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yf 327 whe e Number 10, |The Latest News| Ry Telegraph to the N. ¥. Sun, Oh WASHINGTON ISPATENS faditional Executive Appointments. SLAVERY IN VIRGINIA. whe Situation Not Understood, Wr? weal , “a TRIAL. Siugular Proceedings Yesterday. Probable Amendment of the Charges. | JOFFERSON DAVIS’ CAgE. Litier from the Fallen Leader, | Yo Would Like to Know What ho is Shut Up For. MPORTANT = Fatt MISSISSIPPI. Proceedings of the Convention. EMANCIPATION DECLARED, | (ly and Miscellaneous News, | sNOTHER SHREWD FORGER | $204,000 in Bonds Obtained. TIE LATE FIREMENS RIOT. Proceedings at the laquest, The New Commissioners Censured | & Pata e W asurorton, Ang, 22. Preeideat hae appotnted Joho K. Guodloe, Toled States Attoruey for the District of Lonsiana, sod jJoha L, Williarnson, Attorney for the Western | Dieriet of Tennessee, A Virgiaia State Convention, which assembled at Alcrandda some months ayo, adopted tue proposed ant very amendment to the Constitution of the Luied States, It appeais, howover, from newspaper trticios and other ‘ndientions that there in total iz- porance on ‘uat subject in the vicinity of Richinond ; else there would pot be sach earnest advocacy of @ convention to do what hae already been done. As | verner Pierpont and tho legisisture which @esem- | ei at Alexandria are recoxnired by the leading ‘} ves of Vircinia as legal, it occesions much comment ehonld ignore the State Convention od there under the eame executive au- c 0, OX Ce, vere that the ‘oh avec Sony, ‘ {oere isto be renewed retrenchment in every di- ‘wetion, The Government haa determined ty inme- Lately diepoee of all pablie property not required for hee, and to muster out covery officer and soldier whose lervices are not absolutely necessary, A letter has hat boen received by the Treasury Department, from ite agent, Wm. V. Smith, who was wrecked on ‘be steamer Golden Rule, on tho way to California, with ove mi'lion of Uniced Statea Tressury notes and | iene hundred and sixty seven-thirty bonds of one yhousand dollars each in his charge. The steamer = rreckeion Roncade reef, near Grand Cayman irid, where Mr. Smith still remains, hoping by voune Of employing diverse to recover a portion of the ireasure, Major-Genera! W. 8. Hancock is breveted @ Major- peneral in ti eular Army, to date from the 16th of March, for “distingulshed services during the The Cunowionn of thie morning says: “From the Ipecial Provoss Mershal of the War Department, who } a Suet returoed froma brief trip through some of \ he Southern Btetes, where be wont on official bual- ries, we have tull confirmation of the reporte which hare roceatly come from these localities of the utter and of the desire of the pro- ‘ple at large to anbmit rfully to the Goverument ef Upited States." The Cunontone adda: “From counts It appesre Uhat if a tair expression of pub on can be ob/ained at the coming elections in ith there will be Uttle didiculty in the work of ‘deatitution of the Sou THE Colonel Chipman replied that under the parliamen- tary lew there could now be no debate, ‘ Major General Wallace said: “The Court stands adjourned, consequentiy there can ve no argument.” Judge Uuyshes—The prisoner having been ar- ralarod we enter onr provest against breaking op the Court, or an fniefiuite adjourament, We ask ite. ‘bough there isa suspicion that the charge of conspiracy inay be withdrawn, (By Mast) How the Prisoner Looks aad Acta, A Washington corresponaent of @ Philadelphia AN IMDEE NITE AUISURNMENT bop or describes (Le eppearauce of Capt. Wirz before bd - sai zeal the Coart on Monday -aped man, apparently between 45 e, abont & fees 8 ipches high, o! . dark hair, whiskers aud wm inized with eray, He hase high tore- cing, dark eye, which room, aud b ice. Henppeare to teke lo- Clinge sing crus ecved, buy to bie mout bea thumb end ner ituation vequebely, bie so cAily aud in monosy Wihea the court-rooim waa sec ined to be give les in @ low to @ ba clesred, be was taton Into the iobb,, aud as Le passed out the spec | tore crowded mionad him for e went and cue or | | two eolde's amid, “low aie you, Wirz?’ ea tf wianing to,et bin to fcuise them. The suard prompiuy eve sted go7 one coming near b or