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4 ‘THE SOUTH. Interesting Records of Herald Special Correspondents. Politics, Parties, Poverty and Perils of the People. The Inhabitants Subdued, buat Sullea. &e. &. &e. TENNESSEE, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. The Political Situation Supremacy—Prospects of Nasuviens, April 25, 1867, Nashville contains a population of about thirty-five thousand inhabitants, or ten thousand more than the cty of Atlanta. At present this city, like the whole State, is aroused from centre to circumference by con- troversies between the radicals and conservatives, which each party holds to be of a vital character. The election is to come off on the 1st of August next, which will leave ample time for the full growth of malignant passions, which party discussions are aptto engender. On the radical side of the controversy power is at stake, and the pariy has taken all precautionary measures to con- tinue their existence in the State. On the conservative side iranchise is at stake, which is the right of those that live im a representative government and have not lost it by fair and yust enactments of law, Tho present chief Executive of the Siate of Tennessee is repres: by those who know him best, as a man posses) + mhany amiable and charitable virtues, It 1 y he is arrayed against bis enomi , so dreaded. The Legislature which § bidding, at which has just gone out of fivor, may or may not ba Deon actuated by the @ romote the good of t State by their who! sfranchisement of all engaged in the rebel! i \ueir complete enfranchis»ment of all negro + if such a desire controlled them in their action be presumed that proper repeutance on 1b the disfranchived, and evidence of their goo citceaship, would lead to the removal of the restrict which the law contemplates to be perpetual cousiderations lead me to the betiet th: chisement: of the rebels and the enfranchise negroes were precautionary measu tion in power of a corrupt party city (one of them German) support ernor; bu: oue su conservative papers and orators openly charge radicals of the last Legisiature with appropria their own use about $249,000 of the public school fund of the State. Greater creait bas been given tw the charge sinco the Treasurer of the state, R. L. Stanford, resigned his office when the fact of the embozziement of o8 for the cv the funds became knoWn to the , Went into abera. tion of mind, and within the last week ended his life by his own Lands with an “overdose of taudanum,”” IS lost to the State, and tho a moment Ip tho Ceti ons of this kind, and bemg promised fo rhea rebel land {8 confiscaied, and tirea wement if they vote the conservativ of voting almost in an entire body . The consorvatives selected a standard bearer whose record on emancipation was good enough, but who unfortunately had made use the past some very {ool sh expressions in re of the emnxcipation act and the employment of overnment, which it would have b botter for his causa had he never utiered. ‘These sayings of Etheridge are kept standing in capitais at the bead of tho editorial columns of the radical journal. But it Eth. eridge has made use of one foolish oxpressiou, Brown: low’s record shows many such. Etheridge, however, is & good orator and shifty politician, and may know bow to nullify the effects of his tnjudicious remark: Such is the State of the question in the gubernatorial contest, so far as Lam able toascertain after industrious search On which side victory will perch I am unabie to docide. The State will be distracted by a comiost of a wiagnitude and importance greater than any other Stat» of the Union hasever seen. Better would it have been for Tennessee had ber reconstraction and restoration waited, ond eventually taken place in the same manner in which that of her partuers in the rebellion is expected tocccur, From a (ree intormingling with the people i find in this ey no white radicals. ‘The number of that cluss of radicals is thought, by those best competent to judge, to be not more thau one tenin of the voters, or at the highest uot more than one-sixth, The city of Nestville is visited at the present time by A considerable number of persons from Georvta, asking aid in behalf of the indigent of that State. To these re querts the city bas nobly responded. fhe war reduced many of the wealthy citizens of Nashville to compara. tive poverty, bat with au energy that deserves all com mevdation abd encouragement they are going earnestly to work to repair their wasted fortunes. The negroes seem to bo work ng cheerfully, I pave noticed s y ber of Uny jeast ob} ne contrary they are weicomed to ont state of political excitement. vernor i8 at present on a visit to Knoxville. ! Capitol of the Stare is now completed. The und It need 2 large expenditure of money to nt (bem, A full size portratt of General Thomas the library, in compa arri so! ity 3 al in ihe ers. Th e. Enlistment the city with great snecess. y eulist with the ex- Pectation on their part of going out against the Indians Tho cvnvass begins next Saturday with the blacks. A distinguished conservative orator from Nashville is to aucress (ue colored people ot Winchester next saturday. ARKANSAS. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD, Arkansas Post-Its Past History and Present Condition—The Interior ef the Country— Wretched Poverty of the 1 bitants, d&e. AWKANSAS Post, April 22, 1867. ealander has not yet stood on London Bridge nm the rained remains of the English capital, and it may be a long time before he enacts in the British metropolis a repetition of Marius at the ruins of Carthage. If this representative of the New Zealand district ts, however, on bis travels in quest of grand oid ruins, I woold recommend bim to pay a flying visit to this locality. Arkansas Post in tts melancholy deca- dence, im the magnificence of lost arts, in the extent ud grandeur of desolation, may not compare with ancient Rome, or Herculaneum, or Pompeii, but there is abundant raminating material on which to chew the cud of lively fancy for some time, It was here the Gra: setiément was made in Arkansas by the French in a settlement contemporaneous with that of Poua- sylvania by William Penn—and it was here, amid a dense widerness and hostile Indians, were planted on the Arkansaa river the earliest seeds of civilization by th white man. It was bere also, by trading in fars with the wild sons of the forest, John Jacob Astor heiped to lay the foundation of his vast fortune, and it was also here hon Arkansas became a Ter itory of the United States, 8 established the headquarters of the territorial gov nment. The surrounding country was taken up aud tivated by large planters. Tho choicest socioty of the Territory centred here, When the Territory became « State, and the capital was removed lo Litide Rock, a change came over the spirit of its dream, its prestige war gone, Polili¢fang and business men, the beauty and focbion of the piace retired with the retiring govern meat, The hotels became vacant, the fine dwellings tenantless, the streets deserted. Oliver Goldsmith would have found here a most touchiag theme for