OE ee eae ccocnteatly ls | purpose is to aid Mr. Charles Gould and others to pass important to take some action condemning the enforcing | the Raritan Railroad bill through the Senate. It docs ofthe system at the present tine, and also to make an | soeun possible that Greeley would do this. to havo it rscinded. Accordingly a special mect- aah tinh Genie Ang of the Bourd.of ‘Trade was held yesterday, the presi- < The following appointments have been mado in Gene- ral Hancock's First Veteran Corps, to date from Decem- ber 29, 1864:—Major—Elliot M. Curtis, Captains—Geo. GxuytLEMex—You are aware of the passport system | W. Williford, John T. McCullough, First Licutenants— now in operation between this city and the adas. It | Piineas W. Crawford, Ralph W. Buchanan, John W. Asusloss forme to tell you what irroparable damage it | Hogue, Elliott H. Benton, John W. Roney, John P. Kin- ‘will bo to our business interests. As the representatives of our interests here I would ask your co-operation and | ney, Jacob Marty, George W. Shinn, William Harman. Second Licutenants—Joseph Pearson, Almon L. Goss, counsel in devising such measures as will tend to remedy late Tenth Maine volunteers; J. F. Munson, Charles this evil, I ‘most respectfully, &Xc,, SB pene. . BARKER, Mayor. ‘The communication was accepted and placed on | Sherman. fb, fotos ede Dhsicatads Esq., offered the following | perention OR TRAINS BY ICE AT HAVRE DR GRACE. PrWhereas, the business convenience of this city, as | The train from New York, due here at alx o'clock this well as of Our neighbors in Canada, is sensibly affected by | evening, is detained by floating ice on the Susquehanna, preventing the passage of boats at Havre de Grace. eer system lately instituted; and whereas we Cae Ee Ty, ind would be speedily: | cere will be. no. ageival:. befere to-morrow. The) half: fully informed-of the views and wishes of the business | past seven train for New York from here did not leave d@entin the chair. The following communication was received from the Mayor:— Maror's Orrics, Derrorr, Jan. 4, 1865. ‘To tHe Boarp ov Trane, Detroit:— abrogated if the govornmcats of the two conatries were men and people along the frontier; and whereas the e Hon. K. C. Barker, Mayor of this city, has recommended | ght. that this body-shall send a delegation of our citizens to | MEAGRE ATTENDANCE OF MEMBERS OF THE HOUSK. Fe known — es our Nga — feelings It is hopod that by Monday there will bo a full attend- order that they may. take auch” menaces an | auice of tho members of the House, there not having they . think ent to procure such action | been at any time since the holidays more than 4 bare oftheir «public authorities as may be needed | quorum present. Business of vital importance is to be She premises; and whereas we Cully concur in the | transacted, and the time remaining of the progont Oon- ; Dy Boat of Trade of the city of Detroit, that Geo. V. | gress is very brie; und it is of the utmost importance the (i; Lothrop and H. H. Emmons, Esqs., be requested to proceed to Canada and confer with the leading business men and citizens of that Province, and make known to our views and wishes, a8 above expressed; to the end that soch measures may be taken there, as well as hore, as will restore perfect cordiality, security and un- intercourse along the frontier, and at the same time to all persons disposed to disturb the | som od ani good will of the border, that they can ple that every member chould devote the few weeks between this and the 4th of March to the public interests, QUIET TIMES IN WASHINGTON, It is very dull hero at present, and the stagnation of public business consequent upon the holidays has not yet Deen dissipated. A lively time is, howover, anticipated for the next few weeks. RECEPTIONS AT THK WHITR HOUSR AND BY SPEAKER COLFAX. The President resumes his weekly receptions next Monday ovening. Mra. Liticoln's fitet’ réception will be we aid FEEUTT held noxt Saturday afternoon, from one to throe.o’clock, Lothrop and Emmons le! evening for Speaker Colfax also resumes his weekly receptions next Eee ee cat ston is belt, taken by nut exthorluics | Feiday evening. ‘The indications aro that the ndelal sex to have the burden which now rests upon this city and | son, if short, will be brilliant. ‘State, as well ss upon Canada, removed ax early as pos- MOVEMENTS OF ADMIRAL PARRAGUT. Vice Admiral Farragut visited the Navy Department to-dey, and in company with Seeretary Welles afterwards paid his respects to President Lincoln. MR. DANA ACTING AS SECRETARY OF WAR IN THE t ABSENCE OF MR. SI'ANTON, Assistant Secretary of War Dana ip acting as Secretary of War-in the absence of Mr. Stanton. ‘down on our marrow bones to Mr. Seward or any- else, The’ Washington authorities must take their PRRSONAL. course, They are hurting their own people as much Major Genorals Burnside, Franklin and Miles and Briga- no ald, countenance or tion from the peo- authorities on either sido of the line. ‘That these ings, signed by the Presi- the Board, be certified to his were unanimously adopted without dent and [From the Toronto Globe, Ji Emmons, gentlemen of ably ‘end high in, Detroit, are now in this city, an ‘we presume,, will goto Quebec, We have no doubt that ‘our government remonstrate at Washington against pending preg ay but we do. not «ee how anythi: ‘can be done by our people in the matter. We 5! evs pels hes dcr Genoral Bartlett arrived in town to-day. STRICT ENFORCEMENT ° J Correspondence uf the Toronto Globe.} THE CASH OF MES. HUTCHING, , Mr. Seward's: a a strictly ene As extensive publicity has been given to the account of on the American is morning. gers by arrest, may prove Grand Trank morning train without passports were be ee ee ret ‘ the Rochester Union. City of Fitchburg, C of Worcester, State of Massa- At Suspei Bridge, Fort Erie, Windsor and Port chuselts, #2.