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THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, SATURDAY, JULY 8, 3865. KICHMOND. as rich, is expressed In some parttne rnr found scrawled with a pencil on the woii one of the barracks on Pelican Spite-- 01 "Dear Yankee Brethering: We yield to tary necessity, but remember 'He who fights and runs away May live to fight another Magruder delivered some fierce speeches tn on the eve of his capitulation, by which Kirby Smith surrendered men that had hi banded in Bpite of them days before. a I hope, for tho honor of human nature tti Mnornuier in not such an awful man 114 already introduced, and are in full and constant practice. The Bishop of London, the other day, speaking for all the prelates the Establishment, frankly confessed that there was no power to prevent this, and that the offending clergymen could not, even be suspended, or so niuch as officially rebuked.

On the strength of this the Roman Catholic portion of athe community has lre1ByLe" manded the establishment of a national Roman Catholic University, where young men niay oe trained up not only in all the usual branches or University education, but also in the principles and tenets of the Romish faith; and you wilt perhaps be surprised (though I am not) to nna that, no a personage than Mr. Gladstone openly favors such -a project, and almost pledged the co-operation of the Government its furtherance. The only other Important occurrence in i ar-liament this week was the public recantation oi Lord Brougham of his hitherto openly avowed svmpathy ith the South in its recent Rebellion. The poor old man, in driveling tones, whined out ids assurance that he had never entertained such sympathy, and spoke of tne slaveholding and slave-mongering South, as though hejnad not heretofore upheld their cause wittr" all the influence of his once powerful name. I am told by those who were present, that the scene in the House was a most pitiable one, and that only the extreme age of the speaker, and the certainty that his gra ve fault had been the result of his dotage, prevents an open expression of contempt.

It will be as well to extend our pardon to' the poor man. He has made the best amends he could for his folly; and in so doing has behaved better than that renowned, or, rather, notorious, philanthropist, Earl Shafts-bury, who st id clings to his error.and appears to glory in it. Connecticut. ment, though it was not signed, by which the heirs of M. Lysen were intended to be bound to pay to the pastor, on the death of his lodger, the sum of rlx thalers, as being due for board while he has been an inmate of the parsonage.

It would, however, appear that these have not been the first occasions on which M. Lindback has had recourse to such means for the purpose of getting quit of those who have stood in his way; for It now appears that about thirty years ago, when he was curate at Dals-lund. he was betrothed to the daughter of a rich farmer and having then succeeded in obtaining from the father of his betrothed, before payment, a receipt for the price of some land which he had bought from him, the farmer a few day afterwards died from having been poisoned, and his daughter, who had thus been robbed of her inheritance, was shortly after turned out of doors In the course of the present trial the deposition of Daniel Anderssen, who fortunately escaped, reveals such astounding and almost Incredible facts that it may be necessary to give his statement in his own words, of which the following is a literal translation: "When the pastor gave the communion to my mother and me, I remember that he asked for a tea-cup for the wine. My wife offered him a glass, but he said, 'No; give me a teacup, out of which Daniel will drink more, easily and she did as he wished. I did not notice when he poured the wine into the cup whether it was before or atter the confession, but I remember that the wine was thick, for I could not see the bottom of the cup, and I also remember that when he asked me to take more I refused to do so.

On that occasion the pastor bad neither chalice or patine, but he had the bread or wafer in a piece of paper, not a whole wafer, but fragments, which he took on the points of his fingers and gave me; but I cannot tell whether he gave it to my mother in the same manner. "In waiting for my mother, whom they had sent to seek, the pastor addressed me, and said he thought my sufferings would soon be over, but I do not recollect well what I answered, though I do that. He then said, 'You have not long to On different occasions, in giving into the city, will be rewarded witn a siguw of The Market Carts 1 a Wending their way to the Richmond marnei. and the queerly diminutive things will repay the waiting. A family resemblance pervaues he whole of them, all being moumeu on wo wheels, an unpainted bed, not larger man that of a good sized wheelbarrow, and a cotton cojer spread on bows about nail we ieugtu mey would be anywnere out.

uwc. iuiuca are in each mxse drawn by an attenuated mule, wi.n soems tr have no rememorance wnatever of his best days, they are so very long ago, and his driver is almost as iuvauuuiy hu a ucgru, as would have been the case in the old days, but Virginian who, in tne Diooa and agony of war, has learned the dignity of labor, and sits that cart as though he knew it was the throne it is. These carts are niied to the brim with all the varieties of vegetables, the bulk just now being composed of new potatoes, tomatoes, cucumbers. cymolins.Jblack and whortleberries, and string Deans. are giaa to see ineni coming, ior it is their contents that gives its excellence to the Richmond market.