epenring to f n. but be eecmed to have a distinctive dread of the epeotutors, for he ehinna beck and sought protection | ot the suacd, ae If he approhended some violence be- | iug dove bua A Richmond Witness. The Richmend Keruntio, of Aug, 12th, states: Yor a rhort time {n 1 Wirz, after returniog from e secret tm nO Contec 6 Goveri- od by old General Wiuader in rT juently was made a villare over the , to our knowledge, ov of the public, He was generall low, bus oe ihe pe + favorites. hose ® ia Kichmond, ahen Capien Geogo W eton Alexauder, of | Baltimore, wae ove of the birteost men among us, When Wire iets thi we lout elabs of bio ro clo , when ts turned out en iu command at Andersonvill ie i ee in Virgie knew Lg the wat ae the peopleoft we le red trom a report of Colom who was eent thither (o iuepeect the post, that it wase moet (osslubrious neighborhood, aud that the accom- f the p leopere wae abotninabie, The report el Turner, in whieh be recommendes the removal or the prisoners to Macon, was sent to the Vor Department in May, 1564, and was vever heard of atherward. THE EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS, Oar Governr:ent Vindicated. Washington, Aviguat 22.--Major-Gen. Hitchcock has pullished a letter om the subject of the exchange of prisouers, the cause of the surpension, the inhu- manity of the revel government, and jnatifying the policy of Becretary Stanton, Gen. Hitchcock, in this letter, says: As long asthe cartel forthe exchange of prisoners was respected in the South, it wae faithfully observed by our Government, and there was uo reason to donbe ite faithtul execution by ihe Governinent until the end of the war, unless properly revoked by com- petent authority, if she rebel authorities had not dis. tinetiy violates ite terms, under circumstances, in- deed, of great se ation, Gen. Uitencock adda The day muet coms when every true An il be proud of the retiection that the (rove utwes strong enough tocrush tho rebellion withous losing enoticely usull | the amailert elemont of tte humanity or tts diguity, aud stands before the world unimpeached Lp iis true bonor and glory, TILK TRIAL OF JEFTERSON DAVIS, Note from Mr. Gillett, His CounselNete from Mr. Davis. Albany, NW Y., August 22.-Mr. RK. H, Olllett, one of the counsel of Jofferson Davis, in a pote to the Albany Auaue saye: Mr. Davis has no more information concerning his trial than others Lave, To a letter from Mr, Davia, dated the 15th inst, to Mr, Gillett, he eays: 1am etill ignorant of the charges against mo, the source of them, aud the triubnal be whieh [ am tonvewer, Lour letter Kives me tue iret notice of the Washington tudictinent Mr. Davis requeste Mr. Gillett to have ® conference with Mr, Charlee O'Connor, his only other counsel, so that they may be prepared for the trial whenever it may be brought on, with as littl delay aa the nature and importance of the case will permit, A direct application to the proper department, axking to | be informed, if not improper, when, where aud before what tribunal Mr, Davis isto be tried remajas unan- tion.” re veoma to be no doubt that the charges and Mong ealnet Capt, Wirz will be amended yorecution in sevc:al important particulars, by she 7 tiie couneel will take lasue that thie cannot be dove, tue prisover having alrealy pleated not guilty to the he was arralened yesterdey, urges on whic of Internal pwhade the following decisions ‘The Commi sioner enue to-day That vessels are not tod aa merchandise within the meaning of sec. net of June 84 1504, and the tax of 4 vm in 1 Ly anid section npon the to DO wesesmed oD bby Uy la regerd the toliowing deeision ali divider ts dec: toned in seerlou 140 of the | tay of July, lodd, ure subjec ax utuin, TIE WIKRZ TRIAL, Angular Proceedings—The Case Indefin-e itoly Pomtpened, Washington, Augtial ¥!.