his holy muse—a counterpart to his Deserted Village. the town to-day ? Moss covered walls, weather rebways, mournful looking chimneys, scatiered (s of brick, collars that once may have been deep, but now are shallow, Inear formations of wells and cisteros, and old gardons in which are struggling {ato bloom the early spring flowers and scraggy peach trees, are all that remain of the ancient town, What the desolating hand of time did not jay waste, the late war did There are now only two bouses in the place, the first a largo wnpainted frame building, near the river, and used severally as @ dwelling, hotel, warehouse, store and barber shop, and the latter a smaller building farther back, in which lives ‘a small farmor and several smail children. Shakspeare instances securing ‘a local havitation and a name’ as of very dificult and meritorious accomplishment, bat here, fas can be seen, notwithstanding the combined ravaces of time and grim-visaged war, the ancient name is stil pre. served, and with it two local habitations, A temporary addition to the town are three army wail tents, which are occupied by Mr. Jones and some work. Union soldiers who fell in The New and look: men 6n; the baie of Ti, 1963, fought here between Generals MeClernand and iH, and resulting as wilt be romembered tm the captore of almost the entire of “sarmy. A arene in, hove buried dred ioned here on . Some were buried river that 8 late freshet ions of ving way left ex Jatting ont the side mites On account it was deciced all tiie bodies, and they are accordingly being taken to Pine Biai® for reisterment im a cemetery pur- based by the govermment for Not La sas er ibe atone of a ba. , * NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1867—TRIPLE SHERT, 7 Sedpedhlnger gi country. horse aud road out some miles int le My ostensible purpose was to ook at the land with a view to buying and settling if I could find a to suit me. My ride took me into a deci country, the ground unbrokenly level and the road winding among dark pine trees, penetrating timents of the people 1 uf id then suddenly skirting stretches Poptyges bee the Renae oie cathe oh the few people to be seen of thin and emaciated ap) ance and most poorly clad—a road im gloom and olltart- ness, bearing Fipiares | resemblance to the Romana leading outof Rome, but with no’ com} ng reflection of the propinquity of the Eternal City, The only compensation was in the pines, and these truly magnificent, large, tall stately, the lowest branches of some being sixty and seventy fect from tho ground, and the soft murmuring of the wind stirring their leaves, as deeply musical as the distant roar of the ocean, only a lower fainter anthem of nature, more softening and subduing in its effect on the feelings and imagination. ly course ied me into a tongue of rie land, beginning at Arkansas rai Post, where it is about two miles wide, and gradually widen- ing until it reaches the Indian Territory, where it is over fifty miles in width, It {s several feet h'gher than the bottom lands on either side and never overflows. Tho soil 18 thin, and what ts here called crawfishy, and will not produce more than a third bale of cotton, or twenty bushels of corn to the acre, while the bottom tands will yield a bale and a third of cotton and seventy bushels of corn to the acre, Any quantity of it can be bought at a dolar an acre, and for the best improved portions only five doltars per acre is asked. Large sections have already been forfeited by the original owners through bon-payment of taxes. alt the people settled and living here look alike. Every old man is the exact counterpart of another, and ‘so the younger men and so the women and children. Poverty, ignorance and wretceduess are their ruling trinity. "A fraternity of squator and atject misery is their abiding boud of bro:lerhood. Schoolg there’ are none, Churches aro unknown. Like dumb driven cat- tle they plod their way, goaded on to continuous voil and one unendiag struggle for the barost necoss.u0s of life, My first encounter any bu.nan being was a mau driving four yoke of oxen before & wagon containing @ vale of colton aod some wood, The wagon looked as though it bed one through the wars, and the oxen were the in). acagre specimens of the bovine species I thin vw, ‘Tho man was tall and skim, and cer yours old, although he might have bees twer 13 older, for it is impossible to ‘ass of peopl: in this country. He ageroread coat aud pants, which clang jintos with @ friendly closeness that was scuiny—for they certainly touched him all over— i his hat, whatever its orginal color may Lave been, cas now a maddy brown, as likewise wore his beard and 1 from arkansas Post?” [asked by way nversathon. called oat to his ram ® mandate they ‘Six miles by that @ oxen,” and he month fe grin suggestive of aws of & pil uqnire, off, and L reckon I orter know, lve liv sev parts allmy born days, Nary *commodation for yersuit of hoss till yer reach tue Hele- na forics r give fuller cuaw’e tovaceer t”? at! don’t Lhave no st cut’om, eh? Can’t you pot to ab; aint bad a and shan’t got nove wll n aud wood.” “Lhave got no vobaces, or T would give you some heertully,”’ Lexplaiued to tim. “Do you Kaow any bout here who has got any iand to $1?” ‘noed buying land here, stranger; jes. settle any- whiar, and if yer doesn’t starve to deth or die of the ager bofo’’the owner finds vou out you've only to pay ihe taxes and the taad is yourn, und plagoy dear at that? n hérn man; would { be disturbed 2” 2 be bY musiceeters aud bars {rom ‘cept ro not tue people adout here dowa on the Yau- i “Not by tarnation sight. I fought agin ’em 'causo 1 had (er. ‘L know'd the war was no godd, and everybody is a hoap wuss off now Lian toey war afore, and I wanted at no use; aud then if I had I'd to tell ‘em so, but it wi found mys:l’ mo’ Ifkely than totherwise hanging from w pine limi with no ground to stand on, They sarved one of my peighbors so, but I know’d too mach for em. When they cum arter me I weat without opening my Jawer, but I never fought right smart, [tell yer.” “#8 you are a good Union man?” “Treckon I isand allers war, [se poor, and that ‘counts for *t spose, Toe rich fellers and big politucian- ers bro’t on the war and I'se right giad tbey got licked. Sarve 'em right il tuey bad their turn haoging now— drat ‘em ale’? “You have heard, I suppose, of the military govern- ment recently established over the rebel states aad of oe goverament plaus for readmitting them to the Juton ?” [ve hearn tell about ’em down to the Post, but I doesn’t bother my head much about tt, I'm only giat the d—d cus:es that fetched on the war are gittin under and that Unele Sam's on top. It'll de ’em good ty squirm. Unele Sam ‘ll keep on top, I reckon; I'm gWine to trust him, eny how.”” “Do Tunderstand that ail your neighbors are Union men?" “Yes, thar's one who ain't. He lives near Helena Forks, He is so mean be can’t raise no crop, ne how, and the only thing be can raise ig his dander, when he sees a Union max, anda mighty barking of his pesky dogs. I tell ye just how mean he is. Whiskey won't ‘make him drank, and if we should ile him all over with hog grease an