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TERMS OF TUB WISCONSIN UAIL.Y WISCONSIN. I one Year, tb WISCONSIN. I OMP 1 "wlEKKl-V WISCONSIN. Ccpx, 0111 10 is AuJ an extra copy In thu poraon getting np ctub. The Old Hpirit of IMsunlon and Treason.

It is observable that the Daily News continues to manifest its venomous spirit of disunion uud treason. In this mor- uing'B iHSiic, in its article "Ireland for it has the rebel audacity to compare the" Southern rebellion to the rising of Ireland against England, and intimates that they stand precisely upon the same ground. Somebody' should present Mr. Paul the editor of the News with the history of Ireland, and 1'roui it he will learn that the Irish people were conquered and subjugated by British armies under King Henry the 11. and Queen Elizabeth uud were an- uexed to England iritltoiit tlie consent of tlie Irish peopk.

Or th( were always the of England. They should als.o present the cAlitor with history of tho United States, and iu reading it he will learn that the compact between the Northern aud Southern States, to abide under oue form of government, was a voluutaiy one. It was a direct and fair compact between the people of the North and the people of the South to live together ns one nation which could not lie broken without the consent of liutli jmrtifis. No true American can forget these memorable words which open tho Constitution of the United States: We, the people of (lie Uniti.nl Stales, in order to lorni more pr-rli'ct. union, estiiblibh iuytice, iUHiire domestic tninquality, provide Vor thu common ilclouce.

promote the general wclt'tire, and kci'nrc the blessings of liberty, to ourBulveH uud onv do orduin ana Ct- tnblisli this constitution lor tlie United HtiiteB of America. Now will the editor of the News pre tend that the people of Ireland cvei aii-idc voluntary compact, of annexation and government with the people ot England, as the people of tho South made with the people of (he North nftei 1 the American revolution? Wo regret that the bastard democracy of the News and its sympathy with the siuvchcildere rebellion should sink it so low, us thus to defame, the character of our country. It is the more to bo regretted inasmuch us the tax-payers of Milwaukee city and county are constrained to contribute largely to the maintenance- of this organ of and disunion. The extreme copperhoiuls desire ii koep tho impression that the slnviholder.i' lebel- is no more culpable than that of Austria, Poland against Uussiu and Ireland iipninst England; but we suy shame on -the mean spirited American, who is thus willing to crawl in the slime of slavery. sin: States.

As mailers now look thu Fenian invasion of Canada will probably be stilled, more by the vigilance and energy of the United States forces than bv the prowess of the Canadian militia aided by the British regulars, rhfi United States war vessel Michigan prevented reinforcements of men or artillery being sent t.i the Fenians at Fort Erie. That, deieated their enterprise. They could get neither umaiu- nilion, provisions nor men. They had a lire iu front, and also in their Of course they had In suvrender, either to the British or to tho They concluded to adopt the latter alternative. The very few persons who landed upon the Canada shore had no artillery and no provisions.

They destroyed no properly but- defended themselves after they were assailed us they best could. No doubt they did design to make a lodgment upon the const as a bnse of future operations, but their plnns were all frustrated by the United Slates forces cutting of their supplies. ll appears tlint Stephens, the Head Center, is opposed to the raid upon Canada, us he does not see that it euu do much toward the liberation of Ire- laud; but Gent-mi Sweeney, who is understood to be tho originator of the movement against Canada, has lit this lime more iiillueuee with the Fenians limn eviiii the Head Center. Our Irish friends, from instinct, love a MTimmnge or mtlea, and ns soon ns it was announced that there was lighting iu Canada iu behalf of their, cause, they started np all over the country, rendj to join their brethren. No one can follow the history of this Fenian without coming to the conclusion that the Irish arc most deeply stirred against Englnnd, and that they think they perceive a far belter chance of dealing a hard blow than at any previous time.

But the want of discretion is still visible in all their movements. No sooner does a squad of Fenians leavi for the frontier, than even the leaden nrc willing thai, it should be announce! by tjlegruph all over the conn trv. Of eourt-o, with snch nt announcement, they sire intercepted hj thu United States Marshal before they can cross the border. Such military management insures defcnt. Wo have notja question that if the.

Fenian orgai izatiou bad been skillfully and directed, they could have sent such body of men iuto Canada IIH to htivi won the first battle, and perhaps sue cession of buttles. It is now, however too late. The United States ferls bourn to prevent any flagrant violation of it neutrality laws, uud the Ciiuodus an fully prepared meet any attack. Malone, which is now reported to the biisc of Fenian operations agains Canada, in the county seat of Franklin county, N. and is about twenty miles from the border.

It is ubout six ty miles east of Ogtlensburg, and fifty seven from Luke Chumpluiu. It is in the he.iirt of well cultivated country where the FeLiaiiH could obUiu nil the supplies they require, if they have th money to purchase, and if the Unite States will permit them to be used provision such an organization. loss to the ship-yard workme of New York for the seven weeks' Btrik is $336,000. Notwithstanding the im mense loss to them, tne masters declar they will not yield to the demands the workmen. license fees in New York al ready amount to very untrustworthy Wash gtou correspondent of a Democratic aper Bays that the President bas de ided to appoint Sherman, instead of rant, to the position of General.