—I, Sarah L. Hetchins, of Baltimore city, in the county of Baltimore, State of Mi do hereb; Sarnia, the railroad crossings, there is non-intercourse. Tt costs six dollars in greenbacks, or gold, ax the case may be, to get the decumont requisite to croes the line. ‘We are told that there are many poor people—inciuding ‘women and children—at Suspension Bridge and Fort Erie who can neither pay the sum demanded for pass- nor can they return to the places from whence came. nthe information we have from Suspension Bridge of the conduct of the American Consul on the ian side to that official, He Is demanding six ench passport—thus discarding fed Currency upon the very shores of our country, and wh bucks are taken as current. It is said that he ex- his fees of the men who patrol Suspension Bridge and take care of that stracture, and « railroad men. Even a newsboy—who has sold newspapers at both ends of the bridge—was caught in Canada, aud made to pay @ix dollars in gold. Annex ‘We find the following statement in a late number of the Pays, an influential Canadian jourual, believed to bo the organ of a large party :— The Sellening. question was discussed at L'Znstitut Canadien on Thursday night, “Would not annexation with the United States be ; le to Lower —— inovery respect to a legislative union disguised under eenene oe hag ry bya Britieh Provinces, as adopted ut the Quebec ference?” The de: Meesers. Blanchet aud Turgeon, spoko in tho affirmative. The principal argument used by them was ‘that in the confederation scheme of our Canadian Minis- ters the influence of each Province (etaf) would be all ‘but mull, and the — Lot eager nd invested bine Fon | sovereign power; while on the contrary, ia a republican ‘and democratic confederation, such as that of the United States, Lower Canada would enjoy soverrign power, would have nothing to fear from the central governme ‘whose powers would be far more limited, tte language, iawa and institutions ted Crom all powers. Mr. Blanchet cited as an authority Mr, Btlonne Parent, Assistant Provincial Secretary, who is far from boing Suspected by the most faithful consery tive of republican predelictions, and who wrote in 1856 a @imiler opinion a8 to annexation. A vote was taken at the close of the debate, when the Institute unanimously Pronounced in favor of the aft The madi Dri Riot, PURTHER PARTICULARS. A Quebec paper has the following: further particulars ‘with regard to tbe riot at Chateau Richer, which appears ‘to have been Buy before any damage was done: — Tho parties concerned in the riot appear to have made their cacepe to the woods in rear of the parish as well ae to the parishes lower down the country. St. Ann's vil e was visited by a portion of the force; bat it was fouud that a gront many of the inhebitanta, ac- tuated, perhaps, by a guilty consciousness of sympathy with ‘the rioters, had also fod. dismay ‘appears to have been of ture a6 to surpass all description. An ormed force had nover beture been seen in that pert of the country, and the inhabitants aeom to have had some B01 int idow that martial jaw wae abo med. One of the persous arrested on suepicion and examined actu aily fainted in the hands of his captors, “The person ar. ited was @ Main named gis Paulin, who hae been Bound over for examination on Tuesday.’ Le Journal of Saturday evening Says that a raan named Simard, belong Ing, to Quebec, was wrrested, with arms in his poasersion, and that he appears 10 have been the person who warned the inhabitants of Chateay Richer of the approsch of the such @ pa. tenes. Wa Baileys ¥ Parrnnle AFO out Tur the arrest ‘of #0) f pariics ate to have beon impli cuiod in the disturban ’ Van AMnoRGH's MevAGERIK.—This Valuable establish Ment goos On Constanlly extending ils collection of ry animals, birds and varied natural curiosities The pro wprietors have recently added to their vast collection three Bactrian or two-humped camels—one large end splendid svecimen of about seven years of age, and two Which are younger and of course smaller. The one-humped Ara ‘Dian camel or dromedary je familiar to ab 'y one fn this country; but very few of the presont goneration have had an opportunliy of secing a (rue Bactrian camel, | ost ¢ ‘which comes from the middle zone of Asia, north of the Qaurus ant Himalaya Monotains. acknowledge that the act for which I have been trie convicted, and am under sentence, was a wrongful an improper act on my part; and do give my word of hovor that henceforth I will be of behavior towards the government of the United States, and do no act to aid or Comfort its enemies, and will hold no intercourse with thom, and will conduct myself as a loyal citizon of the United States; and 1 do solemnly swear that to the best of my knowledge and ability I will support tho constitution of the United States: ugninst all enemics, foreign and domestic; that I will boar true faith and allegiance to the same; that T take this obligation frecly, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully conduct myself as a good and loyal citizen of the United States—ao help me God. SARAH L. HUTCHINS. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, #8.—Sworn und subsctibed to before me, this 23d day of December, 1564. George A. Tornxy, Justice of the Pouce. PROVOST MARSHAL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Major J. K. Oborine, of the Veteran Reserve corps, but formerly of the Thirty soventh New York (Irish) regi- ment, has entered upon his duties as Provost Marshal of the District of Columbia, in place of Captain Putnam, realigned. SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THR GOVERNMENT LOANS. The subscriptions to the loans yesterday, as recorded at the Troasury Department, were ax followa:—To the ten-forties $2,566,000, and to the seveu-thirties, $1,- 000,640. CONSUL AT SIAM. The Senate to-day, in executive sesvion, confirmed the nomination of James L. Hood, of Illinois, to be Consul at Bangkok, Siam. LIBRARIAN OF CONORRSS. Tho President has appointed Mr. Ainsworth R. Spofford Librarian of Congress, to succeed Dr. J. G. Stevenson, re- signed. Mr. Spofford has entered upon the duties of his office, THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION. House of Representatives. Wasntsctos, Jan. 7, 1865. RXTENDING THE BOUNDARIES OF TICK PORT OF PHILADELPHIA, Mr. Ciantes O'Neut, (rep.) of Pa., introduced a bill to extond the boundaries of tho port of Philadelphia so as to include Richmond on the north and Greenwich on the south. The bill was referred to the Committee on Commerce. MILITARY AND NAVAL INSANE ASYLUM. Mr. Scnrxcx, (rep.) of Ohio, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported a bill, which was pasted, amend ing the law establishing an Indane Agylum in the District of Colambia for navy and army officers, fo ax to admit insane civi ans in the Quarterinaster and Subsistence Do partments of the army on the order of the Secretary of var. ‘THE SECRETARY OF WAR CALLED UPON Fon INrORMATION, Mr. Honmay, (opp. ie Ind., introduced # preamble eet ting forth that the House, in December last, adopted a resolution dirceting the Secrotary of War to far of the order jasued In December, 1°63, that ree up old organizations should be uvnstered ont of the @r- view with ancl regiments, and also directing bim to fur. nishfa copy of the letter addressed to Governor Andrew; and nektig the Secretary of War to say whether the prin ciple therein con‘a has been ay plied t dies mustered in to fill up old regiments ; and Whereas the re- Solution hns not been complied wih, therefore, Resolved, That the Secretary of War be directed to