inch thick, a bar wouldn’t touch him,’? My honest, but communicative friend, would, doubt- Jess, have talked with me Uli this time had I chosen to continue my questions, but thanking him for his tn- tion—and it was just the information touching the poor white people of the State, when uttered by honest mouths and from honest bearts, I had looked for—and wishing him good luck in the sale of his cotton and wood, | resumed my jouruey and he his. He told me, however, that on a full bale of cotton taken to Arkansas Post forsuypment to New Orieans they were charged about $16 for taxes and tags, which, with the comtis- sions and otaer expenses, as I gathered, left the pro- ducer about twenty-five per cent out on his cotton from ite actnal quoted vaiue. Riding onward throagh a re- gion cradually becoming bleaker and more poverty ‘en, until at length it became as bare and desolate ave over imagived any Scottish moors to be, I ped at a house by the road side. There was a clearing of about two acres around the shanty, but no sign of fence, Alitter of pigs actively employed ex- tibcing pabulam from ibe breasts of their materoal progenitor, a brood of chickens, a feeble dog who leebly tried to bark, and the faces of some half a dozen squalid looking ehil the preliminary objects of observation. hown loge, with the mud between them nearly ail fallen he the shanty did pot present a very cucouraging picture outside. Passing the porial showed no improvement, but much worse, for outside there was the bright sun- shine, clear and beautiful sky, majestic pines and pure ais, while here it was coniined and diemal, fithy and redolent of most wauseating odors. One whole side was occupied by the Greplace, of size large enough to cook an ox. [no one corner of this flrepiace—aud, the only redeeming feature of this miserable hovel, a cheeriul fire binging on the bi eal about forty, bim- self worn almost to @ shadow and his clothes worn to the third and fourth patonimgs. be the father of the family and house, though not master of the situation, An ague chill was on him, or perhaps he might have givea mea warm reception. His wile, who did not look a whit stronger, did her best o make awends A_ large bed with a dirty coveriet, which hid the pilows, if there were any, filled one corner opposite the fireplace, Underneath this was a trandle { the balance of the space occupied as a general storeroom. A large and dilapidated bureau, a very shaky lookiug table, a cupboard without doors and showing on the shelves a very slim assortment of prin- cipally fractured crockery and broken iron pots, cracked looking glass and (ive chairs, in painfully rickety condition, comprised the rest of the furniture. A litho- graph | oebegone look ing 1, hyma book aud copy of “Bunyan’s Pilgrim's stock of Ilerary Wealth, bat even this beyond the reach of the family, as notone of them could read. The up stairs pari, the only second room in the shanty, and reached ¥ « ladder, served as (ue sleeping room for the larger children. Giving my conversations with these people and those of other similar shanties which I visited woold impart nothing of special imterest. The tan I bave described, from fear and compuision, fough: on the rebel side during the war. He impoverished, ignorent and enfeebled condition however, have not stopified and stultified bim to that do- gree thas be does not know what it fe to bea Union tan, and.as chance offers to speak out his long pacer reverence for « soul's fidelity to the Stars ai pes, ‘These people are to be pitied. Their poverty and igno- france make them proper subjects of commiseration, Before the war, as the poor white trash of the South, they were steeped tu poverty. They are much worse of now, when ail the South are suffering from depleted re- sources, Let those of the rich and prosperous North who are in the habit of giving yearly thousands to the Timbuctoo or other foreign bumbag tissions’, remember the Caion poor of the South. My mde gave me new ideag ae to the condition of the extreme poor of the South, but I was giad to get back to the advanced civilt- zation of even Arkansas Since my return I have been over the Arkuneas Post battic ground, The turned up furrows reveal but little of the fight. A few trees show still the scarred marks of sbell, aod broken fonces and Walls proclaim the scenes of the most desperate struggles. Kven these remains of tho conflict a short lapse of time will wholiy obliterate, MISSISSIPPI, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALO. The Military Bili—Fears of Confiscation, &e. Menias, Misa, April 22, 1867. Leaving Jackson, my way lay through Vicksburg, and thence it extended to this town, which manifests a pur- pose of becoming a thriving place somo day. The measures of Congress continue to be acknowl. edged topics of conversation. Hero, in fact, there is no unwillingness to consider any subject that the political Sivuation of the country makes interesting. All diseus- sions have been, so fat, in a remarkably ealm spirit; Dut thete is nd expressed favor for the Reconstruction law—that is, no Admission that there is any humanity OF justice in i Congress is charged with being unwil- ling to encourage even the good disposition of the South in view of reconstruction. It ts urged that the Southern peovie have ne certainty that, if they recon- ; 7 ae struct on the prescribed form, thoy will be aguin re: | THE UNITED STATES SCHOOL SHIP SABINE. ceived. They expeot new exactious—now humiliations ‘Btill they accede to the law in effect. They are co far advanced as to feel that they cannot get by it, and the best policy is to go to meet their fate, But the new law ia not, in this vicinity, 60 interesting a consideration a3 the threat of confiscation. They do not view the military Dill as affecting their material prosperity immodiately; while the fear of confiscation 1s an actual destroyer of confidence, People who have or money de- Posited abroad, as some have, will not invest it here and render it liable to the provisions of the pro- Confiscation act, Thisi¢ a great blow to the ly reviving trade, and comes fatally were struggling in embarrassed circumstances and adds to the number of the absolutely destitute, which has been great since the close of the war. The peace was too late in 1865 toadmit of a proper cultiva- tion of the farms and tations for that year. Then came the failure of the crops in the year sPpwing, Meanwhile they whe had expectations more than antic! pated them, and wi they had realized their crops were still in debt, Now credit is harder than before on account of the confiscation panic. It seems, also, that the destruction of the ‘fruit by the late frosis is going to be sorély foit, ag one means of subsistence gone, although in sg times it was not important consideration. larly will this be the case with bereaved families, women and children made widows and orphans by the late war, of whom there are many living in this neighborh« and still fartaer back, away from the routes of travel. uy of these are quite des- titute, and depend upon charity alone, while ov hers had little to expect but what their fruit might afford; and now