The New York Herald Newspaper, August 9, 1869, Page 6

aa adi end tne RELIGIOUS. Divine Services in New York and Brooklyn Yesterday—Baptists, Presbyterians, Methodists and Adventists. ELEVENTH STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. “The Darkness at the Crucifxios”’—Sermon by tho Rev. Charles B. Smyth. ‘There was'a large congregation at thts church yes- ‘terday morning. The preacher, a8 is much his ‘abit, took advantage of the matter uppermost in the minds.of-the people to draw therefrom a moral Jesson. His ‘text was from Matthew, xxvil., 45:— “Now about the sixth hour there was darkness over * gi the land until the ninth hour.” ‘The crowds who might bave been seen Saturday peering into the sky ‘Sbrough ‘bits of colored glass; at what were the, gazing? What fools they were, some might say. Bul ‘was it @ foolian thing to manifest an interest am such a ‘eae ype of nature as an eclipse. It is weil to contemplate the operations of nature, and as it is done to have ‘the mind jed from nature up.to bature’s God, Thas by the eclipse of Saturday ae may be reminded of the great obscuration that took place at the time of ‘our Saviour’s crucifixion. What a strange event was that! The Jewish sixth $s our twelfth hour. At that time, when the sun usually sdines in bis meridiap,eplencor, everything was Wrapped in sable oom. Darkness was spread over ail the land. But w came this darkness? Cau tt be accounted for on natural principles? No; the obscuration of the sun Jnsted for three hours; ab ordinary eclipse lasts but a few minutes, Bes ‘ne moon was notat that time in we of her orbit at which an eclipse , could occur. The darkness, then, must have been yreternaturai. There are those who call that great event in question. Why, it is asked, do we Bot read of it in profane history. Tertullian, an eminent Christian writer of the’ lattes part of the g@econu century, in his defence of the Christian re- Jigion before the Roman Senate said that the obscu- ration of Lie sun at the crucifixion was spoken of in the annals of Rome. One of the objects of this darkness was to give evidence of the majesty of the emg who suffered. Because of this event one of the bystanders said of Christ, ‘Truly, this was the Son of God,” Dionysius, a convert to Christianity at Athens, under the preaching of Paul, wituessed Wwe darkness wile in Heliopolis, and he satd:— Elther the God of nature is suffering or the world 48 being dissolved.” Another reason for the dark- nese was to show the fouiness of the crime com- mitted; and still another to vindicate the substitu- tionary character of the Saviour's sufferings, He died, but not for his own sins. The intguities of one peg could not have extinguished the light of day, lany persons had been crucified before, but the sun shone as bright as ever. ‘ST. JOHN'S METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH WILLIAMIBURG. Sermon by Rev. Charles W. Bennett. ‘The usual moruing services were conducted at the above named church yesterday, by Rev. Charles W. Bennett, formerly pastor of the American Protestant eburch, at Berlin, Prussia. The preacher took as his text the words found in John xvii., 21. Christian unity, he said, must not be found in one- ness nor in perfect unity of dogmatic statement, but ip the prevalence of that love in the hearts of all ‘Christians for one another, as characterized by the love our Lord bore towards His fellow man. Such unity bas already found large place in the Church, and among other indications of its eee is the variety of Christtan literature roughout the world at the present day, scatieriag broadcast in one form or _anotuer the divine truths Of the promises of God. The reverend doctor then eres vivid description of the state of the Protes- ut Church throughout Europe; the vast reaction ‘which 18 convulsing the old Catholic States of the Continent. In Vienna, Austria, he observed the gradual tendency of the masses to conform to ‘usages Of the religion of the reformers. The Catho- Me Church gives to every library connected with their colleges and schools “Thomas & Kemper's Invitation of Obrist’? in Fenelon’s Sermons; but the English Church presents the Bivle to all who come within the pale of her teachings. The preacher in conclusion ex- hoyted ail within the hearing of his voice to give their love and labor toward the redemption of tue fallen Magdaiens and prodigal sons who infest Wi Namsburg aud Brooklyn, Said he:—‘The list of pw @ers, robberies and various other crimes dally ber- aided to the world was enough to make the stoutest hearts tremble with fear for the weilare of our be- Joved country and the present unsettied state of so- ‘ewiy 1a general, Verily God in Nis wraih visited “tue cities of the plain’ and destroyed their rebvel- ious mbabitants. The day of reckoning was fast @pproaching, and it bebooves each and every crea- ture to prepare for the judgment seat.” LAFAYETTE AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, ‘The pulpit of this fashionable Brooklyn church ‘was occupied yesterday by the Rev. W. Baker, of Qhio, who chose for his text Third Corinthians, tv., 2—“For our light affliction, which is but for a mo- ment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eter- mai weight o1 glory.” He said that the great diser- ence between one man and another was the culture nd discipline of the moral spirit, as, for instance, the antithesis of characters existing between the Apostie Paul and the Emperor Nero. Character is that indefinable something which depicts the moral governance between the standard of minds of a high and low order. Referring to the text—there te nothing in a man’s personal ajiliction, which Fedounds to the glory of God. Itisali part of the Divine scheme of man’s earthly probation. ‘The manner in which the blow is received is the criterion of its action on the mind. Heaven saves ae it afficts, according to our Maker’s good wily and pleasure. When Jesus told us that we _-@bould be inheritors of a heavenly mansion He gave _/ mankind the promise of a glorious inheritance, far outstretching the reaims of our earthly imagination. ‘With reference to the sanctificaticn aliuded to by the Apostic, we are all beholden to do our utmost as frail and erring mortals to attain the standard he has Taid down for our example, so that we may make our calling and election sure and be shining lights in the religion we profess as disciples of Curist. The honor glory of suth conduct is within ourselves, is @ Sparkie and weight of solid worth in ‘words which incite us to posseas a larger and a no- bier character. Every gleam of prosperity, every friend, every business transaction, every book aids, ‘by the inscratabie designs of an all-ruling Provi- dence, in the formation of our characters either to a novie or degenerate standard, which eventually ‘becomes adamantine in Ms intensity, All God's great wachinery works together in ad- mirabie union, like as it were, to adopt the homely simile of a potter, making vescels fit for use, and our procitvities are mouided at an early period of our hifetsme ior good or evil. Religion, instead of being Tegarded as the greatest cause of munaane happl- ~ Beas, 18 Foo often looked upon as @ bugoear, and a goat necessary 10 be donned each Sunday. We are an wp mab was not made for the Sabbath, but Sabbath for the man. As to the benedts of true ye- ion, we are also taught by God Himself in the gos- pei of Jesus Christ, that its object is to make us ‘worthy of salvation. General Sheridan once remarked, “1 tell you, sir, that the Federal forces were never defeated when they were in earnest; but [had under my command #0 Many negative and so few positive men.” So in jike manner a Christian man or woman must regard life as @ stern reality in which no hesitating