It was forgotten in the proper place to say that The Xeeroes Have been decidedlv visible to-dav. About five thousand of them have been congregated in and around Capitol square all day, and every tnira individual has presided over a stana. endeavoring to entice the remainder to buy the lemonade and doughnuts he or she has exposed for sale. Ttiey nave been verv auiet an aay. ana tne only inconvenience resulting froma promenade in that part of the city was tne aroma ana even that was partly chargeable to the weather, which has been extremely hot.

The Square has suf fered, however, for its carpet of velvet green looks wofally faded and torn to-night, and if a sure consequence or tne negroes Deing aammeu. to the Square must be the destruction of the grass, they ought to be kept out. in closing it may oe said generally tnat men- mond is sober to-night. Some few, of course, are drunk, in honor of the day, but the fact of whiskey being twenty-five cents a drink has been a powerful promoter of sobriety. There have been a few fights, of course, but no general disturbance or anything approaching one, and the first Fourth that Richmond has enjoyed since the false gods were cast out has passed off with all the eclat that could have been ex pected.

FROM IV GID Special Correspondence of the Inquirer. KorriKGHAit, England, June 24, 1864. I am WTiting this week at a considerable dis tance from London, but by no means removed from the noise and turmoil of politics. On the contrary, I have ran into the very midst of an exciting parliamentary contest. In anticipation of the coming general election, and on the principle of taking time by the forelock, the rival candidates for the parliamentary represen tation of this important town are already elec tioneenng, and in a style, I venture to say, was never exceeded In the United States, even if we were to accept the fabulous accounts of Ameri can elections sometimes fabricated by writers for the English press.

You know, of course, something of the general character of Nottingham, viz: that it is a town of operatives, being the head-quarters of the lace and hosiery manufacture, as well as the seat of numerous other branches of English trade. There is scarcely a day in the year that buyers and sellers from the American market are not to be found in numbers at the hotels of the town. The operatives generally, male and female, are of the lowest character, speaking both as to their intellect and morals. Borne efforts have been made to improve their condition, and I know of one large lace factory, where something like a thousand hands are employed, in which a regular chapel is included, and the attendance of all is compulsorily required at full church service, night and morning. Whether the result of this conduces to the practical observance of all the ten commandments, is a matter of doubt.

I am afraid that the official known as the Registrar of British Deaths and Marriages, would report a strong preponderance in favor of the first column of his records. At night the great body of operatives, glad to escape from the close and stifling atmosphere of their respective factories, throng the principal thoroughfares in such crowds that even the most moderate locomotion is rendered difficult, and the din and clamor of their ten thousand voices is anything but agreeable to those whose nerves are not of the very strongest order. It is to this class of the community, female as well as male, to whom any excitement is pleasurable, and the more so if it costs nothing, that the recurrence of a Parliamentary contest is a godsend; and it is precisely to this class that the rival candidates appeal, for respectable men here, as in the United JStates, avoid all personal participation in the scenes that precede an election. I am sure that as I sat at my window to-nieht the crowd of unwashed and unshaven reprobates that passed my hotel, pioneered by a most unmusical band in red shirts, could scarcely have been surpassed by the ferocious rabble that was wont to Jarade the streets of Paris in the days of the levolution. Of course these men have no votes, but they have most available lungs, and their shouts of applause or groans of disapprobation are popularly supposed to assist or damage materially the chances of the rival candidates for the suffrages of the real electors.

At the present time the contest here is an unusually warm one, and the sober people of the town are anticipating, before its close, more or less serious disturbances on the part of what have been known from time Immemorial as the Roughs." I have now witnessed many elections In England, and am prepared to say, without the fear of successful contradiction, that the most noisy and outrageous scenes at the American polls are prayer meetings in comparison with the disgraceful scenes attendant here upon the most quiet elections. I know it has been customary with the English press to hold up American elections as combining all that is outrageous and disgraceful, but I think I have passed through some of the noisiest elections at home, and I know that they do not even approach a parallel with those almost invariably occurring here. The bribery and corruption resorted to in England is of the most frightful description, and at the polls, to say nothing of order and decorum, the grossest outrages and indecencies are practiced and tolerated, with scarcely a rebuke even from the more respectable portion of the community. I have seen men of education and refinement, baronets and lords, stand up to address these heterogeneous audiences, addressing to them words of flattery and even endearment, and I have seen them literally pelted from the platform by showers of rotten eggs, to say nothing of other missiles, such as dead cats and stinking fish; and I have known such men as Lord Palmers ton apologize publicly for rude conduct on the ground that it was an exhibition of playfulness on the part of the populace. To my mind it has a deeper meaning.