in form (he How nformaion has not been fur- Bi ed, and th ected to furnish the same, The resolution was adopted. CLAIMRO BAPRESA PREIOHT. Mr. Monnte, (opp.) of Ohio, introduced a bil authoriz ing express and other transportation companios to sell Unclaimed freigut This waa referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. MOTHS CF TELROITOMATR CITLOREN IX THR ARMY WHO ARE IN WATTLE TO PECRIVE THER PAY AND ROUNTY, ie. Gown, (opp.) of KY., introdveed a bill providing tint the mothers of iilepitimate citidren whe vie in the NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JANUARY 4, 1865. ceive saveenagenel: pay and bounty the same as othor mothers. tate bill waa referred to the Committes on Military Af airs. BACLUBION OF TRSTIMONY OF INTRRKESTKD PARTIES IN CIVIL svrrs, On motion of Mr. Wirsox, (rep) of Iowa, a resolution was adopted instructing the Committee on the Judiciary to inquire into the expediency of reporting @ bill to ex- clude the testimony of parties in interest in suite Whore administrators, executors and guardians are parties. CONFISCATION OF THE YROPEKTY OF CoNSCKIrTS WHO FAIL ‘TO RRPORT. Mr. GRixxkLt, (rep.) of lowa, introduced a resolution instructing the Committee on Military Affairs to report at an early day on the expediency of a law to eontiseate 80 much of the property of open thts who have failed to report for duty as will secure éuldiors in their stead. THM CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AROLISUING BLAVERY. Tho Honse then resumed the consideration of the Senate resoiution proposing the amendment of the con- stitution so as to abolish slavery throughout the United States, Mr. Brass, (opp.) of Ohio, spoke of the impolicy and Reena of amending the constitution in the manner design Changes, he contended, could be made only on the basis of compromise. The subjugation of the South and sway over it could be accomplished by no other means than by a standiug army, and in his opin- jon we could not afford the biood and treasure which would be required for that purpose, Mr. Roaxnrs, (opp.) of N. J., said that there waa not er in the government, any act of lon, to interfere with the domain of any State, to control slavery or any other institution, the contro! of which was not delegated to the general government. The institution of slavery, he repeated, belonged to the States, and no com- Dination of men can, by legislative enactment, abolish it therein. Mr. -D, {rep.) of N. Y., aaid that the argument of Mr. Rogers waa lies nitil beripomaicana te tight of one to enslave another, 8o far from ie true, ure made all men free, and entitled them to all clvil righta before the law; and on this principle the govern- ment must stand; Lert sooner or later, it will. be the sould fd to apo st aauog, thowe wis no those who spsqrene tho tree: States, a festroy ‘at pra oar attearioas, our government end’ ‘our ‘He would ask the South to one back with free institu- tions, freedom only could make the Union per- Mr, Hianxx, (rep.) of Cal., in his speech said that the people, by « m, rom) of four hundred thousand votes, at the late Presidential election, had endorsed the emanci- pation policy. The Senate at the last session passed the Joint resolution now under discussion by more than & three-fourths majority, and although @ vote of two-thirds was not obtained for it in the House, there was a mi jority of thirty more than those who voted against tt. je alluded to these and other facta to show that the duty of Congreas was clear and well understood by the nation. Mr. AsHLxy, ft P.) of Ohio, gave notice that he would pniaged or Tuesday ask 4 vote on the pending propo- tion. Adjourned. United States Supreme Court. Wasinatos, Jan, 5, 1865. The cases now before the Supreme Court of the United States are:— The people of the State of New York, ex. rel., the Bank of the Commonwealth and the Bank of Commerce, plain- tiffs in error, ve. the Commissioners of Taxes and Assess- ments of the city and county of New York. The argument of these causes was commenced by Messrs, Bradford and Silliman for the plaintitis, and con tinued by Messrs. Develin and Brady for the defendants. The Case of the Guerilla Mosby. THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF MAJOR DOUGLAS FRAZAR, Colonel W. Gaui, commanding cavalry brigade :— + Cotonxi—In obedience to your command I have the honor herewith to report what I know concern- ing the wounding of Colonel Mosby. ‘He was shot by « man of my advanco guard, under Captain Brown, Thir- teenth New York cavalry, in Mr. Lake's house, near the Rector croas roads, on the evening of the 21st ultimo, about nine o'clock, at which timo I was in command of the Sixteenth and Thirteenth Now York cavalry. Sev- eral shots were fired, and I was informed by one of the advance guard that a rebel Heutenant had been shot. I immediately reinforced the advance guard and dis- mounted and entered the house, and found a man lying on the floor, apparently in great agony. I asked him his name. He answered Lieutenunt Johnson, Sixth Virginia cavalry. He wos in shirt slecves (light blue common shirt), no boots and no insignia of rank—nothing to de- note his position or rank in service. 1 told him I must see his wound, 50 14 to make up my mind Wwhetherto bring him along or not. I opened his pants and found that a pistol bullet had entered the abdomen, about two inches below and to the. left of the uavel—a wound that I felt assured must be mortal. I, therefore, ordered all from the room, and being behind time, on account of skirmishing all tho afternoon with the enemy, I buried to meet Lieut. Col. Clondennin, Eighth Iinois, at Mid dlobury,: nocording to -orders ‘rece! Nearly every officer Of my command, if not all, saw this wounded pe 7 no e i the mies idea that it was 4 lor jirdsall in Brown Were both in the house and room Sy ye After arriving at Middleburg I reported the fact of ounding @ rebel lieutenant to Lieutenant Colonel Clon- nin, As Foon as the camp fires were lit, so that things could be seen, orderly brought me Mosby's hai, trimmed with cord and star. I immodiately know it must be a Meld officer. I took the hat immedi. ately, and, although late in the night, went Iu among the prigoners, I capt eight In number of Mosby's men, told them that the man who wore = that was shot dead, and asked them if it was Mosby, stating that it waa Ro use to conceal it, as he was rbot dead. They all suid no, and sid that he pever wore such @ hat, &c. Some of them'said that it was Major Johnaon, Sixth Virginia cavalry, home on leave. In the nv orted the facts and showed the hat bo and Mr. Davis, the guide, All this while T considered, as did ali my aiicers, t the wound was mortal. From Middleburg we came to camp. On this scout, from which I have to-day returped, I have the honor to state that th man shot im Lake's house was Colonel M He was moved balf_an hour after be was ahot to Quill Rome about ove and a half miles distant, where he ined three days. The ball was there extratted, hev- ing passed round and perhaps through the bowels, ‘com. ing out behind the right thigh, 1 conversed’ with reone whe saw bim. He wo ed ae very the, first two days, but beiter the third. 