course of religious views can be tolerated. The great God ordaimed that our Saviour should give Himself up a ‘willing sacrifice for our sakes, 89 that we may be free from ali blemish. He thérefore was emphati- cally our Saviour, and Jet us do our part to gave the world by our Christian deportment. With relerence to this let us remember the prophecy of our Lord, who said He should see of the travail of ‘his soul and should be satisfied. The object of our Heaveuly Father with regard to ourselves is use, and this quality ts to be found tn our personal char- acter, which may be likened to a trusty steel which is kept bright and trenchant for God's use. A man’s face and body are an aimost infallible index of his mind. Purity pene An open brow bespeaks the mobility of sou) aud makes a man look every inch a king. ‘There 18 something radically wrong in our exiat- ing state of society, so many centuries have sped aheir way and so few reai Christians exist. More er aud more effort is wanting in the glorious of the regeneration of mankind. Science has OT ag B nitro-giyceriue, &c., but Chris- work flags. Let us never forget that we are God's workmen on earth and into our hands have ‘been committed the power of love and Christian charity. Jesus is the author and finisher of ail that God's spirit and work develops, and he i# King, of Kings and Lord of Lord ALL SOULS" CHURCH. Sermouw by W. H. Brigham, Rev. W. H. Brigham conducted the services in this church yesterday morning, and preached a brief sermon, taking his text from the sixth verse of the 239th Psalm, which bears relation to the impossl- ‘ility of comprehending God and His workings per- feotly, The preacher said that the expression oon- tained in the text might be the utterance of a soul 4p deep contemplation or of a bewildered soul not @atisfod with anytning. From the simple fact ‘which the words of the text contained none would maintain thata man can know all. No inteligent man would assert even that the words of gave 4 comprehensive deseri il the Knowledge of God. ind not be brought into the compass apiriy which was supreme and outward World, with alj ite wonders, ai ing "to the that u ow led rr pine cepviction, Byen divine could not be brought into the limits of an: Ome school of German painters defined thi ledge of Himsell.” y know! was af once ap avstract con’ and en ‘Mf we started wit.’ hat we couid find out ‘the future the very egnoopeion Of the diyine nature fae us very clearly that 1t never could be known by 4 mind or invelleck, For, if we could attain to that knowledge, we wast be divine, It was not the pu ‘of his discourse to dwell upon the gene- ral of the oputterable greatness at Gos He ‘would take a narrower range than that. apenas! terms he might say that the impossibil Teach- ing the completeness of divine know was no reason why we must not seek that knowledge, and have uo influence in keeping us back. In the fewt ‘piace, then, there was & natural instinct whitch drew men towards hea‘ wisdom. It was ‘the soul’s impulse and the soul’s it to make these it i e spirit long penesrare 4 a Was surrounded—to we, irom phenomena to causes. There was a longing i the soul of man to re more knowl of the spiritual workings of ita Creator. Why should the soul of man, then, .be hindered from inquiry. aud into theology and heavenly things. There searchi was no study which more exalted and Inspired the human soul than that of » The fable that “One morse! of ambrosia is worth more than a loaf of baked bread” would apply here with the greatest aptitude. There was positive good in the soul when it advanced a single step in its investigations. We found, after long groping and wandering th: wh narrow and dark pa: (es, that we knew but iittle more of the secrets of that darkness than before. Groping in the labarynths of Teligious thought, however, left more joy in the soul ‘than all the possible or conceivable joys of physical life. We reaily learned a great deal when we tried to know God and bis works, These fights of tho soul in thought were not empty beatings of the air, Every gerlous contemplation ef divine things made us in some degree wiser. No science, after all, pro- duced more positive results than sacred science. ‘The study of divine things might now show us clear- ly wnat Ged 1s or where He ts, but it made it more aud more impossible for ug to disbelieve hia teach- ings and laws. STANTON STREET BAPTIST CHURCH. Sermon by Rev. John J. Owen, of London. A large congregation assembled yesterday at the Stanton street Baptist churck to listen to preaching by the Rev. John J. Owen, of London, who comes to this country to make it his home. The reverend gentlemen pronounced an eloquent and instructive discourse, securing the golden opinions of his hearers, who, & the close of the service, with @ ‘upanimous voice praised nis zealous efforts, Steps will be taken to ordain him as the regular pastor. He selected bis text from Second Thessalonians, }., 10, “When he shall come to be glorified in his saints and to be admired in all them that believe.” Jesus, Who came in sorrow and a sufferer, who was persecuted and maiigned, who was crucified and bu- ried, and who ascended from @ mountain in Galilee to sit at the right hand of the Father, will not come again to undergo anotber glorious martyrdom, to be the target of jeers and the subject of ridicule and hate; but, surrounded by His children, the com- mander of a victorious host of His believers, He will guide them in triumph to the Promised Land and lead them to the steps of the heavenly throne. It 18 to this majestic mission of the leemer that the text refers, and for its future comple- ton all souls should prepare. They should be washed of gin, and compensate by repentance the vicarious atonement of Christ. He will be “glorified in his saints’? under @ variety of circumstances, which the words of the Gospel must suggest. First, in the forgiveness of sins, to effect which Christ came on earth and followed His unexampled career as the Holy, Teacher. He wandered from land to land, from shore to shore, and planted the Prieubive Church by His weary Bre St he and sent His apos; ties to the distant ends of the earth to spread abroa the fruits of Christianity. And now how changed ig the aspect of the world—how different from eighteen hundred years ago! In Kurope, in Asia, in Africa ‘and America, and soon among the savages of Australasia will the standard of Christ float universal. His wondrous example shall change the heart of the wicked and depraved, as Paul, the blasphemer and sinner, became the Apostle and advocate of God. But something more than forgiveness must be had; the renovation of the soul must ve accomplished, and the bad must be- come the good, the sinful the pure; tor without a of beart and an acquiéscence of mind we would not clasp the hand of our friend who be- trayed as, nag fone devotion must be tried by in- falhble test, Then again will He be glorified in His saints. Another consideration is the vast number that will be found following in His ing Men will be endued with the new spirit, and in count- less numbers will sing the praises of God. How often on this earth do we see goodness and genius lying negiected in obscurity, while vice and corruption staik with giant strides through the ave- nues of society! John Bunyan in Bedford jail and Charles 11. on the throne of England! What a pic- ture! The — Paul in the dungeons of Rom guarded by the soldiers of Nero, who im crime an cruelty wore the traperial purple with a ruthless Land! What @ contrastl ‘These things, these auomalies, will not exist in the great future. The poor add bumble, the oppressed and downtrodden, the suffering but noble, will be received in heaven, where God shail juage them according as they de- serve, THE SECOND ADVENT. The End of the World Probable nt Any Mo- ment—Meeting of the Happy Lamba who Have a “Sure Thing” en Being Saved. 