The men who compose the usual crowds at English hustings are not such fools as they are taken to be. They know the men with whom they are dealing. They know that all their fair promises and earnest pledges are -mere mockeries, never intended to be redeemed, and, although the practical expression of their sentiments may not be of the most savory character, it is intended to convey to the objects of their pretty playfulness their appreciation of corresponding rottenness of parliamentary candidates in general. There has been little going on In Parliament of general or particular interest. The only developments this week have been such as are most disreputable to the Government and institutions of this country.

The question came up in the House of Lords respecting the custom on all English railways of locking both doors of the carriages, so that passengers are for the time placed in the character of prisoners in so many cells. After being thoroughly discussed, the conclusion arrived at ws that there was no power in the Government that could compel the railway companies to abandon this custom, and this humiliating and shameful confession was not only made by Earl Granville without a blush, but was accepted by the House of Lords as conclusive, and the motion tending to put an end to the practice was withdrawn. Talk about cotton being king, it is the railway interest of England that rules the cbumry with an iron rod, and there is not wis-jom enough in the whole British legislature to set the matter right, although the wrong is generally admitted. Another question of even graver importance came up again this week. A large number of the clergymen of the Church of England have drifted and are drifting into Roman Catholicism, and in numerous churches the rites and ceremonies of the Church of Borne bave been The Confederacy a Year Ago and Now.

THE FOURTH IN RICHMOND. How. It Was Observed. THE FORTIFICATIONS OF EASTERN IK1A. A Day Upon the Old Battle-fields.

Special Correspondence of the Inquirer. Richmond, July 4, 11 P. M. A year ago this city seemed the permanent capital of a firmly established Government. Lee's army was a power in the land.

Early was pressing down the Shenandoah Valley on that campaign hat was to formally open at Mono-cacy on the 9th, and culminate by his withdrawal from before Washington on the 15th. -Jeff. Davis, drunk with power, fretted and fumed In this very city an absolute monarch in all ex- nt.tlifln9mf.and imniously likened himself to the Lord God, whose power endureth forever. In short, at no one time did the Rebellion seem likely to finally succeed as on the 4th of July, 1864. To-day there is none so poor as to do It reverence.

The "banner of beauty and glory" has this morning been out-spread from all the public buildinsrs. and its appearance hailed with the national airs of the Union, Lee's army Is as completely out of existence as a military organiza tion, as the battalions that fought with the great Frederick; Early has disappeared so absolutely that nobody knows what has become of him or the hosts that he led. Jeff. Davis is a solitary prisoner, and the remembrance only of his Go vernment exists. This change came upon this people so suddenly and radically that they have hardly yet recovered from the stupor into which they were thrown, and it is not surprising that there is n.

systematic celebration of the nation's natal day In Richmond. This people is hardly yet aware that they are again citizens of the American Reppblic, entitled to enjoy the privileges of such, and to share in all its glorious traditions. Still there has been some observance of the day, the national holiday being recognized by the closing of all places of business, and this, too, spontaneously, there being no attempt on the part of the press to bring about such a result, nor any annoi ncement that any suspension would take place At the Capital there was a sort of formal celsoration in the morning, where bands discoursed the national tunes, the Declaration of Independence was read and a poem recited There hav. been various impromptu celebrations at several places of rural resort, such as Young's Farm, Buchanan SpringPark and Olive Branch, where songs were sung, some fire crackers disposed of, speeches made and a respectable amount of indifferent liquor consumed. It is difficult to connect a horse race with the scenes enacted in Independence Hall on the 4th of July, 1776, yet there were several scrub races on the Broad Rock course this afternoon "in honor of the day," and the same remarks apply to the ball now probably in full blast at Ashland, in Hanover county.