the hope of uJ Et. The story told ki mot been, on the whole, a cheering one. The conversation last night in the office v2 ar mack a delet chord, sree ilaaren ist @ past, ag well ag the present, came in bit memories. who joined in tt—and they were de- cidedly of the superior class—seemed disposed to nurse their own particular recollections of trial and suffering, and to give eres bods cine @ fair chance. It is aside from the to relate what they tid to, say about the deieat of this and that cone: Tt is enough to remark th@y fought thoir batiles o’cr again. ‘bat made their conversation worth naming was, that they one and ail had a feeling of pity to express for the An- dersonville prisuners, One of them, who was chief speaker, aud who soéms to have been more than once called apon to defend bis people from the chargo of crueity, admitted all the suffering alleged to have Y endur'd by these poor untortunates, not referable to design on the part of their keopers. Perhaps it would be more correct to say on tho part of the Confederate govern:nent; for I noticed he was silent in regard to the prison keepers, Ho pomted to the destitution of the South—to the condition of their soldiers, ifi-fed and barely clothed, and asked how they were to help the sulforing of their prisoners. ‘isut a fearful crime,” he said, “lies @t some one’s door, I freely admit, and I be- lieve that it could have been prevented by an exchange of prisoners. Whoever stood in the way of that must auswer for the crime,” giving it to be protiy well under. siood who he thougat was to blaine. By way of sea- soning these black and bitter memories, muci praise was bestowed upon the federal government for the good treatwent received by the prisoners who fell into the hands of our army, and a pleasant story or two was told of those bright lite episodes in the midst of war, of a cessation of hostilities, where evorything was most hos- tile, ia the trenches and on the picket line, whore little treaues, mada by a sign, but perfect for all that and set dom broken, broucit about an exchange of civilities and all the joys of peace for the space of an hour or over tho oxtent of a hundred square yards For those sol- dirs with whora ta-y had taus come in contact they entertaind a tively reeard, and I could readily believe that they would meet them again with pleasurable emo- tion. It wasin men of this temper that we appeared to have our cule: dependence at the closy of the war; but another ciass tora time usurped their places. Indeed We are expressly told that the men who submitted to the arbitrament of arms, and finally at the derision ugaiust them laid their arms aside, have not mingled much ia public affairs, Again tuey are coming from their reviroment, and, itis wo be hoped, the reappear. ance is a good omen, as they are the least prejudiced of the Southern people. Litile {3 to be expected of merely provinciaily educaied men, who are alive to none bat tocal ni Neither in the North nor the South cao they do unything to reconcile the differences that dis tract tue land, It is the former class ‘alone that show theuns+!ves capable of considering the national life as a thing apart from the existence of itg members, and it is chiclly Uey who see the necessity of heeding the de- liberations of its councils. By such men you hear it ad- mitted that the aboiltion of slavery is advantage in some respect, to labor, althouga at the samo time they are adverse to all the innovations that come in its train; but accepting the one, they ato willing calmly to con- sider the feasbility of the others. One feels on common round with such people, and it does not appear a vain hope that with the aid of their counsel all may be well, THE NATIDWAL BANK SYSTEM, The First Smash-Up Down South—Farther Danger Abead. {¥rom the New Orleans Times, April 25.) The National Bank system nas received a Be. vere shock from the receat development at Selma, Ala- bama. 1t ts the first decided knock-down in this section boat the hazatdoas system has received. The vices whic are laid bare by this expiosion we fear wil be found to pervade the whole scheme, and to affect, more ‘or jess, all similar institutions, — Forced upon the coua- tey by great exigencies—esiablianed upou bases which the expericace of two hundred years nas proved to be ut- terly ‘aliacious—withou: adequate checks or restraints — .t is only necessary that a litue financial pressure shoud be applied to explode the entre system, ‘Tue Selina aifair develops tue followiug alarming facts :— That the deposit of the United States funds in banks is not only upsale, eminently dangero.s, but isa tempiatios and inducement to reckless expansion and speculation, whicu must result in great loss the govera- ment, in general commercial and Goanciai disasters, and in corruption aad demoratization of the ollicers of the government. All that used to be said of the demoral- izing character of any connection of the Auances and fleaucial agents of the government with banks is now fully realized. ‘The managers of these banks are every- where cheek by jowl with the Treasury agents and d positories, The banks are ofien convenient to the so- called olfice of the United States Treasury. In these high-pricod times salaries of oflice do not afford luxuries, and people who handie large amounts of money bh a wish (for luxuries, Why should not the go ment agents receive @ share of the interest on the loan of the government funds, especiaiiy as the government gots none? Are men who iabor for their countr#, and whose political status is unexcepttonabic, to be excluded trom all the chances of legitimate specu- lation? — Is ail the proit from tue loaus of govera:aent fands to be divided among tne stocklolders of the bank, who, alas! in too many cases, as in the Selma bank case—the First National of that city—nover paid a ceat for their stock ? ii the government is generous enough, besides giving eighteen tmiliions a year for the beawilt of the National Bask curreacy, in the form of taverest on the bonds given as security for their issue, to allow these banks the use of its deposits without charge, 1 is no reason Why We officials should, in whe exercise of our chovwe of @ bank of deposits, receive no cvnsidera~ ton therefor, In these not very scrupulous timos this process of reasoning is a natural aud logical one, and has probably Prevailed elsewhere besides Selma ‘It is uot a bad on+ derstanding, so far as the goverament depositors are concerned. They have no risk. They have quly exer- ewed their discretion, If the bank should be badly managed, should ever trade, should expand beyond its means and suddeuly encountor a crisis aud tumble into ruin, it is not their fault, After all, too, the govern ment loses no more than the other depositors, And is hot the government a proper person to lose through banks it has itseif establisted and put into operation, aud in whose favor it bas enacted laws to extin- guish all other banks, to exclude all competition with 1t8 own protégea’ "But the subject is far wo large and pregnant to be disposed of in the brief space we can now command, We propose to resume at some other time our