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522 TjieEmporiaNews. JACOB" STOTLEBEditor an4 Proprietor. QUIA, JC AJf AS, Friday1, Harch 22, 1867. VTfcyia Ireland dif contented and rebellion? What were Eaamett and Meagher fighting for do the Fenians want, and why are they renewing the struggle Irjlaad was nominally conquered by England some three hundred yeais ago. England baa no rigbt there txcept the right of conquest.

a long seriea of civil wars and almost the entire landed prop erty of IrelanI has been confiscated by the British govtrnmaut, and bestowed upon the British aristocracy. IieUnd if- owned by non-resident proprietors, who in many instances have never seen their vast eelate3 in the (Jreen Isle. These properties are managed by stewards, often unjust and rapacioos. The lands are rented to the common people, at the high eat possible rate, and the money, instead of being spent on Irish soil, flows in a steady curreat to England. Ireland grows poorer; year by year, and ber people live in'euch a state of squalor and wretchedness as c2n be found nowhere else in Europe.

had once a parliament of her own, but England took this away, and substituted for it no equitable system ol parliamentary representation. -TLe liuhare mostly Catholics. Beside tnpporting their own clergy, they suffer lb unspeakable outrage of paying taxes for. ihe' maintenance, in princely style, ol 'warm of Episcopal prieta and bishops whom they bate. cruel and unjust taxation, fio-tquitable representation, these are the wrongs against which Fenianism is a protest.

We do not expect to cee them righted, in this way. The Fenians cannot succeed in overthrowing so old and powerful a despotism. We do not do ubt that etjch flagrant outrage and abuse will be rebuked some day, but for the present, the prospect seems gloomy indeed, the indias7 We have received an anonj mcus letter from Butler County, warning us against Indian raids. We don't propose to pay ciuch attention to such doubtful correr pondents, but think it highly probable, from reports as come to us, that there will be a renewal of Indian troubles as soon as there is grass enough for the savages to travel. ll thta war does come, we trust that it will be the last one.

We do not favor the, Harney and Chivingtou policy, but would be glad to see Gen. Pope's plan ol capture and colonization adopted so fai as is prscticable. It would be vastly cheaper for our Government to distribute i om enure numoer ol Indians anions' our great cities, and board them at first class hotels, than to continue the present des uitory, unmeaning, worthless system o' management. It is high time for Mr Lo to be permanently settled somewhere. WOMAN'S EIGHTS.

Ladies, do you want to vote? If yon (o work! Every, woman of any force or epiih has a circla of masculine general') quite indifferent upon this question, whose and vote she could easily secure in favor" c' the amendment. Why not secure them, ladies If you don't care enr ugh about suffrage- lo atk for it, be very sure thai you will not obtain it. It is not likely that there will hi a recurrence of this op portunity for long years to white' slavery' A joint committee of the Massachusetts Legislature has been taking testimony as to the treatment of womsn and children in the Massachusetts factories, and the testimony is very damaging. Ill health, overcrowed boarding houses, over-taxed labor these are too often the result. Besides that, some of the of the Loom eport the.

lash with a tyrannous purpose. Thus, in the Lowell car pet hands were dismissed forpe-tioniog for a ten hour labor law. The witnesses all agree. Mrs. M.E Burdick, who had worked in cotton mills for eighteen years, save when obliged to quit on account of ill health, states that she did not know ofa single operative who had worked a year without being sick.

Six girls ocoapy one room, some 50 or 25 feet rq-nre. Cotton mills are more unhealthy than woolen mills. Mrs. B. says: The last hour of the diy is very tiresome, and the girls generally are so tired that they don't care whether they work or not.

More breaks, enarls, happen in that hour than in any other, although the operativea ere working by the piece On cans of sickness, especially ot lung disease, arises in the necessity of drawing the thread from the ebuttle after it is put into the loom, by sucking it out by applying the mouth to the opening of the ehuttle. A considerable amount of dust is drawn in upon the lungs at the time. The thread can be drawn out in no other way. AH the operators in the room signed a petition for ten honr law. The pay for weaving a cat of about forty-flve jardaie ihirty-fbur cents.

The average monthly pay of a good weaver is aboSt iS. running from four to six This exposure nausea much excitement in Massachusetts, and attracta the attention of the country. Doubtless, the Legislature of the old Bay State will rem-4y. the evil, and check the tyranny of Lords of Jbe" Loom. u'fa IO" i0 WDOJ OI, poiteajjow.ng t0.9t was offered: "Wcmin ipwg3 Laje only to the press in the disserai- MCSg tit clUr dif.