4 baker’s dozen of motley individuais assembled yesterday afternoon at No. 405 Grand street to inter- change their ideas on the speedy dissolution of the earth and to hear the so-called Eider Burus read of the end of the age from St. Peter and on solar mutability. On a small platform at the upper end of the room under a sigu board bearing the name “Neptune” was a short man with bushy gray whiskers around his jaws and gray hair scattered across bis head, ile wore ap air of penetrating philosophy aud a pair of gold spectacles, The latter he kept resting alternately on hia forehead and on the bridge of his nose. This mdividual was Elder Burns. On the benches at the leH were:—A man who looked somewhat like an animated corpse, with forehead which, if continued upward about two inches, would form an isoceles triangle; another man with busby gray hair, a linen coat and a hump on his right shoulder; a third with cadaverous lookin Jawa, sandy whiskers and blonde hair, well soape down; athin young female in a purple and white pine dresa, Shabby genteel jockey hat and a loud, suirill voice, ag was evidenced by ler tn the charm- ing choruses with which the performances were varied; then there was what looked to be a married couple, the lady @ in black and with a long nose, wille e man, an exquisite singer, was partially bald, and looked as he ought to have better sense than be found in such company a8 a believer. Then there were a couple of young men, or half grown boys, who inade tubes of long cards and gazed at the elder as if through a telescope; @ wotnan with rather masculine cut of countenance, and @ black fan, which she kept In mo- ton either fanning herself or poking a young man, who sat near her apd would go to sleep, and stay asicep until a poke from the fan would rouse him. On the other side was a short man, with @ square head, covered with bushy gray hair, a thick body, @overed with a asy jooking coat; a smal woman, with @ flat sinall forehead, a nose tnat looked as if made for @ portion of a headline in @ child’s first Abbey | book, and wearing @ bonnet which seemed as if it had been originally a genuine coal scuttle, but had been chopped off at the front and at the cope, until it left ber little weazened face aud dirty neck In bold relief. There were a few others of no particular class, who came to look on, or Who might posssibiy have been be- levers. ‘To this remarkably intelligent audience the Elder Burns read the third chapter of the Second Epistle of St. Peter, After he had squirmed through the epistie he went 90 in @ rambling, disconnected q tg esau hearers that they might €x- Pere Sotatng 5 Sad oF AR ole Aus y 4 prophecies had all peen to the things which should armed preegag the coming, but tne; ie at stated when thé secohd ahiny id Te Lora would be. There was a sort of interregnuu? or intermediate time between the fulfliment of the prophecies and the destruction of the earth, and we are in that ume now. The elder then went on to state that he had a paver which was sent lim by a friend in England. t was @ “regular paper, you see (here he held it w to let them see), and not a religious paper.” From this he @n article on some solar “finonemee” which was observed some ten as ago. This was the article on ‘Solar Mutability,” but from his style of reading It very little could be understood. ‘The elder weut on io rebut the idea of spirits. He had never heard of Qny Spirits going up to heaven. He read of aman going up to heaven in @ chariot, and he read of another po heaven, but they went there bodily, He Nyy | it we heard a great deal too much about spirits; he heard of spttice that could eat, and all that sort of thing. after straggling through an hour and @ quarver, during which time the sacrile- gious telescope makers had gone to sleep, and turee or four others of the audience had followed their example, the elder closed by praying that the day of the second advent may come quickly. ‘The little man with the bushy head aud greasy coat announced that they wanted a little more money to pay the rent this month, whereupon the animated eorpse made a bee line for one corner of wanhale aan and thence, again on @ bee line, to- ward the seats, and moving as if he were a ati au- tomaton presented a tin plave under the nose of each person in the room, and obtained, periiaps, seventeen cents On invitation of the aioremen- tioned little man, one of the brethren got up to “say oo a ihe ae him, not that it was had often used tt in jument, and had but just learned that Peter used the. sa e idea. He never knew before that he and Peterthad ex: prenvea the same opinion on that point. He said:— lere you see lie says goon down, down to the— where. he says—yes, down, right along down here at the tenth verse (reading) —n—n—n—n—n—n—"“But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the—a— n—hesvens away, great noise—n—n—n— and so on—melt, fervent heat, earth—n—n—n—snall be burned up.” ‘The speaking friends had asked him where he and his people would be when the burning time came, Why that was the easiest thing in tha world to answer, Christ was agvin’ to come down and take them up with big until the buraing was passed away. Paul bad said there would bea new earth, but knew better, and Adam Baker aaid thaty meant @ renewed earth. Tho ttle woman wit! Sr fe ape coal seuttle then got up sn rait nigewaroie she youd the Sermon on the Rows, «pressed are the meek, for they shall muerit the earth.” She hever could find angbody 10 explain that to her, r wore the meck, it w , aD poor? man imberit the land. She thought ‘the Bermon on the Mount was the best sermon ever preached, she did; and thought 1t was well worth Treading. ‘As she spoke she accompanied each syllable with a nervous, Caadie lecture bob of the nead, and reminded one of a dog pig hy @ bone, She made a vigorous amirm: of the idea that there would be spiritual after the burning up; the bodies would be formed just like those we have now, but they would be spiritual. “If anybody wants to know where we will be when the fire comes why just tell ’em we'll be right ‘up there, longside 0? Ohi ontil the purifyin’ is done; that’s where we'll be. We've fot 9 sure ‘thin; on being saved; an’ what I say 18, fly awiftly roun ye wheeis of time an’ bring the day—that’s all.’? ‘The speeches were inverlarded with hymns, sung in execrabie time and tune by the ‘entire congrega- tion” (!), amd interrupted ocvasionally by pious runts and notses resembling that of an drum fi : by cries of ‘‘Amen 1” “Jes 801 “Y¥a—aa |? “Yea—Is !” and so forth. The entire performances assed off, no doubt, to the satisfaction of Elder Burns and his enlightened congregation, and were closed by the short man in the greasy coat asking all present to come again, KINGS COUNTY POLITICS, The Campaign and Its Issace—Opposition to Commissions—Restoration of Power to the Mayor aud Common Council—Political Organizations at Work—A Few of the Can- didates=Tho Offices to be Filled, It is only now that the politicians, and those who have an eye on them, are beginning to awake to the fact that the time for action is drawing close to hand; that the plans for the fall campaign should be looked well to; that tne hordes and cliques should be drilled, discipiined aud marshalled in their re- spective divisions, and, i brief, the clarion note of preparation should be sounded without delay, If, In- deed, they would be In readiness for the approach- ing contest, tis true that this is the season of vaca- tion and rest, that the courts are closed, and but lit- te 18 being done in the several departments of the Municipal goverpment; that the leading