investigation into aud exposure of the present conditiou and operation of the last modern bank- ing bubbio. The Mechanics’ Bank of Baltimere Embez- alement Case-A Plea of Guilty Entered by one of the Accused. The two cases of Samuel fH. Wontz and John HL indicted by the Grand Jury of the United States District Court for embexziing the funds of the National Mechanics’ Bank of Baltimore, were taken up for trial on Monday last m the United States istrict Court, Messrs. George W. Dobbin and Henry F. Garey acted as counsel for Wentz, Messrs. Wm. Schley and Milton Whitaey for Rogers, Mosers. Theo. B. Horwitz, counset for the hank, A. Sterett mee Distriet Attorney, and James A. L. McClure, Bsq., tant District Aliorney, appearod for the Tmmediatelyeupon the calling of the court, Mr. Garey arose and read a statement drawn ap with great care, in whieh Wentz picad guilty and throws himself apom the of the court. wm Fodee Gillen, ta response to the counsel, said that he would be governed in his reese | the facts which woald be brought out on the. trial of John BH. ‘The farther consideration of the case was nat Rogers contains five counts; that on the 2d of February, 1967, heem- 000 of the funds of the National ies’ Ban! A charging that on the 2d of Fedraary he did abstract the said sum of $6,000 of the funds of said bank; third, eharsing that he wilfully misapplied the ‘moneys of said bank; th, charging that he, being a teller in bank, did make a entry in a book catied “*Paying Teller's Settioment November 23, to Febranry 26, 1867, inclusive, of “Adams C, $2,000,” with intent to’ defraud ‘fend deceive the cashier, Charies R. Coleman; that on the 24 he did make a false entry ad aforesaid, with intent To deceive the agent appointed by ‘the Comptrolter of the Currency, with of the Secretary of the Treasury, et cy is lable vo impriocameat tn'toe Peake v dary for & Rot exceeding ten nor less than five Beanp Coceterrart Bark Nore Piares Discoversp,— A man who was digging ina lot in Paterson : i f 2 i Tal i i i i i H : i z z £ : i Li i ff ii i $ SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. The Inauguration of the System of Naval Apprenticeship, and its Marked Succese— The Boys on Board—Their Daily Studies and Dutles—List of Officers and Instractors— Regelations tor the meneonapne and Govern- me entice Boys, &c. i eae New Lonpox, Conn., April 29, 1867. ‘The United States school ship Sabine, stationed in this harbor, has “broke out of her winter quarters,” and her able seamen, under the direction of her experl- ‘enced officers, have been busily engaged in putting the gallant 01d vossel in trim for the more active and prac- tical duties of the springand summer. Notwithstanding her superior officers assured me the vessel was, all in confusion, consequent upon this procedure, decks ‘and multiplied paraphernalia were a miracle of neatness ‘and regularity. ‘Yhe apprentice system, so auspiciously inaugurated and successfully carried out on board of this sbip, was formally commenced in obedience to an act of Congress dated h 2, 1887, but, after many disappointments, was abandoned six years subsequent thereto, and was not revived until the year 1864. In May of that year the naval ship Sabine was ordered to be put in commission as a practice and school ship for naval ap- prentices, under the command of then Lieutenant Com- mander, BR. B. Lowry, United States Navy, who was especially selected by the Department at Washington for the very important, arduous and delicate duty of organizing and establishing on a firm basis the nucleus from which the rank and file of oar future naval force was to emanate, in such a manner as not only to be re- liable at all times, but of a character which would place our shipe of war upon an equal, if not superior, footing to{those of any other naval power. But the visits of the Tallahassee and other piratical craft of the Southern contederacy to the waters of the eastern coast caused the naval authorities to send the Sabine there to protect our commerce and fishing in- terests, and so valuable were her services considered by the people of Portland and vicinity, that they induced Mr. Welles to retain her at that port until the threatened danger had fully passed, so that it was not until October of 1864 that Commander Lowry was fairly enabled to enter upon the organization of this important system, It was a task fraught with many difficulties, some at first that socmed insurmountable, but by dogrecs, marked with pationce and faith, aided by his humane and capable subordinate officers and instructors, Com- mander Lowry brought order out of a chaotic mass of humanity, and eventually had the inestimable satiefac- tion and pleasure of witnessing and experiencing the perfect succesagthat had crowned his ar.tuous labors, ‘ Continual drafts are being made upon the ship for the more experienced aud advanced of the boys to supply, in| ‘measure, the deficiencies that occur in the various United States naval squadrons thronguout the globe, so at present thero are but 279 on board, but these are ad- cing in their studies at a rate that promises the most flattering results, This body is divided into thirteen sec- tions, consisting of from eighteen to twenty-five boys each; these sections hayo first, second and third cap- tas, who are selected from the most advanced boy: witb a view of their superiority as disciplinarians an assistant instructors, and these bear the honorary title of ‘cadets; they have charge of the residue of their section, and are in a measure responsibie to the officer commanding them for their conduct and cleanliness. These sections are each daily drilled, alternating in a manner that weekly ensures every boy in the ship receiving instruction in all the minuti@ of man-of-war details, including rigging and uorigging masts and yards, bending and wunbendinz rails, knotting, spicing, strapping blocks, heaving the lead, steer- ing, making signals, pointing, grafting, weaving mats, making gaskets, reefing, furlmg, using muskets, pistols and cu exercising great guns, target firing, pulling oara, &¢ To addition thereto, schoolmasters assigned to each school, agrevable to de- partment orders, fostruct them in the radiments of eda- cation, embracing reading, writing, geography and arithmetic, inclu navigation and other necessary branches that may suggest themselves to the experi- enced mind of the commanding officer. A biack board, bung conspicuously on the school deck every morning, previous to ‘quarters,’’ notides each section of their re- spective studies and duties for the day. From morning to afternoon these change, or alternate, in the manner above referred to. To-day they were as follows;— MORNING. AYTRRNOON. Section. 1... Howitzer. 1... Matting. 2. < Boating. 2) "Lead and com) 3. . Boating. .Knoiting and splicing. 4. Sword and rifles, 5. .Gannery. ‘Howitzer, 6.. Writing. 6... Boating. 7... School, 7. Boating. 8 hoo, 8.. Nomenclature, 9, . Mating (sword mats), _ 9. .Gunnery, 10. ‘Lead and compass. 10... Writing. 11, /Kaoitiag and splicing. 