BRtioB of newe." FEMALE OF ilABKTWAIN. I Lave read the long list of lady petitioners in favor of female suffrage, and as a husband and a fatber I want to proteat against the whole business. It will never da to allow them too bold office. You know, and I know, tbal if they were granted these privileges there would be no more on earth. They would ewamp the country with debt.

They like lo hold ofbce to well. They like to be cats, rresiaent bmub of the Dor as eo ety or M.S., Secretary Jones of the tiieaooaid or Mrs. lrea- i u.c, onuxevuing oroiuet. xcey are fond of the distinction of the thing, you Vl ic line, xcey an air always setting up ns of all ktods. and sarc.ieJ then lunoin for President of them.

Thry are even 6o fond of office that 'they are willing to erve wi.hout pay. Bit you allow them to vo'e, and to go to the Legiblatnre or.ee, ar.d then fee how it mill Th.r iTrt tn snrl- a A Ilirt a thousand more societies, and cram them full of salaried offices. You will see a state cf things then that will stir your feelings to the bottom of your pockets. The tirst fee bill would exasperate you -j You know what a 6tate of anarchy and social chaos that fee bill would create. Every woman in the Commonwealth of Miasouri would let go everything and run for State Milliner.

And, instead of ventilating each other'e political antece deots, as men do, they would go straight after each olln r'a private mot al character. (I know them -they are all like my wife.) fee fore the CHnvaas was three days old, it would be an established proposition that every woman in the State was "no better than she cught to be." Only think Low it would lacerate me to have an opposition candidate eay that about my wife. 1 hat is the idea, you know having other people say these hard things. row, I know that my wife len any better than she ought to be, poor devil in tact, in matters of orthodox doctrine, she is particularly shaky but still, I would no: I ke these things aired in a political contest. 1 don really suppose that that woman will stand any more show here after than however, she may improve-- sue.

may even become a beacon light for the saving of others but if she does, she will burn rather dim, and she will tlicker a good deal, But, as I was sayipg, a female political canvas3 would be an outrageous thing. Think of Ike torch light processions that would distress our eyes. Think cf the cuiious legends on the transparencies Robbins forever Vote for Sillie Elobbins, the only virtuous candidate in the field And th's "Chastity, modesty, patriotism 1 Let the great people stand by Maria Sanders, the cliampion of morality and progress. and the only candidate with a stainless 1" And lhi6: "Vote for Judy McGinnis, the incorruptible 1 Nine children one at the breast Iu that day a man shall Bay to his ser vant, "What is the matter wilh the baby And the servant shall reply, It has been sick for hours." "And here is its mother?" "She is out electioneering (or Sillie Itjbbins." And such conversations as these shall transpire between ladies and servants applying for situations "Can you cook "Yes." "Vah "Yes." "Do general house-work "Yes." "All riiilil who vour choice for State Milliner "Judy McGinnis." "Well, you can tratnp." And women shall talk politics instead of discussing the fashions and they eba'l neglect the duties of the household to go out and take drinks with candidates and men shall nurse the babies while their wives travel. to the polls to vote.

And also in that day the man who hath beautiful whiskers shall beat the homely man of wisdom for Governor, and the youth.who walizes with exquisite grace ehall be Chief of Police, iq preference to the man of practical sagacity and determined en ergy. Every man, I take it, has a 6elfJiob end in view when he pours eloquence in be- haii'cf the public good in the newspapers, and sucL the case with me. I do not want the privileges of women extended, because my wife already holds office in nineteen different female associ and I have do au her clerking If you give the women full sCp with the men in political she will proceed to run for every confounded office under the new dispensation. That will finish me. It ia bound to finish me.

She would not have time to do anything at all then, and (he one solitary thing I have shirked up to the present time would fall on me, and my family would go to destruction for I am not qualified for a wet nurse. Mark Twain. The Johnson will case, recently tried in Elenton, N. and involving some 500,000, has been decided in favor of the will. An appeal has been taken to the Supreme Court, and the case is ex pected lo be decided by that cjurt at its June Term.

On the 12Ji uli. iiichard M. Post was released from the penitentiary, having been pardoned by the President. He was convicted of robbing ihe St. Louie Post Office in 1861, and'senlenced to ten years' imprisonment in the penitentiary.

It is stated that a strong party has sprung up in Georgia enunciating the principles contained in ex Governor Brown's recent letter the acceptance of Sherman's Military Reconstruction plan. It bid fair to be the controlling party in the Slate. The rebel general Albert Pike, ba? become principal' editor of The Memphis Appeal, and Raphael Smmea of the pirate Alabama, editor of The Mtmphia Bulletin. A majority of the Judiciary Commit tee the Maryland Legislature has re ported against allowing street cars to run on Sunday. The Baltimore and Potomac Railroad bill Las passed the Senate.