lights of both the democratic and republican parties are rusticating and recuperating for the trying time, But neverthe- less there are subtle agencies at work for either weal or woe on both sides, which are agitating a very large and influential portion of the community, The questions at issue in Kinga county upon which argument will be based in the political canvass are of the utmost importance to the taxpayers of Brook- lyn, involving the principle of right between the ad- ministration of the offices of municipal government by the Mayor, Common Council and other de- partment oficials, chosen by ballot, and an ill-ad- vised and extravagant expenditure of funda by commissions corruptly appointed, im opposition to and without consulting the will of the people. The commission system in Brooklyn, most eweeping in the exercise of the privileges acoorded it by the Legislatare, is popular only where actual and direct benetit is received from it, and its merits are too slight in proportion to the lavishness of the outlay 0! public moneys entailed to elicit in this city any- thing akin tocommendation of the experimenta, The latest and most sweeping thrust at the pockets of the taxpayers ig the Water and Sewerage Commis- sion, the bour.dless powers of which in ali matters of sewerage, street cleaning, repairing, repaving, grading, cutting and filling streets have been fully explained in these columns on & previous. occasion. While the Commissioners are all reputaole and in- telligent men, whose characters are believed to be unimpeachable, the resiraint upon their official transactions is too slight to satiety many as to the infallibility of their judgment and the propriety of the mode of procedure. Already the warning of the economical Mayor, Martin Kalbflelach, gtven ut- terance to two years ago in hia message, against the likehthood of the sobriquet City of Bonda” being jiven to the city if more precaution was not taken in the out!ay of public money, is beginning to assert ameaning. It can no longer be denied that the high rate of taxatiou here drove many millions of capital from Brooklyn to Westchester county, New sprang and elsewhere in the yictnity of New York, which would have found ita way to the City of Churches, were it not for the rapidly rising rate of taxation, and the prospect of stili further mcrease. During the past week @ movement fas pat on foot by several leading and tofuential geutiemen to organize and combine against the further continu- ance of commissions and to urge the advocacy of the centralization of the municipal powers by re- storing the Mayor and Common Council to ali the powers formerly possessed by them. Among the more prominent citizens who are pledged to further the Interests of the objects of the meeting are ex- Judge Morse, Messrs. Garrison, J. E. Cammeyer, J. J. Studwell, James M. Seabury, Stephen Crowell, Wil- lam E, Sprague, ex-Alderman Sharkey, G. I. Ben- nett, M. D., Alderman Fisher and E. Cleave. The new organization, which bids fair to grow in popu- Ode fee the qnestions at issue are Seam ty ventilated, 18 to be known as the Citiz<«s* Aesocia- tion, and will take an aottve part In the coming campaign, the members pledging themselves to vote against corruption on all sides and support the best candidates only, irrespective of rty. They will not, of course, place any ticket in the field, but will defeat, as far as in their power lies, ail attempts to folat dishonest or corrupt officials upon them. ‘They can no longer stand the high rgees 01 taxation, and, therefore, bestir themselves for a remedy, dis- carding party ties in doing #0. The Peopie’s Democratic General Committee of Kings Caf the remuant of the Montague Hall Comunittee of 1867-8, is still in extetence, andgwork- ing slowly and surely in the furtherance of Its de- sigo—the overthrow of the ‘old ring,’ which Las grown 80 obnoxious to the more respectabie Rowe unorganized portion of the democracy. 5S. M. Ostrander, the chairman of the committee named, backed by Joe Winters, the secretary, and a few steadfast opponents of the “mighty combination, or mystic circle,’ have been working assiduously in the promulgation of their doctrine and political creed, urging the same to be free of access to the primaries, no ballot vox stuffing, aud that no one Tan shall think and act for all. Rotation in office being democratic in principle, is also desirable to the new committee, who are clamorous against the continuity of oficial relaiionsitp with the public pap which so many peis of the ‘‘powers that be’? have 80 long enjoyed to the exclusion of better ctti- zens and fairer dealing men. There is one great drawback which tas been felt in the endeavors of the workers of this committee, namely— paucity of tinances, wherewith to keep the Wheels of the machine free from clogging. Another and perhaps the sorest obstacle is the failure of certain prominent and wealthy indi viduals in the political arena, yet opposed to cor- ruption in overy form, to coalesce with them and lend the weight Of their influence to the movement, At the present time a little gate of ‘fast and loose” i# in progress, which will fiually be settied, how- ever, and with it the prospects of the new commit- tee, for good or bad, In the meantime the “regular” Democratic Gene- ral Committee are 2 yen things down to a point’? after their own peculiar and well experienced way, relying again, as in former years, upon the credulity of the democracy and fuith (not reposed) In the in- tegrity of their intentions. The ‘slate’ has not yet been made out, but the pencil is sharpened, and out- lines can be traced upon the surface, which assume a shape, though indefinite. The “end men,” while they aré not indifferent altogether to the “breakers ahead” in the opposition, both organized ang other- wise, with which they will havé to contend in the November scramble for oMce, are nevertheless as confident of ultimate success as ever, and no doubt will make @ compromise in one or two instances in the selection of an “outsider” for a place on the cke!, a8 a blind, as it were, to the unwitting of the Give PR so ue ek ‘hé offices to be voted for fn Kings county are as foliows:—A Justice of the Supreme Court for the Second Judicial district, in place of John A. Lott; a Senator for the Secona and Third districts; nine members of Assembly; a School Commissioner for that part of the county not included in the eity of Brookiyn, in place of Voorhles Dorrbangh; @ Sheriff, in place of Patrick Campbell; two Superintendents of the Poor, in place of John Delaney aud Henry Cook; two Justices of Sessions, in place of Stephen Voorhies and William H. Hoyt Mayor, in place of Martin Kalbflelseh, and a Street Commisstoner; eleven Aidermeao for the odd numbered wards, an alike number ot Supervisors for the even wards. ed Ad nce, that the loaves and fisnes to be vided are suMcient to excite the cupidity of rge host of place seekers, sein dead The oMice of Sherid, the most remnnerative in any county, 18 also one of the greatest independence, that official being responsible only to tbe Governor for dereliction of duty. It is, therefore, highly essen- Ual that the tcambent be selected tor his intel- ligence, character and strict integrity. The term of ollice expires for Sheri Catupveii on the last day of the present year, aud being tneligivie for re-election twice in tminediate succession, under constitutional restriction, he will not, of course, be in the coming race for the snug oMce, The names brought for- ward for the custodian of the halter, or Sheriff, are Frank McNeely, Ninth ward (keeper of the Pentten- Wary); Ji uley, Tenth ward (Deputy Street Commissioner); Tinothy Desinond, Tw: teth ward, Luke O'Riely, Nineteenth ward (clerk in Jus ca Voorhies’ court), The prospects of the aspi- rants name rate in order of Thvor with the aD pointing powers in rotation given. if the Mayor 18 chosen irom the Bastern District the Sherif will be taken from the Western District. This litte ciream- stance forms a strong link in the chain which binds the fate of the candidates for Mayor with the suc+ cess of the aspirants for the nomination of Sherif, For Mayor Martin Kalbfeiseh, the present incum- bent, will be aga tn the fleld for the renomination of the democratic party. He Is popular with the vaxpayers for his strict adherence to what he con- ceives to be best interests of his city in ce against all expenditures not deemed abso- lately necessary for the welfare of the people. In adhering to this course of policy he las made ene. mies of \he “‘ring,’’ whose nefarious ende he has #0. often refused to stoop to; but If the jatter can do no better they will le ygones be bygones,” put Mr. Kalbfeisch on thelr slate, just a8 a Tuatter of policy, torunin on, Supervisor Howell, of the Eleventh ward, ia the choice of the Committee for the Mayor- ality at present, however, The record of the demo- oratto majority of the Board of Supervisors during sup vagt your w ngt of a character to recommend iis ‘amair, electors im Novem- ber next. I salaries; ad Hbitum and per- fecting extravs it go-called needed improvements has added greatly to the burden under which the county Dow labors, ‘The republicans Wilt nominate Alderman Fisher, of the Nineteenth ward, who is personally popular and is a lawyer of considerable experience. Robert Furey will be @ candidate for renomination as Street Commissioner. emoluments of this oe though very much curtailed by Joni mis sion, are suMciently large to recommend the place Pry boy Ae to iw oye incumbent, Mr. Furey. Jn the nd district James F. Pierce will e his interesta for renomination be- fore the Senatorial Convention, and in the Third dis- trict Henry C, Murphy will doubtless be returned to his seat in the State as he desires to look after the interests of the Kast River Bridge Corporation, which Will require an experienced per- gon. The name ol Sn Osborn, chairman of that Board, has algo been . sponen of in connection with the Senatorship of the Third district. As for the Assembly seats and their candidates, speculation at this early period would be useless, where 80 mi declare intention of going in for As- semblymen this year. It is safe to assert, however, that Mr. John C. Jacobs, Nmth district, will proba- bly go to albany as @ representative, with a view to attaining the S| erahip of the Honse. Aidermen of the odd wai re all up for re-election, and are supported by those who “wish they may get it.” The Republican General Committee are not exciting themselves as yet about the prospects, but will exert every influence to assist in the «ivisiou of opinion on local issues in the ranks of the democ- racy, and, if possible, run in @ few of theirown arty through the breach whieh they will widen, un- jessy an acceptable ticket be presented by the major- ity party this year. MILITARY NOTES. To-morrow (Taesday) the “Old Fifth’ company of the Seventh regiment will celebrate the anniversary of the company by an excursion to the “Richmond Club" grounds, New Dorp, 8.1., which was the camping ground of the Seventh in 1860, The com- mand will leave the armory at a quarter past seven o’clock A- M., in full fatigue (white pants), and em- bark on board the steamer Wm. Fletcher, which will Jand at the club grounds. In the afternoon the com- pany will go by special train to Tottenville, where they will be entertained by the Mannatta Club, who have extended an invitation to the company to visit them, The command will arrive at the foot of West Twenty-third street about eight P. M., where it will be received by the Firat company, Captain Allison, and the Fourth company, Captain Kapp, and escorted tothe armory. The “Old Fifth’? wilt doubtless have @ big time, for they are as jolly # set of fellows in a social way. a8 there ig in the regiment, Ryder couldn't command any other kind of 9 compens. ‘The Veteran Association of the Seventy-firs regi ment held its second quarterly meeting on the 2ist ult,, at Major Walcott’s, in urth avenue, After certain changes were made 1n the constitution of the association ex-Captain Seymour A. Bunce was elected permanent secretary, and ex-Captain O. P. Smith treasurer. The to be worn by each member, which was adopted at the meeting, Will be @ very pretty one. The design is a wreath of oak leaves surrounding a Greek croas, with acorn points. The upper portion of the cross bears the the sides the letters ‘‘N.” and ‘“G.”! and the centre the letter “V.?_ The clasp or fastening pin 1s in the shape of a Roman bundle of fasces, with its axe, The badges will be of gold and enamel, the wreath reen, the cross white, outlined with black; the igures, letters and mountings blue, all handsomely enamelled, the whole forming @ very neat, elegant and appropriate badge. The aanual picnic of the Irish Brigade Oficers’ Club will take piace on Thursday, 12th inst, at Dudiey’s Grove, A firetciass steamboat and mam- moth bagge will take up the guests and members of the association at Hamilton avenue ferry, Brooklyn, and at severa) piers along the North river. lt is expected that a numerous and pleasant company will assemble under the green fags, as of old, and that many happy reunions will result, Compantes A, B and EK, Forty-seventh regiment, will soon go on an excursion to Bay Ridge. Company E bas inaugurated a system of target practice which the other companies of the regiment are following up, and it may be that the whole regiment will next season go out of town. to practice. This 13 as it should be, and if eyery regiment of the National Guard would adopt the target practice as part of its drill it would be all the more efficient for active service if it ever should be called upon to test the value of a steady hand and a certain aim. Company A, Sixth regiment, had a target prac- tice at Karl Park on ‘Tuesday last. Captain Max zenn after the fring distributed prizes in the shape of watches, ten-doliar gold pieces, orders for furni- ture, &c. Dancing wound up the festivities of the ys Company C, Thirteenth regiment, Captain A. W. Powell, will go on an excursion to Hillside Grove, on the Hudson, to-morrow. Adjutant Frederick J. Kauber, of the battalion of the Thirty-second regiment, has received from tne commander-in-chief a brevet as captain for service in tne late rebellion. The drum corps of the Fifth regiment went to Funk’s Union Park on Monday last on a target prac- tice excursion. Drum Major Charles Berabert won the first prize and the gold medal, ‘The following named officers have been commis- stoned by the Commander-in Chief in the National Guard, 8. N. Y., from July 10, 1869, to July 31, 1869:— First Regiment of Cavatry.—Jonn H. Timmerman, adjutant, with rank from July 10, vice W. H. Mid- dendorf, resigned. Third Regiment of Cavalry.—Augustus Funk, Captain, with rank from May 26, vice Henry Olauson, Jr., resigned. John W. Haaren, captain, with rank from May 31, vice Henry Wholman, deceased. Henry Schiakendick, second leutenaut, with rank from May 31, vice John W. Haaren, promoted, First Regiment of infjantry.—Atexander D. Batley, Orst leutenant, with rank from July 11, vice IF, M. Clark, resigned. William H. Hoffman, second leu- tenant, with rank from July 11, vice 8. Carson, Jr., removed from district. Fifth Regiment of Infantry.—Henry Engel, tirst heutenant, with rank from June 26, vice Johu M, Hein, resigned. Sisth Regument of Infantry.—Edward B. Kinney, adjutant, with rank from June J, vice William Barth- man, declined. Eleventh Regiment of Infantry.