1 then trucked him to Piedmont, thence to Salem, and out of Salera towards the Warrenton pike. T met pickets in various paris of the country, and understand that till within a few days they have extended a3 far down 8 Aldie. Various sig nalizing wes carried on with white fags near Piedmont. Several persona who guw him in the ambulance report his spitting bt and it seems to be the general belief that he cannot li There inno it jo my mind that he is yet concealed in the country, severely, if not fatlly, wounded. In these two scouts T captnred pine prisoners, without the loss of one horse or man. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, DOUGLAS FRAZAR, Major Thirteenth New York cavalry. Famvax Covet Hovss, Dec, 31, 1864. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERARD, It was with pleasure I read the two arti cles in your edition of January 2, in regard to insane asylums. There is no doubt that these insti tutions should be placed under the strictest surveil: lance and legislation, and the rights of American citizens to their freedom be fully protected. The incarceration of sane persons in these asylums iv becoming « com- mon thing; and 4a the stigma and ill consequences on ® porson’s character are so great, of his having boen once an inmate in a lunatic institution, there is no point of law that shoald be more thoroughly tested or sustained than that of the necessity of his being placed there. In the recent trial of Mise Underhill I was particularly strick with one part of Dr. Brown's statement, and to Which it would be well to call the public attention, vis. : that Miss Underhill was at Bloomingdale Asyluin some woeks. Dr. Brown {# tho rosident presiding physician, the heed of the establishment; still he did uot know that any medicine had been administered to her during that time. This appears to me @ flagrant want of duty— @ strange neglect on his part of what was due to her ae @ [ory needing medical treatment. There waa a dear end of mine in that institution last eummer, placed there unnecessarily by offictous friends, for nervous weakness and debility, &e., not insanity, whore physical condition required some medical care; and I know thet for several weeks he never received aught of anything like tonic medicine; and what he did receive waa pre. scribed by means of his wife and family physician Fhix any one toay ascertain for themselves by inquiry —that the fare is very plain and of the commonert kind, no variety, or what we would expect emen to receive who pay largely for a cell in that in atitation, I am also epee ye A acquainted with « young mon of fine abilities and talents, whose sanity was unquestionable, but who was kept there by the caprice of some of his relatives, who hed some object in view tn thus persecating him by false imprisonment. He waa thore over six months, but is now, I believe, released. In one of the medical journals in this city, published last June or July, there isan article which expressly states that the superintendents of there iunativ retreats do not wish State legislation of interference in. the i nt of the insane. TL sincerely hope that thia subj ry discussed uatil these inatitations are placed under the strictest reatrainta, and that no man oF woman will be pliced in coninement without the faiiest examination and the mest undeniable necessity for their commitment to one of these dreadfal tombe, Those asylnme are fille with pationts sent to them at the instigation of friends and relat who do not wish to be troubled or annoyed with the tert ility and fretiulnoes of the sick and sufler- ing. [write from a personal experience of the necessi'y Private, public of corporate, ehould be thoroughly, imperatively examined and renovated, Mr. editor, )ou'are doing a noble work when you sustain your follow citizens in this desirable and widely called for re: formation. Saulty can make frieads, Insanity needs friends, as well a8 compassionate pity. ha New Bowery Taeatew—Mies Leo Hudson takes her farewell benefit at thia theatre next Friday evening, when sho will appear in one of her most attractive equestrian pieces and in pantomime, Thin will bo Mise Hudson's last appearance but one in this city, Sho haa MEY BeEViCe OF fall in Luitic Bball bo antitiod to Fe- | played & vory profitable engagement, Religious Intelligence. SKKVIORS TO-DAY. ‘The Rev. Stephon I. Tyng, Jz., rector of the Church of the Holy Trinity, wil preach im the Unitarian church, Fortieth street, betwoen Filth and Sixth avenues, this evening, at half-pasteeven o'clock. Morning and after- noon eervice in Rutgers Institute chapel, Fifth avenue, between Forty-tirst and Forty second streets, at half past ten A. M. and throe P.M. The Rev. Dr. Dyor will proach in the afternoon. e Divine service will be held, as usual, at the rooma of the Now England Soldiers’ Relief Association, 194 Broadway, this afternoon, at half-past three o'clock. A sermon commomorative of Matthow 8. Ager, Eighth New Hamp- shire Voluntoors, will be preached by the chaplain, the Rev. A. R. Thompson. The Rev. Sidney A. Corey wilt preach in the Murray Hill Baptist charch, corner of Lexington avonue and ‘Thirty seventh street, at half-past ten in the morning and | Conserved, with t! half-past seven in the evening. At St. Ann’s Free church, Eighteenth street, near Fifth avenue, the Rev. quarter to eight in the morning and three in the after- noon, the Rev. W. F. Paddock at half-past ten in the des Petits Champs, where a quis of Villette, his widow and bis aon are doad, and thelr hoirs, having regarded Ika a duly .0 roluss Use charge W the Stab, their repreaemiadive, M, Loom Duval, inomn'sor of tho ordor of Adtucates of the Tmaportal Courk of Paris, apptied for the order of the Fmaperor that a ma (ional asylum shou!d be given to the heart of Voltaire ta biblivth "que Ianporial, seeing that henceforth it. bo 4 to France, according Whe law of the BOLL of May, ial In pursuance of the orders of hia Majesty, on Friday last, tho L6th inst, hig Excellency, M ot Public Instraction, appeared atthe Hiblioiteqne Lm perial, in presence of’ the Admintatrator Genoral of chat establishment, accompanied by the tembons of the sulting Committee, where he received from the hands of M. Leon Duval the heart of Voltaire, enclosed in a yilt motallic veasol, on