There have been any number of pic-nics gone out from the city to-day to recall the great past of the nation In the quiet of the magnificent country that encircles Richmond. There have been Roman candles and rockets corru seating the atmos phere to-night, and although there has been no formal and general celebration, there has been a universal individual observance of the day that is one of the cheering signs of the times. The Southern people, when under the thumb and screw of the Davis oligarchy, had been compelled to forget that they had any interest in the days of the and the 4th of July on their calendar was "Only that, and nothing more;" But they have so welcomed this day as to prove that the feelings natural to Americans were only slumbering, not extinguished in their breasts. The war recedes from us day by day, and among the proofs is A Sale, Announced this morning by General Michie, of the Engineer Department. The property to be old is the property of the United States, con sists of axes, hatchets, shovels, picks, black smith's tools, 4c, and will be disposed of at private rale.

We no longer build fortifications, and the United States is fortunately able to dispose -of its immense possessions in the way of in troncmna tools. No one who has never been in this section of Virginia can readily imagine the vast extent of 'the lines of fortifications running zig-zag all over Eastern Virginia. This Fourth was spent in going over a small portion of one, Iiiokaliominy Line. To get the best view of this monument of the sad days of war, the city is left by the pike, a broad smooth highway, undulating with the easy curvatures of the ground. Hardly is the open country gained before the ravages of war are visible in the broken fences, -deserted farms and ruined dwellings.

Cantering steadily outward at the distance of four from the city the road abruptly termi-Jiates in a bastioned fort, pierced for four guns, the red eartli of which it is built glowing pain-sully beneath the hot sun. Mount this fort it can be done without dismounting and a magnificent sight is spread out before the eye. In front' is the wide morass of the C'hieka-Thominy, at this distance deceptively beautiful, the raukness of its verdure unknown, and it -seems like the Valley of Good Promise. But turning the eyes right or left, and for mile the huge red earthworks can be seen rolling into -the ravines and crawling lazily up the hills, Jutt ing out with every hillock towards the river, and every crest armed with a huge fort. Behind the line are the remains of old camps, and the of war's destructive hand, and cantering up and down the top of the works, wide onougn and solid enough for a first-class roadway, the mind instinctively says "Havoc has done its work, and now Must follow in its track the plough.

The desert to reclaim." For this is a desert to the extent that man has Seft it. Turn an angle so as to shut the Me-ehanicsville pike from sight and not a sisrn of life greets the eye. Thus riding up and aown mis line or eartn worms tne conviction was forced on one who had- seen many specimens of this style of defensive art, made by both Union and Rebel, that it was the best job of the kind the latter ever did. The natural advantages of the ground had all been greedily and a vast amount of labor put upon the de tails. Although there Is not now a single gun on all this line, it was easy to see that they had been excellently and scientifically mounted, and to a direct attack, when manned with a sufficient force, this line would have been impregnable.

strength, however, was never tried. Far the range of its guns, at the other edge of the valley, is a skirt of timber, and through it flows the Chickahominy, here and now a diminutive stream, and its further edge is the ex-rtreme to which McClellan's pickets came. Further down the river is the terrible field of ITair Oaks, where a thunder storm and Johnston inflicted such a defeat on the young Napoleon, looking directly across the river from the -fort that breaks the roads, the hamlet of Me-chanic8ville is discovered through the woods, and around it is the scene of the first of the even days' fights. All this ground is historic, every road of it has a memory. The Chicka-noniiny itself, a little stream of black swamp water, margined on the Richmond side by a -wide; unhealthy morass, overgrow with swamp timber, has graven its name on the world's annals, and there it will remain forever.

Some1 few people live near the Mechanicsville road, and every one of them have' reminiscences trie days when bullets whizzed through their houses, and cannon shot tore up their door-yards, and these people, men and women, are glad that peace has come, for they no longer fear the inroad of a gang of soldiers, or of deadly missiles, and this is all they remember of war. A patient watchedr during the afternoon, on tt Mechanicaville. or any other road leading quaintances represent him to be. They sav is the wickedest sot in Texas. God knows depths he must have sounded before he attaiivS to that high eminence! The Reig-n of Terror.

I could fill many columns were I to record th horrible accounts that reach us of the lawlu nessand blood-thirstiness of the interior. geance is mine; I will repay" has been th motto of he ill-used soldier of the Confederal and quartermasters and contractors have na.1 the penalty of their frauds in the by-ways an on the limbs of trees. These Texan rangers hare the ferocity cruelty of the Jacobin, unredeemed by the er thusiastic love of liberty and the rights of wa Before this reaches you I trust that order have arisen out of chaos, at the inspiration black soldiers with loyal bayonets. The Slaves Declared Free. THE ACTS OF THE GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATC VOID PUBLIC PROPERTY TO BE RETURNED SURRENDER OF SENATOR JOHNSON OF A KANSAS.