—The motion to quash the ‘ reese nad epoe'ti ons against Captain Wirz, 'pale by the defendant's counsel, wea argued yrin- eply by Judge Hughes, who coutended that they \wors too general and uncertain, and that the of- feovea charged were cognizable by civil and not pp. itary Courte, 1) Cominision overmiled the motion, and the + yer then peaded “Not guilty” to the charges him, 1. Chipman, the Judve Advocate. snggested that wrinoner be remanded to the Old Capitol and that urt now adjcurn, n thie the Court, without @ formal vote, acqui- e Judge Hoehes wished to know to what time the Court had a \journed Col, Chipman replied that he would notify counsel of (he reassorubling of the Court, and then requested the witneses ip attendance to give information as to wyere they resided, and instructed them not to leave we cly until properly discharged. _ Judge Hughes enld be wanted to he beard, ted, because, as is supposed, neithor bas been actually determined by the President, Mississippi. Emancipation Declared by the Convention. Jackson, Miss, Aug. 21.—The following coustitu- tional amendment bas just passed the Convention, by afer exit lu thie State; andthe Lagisiature, at its next ion, and thereafier a» the public welfare may require, shall provide by law for the protection and security of the persons and property of the fieed- men of the State, and guurd then and the State against amy evil that may arise from their sudden emancipation.” North Carolina, The Yayer of Fayetteville Neck the Negrees are wot Jiali The Wilmington Henanp of the 15th instant con- tains an official eomniuulcation fiow Mayor MoLean, of Fayetteviile, in which be etates that, instead of two nerroee being tied op and publicly whippe! ia Payetteville, taat one negro, aficr being tried and convicted of larceny, was whipped accurding to the sentence sud laws of tho wtate, Also, that she Abate ment of negroce being “ued up to tices and wlipped and left tied until a storm prostrated the trees," 1s false, the report originating from the fact thar o mill. tary offi er caused two ebecp-stealirg negroes to be tied by their thumbe to lawp posts tor two hours ase punishment for their offenee, The Mayor knows of no cases of cruelty to nogroes either by civilians or the civil authorities, R. W. Hardie, sheriff of Cum- beriand county, etates that the report that he publicly whipped two negroes at ettoville, ie falee. Tu strest-sweeping in Paris costs $800,000 per annua, | iW YORK, WE SS | Fonth Oaro'ina, @ vote of eighty-six to eleven: “ The institution of | go: the accident no one © tually moving | wavery having beea destroyed In tho State of Mis | not epenk with certalaty, neither can the ei t tary servitude, | OCf® because the two leadiug men wero pai tally siesippl, neither slavery nor inveluntary eer * | hidden trom our aight v Interve luasa of | othe rwivse than for the punishment of crime, whereof | rock, Poor Croz bad Ia eh uid iu order the perty shall bave beon daly convicted, shall here- | to Mr, Hadow grester security was abeolutely DNESDAY, AUGU Sonth Carolina, Gevernor Perry's Account of His Visit to Washington, Governor Perry, of South Carolina, makes the fol- lowing statement relative to his late interviews with President Johnson and the Cabinet: | for the discberse of tt % | | We wore reccived terr cordial, and remained an a | the prisoner, of that the Court | nour eg two with the President. ft tod im thet (he Proceed with hie cria’ | People of 8 mh Carolina accened the (ermneof jii« Major General Wallace repeated that the Court Pi«!smetion, aud wore disporod to return to thelr had eAjourne: | Sle tauce tothe Union. Thay fem Laving been the ‘ ‘ ; Poet -ebelious Btae in the Soatb, | wae eatin Dosing this collogny the prisoner was removed from | a th Carolina would, henceforth, be one of the meat the court rven) by the mil - . | ore of the Southern Stats, That ehe «ould refo uw aye Abo by the military guard. The edjouras | io constitution and aboteh elavers.s * the election Meutwithorte dae heaving teen named for the re- | of Governor and Presidential elections t, the peop! ase Dilng of the Court took the counsel and spec. | acre sa thek ee dieret oi the Btate. Leave “i . My Opinion What the disurion tee uv of the Souus # by eurprive. No reason te as yet known for | had oilpinaied wu the pariehes, ihe P.estdentex Preered Limeclf cratined at the course South Carolina wae likely io pursue, and instead af Bitter or revengeinl spirit, he evince: solicituce and maenanimit tion a8 deeply impreered with the and ablity of bis Pitellenc i expressed to us were (hoew of & patriot ! | dar, on ac | Meu. he wished to res the