which these words ure inseribed WOOP OAOIE OP ODOOOEOIEUODEELE OL EIT EDOE OLDE bE ORD Be Le Gosur de Voltaire; mort « Puris, leX XX May. % MDCCLXX VIL.” \ “Tho heart of Voliaira ; died at arts, May, 17 eeereeeeneseeeen need teen neere-enne tere: Tho Mintstor then declared thut he took possession of the precious charge, aud ordered that it be temporarily respect due to the remains of that great man, in tho safest department of the Biblitothi que Imperial, that is to say in the Department of Medals, until the advanced stato of the works will permit of its ‘being Durody, Minister D. Eagan will proach ata | definitely installed in the Departments of Manuscripts and Printed Papers, ou the first floor of the rotunda, situ ate at the junction of the rues de Kicheliew and Nueve will be net apart to re- morning and tho Rev, J.T. Smith at half-past seven in | ceive, with the heart of Voltaire, the original of his the evening, the afternoon servico being for deaf mutes, In the Memorial church of the Rev. Henry Anthon, D. D., West Forty-eighth street, between Sixth and | Sccomplishment of this reception Seventh avenues—Rey. Thomas A. jJaggar, rector—ser- vices will be held every Sunday at half-past.ten A. M. and hulf-past seven P. M. statue, by Houdon, the medals struck in his honor and the manuscript ndence and printed works of the immortal writer. The due process verbal for the boew issued by the Emperor. Coroners’ Inquests. PATAI, STREET APYGAY.—UBING & CART RUNG. Samnel B. Hell will preach (D. V.) in the Fifth street | Vast Tuesday evening a mumber of young men became Presbyterian church, between Broadway and Eighth | involved ina quarrel on tho comer of Kast Broadway avenue, at half-past ten A. M. and hulf-past seven P. M | and Chatham squire, and blows were freely exchanged. Welsh preaching st the Tabernacle, No. 141 Chrystie | During the tronvle Petr. Thompson was struck dn ihe street, by.the Rev, P. L. Davics, of Camdon, Ni J., at | faco by one of the party, when he ran into the premises three and haif-pastweven P.M. Seats free. The pablig | No. 7 Chatham square, where he was noquainted, seized are invited, Professor Smyth will eliver @ sermon this even. ing, at Clinton Hall, Mercantile Library, Astor plac near Broadway. Subject— Tho Substantial Unity of ‘rue Chriatians, At the Church of the Mediator, Lexington avonue aud Thirteenth street, the Rev. Theodore Irving, LL. D. will preach st half-past ton in the morning and’ balf-past seven in the evening. At the Church of the Redeemer, Green avenue, near Carlton, Brooklyn—the Rev. L. J.’ Fletcher, pastor—the Rev. J,’H. Hartzell, of Buifalo, will proach this morning and evening. The Rev. Thomas Armitage, D. D., will preach in the Macdison avenue Baptist church, corner of Thirty first sireet, this afiernoon, at three o'clock, his Sixtoenth Annual Sermon to the Young. At All Saints’ Protestant Episcopal church, corner of Henry and Scammel streets, the Rev. 8. J. Corneille, rector, services will be held at balf-past ten ¢ i the morning, and at half-pust seven in the enening. At the Bleecker street Universalist: church, corner of wning street, the Rey. L. J. Fletcher, of Brooklyn, supply the desk to-day. Services at lalf-past ton o'clock in the morning, and at half-past seven in the evening. At the Church of the Resurrection, Thirty-fifth sireet, near Sixth avenue, the Rev, Edward 0. Flagg, rector, will preach morning and evening. Morning service at half-past ten o'clock, evening at half-past seven o'clock. At the Church of the Holy Apostles, corner of Tw eighth street and Ninth avenue, third service every Sun- day at lalf-past seven P.M. Seats free. The Rey. Chauncey Giles will preach in the New Jeru- salem (Swedenborgian) churoh, Thirty-ffth street, de. tween Fourth and Texington avenues, this morning, at half-past ten o'clock, on “Phe Divine Infinity,” and this evening, at half, of Christ and Its ot on Human Salvation. ’’ AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIKTY. vetreet again. seven o'clock, on ‘The Death | called but Charley, and that wad pi Scart rung from bohind the bar and passed into the Ho then, as is charged, atruck John Toner, residing at 213 First avenue, on the head with the club and knocked him down, The Fourth precinct police in- terfered, arrested soveral of the parties, and took them to the station house. ‘Toner was conveyed to his resi- dence, where he subsequently expired from the effects of the injuries received, Aftor his death Thompson was arrested and taken before Coroner Gever, who yesterday held an inquest over the remains of deceased. ‘The most important part of the testimony will be found below:— James Williamson, residing in Sixty-second street, near Lexington avenue, being duly sworn, depo said :—I was in company with the deceased on last Tues: day evening, about eight o'clock; Jou Toner, Daniel O'Neil, Michael Roberts and mysell left my pluce of busi- ness, 48 Chatham street, to go up Kast Broadway; when we got in the neighborhood of the Office there was a crowd of about hulf a dozen young standing there; they came and mixed themselves with us; a8 S00 as they got away from us Michael Roberts turned round to me and said, “Jaines, I have lost my watch, chain and breastpin;” with that Toner saw one of those men going away and took hold of him, and as he did so the rest ran’ away; he said, “I want you to get that man his watch and chain;” te man said he did not have them; the man that Toner had hold of doally ac: knowledged himself to be a thief; while Toner had hold of this man the parties that ran away came back; 1 must have beon five or six feet from Toner; Tsaw two or three With their figis up in the act of striking hii; when I saw that I struck the man that was behind Toner; a4 soon as Tatrock him they all ran away down into a lager beer cellar on tho coruer; then man came up out of the cellar « few minutes afterwards, and went towards 1 with «club in his hand, and situck ‘Toner on the 3! the head; 1 do not know the man who struck b Gould not identify bim it was #0 dark; I heard no names vious to the disturb. cate and struck me; ag soon as i ance; after striking Toner he when he struck me he knocked me down; ‘The stated meeting of the Board of Managore was held | Sot up I caught, him by the legs and threw bina down; at the Bible House, Astor place, on Thursday, the 5th inet, at half-past three P.M. Quite a number of com- munications respecting the printing and distributing of the Scriptures in foreign countries were received. ‘The entire number of books granted at this meeting was 89,127. They were for the ariny and military hospitals, when I went to Toner { found two nen holding him up, and he appeared to be somewhat insencible; the police came