—George J. Damb- man, first eutenant, with rank from May 27, vice Frederick Bauman, resigned. John Hoffman, second hheutenant, with rank from May 27, vice George J. Dambinan, promoted, Tiwenty-hird Regiment of Infantry.—Charies 8. Weat, second lieucenant, with rank from June 7, vice Henry 8S. Manning, promoted, Seventy-ninth kegunent of Infantry.—loseph Ross, captain, with rank trom June 17, vice John Mcln+ ess, resigned. William 8. Montgomery, captain, with rank from June 9, vice Robert Campbell, re- signed, Ninety-sivth Regiment of Infantry.—Frederick Snyder, first Meutenant, with rank from June 7, original. Antonio 0. Jones, second lieutenant, with rank from June 7, vice Frederick Snyder, promoted, The following resignations of officers have been accepted during the same period:— Battery of Ariillery, Fifth Brigade.—Secoud Lieutenant David Donald, July 16. FU Regiment of Infantry.—Captain Schareh, July 31. Seventh Regiment of Infantry.—Surgeon E, B. Dal- ton, July 16, Bleventh Regiment of Infaniry.—Second Lieutenant Charles. thie, July 31. Fourteenth Kegiment of Infantry.—Colonel EB. B. Fowler, July 16, Twenty-third Regiment of _Infantry.—Second Jdeutenant Franklyn Coit, July 17. BRN rie Regiment af Mfantry.—Captain om: fanley, July 31, Seventy-first Regiment of Infantry.—First Lieu- eRe SH BP nckd oath Company 1, Fifty-frth regiment, Captain Ingehand, will celebrate the auni- versary of the regiment at the Bast River Park. All the officers of the Seventn regiment were sent to Biackwell’s Isiand on Friday last by the Commis- sioners of Charities and Correction. They were not kept there over the day, however, but were treated in the most lous manner by the Com. missioners. A collation wi of course, a part of the treatment. It may be said that the oMcers were sent to the island by no fault of ther own, The Commissioners Were gt the bottom of the thing and will be held responalble. THE EDGEFIELD (GA.) TRADEOY, The Cresswell Brothers Ambuscaded. (From the Augusta (Ga.) ae. aud Sentinel ugust On yesterday evening we were informed, by a gen- Ueman just trom Edgefield Court House, that the Cresswell dificuity had culminated in a fearful trage- dy. On last Weduesday afternoon Mr. D. Cresswell and an older brother, Mr. Charles Cresswell, ieft this city in buggy to return to thelr homes, near Ninety- six, S. 0. Late on the evening of that day the two brothers reached Edgfiela Court House and stopped for the night at the village taverp. On yesterday morning, between eight and nine o'clock, the Cresa- wells again started on their journey, taking in the buggy With them a sixteen shooting Winchester rife, as if anticipating trouble. ey had not been gone long when some one came into town and said the two men had been murdered. A party im- mediately went out to ascertain if the rumor was correct. A mile and a half from Edgefield, on the road to Ninety-six, the bodies of the Crésswella were found. The older, Charles Cresswell, was perfectly dead—the body being almost riddied with buckshot, D, Cresswell was seriously if not fatally wounded, One hand was pierced by two bails; the other hand the chin was also struck; one ball entered another the stomach. ‘The latter is re- to have said that two men concealed by hi ‘side fired aimultancously as they saw the buggy, aiterward making their escape. fe identi one of the party as George Addison, Jr., a rother of @ youn Henry lady concerned tn a previous The wounded Oresawell is now an inmate of @ private Louse in Edgefield, A DANGEROUS PAVEMENT, A complaint ia made of the shockingly neglected pavement on Bleecker street, between Broadway and Crosby street, where a lady sustained serious injaries by stepping into @ hole or breach. This dat lave has been ip the same condition, tt i) ie jor twenty years, The police from the Central OMce atumbie and hobbie over it daily in squads. The Street Commissioner has beep apyeaied to, and yet nothing is done. | CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA eee Earthquakes, Voleanic Eruptions, Political Agitations and Military Executions. WMicaraguan Revolution and the Isthmus Canal. ‘The steamship Henry Chauncey, Captain Seabury, from Aspimwat on the Slat ult., arrived at this port yeaterday, bringing our files anid correspondence from Centra) America, Colombia and the Pacific States of South America. CENTRAL AMERICA. Indians on the Guatemalan Fron- tier—Fini and Agriculture. PaNaMA, July 31, 1869. ‘The steamship Costa Rico arrived here yesterday from San José de Guatemala and intermediate ports, GUATBMALA. Through Guatemala there 1s late news from the 1 Mexican frontier. ‘The Indians of the State of Chapas had revolted and were committing serious depreda- tions, Those of a town called Chamula, seconded by two or three other towns of considerable popula- tion, had raised an insurrection against the whites and murdered the curate, the school teacher and other residents, Afterwards about 10,000 of them Marched on San Cristobal, in the peighborhood of which several engagements have taken with the government forces, in which the Indians were defeated; but they still continued to threaten the city and receive reinforcements from other points. ‘he fepubiic of Guatemala i perfectly tranguil ‘and offords no news o! importance, The government has already redeemed $126,404 of the debts bearing the heaviest interest, with money recently coimed from the gold Jately received rom Catifornia, NICARAGUA, The oMetal bulictin or the. Jerez-Martiuez provi- sional government, dated Leon, July 8, and also gome documents from Managaa, the seat of the legi- mate government, to July 12, have been received. Baca, Provisional President of the re- volutionar; gorernment bas issued a decree annal- ling that of the loth ot March Fegardlug coffee plant ing. Another decree prohibits traveiling m the in- terior or leaving the country without passports signed by the Minister General or the General-ip- Chief. A decree has been issued facilitating the entry of merchandise at the port of Corinto in cases where the invoices have not been received. The government forces are daily increasing and hopes ibe entertained that the rebellion would goon quel Coionel Hagarathy, a well known and old Cali- forpian, is supposed to have been recently drowned in Nicaragua while bathtng. COSTA RICA. Congress was convened to meet July 29, hee country is represented as being very un- settled, The work on thé road from San Jose to the At- lantic progresses. ts succegaful completion de- pends a good deal on whether Senor Figueroa succeeas in obtaining the $2,000,000 loan he has gone to negotiate for in Europe on behalf of the govern- ment, COLOMBIA. Trade Very Dull on the Isthmus—French Canal Projects=Clerica for Rome. Panama, July 31, 1869, The dreary duiness and stale stupidity of Panama life auring the absence of steamers in port has no equal. Business on the Isthmus is extremely doll; in fact, dead. Comment is unnecessary, in a busi- neas point of view, as to affairs over the Jstumus. There deems to be BO doubt that the French Com- pavy formed for the express purpose of construct- ing an interoceanic Canal through Nicaragua will be successful in theirefforts, The authorities of that Tepublic appear to be more alive to the great com- mercial necessities of the age than are those of Colomvia. If the French make the enterprise a suc- cess foreign Powers will have gained a powerful foothold on the American Continent. What the Snal resnit of foreign monopolies on Amerivan soil must end in is only a mat of time. On the subject of the Isthmus Canal, the Panama ae. of the 27th inst, hag the following in an rials. It seems that owing to the interest held in the river by Costa Rica Nicaragua could not conclude the contract cedin; the ase of the river without the Of the former, an this Mr. Montealegre