conutry once more quiet, 1 pe ceal ie, Lappy and prosper q ard ‘o ihe THlAtivo Powers of the Stave and Feiccel Govern | ment his opiuions iuentic th my o ad loag expressed in Bouih Caco He was ¢ Al cootimiaation conrolldation of | C88 Os he Was 16 It must ert.asure of eacu sod wrote in the Any aiter pt on ihe py sects franchise of Ntable wurpation, Wish io se@ he ( Brate, ol Btate wou'd be an He exp.csseu ap ardent onsittution of Bouth Carouns popu. larived b lishing the pariel ropresentation ard @jusia) he politica power Of the upper avd lower country, giving the elec ion of Giuver or to the He, And also the election uf cloctors of P.esiaeut aud ice Presicen U8 leaving the President, he requceted me to call and eee Mr Seward, Sccretary of State, and give him leney the same intormation [hed etren Hie Tac reverence to the public feelings and gemrix thie [ did fa company alin the Routh Carctina delegation, We found Wr. 5 hind and cordial, and« Atified et the inforn ot fore him with regard to the po'ttics of Hou aro bos, Before visiting Mr. Feward. I Lad been to call on the Attorney General, Mi. Bpead. le bineelf sm prised and moriitied st my ¢ {9 you on the $d of July, But I soon aio he bad ony glanced over the speech comprehend the tone and teiwper of m told Mr. Seward what the Astornes G eal! Lie replied: | road your « b thi srentively, and considering the staudpoint trom yeech you made it, | think ita very good one, When 1 *as Governor of N York, enid Mr ry 1 used to wake epecches which were very criticised in Charleston, and I said to in) reall, what the Gev!i have she people of Charieston vot to do wiih my speech ade in New Yok? | did not epeak to therm or for them, but to tha pec of New York. And | suppose, Mr, Perry, you Inteuded your specch for South Carolina and not for Washington The Attoruey General expressed a wien (het, while reforming our couatitution, we should give the eloe- tion of Goveruos the peop'e, and fuvest him with the power of appointing ell Biase and district officon with the advice aud con of the Renata, 1 tol hin my theory had been to give all the im. ortenk elections, P ont, Governor, wembers of Jongress, and inen.Lersof Legisiature, bo the peuple, end rolievo them of the troul.e of asseuibiing so oten to make petty electsona which generally ended to ratict an ie besser e on the tetary of the Treasury, Mr, Mo- Culloch, aud was very much pleased with bin ase entiens® Public officer Aud wstatesman, | was fui niehed the Treasury office with» List of ap- polu'ments which 1 hadto make. [doing ao, | eu- Ceavored to fill all the offices with men of capacity, jotegrity and experionce, 1 likewise paid my rerpeete to the Secretary of War, in company with the South Carolina deloga- tion, and ondeavored to luy before this high tune- tionary the true condition of affaires in Bouth Carciina, J regretted uot seeing General Lioward, who ie at the hoad of the Freedmen's Bureau in Washington, Bat I addreeseu a letter to him, giviu Lim my views in retoreuce to the frecdmen and asking bis ineiructions, The whole foush Cusoline tin their efforts to uupr Gelegaion wee earn resident aud hie Cablaee with (he impovey the arieoniug South Caroline with colored troops 1 ad hoped to ree Gen. Gilmore ou this subject as] retained through Columbia, THE ALPINE HORKOR. Thrilling Details + Matterhorn Acci- ut, The steamships Borussls and Kelzian have arrived @t thig port with later files of Europeaa papers to Auguet 10th. The chief features of the news have been anticipated by telegraph, but the following de- tailed marrative of the frightful accident which lately happened to @ party of English gentlemen in the Alpine mountains, brief mention of which bas already appeared Inthe Sun, is of terrible interest. The ecovunt was written by a Mr. Whrmper, one of the party. It will be remembered that the names of the other touristawere Lord F, Douglas, and Mosere, Cron, Hadow and Hudson, together with a culdo named Taugwalder and bis two sons, Mr, Why mper saye: We remained on the eummit for one hor during the time Hudson anu I copsnited, done all day, as to the bert and tof the party. We agreed that it be bews for Crog to vo first, a# he was the most powerful, and ilasow ond; Hudeon, who