11, .Sehoo!, 12..5word and rifles, 1: ‘choot, 13, Ship's duties, 13. ! Mating. In obedience an order dated January Ist, 1367, the following is the general orgauization of studies and ex- ercises *— In charge of moss clothing and general _suporintend- ences, Conmander BR. B. Lowry; Acting Masier G. D. Newcomb, assistant to commander. ‘Scho. —-Lieutonant Commander H. De H. Maniey, tn- structor in navigation and ordinante; Acting Eusign E. R Warren, assistant instractor; Chapiain W. A. Hiteh- cock, instructor in ethics, history, &ec noolmaster EB. Alender, instructor in arithmetic, history aad geogra- Adjutants 8. Seabury, J. C. Montgomery, C W. wn, assistants, Infantry Ins-ructor.—Commander &. B. Lowry. Battalum Drvl.—Acdag Master G, D. Newcomb, in- struc.or; Acting Ensign J. ©. Oatley; Mates H. E. Jep- son, © B. Magrader, W. H Robinson. T. H. Ridgate, E C. GiLespie, and J. Rounds, Jr,, assistant instractors. Swords aad Ayt-s.—acting Maver G. D, weomd, Instruct; Mate HE. Jepson, Adjutant R. Forris, As sistant Instractocs. Howto ting Ensign J. C. Oatley, iastructor; Mate C. B. Magruder, Adjutant C. T, Graof, Assistant Instructors. Grex! Guns, Targt Practice an? Gun Nomenclature — Commander RB. ; Lieutenant © mander H, De H. 4 Gunner G, Edmonds, sv gon, Adjutants &. yers and Instructors, General Police and Discipline. —Lie Hi. Do H. Maniey and presiding of aminers, 0. © Kaauot, Assistant nant Commander ¢ Of Board of Ex- Seamanship. —Acting Masters, B. 8 Metville and E. B. Hussey. Boatswain, T. Jollier instructor in Kuotting, splicing and use of marhay spike, exercising on yards and olowing cata, Maie, J. Roun Adjutants L. M. Meicoer and 3. A. W. Pierce, assis‘ant macractors. Potty oficers and seamen to be detailed as tastruciors, Compact and Lead Line, Steering, d.—Male E. ©. Gillespie and Adjutant W. A. ating, instructors. Exercises wn Boat Rowing and Sailing. —Lroutenaat Commander, H. De Hi. Maviey, Acting Busiga, J.C Oailey, Maes, H. KE. Jepson, J. Roonds, CB. Ma grader, W. H Robinson, B.C." Gillespie, T. H. Ridgate and ail Coxswain: Palm and Need'e.—G, W. Franklin, iastractor. Worsley, «sei The boys, under the direction of their ‘cadet? cap- tains, respond to the call of their instructors in these branche: with an alacrity and cheerful willingness that speaks volumes in praise of the system as here devel- oped, and completely puts to shame and overwhelms With Confusion those persistent abusers (some occupying important positions vader (he government) who have at all times endeavored to s.ab nw death. To thore are thus malic: D. Le asiy inclined your reporter, en pass Tespectfully recommends any mornivug ths sprag at “quarters,” or imuedint “Lowry and Sabine,” and, hs word for it, auy hag e hatred they may retain wii be thorouguly eraticaied trom their system, Regularity and method are the governing words on Doard the Sabine, and to give your readers an idea of the thorough instruction and prompt obe- dience of the “apprentices’’ necessary to ils cou- Summation, and tuat their whole time, so far, &s practicabie is devoted to the object of thelr enlist: ment, 1 append the “daily routine’ of thie vessel, as copted from « neatly wr'tien notice hung in a prominent tiom pear the wardroom At daylight ali hands called, apprentices wash, cadets Teport and oflicers of the day report to officer of the >F zF “ ” . M. Formation for " u Hon. M. Retreat, Blacking shoes un- Cleaning bright- Retreat from do. Quarters for ia- 1P. M. “Over mastheads,’’ 1:10 P. M. Formation for exercises, 1:15 P, M. Usual routine. 2P. M. Signal exchange for driis. 8 > i ss SEPP 7 7 7 7 8 9 pee M. i 2 s8 PP =e & trae right Seeger “eh on that be may be one of the successful app'i- cants to the Naval r to you, Charie, end may your Gye never ite teghtness, por your countenance ever be any sadder than {t war this morn- ' {ue annexed reeulation: Cor the euiisiment and cov. i Depart Weaiagon ptiranserteen Ua i m7 id i “i ye f ol HE i i iz: Hy ie 85 5 1 as ef 28 u nu Fa i 4 a: ul ii i i a 3 et Fes 3 s Z i HE i : rt 53 : 5 z 5 5 i i ad # E E F rf 3 ue Ty cngsungrs wit : donee ae amma mination of the yew phy jet’ He. will who has the erect ia steht hearing or Unb, oF. who isfavle to any aes snd changes of s eos life to be held in greet aint The continual change from growing out boo ff duly considered; the teeth fine, it is required that each bo; sible in structure and nou! Fogard loan i i. of allegiance must in all, Cases bo administer ed to the candidate when en! d to dian bofore signing the shipping articles, 13, Boys at the time of thoir enlistinent will be rated as of lass, and shall only be further rated by authority of the Secretary 0; the Navy, after instruction and examiua- tion on board:the School-ships, unless when transferred to'™ sea-going vessel, in which case they may be rated us other enlisted persons are. 13. Afwr enlistment, each apprentice will be furnished by a Paymaster with the necessary articles of good naval cloth- ing appropriate to the season, the cost of which will be charged to his account, 14. At enlisting sips or stations where boys aro enlisted, their names only will be marked upoa their bags, hauntnocks. and clothes, 15. sewly entered apprentices will be sont directly to a schoolship, if one be in the vicinity of the enlisting rendez- vous; if otherwise, the apprentices as enlisted, wall be seat soa rocelving ship’ for temporary detention until they oan be transferred to a school saip. “Wail bourd receiving ships, apprentices will be kept distinct, as car as possible, from the men belonging to the general servi 16, Schooiinasters wisi be assigned to each school ship to teach the rudiments of education, including navigation; and a proper allowaace of books, stationery, and necessary in- struments wilt be furnished. 17. The commanding oiticer of each schoolship will insti- permanent board, coasisting of the executive officer to », the line ollicer hext in rank, and any other junior to the lauwer, for the purpose of ascortalaing the relative merits of the boys as they may present themselves on board, and associating them in classes for instruciion accordingly’; de- ciding Upon their fitness for advancement to a higuer rating, and entertaining and responding to any questions which the commanding owicer may subsis for their cousideraiion ia regard to the welfare und management of the boys. ‘The boys are to be carefully and systematically in- structed, under the direction of the commanding officer, in the various duties pertaisiag to a seaman ou board of mat-o!-wart in rigging and uuiigging masts and yards, bend: ‘and unbending salis, knotting, splicing, str blocks, ng the lead, Steering, Making signals, Making Zaskecs, whipping, polling, grafting, weaviug mats, recilug, turling, using MUskels, pistols and cullasses, exercising great guns, » pulling oars, and wll other baat dugy. ke , we. ‘asferring apprentices to a Nchoo.ship, the «ame ruie will be observed as provided for the transier of other ditions, viz., the date of birth must uplicateof “parent's or guardian's consent, + together with the testimonials of good character, must tn all caren be seni lo the commander of the ship to which the ap preutice is transferred. 