The Houston Galveston Keus ar Floke's Galveston Bulletin, to the the 23d ul'tin inclusive, contain the following interesui news: The following general order was issued at Ga veston by General Granger on the lath: "The people of Texas are Informed that, accordance with the proclamation from ti Executive of the United States, all slaves a This involves an absolute equality of sonal rights and rights of property betwe former masters and slaves, and the connectk heretofore existing between them becomes ta between employer and hired laborer. The free men are advised to remain quietly at their pre ent homes and work for wages. They are formed that they will not be allowed to colle at miiitary posts, and that they will not besu ported in idleness either there or elsewhere. All Acts of the Governor and Isislatoi of Texas Declared Void. "All acts of the Governor and Legislature i Texas since the ordinance of Secession, are her by declared illegitimate.

All civil and militai officers and agents of the so-called Confedera; States Government, orof the State of Texas, as all persons formerly connected with the Coni erate States Army in Texas, will at once for parole at one of he following places, or ga: as may be designated hereafter, to the prop United States officers, to be appointed Host ton, Galveston, Bonham, San Antonio, Marsh; and Brownsville. Although their longabsen; from their homes, and the peculiar clreun; stances of their State, may palliate their desj tion from their organizations, this order will strictly and promptly complied with. Theabcn mentioned, and persons having in thei possession pubiic property of any descriptio whatever, as arms, horses, munitions. 4c, merly belonging to the so-called Confetieri: States, or Stale of Texas, will Immediately a liver it to the proper United States officer at ti nearest of the above-mentioned places. Wis they cannot carry it, and have not the mean! transporting it, they will take to the same a full report of its character, quantity, security, Ac.

All persons not comply promptly with this order will be arrested i prisoners of war, and sent North for impn' ment, and their rroperty forfeited. All law.a persons committing acts of violence, such i banditti, guerrillas, jayhawkers, horse-thieT tc, are hereby declared outlaws mies of the human race, and will be deaitL accordingly." I The Texa Telegraph Line. The telegraph lines of Texas are to be work bv the companies, subject to the supervisiot! Mr. L. B.

Spellman, of the United States tary Telegraphic Government despatches ar go on. Tne line from Vicksburg to Shrevepc is now being renewed. Cotton Order. The following order has been Issued by Gi Granger: Until th arrival of the proper Treasi' agents in this district, all cotton may be tu-i into the Quartermaster's Department for si? ment to New Orleans or New York, there tc sold to the United States purchasing agent, case of such consignment, bills of lading r. be given and the owner will be permiiiecf accomnany his property for the purpose fecting its sale to the purchasing agents.

cotton or other products of insurrectiowi States can be shipped on any other cond.tioi Major-General Sheridan arrived in on the 22d inst. Surrender of Senator Johnson of Ai-kancas. Senator Johnson, of Arkansas, had scr-K. dered to General Granger, and having been roled by the latter, had returned to MarLi where his family was residing. Mr.

JoLau was one of the leading politicians of his The following is the letter to Gen. Granger- "Galveston, June 19, 185. Gordon Grata Major-General United States Army, Oomnuaf' lng the District of Texas General: The un signed, a Senator of the United States untii a 4th of March, 1S61 (at which time his Utzi office expired), and subsequently a Senti the Confederate States from the State of Ar sas, determines to surrender himself as soner to yon, who are the commanding ott of the State or Military District of the Mississippi Department, in which, with family, he is at present sojourning. I "Haying been open and conscientious In political convictions, and in all my Bcti upon these matters with which the votes of people may have hitherto intrusted me, thej being at an end, I deem it now to be my duV surrender myself to you. aud through you tc1 the proper authorities or the United States.

'Hoping and expecting from you. General I trust 1 may from others hereafter, that cod tesy to which rightfully, as a prisoner an: gentleman. I may have some claims, and pelled by some knowledge of your persoa character, I subscribe myself, with the higt respect, your obedient w. Johnson, cf ArkanaM. A letter from Houston to the New Orie IHcaywie says: I "A general sacking of Governirent stores division of the plunder occurred in all the to1 along the homeward line of merch of the banded Rebel troops.