was e@jual to a guide in eure. nees of fool, wished to be third; Lord F. Dougine was placed next, and old Taugwalder, the etrony+at of the remeinder, behind bin, Leuggested to Ludeon thet ould attach @ rope to the rocks on our arrival ab itheult bit, and hold it as we descended, as an ons! protection, He approved the idea, but it not detinitely setUed that iteould bedone. ‘the party was belog arranyed in the above order while I wastvaking @ sketch uo the eummi', aod they were waiting for me to ve tied in my place, when some one remeww bered that we had wot ie. our names in a and had boitie, They requested me w write them, and movod off while it was being doue, A few minutes alierwarde I tied myself to young ‘Leugwalider and followed, catching them jurt as they were commencing the dos ent of the Very dificult Part. Unly one wan was moving as atime, ihe average distance between each was probably ¥u fees, Ther had not, however, aitacued the additional ropes to the rocks, and nothing was said about tt, I wae detached from the others, aud io owing them; but eftier about a quarter of an hour Lord ¥ Deval ry ed mo to Lie on Wold laugwaicer, es Le tosred, he puld, that if thee wae @ e.p, jvucweller would pot be ebie w hold him, This was aoue bare wd unuoubtec KDow, ot Whe by nutes before the sccideut. Taugwaidei's lie, Ae ta 6 bold of bis legs. and pustineg lis tees voe by ous inte their proper pomiti 1 bossd one steriled exclamation trom Croz, the Lin aud Mi liadow tying duwowards; in euother mowest Huison was dragged irom bis steps, and Lord F, |ougins linings dinteyy attor him, Aid \his wae ‘ho OTR Of & Woe Hately we Lowid (02's Oxclamaiion, 1f plauiod vnire!see we Lat ‘Lhe rope war blebs be a shock came ou us bob ae ou ObF uMu, but the rope bivke midway be. tween inugwalder aud Lora F. jour) For Wwoor shree aecouda w yy unfor' uu corn pa@icus eidiag dowaw heir Lake Abo euaing out their hands endeavoring io themeelves they then disappeared ove vy © 4 jel frow preciplew t@ precipice on ti uot @laccer below, a distance of uearly 4) foot ve brova the Woment Lie Lope broke t' \/ee 10 pees Lie to help the For mose than pwo woure s veréel thoughe mt that the next would be wy inet for row uolony wee mche pe i trom one whos frequentiy, Le COM pan kon the night d u p teed ey Wo © were la consequence & 4) atu hight or 1. Ww lees Zerwatt a8 10:30 on saturaay wor OF | UM 1OY @rrivel 4 seut to Ue Pies ent of tLe Comm ane, | Awd Fequested hun to wod a iusuy dic Os pOraibie | 10 mcenud heights wheace ihe pvt cold be come maaded where 1 knew gic fous mast Due falen, Ay 2:30 om the Bunday morning, 6 Lad «os Ob 10 the Piareau at the top, and within sibt ut We corner in which we kuew my companionen uit be As We saw 006 Weather-beaton mau aller Kuvtler (ane He (ele. scope, turn deadly pale, and pase it on wi bout ® word $0 the next, we knew that all bop: wae tang ) a approached; em beiow as ‘bey ba Seve- Grex 9 hy 2 roger Hadow near @ distance Leulnd busal Lard Fy te lbs. ST 23, 1866, News Items. je (Dy Telegraph to the New York Sun.) Tire Fenian Brotherhood, at Albeny, had a grand Pie Nic yesterday. The organization in that local- ity {9 represented to be in « prosperous condition. Tit nig bt expres traln from Iowa on the Dixon an) Fulton branch of the Chicago and Northw:s - erm Railroad, ran into @ culvert which had been weslled away by the storm Monday night. The enugineor, fireman, express messenger, and one Passenger were killed, ana throe passengers injur- ‘, though not seriously, Yum anticipated trot at Springfield, Ma tweea Young Morrill, of Hartford, aod Harry ¢ of Now York, tor $2,000, did no ount of lameness of the former, his sckle having been sprained. Clay trotte! with be- come off yeeter- Gen Meade, formerly named Flyawey. and won @ani'y i 2:49, Lotern York, charge? with forging orders to the amount sccesston of the | Of $5,000, for the commutation of rations of sol Hers, who bad teen confined im rebel prisons, was yea- of Congress to cou- | terd+y brought before the United States Commis. nussioner at Boston, end beld in @f,000 bail for trial Os Sunday evening information was received at Fortress Monroe that the steamer stolen from New York, about four weeks since, wae