was sent to obtain. Not only was he most cordinily received, but a treaty was at onoe entered into with him by the President of Costa Rica grauting all the rivileges Nicaragua required for the fulfilment of the con- ‘act with Mons, Chevalier, and this treaty now merely awaits the coniirmation of the Congresses of the two repub- lies, which will no doubt be granted at their next seasion. This may be looked upon as the settling of the question as to where the canal is to be bulif, and seemingly gree the death blow to any’ such work ‘being undertaken uring tle century, if ever, on the isthmus of Panama. “The United States government did all in its power to induce Co- lombia to grant it permission to bulid the canal here, but this solicitation, we Dever satisfactorily ascertained why, ‘was rejected at the very moment when the world at large ex: pected it to be accepted with entiusiasm, and Con; was #0 obstinately oppoesd to the canal scheme that it actuall refused to give the President any basia whatever upon which to make a treaty in reference thereto. ‘The result of this dog- xedness is now evident, Nicaragua has giveo the privilege toa French company instead of C ja giving it to an American one, and this isthinus as usual has wo sutfer for the whim of its ruiers at Bogota. Unaer the heading of “The Isthmus Transit” the Chronicle of the 28th bas the foliowing:— In alate issue we took occasion to notice the falling off which has of late been taking place in the traile passing over this isthmus, and suggested, by way of remedy, such r ductions in the hidherto exceptionally high tari as would once insure #0 material am increase in the gross traiic of Panama Rallroad as to piace that important bighway again iI command of the carrying trade between ihe Auuatic and Pacific and vice vera. Webave since beard it stated, upon apparently reliable authority, that it {s contemplated, under what auspices we are not iniormed, to establish a new line of steamers between thia port aud ‘Valparaiso. It has also been rumored that a company {8 soon to be formed in Now York for the purpose of competing in the same trade, ‘and that four large and powerful steamships on the American pian are to be constructed for the service, Without piacing too implictt reliance on tho truth of these reporte—the first of which appears least open to doubt—the realization of either rojeet would most certainly stimulate the tradic of the isthmus for the perlod of its duration, , The Rev. Francisco Tavini, apostolic delegate from Rome, has been making @ tour of Central and South America, which is supposed to be very im- portant as regards the future of mother Church m those countries. The reverend gentleman is now tn this city, accompanied by several priests, who go with him to the Council at Rome. Bishop Chico, of Quito, 18 also here, accompanied by eight priests, enroute for the Council. In addition twelve Sisters of Charity, direct from France, are now here, bound for Lima and other points in South America. The last Freach steamer departing for France conveyea high authorities from Centrai America with a view of procuring Sisters of Mage A for the Held of labors in the Central republics, The Church seems tobe somewhat imbued with the energies of the fifteenth pa ag and is, perhaps, trying to regain its prestige 40 the Central and South Americas, jeutenant Dickens, son of the novelist, is In this city, ei route for Victoria, Vancouver's Isiand, to join his ship there. ‘The lately appointed Mintater of the United States to Guatemala, Mr. Silas Hudson, arrived here from San Francisco on the 2éd and sailed on the 26th for the city of Guatemala. Tic health of Mr. Hudgon is greatly improved. Mr. Sullivan, late United States Minister at Be- fot, Le ei at Aspinwall for New York, whence ie leayi day. The French mail steamer Nueva Monde reached Colon from Santa Martha on the 2vth inst, The news from the interlor is meagre, In the State of Santander Salgar has been elected for Presi- dent of the Union by an overwhelming majority. ‘The Salgaristas are jubilant, and predict the ulti- mate triumph of their candidate. The mterior, al- though quiet, is puliticaily agitated, and it ts feared Gaon bloody revolutionary conflict looms up in the nce, ‘The election of President of the Union for the State of Cundinimarca took piace at Bogote on the 10th ult, There was acollision between the government troops and the populace in consequence of the official interference of President Guiterres and his subor- dinates in the clection, Guiterres’ candidate is Salgar. Upwards of twelve persona were killed in the conflict, The people of the State of Bolivar, of which Carthagena is the capital, are a thrifty and indua- trious people. They export considerable quantities of valuable products, of which tobacco, cotton and indigo form @ large part. The bulk of” thelr com- merce, owing to the want of direct. communication with their own fine harbor, 1s conveyed to the sea by the circuitous route to the open roadstead of Santa Martha. ‘The projected canal is to connect Oartha- on with the river Mapsaicns, the main artery of he commerce of Colombia. It would bring the rich and powerful State of Antigua nearest to the sea conat and provide her with a gafe and donvenient outlet. ot PERU. KarthquakerLocal EnterpriseAn Engineer= ing Project, Lima, July 21, 1869, Another severe shock of earthquake has been feit at Iquique. It ocourred on the aight of the 13th inst, We have been permitted to see @ private let- ter which states that the shock was so strong as to create great fright among the inhabitants, many of whom fled to the mountains, As atated in my last the people in that region havea terrible premonition that another Uidal wave and terrible earthquake are coming. The fact that the volcano of Jslage is in constant action Unt imereasen fear. J have again to report new raljroad enterpriace. Pisco with the et, @ pumber of ladies attend! ee: scheme to unite the island of San years a several le pl tions to that effect, but they were not wceepted. "The ondertaking would be stupendous, but not beyond the reach of modern enterprise. A Sore gre exhibition ig soon to be held at the School of arts, Henry Brent, United States Chargé earings by special request of the Diplomatic Corps, wiil act as @ member of the mixed commission for the settie- ment of what is calied the ‘Callao pillage claims" of 1866. The vacancy in the commission was caused by the death of the late Prussian Consul, ‘Theodore Muiler. CHILE. Political Affaire~The Agricultural Expoate tion—Yield of Silver. VALPARAIBO, July 12, 1869. Political affaira throughout the republic are un- exciting. Progress and prosperity are the general features of the times, Chile is gradually failing into line and taking a promivence for her energy and enterprise, ‘ On the 6th inst, the Agricultural Exhibitlom closed. The exhibition hag stimulated agriculture wonderfully, and the beat evidence of this is that the greater portion of the machinery exhibited was purchased by farmers and wealthy land- owners. Machinery is beginning to take the place of manual labor in Various parts of the republic. The Copiapo silver mines are reported to have promecd within the last year the sum of $o500 008. Even this figure is thought by some to be below the ma ‘the trade between Europe and this point is in- creasing rapidly. A v large passenger travel via Bur x steat ora constantly coming and pean mers Tra via the Isthmus of Panama apd the Straita of jagellan, ECUADOR. Earthquakes = Civil War=—Milltary Execu- tions, PANAMA, July 31, 1869, Earthquakes continue to be felt along the coast and through the interior, On the 21st of July, at half-past seven P. M., 8 sharp shock was experienced et Guayaquil. At half-past nine