Gen. Thomas has command of twenty-eix camelries, covering over 820 aeres cf ground and containing over 1 15.400 graves, all in the south. A man named J. D. Woodson wa3 arrested in St.

the other day, charged with murder of a Mr. Far is, some time last falL At a printers' festival, lately, the fol ADDEESS OF SE2TAT0B YATES, OF ILLINOIS. Before the Conaretsional Temvernce As- ary 17. 1867. inVie lUuse of Jtepre- Wathiugton, D.

C. In introducing speaker, Hon. Henry Wilson, president of -the association, said: J-' We have passed through 'a great wlr in which we fouaht six hundred battles fur the Republic. In that great contest Tho fi.iv. Statelinked hi, ame for- yr wilh tbat grirDd 6trUggle-for -unity and liberty.

I bare the bonor and the ea9Ure 0 pr464)Dt -Goyernor Yates to this as assemlltge. Applause. God grant (Ljjt in lfae KirUjjge ia which we are aQW ented against the enemy of human nature be may associate his name as gloriously as he did in the war against theenemyof his country. Applause. atDBESS, SESATO TATX3.

Ladiei ixd Gentlxjies: It was not my intention to address you at all until this afternoon, and I feel the n'ed of more preparation before speaking lo 60 large au audience as this. The reason why I did cot ptopoEe'lo address this assembly was because having so recently associated myself with the Congressional Teroper-ence Association. I did not like to make parade of myself before the public. Men sometimes sin pledges, and they break them; but, Mr. President, I have signed for good, applause, and I have my cov enant with God that I will keep mine.

But I felt it were better to prove first that I was well established in my new position before I attempted to express sect-ments on this question in thai earnest and enthusiastic manner in which I always address my fellow citizens in behalf of any cau9e which has the conviction of my judgment and the approval of my heart. borne two months ago your, distinguish cbairmau, the able and eloquent Senator from Massachusetts, iu bis kindness, in the goodness of his great big heart, came to me with a petition numerously signed by. members of Congress, and said: "Governor, I watt you to 6igo a call for a temperance meeting." "With all my heart," said I. I signed it. But the temperance meeting did not come off I went to the honorable Senator, and told him I was tired of waiting; could he not furnish me a pledge? He said he could to-morrow.

The next day he. furnished me with a printed pledge of the Congress sional Temperance Society. I put it in my pocket, took it home, took it to my room, read it carefully, and, after one look to God and one to home, I signed the nledire. I raised myself to my full height, and I wis free. Great ap plaue If I refer to myself in the remarks I hfive mde, and which I intend to make, I assure you it is not from egotism, for I take no peculiar pride myself in bavin" been addicted to the use of ar dent spirits.

But there is another reason why I feel permitted to refer to myeelf. and that is because wlnle 1 considered that I was 'only a moderate drinker, it has betn published all over the land that I was a drunkard. Fellow citizens, there was a vast of error in it too. I was addicted to drinking occasionally as a stimulus, as I supposed to strengthen my nerves laughter and a3 heightener of social joys. But.

Mr. Chairman, differently from olher men, I had a most uofortu: nate difficulty with myself, and that I had a wonderful facility, whenever I drank of letting everybody know it Laughter. My sprees were not fre quent, but they were long and they were loud. Laughter. The grand prairies of Illinois did not furnish area enough for one of my forward movements.

Luhter. That was not only the last seventeen years whether I had to make a speech to a political meeting; whether I spoke against the Nebraska bill upon the flor of this House, whether as Governor. I wrole a message, or published a proclamation, or prorouged a fecesion legislature gre3t applause the universal charge of the opposite party was, that all these acts were done under the influence of whiskey. Liughter. Now, fellow-citizens.

I have concluded to put a stop to this matter. The editors and re porters of newspapers are an honorable class of gentlexen whom I respect; but I want these libelous scribblers who have mads eo many misrepresentations as to my course of conduct, to understand that from this time henceforward their vocation in that respect is gone laughter and applause and they may uow pub llsh 'heir libels until the hand that writes them fall withered and paUied; but I never intend bat they shall have any license or to publish me as a drunkard again, even have to abstain, as I will abstain, ftom the glass of clatet (hat ever the fair band of the fairest lady in this land should prei-ot me. Applause. There ia the evil of the thing: this mie-represenation, this liabilty to misrepresentation. Why, sir, after I had made these speeches some sharp article of abuse would be published in some paper, and some riendiy Indian ol mine laughter wauld mark around it with black lines and send it to me for my Christian contemplation and supreme delight.