seen on Sunday morning peseing into Watchapreague Iolet. A dete broent of thirty men was im nediately sent in search of te steamer, but at last accounts they bad not ned, Tne el General Whoeler, Inet evening, was attacked and badly besten by Colonel Rlackburn aod Captain Quinn, a, the Gity Hotel, Nasiiville, Teun, where Wheeler was stopping. The dili- it ia earl, Was in consequence of a threat je Curing the war by Wheelcr, that “he would ki) Dackburn if be ever took him prisover, as be @ damned home-made Yaukee." Wheeler was to bed when etiacked, and was eoverely beaten Theme was @ conmiersble riot at the German Tuners’ picnic et Horticultural Garden, Nash- ville, Tenn, on Buuday afternoon, resulting in the wounding of Lieutenant Mardy, of the Fifteenth United States colored tufantry, and Lieutenant. Colonel Troueruichd, of the Thirtesuth colored infantry, The guards worse unable to quell the distus bance until reinforced by three companios of colored soldiers, Revolvers were freely used. Quite # number of other persons received injuries, A number of the ringleaders were errosied and sent to the military prison, cult General Intelligence. (By Mail to the New York Sun.) Tar Fileworth (Me.) Awenroam says the potatoe rot te doing much misenief im that region, Liont tnfantry movement—egiteting @ cradle with a taby tn it. Ax icecompany ts being formed at Poughkeep- gies caplial stock 96,000, divided into 200 shares of $00 each Ovr of 25,000 applicationa for pardon received vbelm, it te stated that the President bas pardoned leas than 100. Twenty rive planters are at present under ar- rest, at Vicksburg, charged with ei alireat- jog or wifully Killing their former slay Tus postmaster of the town of Btratham, Now Har) shire, held his office for 68 yours, Rota- Hove in office ls not a very popular doctrine there, Tue Marrisburg (Pe.) Common Council have re- peated t)¢ ordinance prohibiting the sale of intoxi- eat if liquors between the hours of 11 P.M, and 1AM, Mn. Doxtar, @ Belt'more merchant, left Norwich on Friday with a crate of Maltese kittens, to sup- ply the demand in Baltimore, where the feline Spec.os are very scarce, Tne Circuit Court of Springfield, II, im the course of | week granted twenty-oue petiions for divorce; geueral cause—infllelity durtug the war, Tus fathor of Payne, the conspirator, recently took the cath of sliogiance at Jacksonville, Fla, with the vew of visiting Washington to bring away, if posable, the body of bis wretched son A comrany has boon formed in Philadelphia with Bviow t) deveoy the inJications of pola which have been diseovered in Montgomery County near the creat fallaof the Pototaac, and expect to com- prnce operanons shorly. A Livre four-year-old fol! out of @ second story window ty w Ilaven, the other day, and caught the spaciour part of bis pantaloons ou # projecting irony where be Lung til hia fatber could release Lin, A vay laborer dropped dead {n a harvest-fiold neur Northville, N. ¥., recently, The coroner found in bis pocket $1,000 In ensh, two gold and two all- Ver Waicies, aud @ certificate of deposit for g800 more, A Haruisnura (Pa.) cotemporary cowplains that eo ulers who were seut there for the a) ecial pure pose of presrving pullic order, bring discredit upon theraseives and the regiment by originating drunken Urawls end rivtous denousiiations, Founniine Horpitals are danverous institutions, {udeing from the fact that iilegitimate births in ‘rance rose from one-t! irieent to one-third as soon a6 the ayatem of Founding Hospitals was frinly established, Jou Forsyrn, editor of the M has .een eppornted Mayor of Alot by Guy. Pare eons, of Alabama, ihe former Mayor baving been retuvved ou account of bis boatility to the freed- ten, Osnrns have been temued from the War Office for the in.mediate discharge of 2,000 trom the following di Jopart- ment, 6.000 , Washington Devartr cnt, 6,000; Ken. tucky Deparimont, 6.000; North Carolina Depart- Mout, 8,000; Mesissipp) Dopartment, 2,000, A Young Lapy Jutaped out of a third story wine dow of a» house tu Philadelphie, on T rol Pd in order to escape frome man Whom ehe feared, and who had pursed ber up stars to she apariment, The young lady was tekes the hosp.tel wil» fractured sxull, Grex, Conven