In a few instances ert private proverty was not respected, and ofl sional encounters between soldiers and ciu together with accidents, resulting in loss of i- nave been the consequence. Among the the most serious was the loss of fifteen lives the destruction of nearly half of the town' Navasota by the explosion of a magazine, wM they had entered for the purpose of ge powder. The cause of the calamity is various ascribed to accident and design. It oocurrw. believe, on or about the 23d nit.

Navawtf 1 about sixty miles nort of this place, on tbW v. AVAIM A. Will CITY NOTICES. Rnmmer Enjoyments. BY THE BARD OF TOWEJt Now, in this cheering time, Nature's treasures Yield us pleasures Such as only grace her prima.

Upon them we should seiaa. Since earthly bites, (We'all know this,) Like to a shadow flees. Now is your chance to look On eaoh alr scene Of rural green. Or angle in th placid brook, "While seated in the shade; Or, what's more sweet. In grove to meet And walk with some fair maid.

But oft it seems, fromswelt'ring beat, A task to walk. To gaze, or talk; No scenes with joy yon greet. If you are drest too So, in such clothes As Bennett shows t-r. rftnf form. All kinds, style, and size Of clothing, men's, and boys', all grades, from meMm to super though our sales are largo and rapid, we and complete assortment, naw and fashlonabl, Vj is being replenished daily.

Our prices. bein "jJ upon the lowest market rates of the season, uw the lowest elaewhcr. An examination inrlt No. 518 Market 9 THE FOURTH AT FREDERICK CITY, RID. Pennsylvania Soldiers the Recipients of a Bountiful Collation.

Special correspondence of the Inquirer. Monocacy'Junction, July 6, 1865. Tuesday lat, the 4th of July, was a gala day to the loyal people of Frederick City, Md. There was a errand Darade oi soiaiers. nremen anu lodges, an of Independence In the Court House Square, and an abundant supply of all the good things that tempt the appetite of man, served up to the soj diers in the capacious buildings of the Govern ment HospUaL which can be seen by the follow ing notice: Monocact Junction, July 4, 1863.

and-thirteenth Regiment Pennsylvania Volun teers, Lieutenant James uarricK commaua-ing. held this evening. Sergeant Jonathan Ker shaw was caded to the chair, and David Morris appoiated Secretary. The Chairman stated the oL' xt of the meeting was to express our appreciation of the kindness extended to us to-dav, by the ladies and citizensof Frederick City, when, on motion, a committee of six was appointed by the chair to further the end in view; th 3 committee withdrew for the purpose of drafting suitable resolutions, when, in tueir absence, the Chairman addressed the meeting with a few appropriate and patriotic remarks, at v-r which the committee presented the follow resolutions, which were unanimously adopted: Resolved, That having been invited by the Committee of Arrangements to participate in the bounteous collation extended by the loyal citizens of Frederick, Md-to the soldiers, this day, we feel it not onlj our pleasure, but our bounden duty, to make public our appreciation of the many favors shown us on that ever-to-be-remembered occasion. Resolved.

That our sincere and heartfelt thanks are due to the ladies who spread before us so bounteous a repast, and that their memory shall ever live in our hearts. The anniversary of the 4th of July. IS66, was one that reflects great credit on them, and the members of Company will ever remember the occasion with fratitude and thanks. May their path through ife be one of pleasure, and at the end may God bless them for their kindness. Resolved, That having left the comforts and endearments of our own sweet homes, and feeling ourselves still to be men, and having hitherto looked for sympathy in vain, that we can truly and fceartily say, God bless tho loyal people sjxt in the desert; we have found them ever ready to alleviate our wearisome probation from our own dear homes whilst in their midst.

Hcsolved, That the occasion was more tuan expected or looked for, while the blessings and good things of mother earth were spread before us, the blessings of peace have been granted to us once more, and may it please the God of battles to grant to us, as a nation, prosperity and respect; may the old flag forever wave, and may the hand that would insult it moulder in a traitor's grave. Jiesoiied, That we, the members of Company consider this anniversary of our National Independence one that is long to be remembered in our nation's history. In the midst of unrivalled prosperity, with argosies proudly ploughing the waves of every sea, and the mighty armaments of every nation doing homage to our flagwe were called on to put down one of the greatest rebellions that the world ever knew, and have put it down triumphantly, and the flag of our country waves in triumph over every inch of our vast territory, washed by the sweetest blood ot the nation. JReaolvedL, That our thanks are due and are hereby extended to the citizens of Frederick, and particularly to the Committee of Arrangements, both ladies and gentlemen, for the energy displayed in behalf of our comfort and pleasure. We found them fully equal to the task to arrange the different minutia incident to the celebration of the most glorious Anniversary of American Independence since July 4th, 1776.