20. A quarteriy revurn, made up to include the last day of the then terminating quarter of the year, is to be tranamitied to the Bureau of navigation by the commander of each Schoolship, showing the umes and classes of (he boys; their apdtude ; their deportment, whether good, indifferent, or bad, and the number of times they have been reporied ‘for misconduct, with all punishments intlieted. 21, At intervals of uot more than three or four months, at such tines as may be deemed proper, the department wili order a rigid inspection of the condition of etch school ahip by # bourd uf competent oilicers of appropriate rank, who will exatnine with minute care into. the whole caursd pur. sued towards the boys, and report faithfully the result of their inspection, with such suggestions us may occur to them, 22, The boys, until further regulate, will bo: for those of ird class, eight dollars per mohth; for those of the class, nino dollars per month; and’ for those of the tirst class, tea dollars per month. 23. One-tenth part of the monthiy pay of each boy will be retained unti the expiration of his term of euiisiment. recnainder will pe expended fu clotiilug and necessartes for his use, and, Unuer the s; ‘approval of the commanding oiticer, m occasional payments of money due. MM. ic is made the duty of all odicers having charge or au- thority over naval upprentices to guard them vigiiantly against all immoral Induguces, and to uso every opportunity to improve and advise thei 10 regard to their duties, 25, fhe authority to ealist apprentices for the naval ser. vos will be given by the Burcad OL nareeien. under au. thocity of the Navy Department, specially designating the Stauioits wire these enlistments wilt take place. Ws. Apprentices will be teaasierred from a school ship to vessels in active service upon the recommendation of the permanent Goard. approved by commander of the scuooi ship, selection made, aural rule, of those "3? ‘Commanding oucers in granting temporary Teave of Pommanding oilcers in granting temporary boys will exercise a careful Bi and parues uf Lwo boys will not be allowed Liberty on shore, unless in With a peity olllcer or #8: aud exo.iplary sea- dileheck tem In thoabuse of liberty, without any harsh oF Unnesessary restraint. wstve an apprentices alall be inetrusted promody ° pprentices and taorouguly in the duties ©! seamen, their wuole time sual, as far as pract.cable, be devoted 10 that purpose, and they will not be permitied to attend as waiters or servants to ofice: nor be empioyed, without oF services not coudueive to the te W. on the termination of a regular cruise, commanding vilicers of Sea-yolng vessels Will report to the BureaM oL Jo ames Of such appreutice boys, whose term as he may consider deserving of tea ‘of pay, exclusive of the recaned veath, due to eseh; the Department wal then decide Shower t grant them leave Of absence, NOL to exceed six s, aud What amount of money iay be paid them, ). Boys enlisted to serve unul they are wwenty-one years 6 Will, Oa Lhe expirction teri of enlistment, be paid ull te thoney then due then, aud also, tf their conduct aud the reports of their comuvuding and superior oilicers have shown that they deserve it, will receive trom the De partment a cert at, expressing its approval Of (aeir conduct jength a their services aud those to whom sacl ceria. ications far promotion or ap- ment oe Warrant or petty off if other qualiucaiious ave equ, be considered as having prior claims. Iu fring @ parting salute to the Sabine, your reporter dosires Ww thaok Commander Lowry and mis gentlemaniy exeeative olliver, Lieutenant Commander Mantey, for the courtesies shown to bia, aud their kinduess in‘ extend- iug to lim the bospitalities of their noble ship, urgent. necessity, tn ‘Object Of thelr en and pt THE NEW ALBANY (INDIANA) DIVORCE CASE. Ruling of the Judge in the Case of Wight vs. Wighi-The Doctor Severely Exceriated. [Fromm the New Albany (iad.) Commercial, April 25.) in the Circuit Court yesterday, Juage Bicknell, from whom Dr. Wight, the first instance, sought to obtain a divorce from ots :avalid wife, made the annexed pre- b were entered upon the court From i: Dr, Wight will learn where his “biess- ed spirit of forgiveness” find another occasion for its Geplay, ihe Judge's preambie is severe, but it seems to us just, The high moral sease of this commu- nity will endorse what he says, The State has been scaudaltzed by the ease with Which divorees bave often obtiaed, and we J Brckuell's: most mwerted rebuke xranted tae Wight divoree, as br. Wight himeseli, Judge Bicknell had undoubtediv secu the miserable defence put forth by Wight, and tuat he was no} aflecied by its specious matements and so- plostical roasoniegs io evinced by the manner in which he churacwrizes the partes to the disgracetul affair, Whatever of sympachy Wight was entitied to by reason of bis mistortape im bavtug ao for a wife, it is evident that he has fortened it by tho means he bas used W rid himself of ber, According to his own ad- mission there are sane periods in the tite of an eptiep- Lic—moments when the mind is clear and the affections are normal—momeats, days, whea @ recollection of the horrors of the epileptic this man who has adopted her as‘ our intention, however, to at this time expose the of Dr, Wixht in defence of bis course. We therefore, without remark, sudjoin Jadge Bicknelt's and rule No, 46:—"I call attention of the new rule in divorce cases, The husbaud of a sickly wife prowured a paramour, panion of his wife trived @ scheme to paramour in her * place. and songht to court the ilies slsaliet federate, Here @ resident of this yorce in another court and ap outrageous He, the court which granted the Panay to assume jurisdiction when it really bad no ju- fisdiewion.”” Tre Covxreneot Moxsten, Williams, hn prooed Who hos just been sentenoed to five years state Prison for maltreating bis little daughter, Py thirteen, by conning, beating and starving her, i of Lis jwremour, Miss Mann (niece HOW very hear being @ raving mantac, Adveriver:—One of the State Prison on a to-day to take vt minal was a very mind yesterday, ery ns finger nails into his bald until the blood ran in streams. sary Ly a bim constantly to prevent hint doing b.gself some serious injury . Kerosene. “D. W. B.,” who writes like an expert in the business, says that the adulteration of kerosene oil, i. ¢., its mix- ture with benzine, is the cause of most of the explosions use. Ifthe says, there is 20 iil stand 110 dagrece ot hos apprehended. The to be holders, upon the same principle that the mutual marine insurance companies are conducted? I am confideat ties require keep in as as to men and others, who now reluctantly submit to the loss of interest on their pater racer than to incur the trouble and yyance using savings banks as depositories, or thetr compara- tively small means in investments stocks, &e., they know nothing about. Such depositors as £ way. This bridge, he thinks, should have its supports at Bowling Green or the Battery, at Canal street, and or in the vicinity of Union Park, and should extend any desirable distance on @ jine with Fourth aven or dropping between the sections should not: twenty or thirty