has started on an expedition avauat the ludiang locatet on the Powder and Wind Rivers, Intecding, im the course of hie movement, to eatebliah im itary poste throughcus that eectiva of country, which, up to the present time, has never beon explored, and is eaid to cou- fain rich deposits of gold. Tux Fen‘an Brotherhood are just now attracting considerable uitention im Rhode Lsiand, apd are tmtking weny avuitone to tueir niubers, 1 sey bavo Leld public meetings in all the towus where ther 2 Leis pulation. The order alresiy includes, is is wore then half of the [rivhmen in the State, “Ma, Paox,"' sald Dr, Sutton, Vicar of Sheffield, one day to & veterinary surgeon be bail euploye !, “why don't you seud me your bill?’ “On! 1 Dever send a bill to @ genticmun,’’ was the reply, “But if your employer forgeis tw pay you wha do you def + I conclude he ile Reowrm, urd Year. Thirty-T) fe no An A scvngn of ‘persona fn the County of Statfors, 4%, bave been swindled by @ knave who informed them that he was an agent of coufiecation for ti4 Cnites Sates and that unless they paid bir fitt Cente po: ero for each acre of laud now in corr, their laud would be old, and they would neve: to llowod to renurchase it, By this stateweut, and | by mesna i thieate, hy succeeded fu obtaining, iu several inatences, ali hue money which the persons bad atthe tine - war tonernnd f +3 Lies Unpen the bead of “Alahema Cotton Troubles," the Mobile Reoiren rip es of cottom wo learn ortation at Seine aod gentleman, and send in my bill accords other | Atos river, but refusing to Pay 625 @ bale irenbt to the steamboats. Five | veutee pound freight is pretty strony ; and as we heard a gentleman teat nothing bat st lon ection cout! bear the weight of the charve, perhape the boat owners assume that tiow of che cotton olfering for & Spostation is ‘olen cotu aud | therefore comen le mate wit t e | Meautime, ‘so-called’ Goverment « 18 aby the delay, and the Government agente canny 1 such prices.” Tne Atlanta, Ga, Ivteinioes cen tein sor ‘ Speculates apon the fuiure course ' “s {Cty "We think fe will be no iinagin when we say our stores wil be well § goods, the yot unrevesled cotton | will flow tn. king an ourlet te Nov Mechanica sud labo. ers will find profitalie ment in various branches of ludusiry be wore penty ; our agricuisural frie: tuo cities to sellibelr products ant art! le ofdry goods and groceries ; strangers w ouey W Lh tee vodet Vieit us to op nd the winter mouths, Oring ng ke giness” with oh Wo are ali rahe agar P eco lath her vicwories no leas revowne! t War, aad these a of them, ‘'so mote it be." ‘ a NEW YORK AND TUE Sr. Barrnotemew's Day.—The fetival of this saint, who was ove of the twelve Apostles, cccure to-day, and will be duly colelreted im all Protestant Kplecopal and Catholic ehurcher throusu- VICINIEY, out the world, Ligh Masa will be aug ju the Cathe. dral and other Catholic churches of this city, and ia Trinity Church there will be a« full cb service and sermon on the life of the » me le not his patronymic, Tholem of Tolma Bar-Jeaus, Ho hae b Nathaniel, one of t from the fact that h but #lenifics n of the wame na Bar-Jona and some been suppowed to be seventy chewviples of Chriat, ie nowhere mentioned by St. John, but that Apostie sayethat Philip and Nathaniel oame together to Jesus, Le carried the gospel te the most barbarous countries lu the Kast, and even inte India proper, Bt. Bartholenew waa crowned with martyrdom by being flayed alive, at Great Ar menia, hence # knife ie always reprerented os hie emblem, ‘This day ia also called “The White Mase" for the following reveon: Valerian, in the year one Bundred and fNy-three Chrintians could find in the prions of Liles) (o bo thrown pit of lime, they having had the cholee either te worship idola which he set up, or bo thrown into the pit. Their arhes were examined afterwards and found to be ove solid mass, honce the name “White Mass.” But the most remarkable event connected with this memorable day, because It is tho most atrociow on record, is the massacre of over thirty thousand Protestants, by order of Charles 1X.. King of France. in the year 1572, This dreadful event was mainly ao expression of the feellogs with which Urotestention was regarded in Fiance alter the Koformation, but the private views of the queen mother Catharine de Medict, whore arr bition is woll known were aleo cou: cerned in this massacre to @ gicetexiont, Whea Henry 11,, the husband of this cotorioue woman, died, she commenced an incessant struggle for the supreme power, and continued it during the reigue of her boy sons as kings, This power waa almoat withia her grasp but for the iniiuence acquired by the Admiral Colicni over the mind of ber eon Charles LX, During ber absence thin King, who wae rt of seri!