ILiaugmer.j i win stop it. 1 bave promised my country; I have promised tuat proud Uommonwea.ih which for twenty five consecutive years has honor ed me with all her public positions, in the Legislature, as Governor, a member of both houses of Congress; I have promised all who love me, and I have promised Katie and the children loud applause that I never will taste, nor handle the unclean thing applause and by the blessing of God and my own unfaltering purpose, I intend to fight it out on this line to the last day in the evening of my life. Applause If all you, gentlemen, would do the tame thing, you wonld lose noihiog ia mind, body, or estate. Lmghter. I do not suppose at all that I am superior to anybody else in intellect.

I certainly have no special claims to consideration from birth or fortune; but mere is one ming i do claim, and that is. that God has endowed me wi.h nobility of soul, with warm and generous impulses a heart as unfathomable in its affections as the ocean, and as broad as the area of humanity, and I appeal to you, Mr. Chairman, from our slight acquaintance, if yon do not think I bave enough of the ardent about me without ardent splriit. Laughter. Mr.

WiUon. Yes you hare. Mr. Yates. I would eay to the young man that grandeur of human character doea not consist ia transcendent genius alone.

It doea net belong alone to the statesman beneath whose eloqunce listening Senates ait enraptured it dqea not belong alone to the warrior who bears his proud, nneonquered ba.atr over ererr field but it does consist in force of character, in force of soul, fee ing, thought, and purpose. Caear was a weak man whea he-sacrificed-, the liberties of Rome by Antony to put the cron' upon his bead. Washington would' not have been' great if be had yielded to the temptations of hi willing army, and accepted a rcrown at the expense of the liberties of his country. Tfie reformed drunkard accomplishes heroic achievement than did the Spartan bacd at Thermopylae, because be conquers himself. That man is only great who 6eeks eight 'and truth and justice, and adheres to them with strong, vigor ous, and perpetual purposes." told me he saw in a Chicago paper toe other day -t bat since Governor Yates tad joined the temperance society, whitkey bad fallen ten cents a gallon.

Laughter Well, that's good, indeed. Laughter. At-air events, its" good news, for-all thaf ever kept my slander-1 ers from drinking themselves' to death pro lono pvllico was the 'high price of whiskey. Langhter. We will bring it within 'their reach, lor it will have -to much lower than the present price before it reaches ita real intrinsic value a 6pecie basis.

Liughter if old King Alcohol were ded and as he ought to be, beyond' the power of surreeiioo, this nation could bear our national debt like a young Hercules. Applause: Then, two blades ot grass would grow where one now grows, and unbounded wealth. Imperial power, and proud poailion would be fie of the nation forever. Applause But some say this temperance business is fanaticism it's a gloomy sort of life. There never was a greater mistake.

Temperance is one of the sweetest and most tllightful things upon earth it is the very epring-bead of happiness, and joy the very chivalry of manhood itself. I have been a temperance man for fifteen days, and I am a gayer.boy to-night than I have been for eeventeen years. Laujhter. I think I am the gayest man in the Senate, except the compeer of Clay and Crittenden the able, indomitable, and gallant old cavalier of Kentucky, (Garret Divis I except you. also, Mr.

Chairman. Laughter Temperance gloomy? 'Not a bit of it Mr. President. Myv pledge shall be perpetu-il charm "a thing of beauty which is a joy forever" not a cloud of gloom, but an ever present rainbow of promise, hope, and beauty. I am as proud of it as of ray wife 'and children, and that is the strongest way I have to express my pride.

Applause. I am as proud of it as I am of the commission which entitles ma to bold the position of an American Senator. By-the-bye, Mr. Chairman, I will submit to you the question I rather think the commission and temperance pledge ought to go together. Applause What do you think about bavicg the 'teetotaller' put into the iron clad oath, Laughter You 6ay, of what use is tue pledge? I will tell you Twenty days ago there came along a friend of mine a Senator and said, "Let us lal a drink." I said, "certainly, all right." Another friend from Illinois in about three minutes and a half came along arid said, "Let us take a drink." Said I.

"All It is this way. One drink of liquor is enough forme two ain't half enough, (laughter) three is only one third enough, and four is chaos. Alter I eigned the pledge I was asked several times to drink butldidu't do any such thing. Laughter After I signed this temperance pledge I wrote to a little lady out in Illinois, who weighs about a hundred punds, ha black hair and flashing black eyes, and "a form fairer than Grecian diwel ever woke from Parian marble," and I leceiv-ed the following answer "Mr Deab Richard How beautiful is this morning! how bright the sun shines! how swatly cur bird sings how joyous the children how happy is my heart I 1 see the smile of Ujd 11 a has answered the prayer. Always proud of your 6ucce, you have now achieved that success which God an 1 angels 11 bless.