and arrested the barkeeper who was iu the lager boer saloon, also Loner and severl others. Thomas ‘Varley, being duly sworn, said:—J live No. 7 Chathain square; 1am a bartender in a sa for prisoners of wer-at Fort. Del and Eliira, and for | loon on that place kopt by Willimm Varley; on Tuesday Of these 66,000 wore for the United States | evening last, between tive and man by the ‘ommission; several grants to feeble auxiliaries; | N4IMe Of Irish Tom commenced sipgil ter. Phony 2060 coptoins of yesvels: sailing to foreign poria; and | Son and two others went agt in. way to aee four volumes, In raised letters, for the blind. In | What was the matter; in » momo: Js addition to ‘the above, bovks to the value of | entered with his mouth full of $1,550 were granted, which $1,000: were: fer the use of the ageut in the Argentine Confederation. valuable book« were presented to the library, amon) which were two packet Tamil Biblea, printed with the funda of the soclety ut Madras, India; and the Pealma in ‘Urdu, printed for the society at the Methodist Mission res in India. Over fifteen volumes, in the lunguages of } Suifolk street, were also examined, but their Wextimonies Northern Europe, were brought by ‘the Rev. W. H. Bid- well {rom Bt. Petorsburg, und presented to the society. INSTIVOTE OF RBWAKD FORK THE ORPHANS OF Tho origi Aad Inbors ‘of the abov 0 origin, purposes of the above socie ty wl! be stated on Wednesday, evening next, ia the iec- ture 100m of the Mioer pegorio RELIGIOUS 17EMR, The Rey. Dr. has resigned the rectorship of St. } His resignation is to Paal’e churel ingheld, Hl. take effect pay el of April. was observed in all the Cutholic Thankegiy i churches of San Brtociono by the cel ebratio: nine o'clocl the morning. At St. Ma: the Rey, Dillon, army chaplain, delivered a brief ‘butt eloquomt Agd approprinte discourse. ‘The pnb Feport concerning the Baptist Sanday schools of in shows a list of 26 schools, with a total enrol of 2,563, an average attendance of 1,827 and over thousand volumes in libraries. The entire enrolment in the 28 Congrogational schools te 5, in the 122 Methodist Episcopal schools 7,051. The Rev. Fi Dillon, of the congregation of the Holy Cross in Indiana, and Chaplain of the Irish Brigade, arrived at Ban Frnacisro in Novembor. He wont to Call fornia for tho beasit of his health, which bad beon 2, and Some | door with it, and in a moment or two he ) dered a verdict as follow the bar and got a club, went ont of the etd ho had Inid the two men out; 7 know of enosher’ the. whon prisoner had mused a club, a Thoraas Kerrigan, otherwive known as “Trish Ton,” of 294 Second street, and Michsel White, reefding at 69 developed no new facts, Deputy Coroner Shaw made a post-mortem examina- tion of the body of deceased, and found that. compres sion of the brain was the cause of death. ‘The jury ren- ‘That John Touer came to bis death {rom compression of the brain, the result of blows on the head with a club tn the hunds of Peter Thompson, onthe night of January 3, 188d, on the corner of Fast Broadway and Chatham square. ‘They further believe Irish Tora and Michse! White to be accessories. Thompson was committed by Coronor Gover to await the action of the Grand Jury. Kerrigan and White were admitted to ball. The deceased was twenty seven yeard of age, and a uative of New York. 'Thompsou is forty- five years of age, and a native of Ireland, FATAL KAILROAD CASUALTY. Coroner Collin yesterday held an inquest at Bellevue Hospital on the body of Patrick Riley, whose death was the result of injuries received on the 30th ult., cansed by deing run over on the corner of Sacond strect and the Bowery by car No, 114 of the Third avenue line. De. coased was ondeavoring to get on the front platform of the car and he fell under the wheel. Deceased was twenty-four years of age, bora in New York, und lived at No. 138 Fast Houston street. Ho worked iu the Maziattan Gus Works, foot of Fourteenth stroet, Kast rive Much impaired by the hardships and oxposures incideut to his dutice in camp, on the march and on the battle field. Father'Dillon has Hoen in the service of the go- verumeat for over three years. City Intelligence. Axevan Reosion of tax Siama Pat Prarwasrer.— The members of the Sigma Phi Soviety held their annual Z eta aL! "a ITEMS. Rup n of monartic eatabliehments in Poland. The | under the auapices of the New York Sigma Phi Club, following tetter from Warsaw, dated November 26, gives ° 56 i ike rien ane eat witneus Set 1. | This is one of the oldest of the college soctetiea in this For several 4 past arrangements have been made, | Country, having been instituted in 1826, and it is now im and the mili thorities have received secret orders | a prosperous condition. It numbers among its members to hold theraset jy teadinese for the impending sup. rossion Of all monastic esiablishmests throughout the ingdom. ‘The final instructions arrived yesterday by courier and telograph. In this capital the wes curried out ax follows: —Punctually at colonel, with a body of troops, repaired to each religious house, assembled the monks, read to them the Viceroy’s order, and desired them to get ready Lo leave at haif-past four by railway for a voreign country. Of the twelve. re very many of the eminent men of the country. The brethren assembled at thetr club rooms in Twenty second streot, and from thence wijourned to the Maison Dorer, where # sumptuous dinuer awaited them, ‘The enter: tainment was elegant inell its appointments, and the sents at the tables were nearly ull filled. G.'M. Speir, Exq., President of (he New York Signa Phi Club, pre wided at the table, assisted by Dr. Lewis A. Sayre. The President, in an interesting address, sketehed the history ligious: lishments in Warsaw three were | of the fraternity, and eloquently cussed its noble prin exempted, “ upon condition that they should | ciples and their heaeficent working. There were twelve recelve rio more novices, and thus die ont grad- | regular tonsta We have space for ouly two of them ually. The oiter nine were suppreesed in the The Sigma Phi—Heaven bath built the temple and Matiner stated, the officer in some cases leaving two | erected the pill riendsbip bath fashioned the won. nooks, in ot} three, and appointing one of these as } derful dome, and love hath set corner stone in the the fulnre ‘Sapérior, My: twee'clock tho suppression | rock forever. was complet this boat f and probably throughout the Gor Brothers of the Sword—Brave in the fleld, and Kingdom. ‘Themonasterids remained in the hands of thé | fearless on the taiu—nobly reaponding to the battle ery military, and (he monks were conducted under bolic of the apiritof our order, (ae name of our excort at the pinted nour to the railway