-maniac, agreed with Coligni to goon au pediion age! the Spainarda. anc lo alliance with the Prince of Oran When the proud Cat returned she found hervelf anpplal iby the the Huguenot party, whose triumph would t eyes, the abeolute ruin of herself and family, from that moment rhe deteru death of the Protestant leader, Henry of Navarre with Margaret, daughter of Catharivo, wos reized upon 48 an epportuuity for this twaseacre, [his riiave took place on the 18th August, 157 lucuenote of rank had followed the: A gallery wan erected for (hom ou uot to wound their nejudions | o. of places, Eis party poure and threatened were used by Catherine ana oer king, to convines bin thar he wore in dane of immediat round the no threate vos of the one nelal macsaere vere perm ful feciec was flunlly ordered to be carried by the ukes use, Anion, A y and others, st the dead of night aud ata miven sxunltrom the bell of bt. Geran do MAcxerrule’, The guilty mothes watehed the procecdings frou The firet stinck war mate on the Lowe whe Oc uy wounded, Tie wae anurdered with his foil re and thele boiles thrown from the window. All the streets io Varie rang wil the ory of “Kill the Huguenots! Death to every want Kulf kill” Neither man, woman or child wapspared, dSuine were murdered in their sleep, aud sore while eneiing to ak tnercyrot their aemaiiante All that uay lé continued, aad towards evening the King continnded # cessation, but Lae people could not be coutroited, and blood flowed fneessantly uri iu bt si and her tem a balony in the Louvr SSS SSSA the two folowing dave, Kyery man might regardiess of scily on, @nd Catholic eben ‘ ed ta thie as wellas Lluguenote. About 30,000 suffe way by a tutious mob, and among the victims were five bondred noblemen of reuk, man tediog of uh birth, and several molstere of relic fot The ae elties of the provinces Wok up the maassucre, aua rn co was ate pod im blood, At first the king lala the hameon Guise and Colieni, but afterwards ac- knowledeed hiuself as the author, and cinimed tac ru of the Vrovestaute gave posce wo 0, bis lle, however, was ever altery ay | of biter re ee and horror, and im tess th | yeas he diel, a prey to every meutal and sufferlug wick could be imagined, « da, is aleo remarkable as having t f the noth yt the great Napoles bugle tar culled © Dartiolou mn Yau," which died out im 1055, usou to be don thieday, ANOTHER Sugewp Forcer Comes to Gaivy-—Tuw Crimtmyat Outarne #2:4,000 is Kaic- Roay Boxos on a Fonaep Reortw1-A Hasroove Woman m tue Casr—livavy | 8TMEN ix Jewetay—Angeot oF tur Cunpure avy Keoovine Ov THe Peoreati lis Coxrrestos, Another ine teres .ing case of crite came to liyLt at the Loma, {uvolving tho uta of $24,000, gave li¢name aa George Gladwin; te aout 32 yoars of ace, acearpenter ty trade, sud bee Leen in the United btateoarnay, Ho lb a very ordi. nary looking man, bu! bis operatious prove him to possess much shiowduem aod eominercial ebiiity, Tt eppenia that aboutten days avo Giatwin ealed ag the Now Uaven lost OMee, and asked for the letiors of Mr. Trowbridge, & centlemsn dotne busine wat No 16 Lone Wh in that city, Beroral lottem were wiven to bim, amous whieh Was one conteiarus drattdrawn ca the Manhattan Company of this olty, by ere Ti dick, Frisbee & Go, brokers, ¥S Wall t, ior $5000.76. The drat waa dated Aug. 1¥ch. nd was tage payable to the order of Mr. Crow. Gladwin iuiediately came to the clty, lng with hin @ fascinating women, whom ue is Fruina,"' to relleve the monotony of the ‘ours end enjoy the good fortune which he supposed was in store for him in thie city, The coupe (Contineed en the Las Page, The crimins

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