It is the shinirg summit of human apir ation, for you bave co-quered, youreelf. All who love you will aid you to keep the pledge. I love you, my dear boy. Katie. Loud applause.

i.ove, the sun, soul, and centre of the moral universe love, which links angel to angle, and God to man; love, which binds in one two loving hearts. How beautiful i3 love. Applause As I leok over this audience, composed of Senators and Rppxesentatives of this great nation, and these galleries blazing with beauty and the worth of the city, and sojourners from all the Slates and Territories, I ask myself why they are here? Proud England, upon whose do minions the sun never sets, has but one queen but, thank God, we have millions of aueens. who in beauty like the nig'it Of clouJlesJ climee and alary skies," whose chains we leeind yel we bless the silken sceptere. Ya are here to irive.

by your presence, encouragement to lb Congressional Ten. pe ranee Society; and I propose, sir, that. (his society shall be the begining of societiei throughout the land, and that we will push, for ward ihe tempesance column, move upon the enemy's woiks, and give him grape, canister and Greek fire. Applause. We will stoma the citadel of intemperance, nutil it shall crumble and 'otter and fall to the earth.

Applause. Why do I refer to the ladie? Because their example is mightier than the ehquence of a thousand legions. Applause You are here to night to see the snowy while fl9 of temperance as it is unfurled over the Capitol of your country, as it rises and rises, and unfolds to God and snreads unlil it tball cover the whole l.m .1 land and unlil mere suau ou i a uiuu-kard nor a moderate drinker to take away the bloom from the cheek of female beauty, and until all the hearthstones of thia land shall blaze with comfort and jy, and happiness and gladness shall dwell in green freshness there. Tremendous applause. It is announced that a new daily paper is to be etarted in New Oileans, to be called the Republican.

Ex-Governor Mi chael Hahan is to bave charge of it. which ia a sufficient pledge that it will be on Ilk right 6ide in politics. He ie not without newspaper experience, hav-in for a time been editor and p-oprietor flhe True Delta. He narrowly escaped assassination during the massacre of July 90ti, having been rescued from ihe hands of the mb by the determined efforts of cevliia policemea who were friendly to him. ia now no loyal paper published in New Orleans, except the Tribune, a small sheet published by negroes, half io English and half in French.

HEWS SUHMAEY. Pennslyvania and New "Jersey expect fine peach crops next season. A man in lias just given to the Baptist Home Mission Society. At a-bull-fiaht in Seville. Spain.

20 horses and 6 ball were killed in two and a half hours, Coaches running from Junction City to Santa Fe, New Mexico, make the trip regularly in seven days and two hours. Farqnilaborera are wanted in theinteiior of Canada, at 130 to $rS0per jeaf wilt board. jl ia agitating be aubjet of-tbe appointment of a board of Commissioners to represent her interest at Washington! A man in Fredericksburg, was knocked down by lightning and cared of rheumatism. 'A new euepension bridge over the Ohio ia talked of at Wheeling, to. take the place of the present structure, which ia deemed neither commodious or safe.

The storekeepers of; threaten lo charge an entrance to shop- ers. The female mind in Columbus is agitated and excited. "i WAfHiKGTOH, March 18 Charles Jamea, the well known and talented law yer, died in thia city ou Saturday night, after an illness of several weeks, having been first stricken down while arguing; a case in the Supreme Court, about a mouth ago. The Shewano( Wis.) Journal reports the birth of three girls weighing seven pounds each, by the wife of Mr. Martin Cooper, a well-to do fatmer of the Siockbridge Indians.

A negro was hung up at Ceresco. Iowa, last week, by the neck, and forced to con fess whether be bad stolen some money. of which he was suspected. He confess ed that he did, as anybody else'" would have done to bave saved bis life. The Governor has appointed Will; am Karimer, of Leavenworth.

J. P. Root, of Wyandotte, and F. P. Baker, of opeka.

Commissioners of the Blind Asylum at Wyandotte. The building is to be erect ed this year. Two young lads of Richmond, were practicing the broadsword exercise a few days since when one of them rnade a lunge in high tierce, and cut his opponent's arm about half off. Percy Wiggins is the name of the unfortunate youngster. The Milwaukee Daily News, a 'rabid Copperhead paper, has been selected to publish ibV laws of Congress.