station, where | mother —t nto Adjutant Gent Raron Korff, with hie eta, «uporin Sentiments in honor of th: nt chapters of the tended their déperiure. Each of the exties received « | fraternity in New York, Ma’ ite, Vermont, Mich) sum of one bundred and Ofty roubles (o pay hia expenses, | gun, New Jersey and the New \ork City Club were Evers off without disturbance. Religious houses devoted to # charitable porpose—ase, for tntance, the care of the sick—and which have in no degree taken part in the insurrection, remain exempt from the suppres sion. Whither the banished monks will go is not yet known; it is aw , however, they will distribute themselves over Itaty and France. The fall text of the report drawn up in Russian, German and French, by the special committee appointed to mine the Roman Catholic monasteries and convents throughout the kingdom of haa just appeared. Among the foreigners in Rome is the celebrated Belgian Fesponded to by Messra, CP. Shaw, Rev. B. W. Dwight, ©. A. Davison, Dr. Sayre, J. H. Post, O H. Kyle, BK. Knox, Chis. 8 Spencer and WH. Anderson. Caplain Dean, of the army, reaponded for the brothers of the sword, Major Pangborn for the prov and Me. C. Ovcany aa for the ladies, A poem, by EK. W. B. Comming, was read, and letiers from inany absent brothers, among them Hon. Thos. F. Birne, of Maryland, the oldest mem ver; Rev. Dr. Kennedy, of Troy; Judge Oany i, of the Court of Appeals; Hon.’ A. W. Bradford and Hon.’ ©. B Sedgewick. The feativity and feust of reason were pro- longed to a late hour, when (he company separated afar Jcoult Mivelonary, Father de Smet, whose spostieship | the mystic circie hud been formed and blessings invoked — Led panne Indians to the Lg A lountain’ | on the Sigma Phi, wor! such wonders. On seein, ia venerable ” ile comet his andience, Plus IX. extend. | 40m? Guanp Bats.—The ennual reunion of the Light Guard, which will come offon the 20d inst., bids fair to vie in elegance with any of the former well known and wacceasful entertainments given by thia corps. Music entirely now, decoratinns novel aud elaborate, will, aa usual, form promivent features of the affair, By an'ad: vertisement in aoothor column it will be seen that the er demand for private bores for the evening of the ball renders ft necessary for the company to dispose of ed bis arins to bisa and preesed him to his bear. In June last the number of neophytoe baptized by the reve. rend father during the present year amounted to seven hundred. This seems to be his yearly harvest, which, with those of the past years, makes the number of souls whom he has won over to the Catholic Church amount to Oifteon thousand. The Rev. James Donnelly, D. D., P. P., Rose county Monaghan, Ireland, han been spoetnted mae —_ them at auction hop of Clogher, in succeaston to the Right Rev. Dr. - Mo: Dr. Donnelly was fe rly © Feseor in. the Kwowrs of Saut Parnroa.—The Association of the Knights of Saint Patrick, comprised of many of the most intetligent and talented of our citizens of Irish birth and rentage, will hold ita third annual election of oflcers, for the yeur 1866, a the Meiropolitan Hotel on Tuesday eoing next, 0th instant. The amoctation bas in croanod conaiderably In numbers during the pest year, and has now a very large muater rol), representing much of the intellect and respectability of the city Bonoon, ExTeRTAINWENT.—The Literary Association of the Seventh Ward Evening Schoo! guy their holiday entertainment at Grammar Hehool No. SI, on the evening of (he 30th ult., before a large aud table audience, ‘Tho exercises Consisted of essays, dislogues and devate, interspersed with fome choice mur Commisioner Small, on behalf of th the ward, made some happy and pertinent remarks, and ly. Trish College at Paris, and was one of the prisats vent out to America to collect subscriptions for the “Catholic University of Ireland.’ He is comparatively a young man ‘The Ocean of Brost saye:-—Four Carmelite friars have Just left for the mission at Bagdad; two priests of the dioceses of Lyons and Clermont Ferrand for New Mexico, and five Jesuits for the missions in Bourbon and Mada: awcor, Catholicism is roaking gratifying progress in tho Kens Indice, where there are at present seventeen bial: ops, eight humdred and fifty-one priests, 864,000 Catho- ics, and 664 schools, attended by 26,000 children. ‘The Cardinal Archbishop of Toledo has just addroeed & circular to bis clergy absolutely forbidding women to sing in oburches, THR MEMORY OF VOLTAIRE-—HIS HEART TO On GUARDED BY THE FRENCH NATION. From the aris Moniteur (the Em) 's organ) Dec. 21.) toned fotroducin ir. Job 4, Comiminaionor c ‘On the death of Voltaire, after t utopay of his body, prey the districe corpriel Seventh, Tenth, bis heart was extracted,’ on tho Itst of May, 1778, by | Piri and Fourteenth Wards, who ably described order of the Marquis of Vitlotte, in the Lotcl Where Vol- | tie adver Of OUF present aystom of free evening tare resided on his return to Faris, and where he died. | gehools for all thoae unable to at! tay school The The friend, the admirer of that groat writer, wished to | ait waw highly creditable to all concerted, Miss Ada save hie heart from the destruction produced by death, | joou Pollard presided at tho piano, ond Me. Anthony T. and It was therefore deposited in a metal vowel, iim: | Gallagher, principal, auporintended tie exerctiom, panes a chemical preparation pagred of pomaly Ps ore tee se reserving it, Afterwards came the Iaw of the 80th 0 " . i We woreet i, 1794, which ordained that the ashoa of Voltairo | PROMHAN IstenNaTioNAL Kxinarrion percetve should be'traneferred to the Church of an Goneviove, | that (he Pragaians bave determined to bold » general ex where they should receive the honor rendered to reat hibition of the indual men. When that law was executed on ihe 11th of July ing summer, and that ovr fellow citizens are urged to jes of all nations duriog the com following the official ed rYage which traversed Varia elopped hofore the hotel of M. de Villette, at the corner | snd contributions, which we bave no doubt will meet % he a teaurre and the Quai pe Rom a — with @ proper response, and that we shell give evidence ovtewr oi etated that tha ‘ istica Cr MORNED hod ahem etnoe, Tacs iat in | that, notwithstanding our severe trina, we can still heart Of Voluire was there deporited. Shordy | Maintain our rank in the progrosa and {provement of aferwards the heart of Volinire was removed | the age, Lot our Inventors and manufacturers look to it, to the chateau de Villette, in the nrrondimsenont of Pont Bainre Maxence (Oise), where it hue since re. | SH (Urnish ample apecimens of the requita o€ American / posed wad bec quarded with venoralom, Mut the Mar. | lngonuily and