Resolved, That the foregoing resolutions be published In the Frederick City Examiner. Hiram Knox, Abel Ford, Robert Govers, Martin Leonard, Amos R. Blake, David H. Long, Committee. Jonathan Kbeshaw, Chairman.

Attest David W. Morkis, Secretary. A CLERICAL VILLAIN. WHOLESALE: POISONING BT A SWKDISH CLERGYMAN THREE PKBSOSS MURDERED NARROW ESCAPE or A KOTJKTH Stockholm Correspondence London Morning Advertiser. In a trial that is now going on in one of the criminal courts of justice in this country, aseries oisucn appalling crimes uas oeen Drougtit to light that I cannot resist referring to a proceeding which may be ranked among the most astonishing in the judicial annals of any country.

In this case the accused is M. Lindback, the pastor of Silbodal. a small parish In one of the most beautiful valleys in the province of Werm-land. In the immediate neighborhood of the church is the parsonage, in which the pastor, who is a man oi sixty-two years of age, of good address and rather prepossessing appearance, has for some years resided, arid in which M. Lvsen, a gentleman who had retired from business as a merchant, lived with him as a boarder, whose sudden death gave rise to suspicions which have led to the most singular and painful discoveries.

There having been reason to suppose that Lysen had died from the effects of poison, his body was disinterred, and, on an examination of the contents of the stomach, arsenic to an extent sufficicent to have produced death was found. This death had taken place so far back as the I7th of December last, and on its being ascertained what had been its cause, it was remem-lered that on the 20th of November the death of a person of the name of Nils Patterson, of Fars-kog, had occurred under similar circumstances on the 30th of November; and that a widow Carin Kuken, seventy-four years of age, had also suddenly died on the 10th of October, with the same symptoms. In all the three cases death had followed soon after these persons had partaken of the communion, which had been administered them by the pastor, Lindback who was accordingly arrested, and whose triai is now creating the greatest excitement throughout the country. In collecting the evidence which was thought to be necessary to bring these crimes home to the accused, it was ascertained that Daniel Anderson, the son of the widow, Carin Huken, who had long been in bad health, and confined to bed, had also suffered great pain, and been seized with violent vomitings soon after he had received the communion from Pastor Lindback, though he had recovered from these attacks. This led to further investigations, when arsenic was found to have been the cause of death in all the instances that have been adduced, there being thus far three, aud very nearly four, victims to the system of poisoning that had been resorted to.

Inquiries were made as to the reasons which there may have been for this wholesale destruction of life and though none could be assigned for the murder of Nils Patterson and the old excePt that of a monomania by which the pastor was endeavoring to rid his parish of its indigent poor, il. was otherwise as to the retired merchant, M. for as soon as he was buried, the pastor produoed au me the communion, the pastor insisted on my taking more wine than I wished, and I particularly remember once when I wished to take onlv a drop or two, when he said, 'Take a little more, and you will soon sleep-' but I refused because I already felt pain; and another time, when I perceived that the wine had a bad taste, he took me by the head and compelled me to drink more. Once during last winter I felt in communicating that the wine did me harm, and I did not wish to take more, but he made me swallow more, alter which I began to vomit. He wished again to give me I begged him not to ask me.

as the wine gave me great pain. 'I do not belive he said, 'and I swear the wine will not do you any harm it is port. I have changed the wine because I know you are peculiar, and this is not so repulsive as the usual sacramental wine. Take a drop more, and vou will I was then seized with violent vomiting, and I pushed the cup away from me, and asked for something to drink, which stopped the vomiting, but it soon returned. "I asked mv wife to give me some hot coffee in milK, and 1 "think the pastor then asked if I would not take some wine in the coffee, but I cried though on this point my memory is not perfect.

My wire, however, gave me what I wanted, and when the pastor asked if I would not rather take coffee without milk, I replied that I would not. I was sorry that the wine did not agree with me, but I did not wish to say much to the pastor for fear of offending him, for he had ever shown me much kindness, and I had no idea that the wine was poisoned, which mut account for my silence. I merely complained to the pastor a to the wine hurting me, and that I could not retain it. There were in ail five occasions wnen ne was similarly ai-fected, at the death of my mother, and three times before, and once after and since I have received the communion from another pastor the wine, has been quite different in color, smell and taste, and I have never felt any bad effects from taking it." To this simple narrative nothing need now be added, but when the trial is over the result will be made known. P.