feet above thé house ld be by cables at intervals, with their staples or fastenings in the crom streets. Such a bridge, by accommodating four rait ways, two for express trains (by ° steam) through ‘one extreme point to the other, with but few interme. diate sto} dation trains, would probably give all the requirements necessary to accommodate the public. The ouly qes- to sustain so vast a weizht as a plan of this kind might incur, with its innumerabie trains freignted with pas- sengers. Broken Sidewalks. “Citizon’’ desires attention to be called to the bad condition of many of our sidewalks, prominent among which are the walks on the Broadway side of the City Hall Park and in front of the Astor House; in fact, he avers that broken sidewalks in the metropolis are toe numerous to particularize, Our correspondent puts the following queries:— Is there not an ot ier entitled the Inspector of Sidewalks? What is bis pay and what does he do to earn it? Cau anybody tell when the street pavement on Broadway, from Ano to Fulton street, ia to be putin proper order, after being destroyed by the railroad companies? Brooklyn Letter Delivery. “A. EL” thinks It an outrage that attention is not paid: to the prompt delivery of letters .in the Brooklyn Poss Office. He complains thus:—I have often sent letters addressed to parties residing there making appointments for the second day, 4nd have invariably had the mortifi- cation to find that 1 had reached the arrival of my fettor. Surely such a state not be allowed to remain unnoticed. MOVEMENTS OF MR. PEABODY, ‘He Sails To-Day for England—He Declines the Nomination for the Presidency om Ao- count of his Age, and Recommends a New Candidate. ‘ A correspondent of the Newark Journal gives the folowing in connection with an interview with Mx, George Peabody, the banker and philantbropiet:— - Do not understand mo to intimate that I consider this allusion to my ‘with the: as disrespectful; on the contrary, it ts most kind complete ee but ong org ae I be elected to partisan, united people, Tahould like it, But £ am seventy-two of and my chief desire, so far as I am per is to preserve my bealth, The climate of eet at mirabl; with me, and on Wednesday no yee te SA affairs should for the for a three years’ absence, ‘There can pass my days in the alr, without sui from the exposure. The rays of the sun do not me there as here. If cold weather comes I can reach a milder at- mosphere in twenty-four hours. I shall pass much of my time i saison sbi a exercise is rr require, and I enjoy it, ives ©: ion ange and freedom to the circulation. On'Wednesday fast one year will have elapsed since I arrived in this country. All the plans connected mith the object of my visit here were arranged in England before my departure, and have been accomplished with sight modification. The gift of $140,000 to the Essex Society was not contem- plated, but will, I am satisfied, be produ In all my charities 1 have been favored with the valuable advice and co-operation of Mr. Robert C. Win- throp, of Massachusetts, whom I highly bonor and re- spect. If the choice of President © United States possessing every statesmaniike atiril with an unblemished reputation, he wor honor the position, and my countrymen would elevate tpemselves by the selection, Tell Mr. Falter that the meation of my name in connection with the Presidency is not original with him. Ton years ago a bright fittle lad, ason of Mr. Samuel Wetmore, Shia) Spuseapian! say *hinssion: Sity anasuabitnas around, announc:ng me as bis candidate. He is now sixteen, and one of the noblest youths I have ever sven. The other day [ introduced him to Jobnsop, and asked that he be appointed to a cadeiship nt. My request was instantly granted, aad the joy of the little tellow was complete, Speakiog of his recent visit to Washington, the finan~ clal condition of the government was incidentally al- juded to. He expressed the conviction that our large national debt would prove no barrier to our progress tue coantry could bat be once more united. But with separation, disunion, pracueally continued, with @ javent spirit of fobellion still existing, the heavy burden of taxation would be {lly burna, civit warfare might be again renewed, His dearest wish was that his country jo forward in the ca- reer of progress, which internal discord would be powerless to prevent, and that the government and nation should , a8 Would be ‘the case tf wise counsels prevailed, tue most powerfat ander the sun, He expressed the most unbounded con- fidence in the wisdom and ability of Secretary McCulloch, whom he bad learned to esteem as a noble man and @ far-secing statesman. ‘Depend upon it,” said Mr. Pea- body, “that Secretary will take no backward step, The resumption of specie payments and the diminution of the public debt are the ‘objects of Lis profoundest solict~ tude. He adequately com: nds the inj fasion winch would resuit from’ coatraction, oF an abrupt return to tho specie basis; but he will recom. mend no measure which tends in the other direc’ and will lose ne opportunity to make a point in favor resumption. "” Oa my making some allusion to his vast London cha- rides Mr. Peabody informed me of & gratifying letter ee ei wored me with its Te stated thas 4 meeting had been cailed by the Lord Mayor of London to take into consideration sabjoct of erecting a memorial in honor of Mr. Peabody, at which meeting the writer was appointed a committee to solicit subscriptions liunited to ten guineas each, for the erection Of a statue of the distinguished Am and ‘A copy of the subecription ss joeed, hended "7 A copy 0: sul was enc! ints Hoval Highness the Prince of Wi in whose the ten guineas ruie had waved, sum affixed to ree eng my five Ro wer far- ther remark Story, the American suggested as Lhe artist to Thom the work jury and con- been should be ir but that @ decision upon this and all other details would be postponed Peabody's arrival in London. A beaaufui touching letter from the Em) Eugenie, under date of the ult, was also ki shown me, the body of the document as well as the re being in the hand~ writing of the Empress. In it she expressed her gratt forward one to you. le writ he remarked that bis hand trembled somewhat, during the all bis correspondence: THE LAW OF BIGAMY, Five Successive Years’ Separation Legel Caase of Divorce. A case of bigamy has just been ended at Schen- by the acquittal of the ‘The defen: Smith, married a woman in 1881. Su! jnently she bim and changed her name, and he did not know of her xistence for = years. Finaliy she turned up at Albany, and Smith saw her and called on her. In thie a eee ber presence he married anoth: ae having two lInwfully wedded wives a ‘same time cons sted his all \d apparent crime, But his counsel claimed seal outer the statute, the court ordered it, law rans that person having a husband or wife living, who shall t*Co re whether married of single, Sat, cor, cases specified in the next section, be ote ee et without Knowiedze-of bi * her where: Party deserted, warrants the latter in re- eats ne as aera state van ane ‘The court beta came 2 this exception, and he duecharged, "i 2 ES before the ©