oatorprise at (ho oxhibivion. RICHMOND. The Effect of Last Tuesday’s Firleg on Petersburg, Aes be hee Mr. 8. Cadwatlader’s Despatch, Cry Pour, Jan. 6, 1986, BEYLOBION ON THR ARMY LINE RALROAD, As the ten o'clock train from City Poin! yesterday morning was nearing Birney station, on the Army Line Railroad, the boiler of the engine C, Vibbard exploded, with the following casualties :— Conductor Dougias Anderson, of Horneliaville, New York, dangerously bruised on the face and head, Enginoor Krasius Gray, of Alliance, Obio, was throws from his deat a distance of twenty yards, injuring bis shoulder and collar bone. vi — Fireman Frank Cromer received a severe contusion om the neck, und supposed to be injurod by inhaling steam, ~—~ Davis, a railroad employe, badly scalded. Only the back dome of the boller wus blown off. Thie gave way at it¢ connections with the main boiler, and was broken into a thousand fragments. The ougine cab ‘was Completely demolished, and the splinters scattered thickly in every direction around. Several surgeons on the train gave Immmodiate attention to the eufferors, and it t@ possible all eurvive. The exoupe of many pessens frum instant wrens almost amirucuious, Asusaal, ‘ne une to blame,” ‘The Washington Despatch. Wasemraron, Jan. 7, 1866, Information from City Point, unde dato of yesterday, an to the effuot that the artiffery firiag on Tuesday morn ing wus aimed of the lower part of the city, and besides Aoing.a deal of damage to property frigitened the rest- dents in the vicmity badly. No casunities arereported is the Potersburg newspapers. The enemy replied by only ap Occasional shot, doing no damage. Since that time everything has remained quiet in fromt of Veteraburg, Nothing of intorest ig trauspiring in front of Richmon@, Operations on the Dutch Gap canal have coased for the erage Scarcely a ahot has beon dred there for some ye ‘The Fortress Monroe Despatch. Fonranss Monon, Jan. 6, 1865. The exchango of prisoners has again been resumed. Col. John EK. Mulford arrived bere from Washi ngtom yesterday afternoon, and left on the flag of truce steamer for Varnia, on the Jamos river, wilh about fifty robot officers, mostly surgeons. A heavy northeast storm set in to-day, which promises to bo a severe one, Terrible Railroad Accident, COLLISION ON THR MICHIGAN CKNTRAL—ANOT! MAIL AGENT BUKNED UP, FTC. [From the Detroit Free Press, Jan. 6.) Aterrible accident occurred ou the Michigan Central Railroad, on Tuesday evening, betwoen soven and oight o’clock. Tbe Kalamazoo mail train, coming East, col- lided with & freight train yoing West, about a mile cast of Franciscoville and a few miles west of Chelsea, Both traing were running at full speed and the collision was- terrific in its results. The ground was strewn for 6ome distance around with the fragmonts of wood and trem hurled from the broken engines and cars. The enginoom and firemen of both traing juroped from their engines before tho collision and escaped without scrious injury. The tender of the passenger engine was jammed com pletely through the mail car, which was next behind is, crushing beneath its ponderous weight the mail John Callaban, of Battle Creek. It is believed he wat instantly killed. The car, however, took tireimmediately, and before his body could be rescued it was burned os cinder. From the manner in which the body jay beneath the tender it is supposed that ho was killed by it, and not burned to death, as was the lamented Millen in the recent similar accident on the Grand Trunk, near this city, There was. but one passen- ger coach on’ and this wus full of passengers. Singularly enough, no one was hurt further than afew whore colved ‘slight bruises. No one suttered serious injury. The mail car immediately took fire, adores Soom together with iis contents, ‘Tho goods, including all money and parcels, were removed from the express cat, which is the rear «partment of the mail car, and were gaved. The baggage and passenger couches wore um eoupled from the bayaing mail car and run back beyous the reach of the flamos. “None of ‘the bagage was des troyed, and the curs did not suffer material damage, Ot the freight train only tho car next behind the engine wae badly smashed. ‘The two locomotives are utter wrecks, They came together with such force as almost to through each other, and, like two Kilkenny cata, molished exch other entirely. ‘Trains were delayed about twelve hours in removing the rubbish from the track, and the prssengers of the ill-fated train were brought t@ tue city this (Wednesday) morning, about eleven o'clock, by the night express The body of the unfortunate mail agent, Callahan, wae removed from the ashes and debris of the burned caran@ tuken to Grass Lake, It will bo taken thence to Battle Creek, his late reaidence, for burial. The wonder ia, thal in such a complete wreck of a passenger train, more pee fons did not lose their lives, or at least suffer serious ta- jury. As to the cause of the accident, we venture no opinion, It is a matter for judicial investigation; end » competent jury of citizons should, without fear or favor, put the iame where it rightiy beiongs, Railroad com) a whose care is entrusted the precious interceta of humam life, cannot risk them in the hands of careless or reckicap employes. The accident occurred upon a curve im the road, where it is impossible to see any great distance ahead. It is said that both trains were running of Umez the passenger train certainly was, nak according te ‘the cules of the road, it had the right of way. We for- bear further comments until a complete and io. vestigation shall have been beid, which is demanded, i this hitherto popular road desires to eet itself right the public. AN ANGLO-AmxRi Communsion.—A mixed commis- sion, authorized by a convention concluded Inst winter between the United States and Great Britain, commence® Its sessions in ihis city yesterday, and will examine (ate and adjudicate the proprictary rights of the Hudsgm Bay Company and the Puget's Sound Agricultural Com- pany to lands Within the last established Northwesters, indary of the United States. The United States com- missionor is Hon. A. 8 Johnson, of Albany, and the British commissioner is Hon. John Rose, of Montreal, Hon. Caleb Cushing will represent the interests of the State of Oregon aud Washington Territory, while Mr. Tay ts the counsel for the British companica.— Wash ington Intelligencer, Jan. 6. Most Remarkable In its effects, and mort ful in [te appliontion, the f SOZLODONT has become the most populac dentifrice in ea- lewanee, ‘Tis used and prained by everybody. Soild by ali Druggiaus and Perfumers. Advice Specially to Young Married Vo= males. A Book Freo. 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