As Copperheads of Wisconsin and Mr. Doo little are the only Johnson men in the Slate, of course the selection of such a sheet is entirely satisfatory to them. The body of a female, in an advanced stage of decorr position, was found, on Tuesday night, on a sand-bar in the river opposite the town of Atchison, Kansas. It has been terribly mutila'ed by dogs the gathering of which round the carcass, led to its discovery. At Copake, Hudson county, N.

last week, four young men' attending a social party in the belief that' a companion had brought and hidden a bottle af loqu- or, searched for and found a bottle filled with a solution of corrosive sublimate, a portion of which they each took. They were not expected to Moktrsal Canada, March 18. Al though there is noihiog on the frontier to cause alarm at present, active preparations are being made the have troops in readi ness to move actively to any point. A gentleman in California having made a lady a present of a pair of pistols, after several trials of skill they concluded to go through the forms ofa duel. They took their positions, fired at the word, aud to the Jerror of the lady, the gentleman fell She threw herself frantically upon the corpse, embracing and kissing it wilh ev ery emotion of endearment.

Under euch magical influences the gentleman revived and rose unhurt from the ground, and and they are to be married. A days eioce, as the train bound west from Fort Wayne was crossing the bridge at Hobart, the passengers discovered a boy in the water, holding on to a cake of ice and apparently with cold The) conductor, being informed of it. stoDpeu the traiu at Clark's Stalioo, tele graphed back, to Hobart, and tbe boy wu rescued from bis terrible situation. Had not tbe dispatch been sent, be must cer tainly bave perished in a short time. An American company has engaged to keep a ship, during the Exhibition, at a distance of three nautical mile from the French shore; the said 6hip to be fitted op as a restaurant and board iog-honse, and devoted to tbe exercise of all the games of hszard which the French Government, in its paternal solicitude for the well-being of its subjects, has made illegal on the svil of France.

A wealthy savan of Leavenworth, Kansas, is going to build an observatory in that city. It will be 240 feet high, and the foundation wilt be laid IS feet below the surface, and will be 6 feet 4 inches thick. It will be bnilt entire of solid ma 6onry, and the observatory floor will be 19 feet high to the ceiling, to admit of tbe largest instruments. A little child, about two years of age. waa loued in a train frcm New York, when it reached Troy on Saturday last.

The passengers and conductor were totally unable to elate when it came in the car, or by what means. The general impression seemed to be that it was placed on tbe train ot Sahenectady by some one disposed to rid tbemeelvea of tbe responsibility. It was placed in charged ofa special officer of the company, who baa taken jxd ar of it 1 Mr. C. May hall, editor of the Rlla County (Mo.) Record, shot bis wife last week, having tnistakea her for a Mrs, Mayhalt-had got out of bed and gone into an adjoining." unoccu piedroom.

when she threw open the window, ihe noise of which awoke ber 'bus- band, who saitsj his revolver, and seeing. as he -imasfined. aburglaiffeiin'g an en trance, fired a ball into his wife's shoulder. An inqust has been held at Lafayette, upon ihe body oL Jonathan FSsher who was-fonnckdead in his -bed at the American. House on the 10th and has terminated in a verdict of "died by the' visitation off God." A PaPr produced at theTin quest, which been found on the; body of the deceased, sndi was in his handwriting, in which he slat ed that al) his "unfaithful and unjust ac have been circumstantial and justifiable;" that be was the victim of a shameful conspiracy; requesting.

the' gen lie mad 'to insure their lives; asserting that he had got eick wiihojt screaming; that he was too virtuous to die a-lingering death; and re-1 questicg a decent burial." The following is the population of ten of the principal towns of Franca: Paris, 1,825.484 doubled since 1841; Lyons, 333.954; Marseilles. 3 J0.13J. Bordeaux, 194.241 54.799! Toulouse. 1J6-636; Nantes, 111.956; Rouin, 100.670; Saint Eiienne Slrasboourg, There doubtless, more' thanr five million head of meat cattle in Texts. Ia 1863 there were 1,535,768 head of milch cows, working oxen, and olher cattle.

reported. No stock-raiser knows anything like the precise number of his animals, as they range' over a vast extent of country, are sever fed, worked, or milked. Hon. E. B.

Washburn, of Illinois, is in 1 Paris, receiving medical treatment. Like many other Americans now on the other tide of the-Atlantic, he is broken down from hard -work. He hopes that rest and relaxation from the cares and anxieties of public life will soon restore an over- worked He ia living very quietly and avoiding alt excitement. A dispatch from White Cloud, Kansas, of the 13th says: "The court bouse at Troy, tbe county seat of this county, waa burned thi afternoon. Tbe fire was caused by a defective flue in the sheriff's office.