P. M.on the same day it was felt at Payta, and at midnight quite a severe shock was experienced at Callao. In no case, however, was any harm done. On the 234 and 24th of Julya heavy shower of ashes fell over the city of Guayaquil, which was supposed to proceed from the old volcano, Pi- chinchi, on the side of the hill containing which is altuated the city of Quito. This volcano and that of Cotapaxt have both been in @ state of active erup- ton recently, ‘ Mr. E. P. Larkin, the Superintendent of the Petro- leum Of1 Company at Tambes, near Payta, has come resent steamer en roue for New York. oth of July a decree was issued in Quito by the National Convention declaring the republic 1n a state of war and investing the executive with the necessary power to save the country from the piratical invasion with which It is threatened; and the General-in-Chief, Gabriel Garcia Moreno, has been called into active service and invested with all the powers del 1d to the Executive. On the 18th Captains José Maria Cabrera and Pablo Nieto were sentenced to bé shot by a military court martial for the part they took 1m the revola- tionary movement on the 19th of March. The sen- tence Was carried into effect on the 19th inst. at five P. M., When tne unfortunate men were shot in fronc of the barracks, their companion in prison, Captain Fernandes, against whom thére was not sumMicient ore to fr nvigh Matd sentenced to be present and Witness the execution, ‘The country is 1n 9 terrible state and the strictest despotism reigus everywhere, BANDITTI IM THE CUMBERLAND MOUNTARS, A Man Kidnapped=§2,000 Rausom De- manded. {From the Nashville Repubhcan Banner, August 6.) We received yesterday the particulars of an affair of the most astounding character, whtch, did our in- formation not come from rellable sources, we should’ certamly discredit. Our readers are doubtless aware of the ex- ploits of the notorious desperado named Budd Carlier, Whom we have had occasion to mention a number of times during the last few weeks Budd, it will be remembered, was captured and confined in jail in Northern Alabama on the charge of horse stealing, having fled from jossee ON account of is many outrages against law and order. It seems that he was last en; in an illicit distitiery scheme tu Cumberi: county, Whence he was rub out by the office of u Revenue Depart- ment, and then, after plundering about in his travels south, finally aght up in Northern Alabama, where he stole a horse, was followed and captured. As soon as the United States authorities of Cumberland county became aware of the fact that Carter was in durance they procured a requisition from Governor Senter, took Budd from jatl and brought him to Nashville for trial before the federal court, Budd was called up before Judge Trigg, and the trial on the charge of illicit distill commenced, AS soon, however, os the civil authorities of Cumber- land county heard that Carter was in the bands of the United States officers they sent down and had him taken en an oki indictmeat for murder there, He was accordingly carried to Crossville and lodged in jail for @ future hearing. This was abouta monta end Budd has lain im durance ever since, till last Tuesday night. when he broke Jail and escaj Immediately collect- ped. ing ® gang of his friends, tue desperado went over into White county, and on Wednesday the villains rode up to the house of Mr. William Hill, @ prominent citizen, who once arrested Carter, and, making him a prisoner, hurried away toward the Mountains, Word was at once sent back by them to the iriends of Hilt that if they did not make up $2,000 at once a8 & ransom Hill would be huog or show The money was to be left at the house of Budd's mother. Hill himseif sent word to have his friends accede to the demand, as he feared for nis life, and thought that even ff the ransom money were paid he might be foully deait with, Our readers can readily understand the consterna- tion which’this aitair produced. nose Interested in the welfare of Mr. Hill exerted themselves, and the money was raised and sent to the point designated. These particulars we learn from Mr. George Hill, who arrived in the city from McMinnville yesterday. No news has yet arrived as to the safety of the prisoher who was thus rathlessly carried away. AST, LOUIS MYSTERY, A Doctor and His Four Wives—Sudden Death of the Third—He ie Charged with Poisoning the Fourth, (From the St. Louis Republican, August 5.) Many persons will remember that last year one Dr. William Duyall, who proclaimed himself able to cure persons aMiicted with any of the diseases known co suffering humauity vy the “iaying on of hands,’’ Egret in sne city and get himsell up as a rival of the regular practitioners. Whether those who draw their fees irom the poorer classes found him a formidable rival we cannot tell, and do not care to inquire. It is sufiiciept for our purpose to say that after boarding at the St. Nicholas Hotel a time he moved to No. 613 Walnut street, where his wife, Catharine Kil Duvall, died suddenly on the 11th day of July,gises, Catharine was his third wife. Two former consoris of the doctor had died before, how or where ig not known. When the third one lay stretched a@ corpse Dr. Duvall himself signed a certificate that she nad died of apoplexy, on the strength of which a ceruf- cate for interment was granted at the Board of Health office, amd undertaker Smithers buried the deceased in Beliefontaine Cemetery. Whetner Du- vall was too much shocked by the death of his third wife to stay ina city where would be constantly reminded by the surroundings of hia bereavement, or found the dimes and the dollars coming in wo slowly, we do not know; but he left town, it is sald, somewhat suddenly, aud in @ manner which would cause Mr. Smithers and the proprietor of the St. Nicholas to desire to be kindly remembered to him when he next appeared upon the medical boards, It may here be stated that Catharine, before she was married to the doctor, had been living with him. during the lifetime of his second wile as governess. to his childrep. When Mra. Duvall No 2 stepped of hi sppeeres upon it ag Mrs, Duvall No. 5 tor, In the depth of his bereavement and Ww jail of Janesville, Wis., on th igoned he four wite with strycon e ‘and where he gét married the fourth time, and to whom he devoted his affectionate a 5 @gain & question that we cannot answer. Jt muat, however, be evident thathe did not venture very deep regrets for any very great length of time for the unfortunate demise of his poor third wife. We ave not information aa to who the lady was who became Mrs. Davall No. 4, but have to lament thas. she followed Mrs. Catharine King Duvall so quickly. Dr. Brewster, & well known piiysician of Janesville, {a now in town, having eume here to make some in- quiriés in regard to the death of Catharine, and, if Pos bie, to have her remains, now lying in Heltefon- ¢ Cemetery, disinterred, mace! aualysia. of some parts of them made, Dr, Spfegelialter will, we have no doubt, do all in hia power to ald Dr. Brewster and clear up any mystery reapecung ‘the death of Mra. Duvall, if there is any. We understand that one of Dr. Duvall’s sons vis- ited him in at Janesville, and the Shortt ob- served that ne slipped ce Of paper in his hand, The Sherif acted as if he not #eon anything, but 800n Ae boy left tne cell searched him and got the ‘Tite, we are told, fastructed the bo: fa to What he should testify 1m regard to tho ‘death of his nother in St. Louts, He was to say vat she died of sunstroke, and had to read the paper over twelve times every day so that he would get it fixed in his mind before he might be called upon the wit- Desa stand. ‘There a certainly a, mystery here, and further des me or explanations will be cagerly looked for.