S. It is said that Pastor Lindback has attempted to commit suicide by opening a vein, but it was discovered in time, so that his design was frustrated. He has since been committed to prison at Caristadt, where he will be well watched and carefully guarded. iNTERESTINGFWIflTEXAS. GALVESTON OCCUPIED BT COLORED TROOPS DREARINESS AND DESOLATION OF" THE CITY QUESTION ABLE LOYALTY OF THE PEOPLE THE LONE STAR CONFEDERACY AGAIN THE REIGN OF TERROR, Coi-n-spondence ot the Hew York TYitnme.

Arrival of Troop. Galveston, Texas, June 20, 1S65. Galveston is now occupied by colored troops, constituting a provost guard for the enforcement of law and order. General Gordon Granger left this morning for Houston with a sufficient force to occupy the city and protect the citizens in the I vicinity. The transpotrs, laden with part of weitzef a corps, arrived several days ago, but were unable to cross the bar on account of the high sea that had been rolled up by a strong southeast wind.

A large fleet is now at anchor off the bar, composed of navy vessels, transports and coal barques. The I'rrrt Royal, Afw Ixmdcm, Jreston and ComuWaare anchored in the bay. The forts and batteries erected with so great pains are now deserted, the shell, shot and powder scattered about with wanton recklessness. Gen. Granger declares that they are not worth occupying at present, and it is probable they will remain in their desolation as mementoes of four years unsuccessful treason.

Fort Bankhead and Fort Magruderare the two principal earthworks, but they do not deserve to be called forts, being merely piles of sand and railroad iron, with, but few guns in casemates and on the parapets. At a distance across the water these piles of yellow sand loomed np ominously, and to an unprofessional eye, Galveston was strongly fortified. But after all. the best defenseof by water was in the shallowness, narrowness, and tortuousness of the channel. Condition of tne City.

Oafrveston is a city of dogs and desolation. It is hard to tell which a stranger would be soonest impressed with the multiplicity of the canine or the poverty and degradation of the human species. I took a walk over the city a few days since, and in a few hours found time to visit about all that was worth seeing within the town or suburbs. No other Southern city of its prominence and local importance is so utterly insignificant and God-forsaken in appearance. It is desolation desolated, for betore.

the war it was a parched and barren land. There is no shadv park, and but one pleasant ride. The trees are stunted and scraggy, like the people. Goats, pigs and dogs, like so "many happy families browse, snore and bark in the streets without let or hindrance. I entered the Post Office; It was a large room yet well nigh empty, for.

regular communication was established only with the towns of the "Lone Star State." The houses are mostly low, with a marvelous tendency to be painted yellow. Many of the finest residences have been sacked by the Infuriated soldiery, seeking vengeance for their own follies. The stores are small and dingy with nothing to exhibit but empty shelves. The women wait behind the counters, while their sallow-visaged' lords loaf on the corners and in billiard saloons. I asked for the bookstores, and was directed to a small news depot, where had been, it is said, a circulating library, the only library of the city.

I asked for the churches, and was shown a large Catholic cathedral, as the representative and prominent church of the Island. I did not ask for the grog shops; they were anywhere and everywhere. Royalty Does not manifest itself. There are loud professions. There are bitter and, I doubt not, sincere cursings of Davis and Kirby Smith.

There are more welcomes to our presence, and especially to our greenbacks. But true loyalty, that prefers the United States to Texas; that venerates Washington above Houston; that loves freedom more than slavery, is an exceedingly rare pearl in Galveston. I know how hard it is to distinguish the genuine from the counterfeit, but I am forced to believe the statement made to me a few days since by one who was well acquainted in every part of the State. I asked him what he thought of the Amnesty Proclamation. He replied: "If it is carried out strictly, with its exceptions, not a wealthy man in Texas can escape, for all have aided and voluntarily assisted the Rebellion." Tne Lone Star Confederacy.

Even now, whila Union soldiers patrol the streets, and a powerful fleet is anchored off the city, these narrow-minded and impoverished people cling to the idea of State independence. They want to fly the "Lone Star" flag once more, to subdivide their country into four States or more, and to become a recognized power in the world. HBaeling editors and selfish leaders have actually made the masses believe that Texas came Into the Union with the promise that she could go out again next year if she hose to do so. Th feeling of tb. Texas people, poor as well I ol rii.