The records were all saved, but are badly mixed up. The building was insured for 4,000." Leavenworth Bulletin. The Leavenworth Conservative saye: The Thirtieth United States Infantry in camp on the north side of thatSouth Platte, opposite Jule-sburg. awating- re-crutes. About two hundred are required to fill up the regiment, when it i to be put uuder inarching 'ordes for Fort Phil.

Learn ey or some other northern poet. A great many desertions from the regi ment have occurred sines its arrival on the plains New Hampshire held her election on the 12th tnst and elected GnV Herri man, Republican Governor, by over three thousand, the three members of Congress, eight of the twelve S.ate Senators, and a majority of eighty in the Hme of Represenatives. Wei) done for the 'old Granite Hanginqiw I14.IH013. A few week. since, tbe Hou; Marvin H.

Bovee of Wig-J cocsin an inveterate, active opponent ot the gallows went into Illinois', and opened there a campaigu against legal killing. He found very few to unite with him in any positive effort, though his cause had many tepid well-wishers- by argu ment and representation he procured tbe passage through tbe Legislature, of an ac which will probably reduce the. death sentences in that Stale to very few. By this act, the jury which convicts a culpi it of felonious homicide vests in the convicting jury a power to decida whtthe the penalty shall be death, imprisonmen for life, or imprisonment for a term of years. By virtue of this act, Horace Brown, just convicted of unjustifiably killing rniiip Appertnan in Chicago May 17, 1865, has been sentenced by the jury to eerve ten.

yea is in the Penitentiary at Joiet. The Chicago Republican eay ha owes his life to M. IL Bovee. If the opponents of legal killiog in any State should wish to engage tbe services of Mr. Bovee, he may be addressed a Egle, Wisconsin.

Lo.the Poor Indian. Ktnsax, or any other btate, he been troubled lorn enobcb with N01L 5nT ia art rth nexous in cur eyes as a savage. The oniy way to civilize an Indian is bv a cor tuption of blood, about the fourth cross with the Anglj Saxon; and then the production ie generali inferior to either An- gle or Indian. You miiiht as well try to raise -grapes ot thorn or figs of Ihiailes," HI IU irV tO Chl-IAlUm. a Pminh.

Learn an Oeage to Prav. and tha hunhei of his pryerwill be, "Great Spirit; help ue Bie( neap pony; nelp me eteal him easy. Tbe Indian race has served ita davand geutraiioa, aou win eventually tiii died as an extinct species of man, as Nat uralista now study the Saunans and ren tiles of tbe Jurassic age among animals. 1 hey will doubtless soon be removed from Kansas. Initiatory steps have been al ready taken toward tbia object.

Mound vuy iceniinei. I be Philadelphia Pres saye: "South ern journal, in discussing the Recon struction Din. make no attempt to conceal their disposition lo fight against He provision it they Jbad power to make a decent r6i8tence. They confess, that tiiis is now out of the question. The men who bold office under the provision al governments submit to the Union in any shape or form as a matter of necessity not of choice; and a peaceful and thorough Union can never be completed until a portion ol me local power of tbe South is vested in the bands of the sin cere friends of tbe nation, and State or- gn3ations cease to be ued for the oppression cf loyalty and exaltation of trea- GESTEE ATI05, Startling.

MlatratV0 of the Darwinian ttfr Animal Life, 'that all animal life has Ha ongin in the rima-ryeU. and that its vaneiy on)y pttlml the different slagea of devaiopmeut. from the lowest urdere lathe most prteot bts been apparently eoia--tained by a startling example in. this will he li.ely to engage in a high degiee tbe attention of ecitnlifio men. Duiing fall.

Mr. Caarlee Motzr, a German residing on Bay street, put up a large quantity ot ma layorite ar icle of diet known as 6auer kraut, in the preparation of whiuh he tested, ihe efficacy of a receiBtsuiestei to him by a fiUcd. Thar experiment proved a failure, as the duciion of some description of alkali had- the effect cf reductog the cabbage into a' ash and causing a strong fermentation. rendering 4 her commodity entirely unfit-for use as an article of diet 'The ure was left standing in the cellar undis-f turbed until Thursday a curi- cus circumstance led" to -sao examination of the tubs In which' it' wis 'deposited, s. re-aiticg hi a most wonusnui accurorj-.

0.1 the dayiroentioned; cat emerged from the cellar into Mr. Mo.txar'e kitchen, having in custody a large rep'ile of the lizard which wriggled violently, and seemed extremely tenacious Mr. 11' 'i- 1 MoTZJr at Once proceeaea to tne ceiiar, auu found some, doxen or more of the eaaiT deacription'of "reptiles, which" were -ex ceedingly lively, and sought to secrete I Vtatfta jtrA sn' tK. an. proach of a light.

While prospecting about lor the source of et range the tuba ii which the eautr kraut had been deposited were and presented a eight truly Tiie substancn bad? been-; transfoimed into' a masa of life and and the curious reptiles were obsery- ed in every stage of development. The. smallest specimens we about two inches Ions, and seemed to be aca air in Tr ibe least degree of animation. Of the bodies were quite transparent, with a fcilight yellowish and about the consistency of jelly. Specimens in a more) advanced atage assumed a pink hue, with bodies more opaque, rTlie fully-developed reptile measured from sir to eight and even ten inches in lengthy with bodies hard and- of brillitnt color.

The back deepens into a black line from the head to the tail, while the belly ia of. a delicate pink, merging into white. The foraa of the reptile, is eaid to be very similar to tbe chameleon, having four with indications of claws, and its. mover ments are lively. Th eyes are sharp and serpent-like, and surrounded wilh a yellowish ring, merging into black.

Sav- eral specimens have been secured by a medical gen tie inn, ail are preserved in spirits. A nvoroscopit examination shows a fine Coating of scales, and serried formation of the back and tail. Mr. Motzer still allows the tubs to remain undisturbed, ond is watching the pro- gress of the curious freak of r' nature, it' being evi lent that ther entire of the dainty commodity, which was intended to supply his table through the winter, will ultimately take to itself lege, if not" wings, and travel off on its own account, in which action the kingdom of is augmented by another very Interesting species, if the (Hrua eof Canada will per-ait its propagation. This remarkable case presents a grave warning to consumers of Bauer kraut, to take great cars that -its preparation is not congenial to the generation of animal life, else a malady more' fearful than the trichina.

spiralis may yet be engend rjd. ILtmilton (C Jf) Times. i Luckt Man. B. P.

McDonald, of our city, is a lucky man. The other day; while coming up the Mississippi be fell, in with an old gentleman who soon became very friendly to him, and whoee appearance indicated good circumstances and respectability. Bui Ben. became suspicion. 'He bad read idea- cription of a Government employes who oaa roooea tne treasury of a ble amount in Goveinment Tha personal appearance of his genial acquaint" tance answered the description "toadoK' He went to bed and -dreamer! np 'ii; wben suspicion became almost a As a result of his cogitation, pn arriving at St.

Louis he had the friendly gentle" man arreste and upon his person found a portion of the missing, Out of this little speculation Ben.pock ets near three thousand being'-one-half of the reward offered the policeman who arrested him at bis instigation receiving the their requested to enter his name on ihe list of St. Louis detectives, but be modestly de-clined. Fori Scott Monitor. An election for municipal officers lookT place in Alexandria, Tuesday. It being understood thai, the negroes intended to vote, a committee of white citizens waited upon tbe Attorney-General at -Washington to inquire as to their right to do so, but he declined give an opinion except by request of the President.

The negroes offered their rotes at the) regular polling places, but the judges re- fused to receive tb era and they were re-. 4 corded by tbe xmU al candidates. The Democratic candidate for Major was; re-CT elected by 63 mejority. Gen. Grant sent a regiment to maintain order.

No disturbances occurred. Great Scffxrikg at Chattawooga. The Cincinnati Gaznte's Nashville ape-'l cial of tbe eays that the reports of Buffering at Chattanooga and other placea along tbe Tennesse river are appalling. On tbe 12th the water waa from twelve to twenty feet deep in the city. Many-, bouses were toppling and others floating away.

The mayor, with a posse of citi zens and soldiers, were foraa ins amoner the loaded cars for food. The agents of the road protested, but the mayor' eiid the people were starving. Twenty five dead bodies were teen floating down tbe river at Bridgeport Al abama, on the 12th. The loss of pronv erty ia estimated at one million Gen, Carlin, at Nashville, was making efforts to send rations through to CuaUT ions. The Trial of Judsre Moodv of tha St Looia Circuit, who waa impeached for refusing to administer the teat bath place before the joint session of the Ler-S lalature on March 5.

It resulted ia find-, -mgthe respondent puiltv of both and speeificatine. Gqy. Browolow has iasaed a general. order for ihe organization of a volunteer-1 force to serve three years, subject, to hi orders as Cotnroander-in Chief, and also to act as a military police to preserve. peace and piotect 'he people.

A political meeting ot colored men wajt-r held ia Richmond a few days ajo. A.