Of ourse there is no truth in the assertion, at it reminds ns of a matter wliich was known in army circles at the time. When tho position of Lieut. General was created, it was understood that it vas expressly for General Grant, but his officer wrote in Ms characteristic vay, to the Secretary of War, saying hat Gen. Sherman should be the man ppoiiited. He waa the only officer in he army worthy to fill the place and it eally belonged to him.

As for him- VOLUME IV. MILWAUKEE, SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1866. NUMBER 47. Tbe Black Codes of, tbe llceunsirutlcd States. When the Civil Bights bill- wasiunder discussion in Congress, considerable was said about the Black Codes in -the Southern States.

While, the republicans insisted, that these, codes' were both disgraceful'and barbarous, the copperheads and the friends 5 of the President asserted, that there was no evidence that such codes been 1 passed; that they were- merely 'tile reports of republican'newspapers; To set at rest all doubts upon this question, Congress made a call upon the Pteai- dent for information as to 'the adopted respecting the freedmeri the elf (Grant) in being made a Major! Southern States. Through Mr. Sewftrd, reneral iu the regular army be was nore than repaid for what he had done or his country, and it would please him a see Sherman promoted to the vacancy, ihortly after when Congress proposed create the position of General in rder to give Sherman that of Lieut, reneral, the refusal of Gen. Grant to ccept the nomination, killed the propo- itiou. He wanted then to have Sherman made General, aud to rank him, as his reason, that Sherman was lie ouly officer in the country fitted to ill the position.

Fcniauism in 800 men ulistediu the Fenian ranksin Chicago, Sunday. The Times says that on Saturday afternoon, United States Commissioner Hoyue was waited upon by ho acting British consul in that city, nd was requested by him to issue a til to search rticles of war for certain contraband which he alleged were the possession of the Fenian" Broth- rhood there, and which the latter in- ended to ship to to their rothers in the field. The gentleman ras informed that the commissioner ad no authority to issue any such writ, ud that his proper course was to make affidavit embodying the substance of is complaint and reasons therefor, aud pecify the amount of contraband prop- rty and places to be searched before United States district attorney. Kcw Vorh Walter The wai- er girls in New York city appear to be oo smart for the State Legislature and Commissioners, and defeat all at- onipts at their abolishment. The Htr- Id denies the assertion that the girls re disreputable, aud says that many of ueni are respectable, and they relish his labor, as one that is not only light, nt brings them in a vast profit.

Aside rom their salary.they arc generallygiv- the change which is coming to the mrchaser of ales and liquor. Ocu. Crant in Gen. Srant arrived in Chicago by one of the lidiiight trains of Saturday private carriage quietly went to the esidence of U. S.

Marshal Jones, vhere he remained during the day Suu- Ge.u. Grant desired to avoid 11 display, and his coming was there- ore indeed, being ware of his arrival. He departed yes- crday morning upon one of the early rains, unless there was truth in the ispatch received yesterday that he had "turned to Buffalo, to attend to the 'enisu difficulties there. his Secretary of State, on the 27th-day of April, the President sent Congress copies of the laws which have; passed the Southern Legislatures since he commenced his policy 'of reconstruction, and they tell the whole truth which more than confirms all the previous statements of the most extreme republicans. In South Carolina, a freedman is to be whipped for violating his' contract of labor, aud all fis children can be apprenticed against his will.

His household can be thus broken up. In Mississippi, every colored school taught by a white person can be broken up under their law of vagrancy. We copy from the New Yoik Tribune a summary of all the Black Codes in the Southern States, and we ask those who read it, to determine whether the whole spirit of legislation, in these states, is not to reduce the colored men to bondage? The Southern reconstructed rebels, merely yielded the point of the abolition of Slavery, in order to get something equally effective. They now, intend to get the labor of the colored man for little or nothing, and also get rid of the incumbrance of supporting his family, in sickness, ic. Xcw Tariff.

officers of the reasury Department have been engag- 1 for soineitime in preparing anew iriff bill, which will be communicated 3 the Committee of Ways and Means 3 soon as it is completed. It will irobubly be ready when tho Committee ake it up. It is said the Western wool nterests demand that they shall be vrotected iu the new bill, and it is un- that a sufficient influence has ieeu brought to bear to effect the ob- Military officer at West 'oint said that Gen. Scott's military greatness "died with the smoothbore mus-ket." There is considerable phi- osophy iu this. A man may grow up machinery; but a mau at seventy has topped growing.) The Mapara Ship is said here is much feeling Congress on ho Niagara Ship Canal question, and amendments are proposed for it in large lumbers.

The Senate Committee are doubt about the expediency of bring- ng it to a test, at this session. him aud Without some such measure as the Civil Eights bill, it is certain that tho freedmen of the South would never be free men. In not one of the Southern States, has been conceded to the frcedmeu an equality of civil rights before the law. It is the boast of the poorest peasant in England, that though he can not vote, lie is the equul of the highest peer iu the enjoyment of every civil right. If the nation really intends to make, the freedmen free men, it can not permit that they shall be deprived of rights which are common to the poorest peasant in monarchical Europe.

These slave codes will now be thoroughly Ventilated iu all the Northern States, since they are conceded to be the legislation of States which the President is desirous of immediately admitting into the Union; THE SOUTH CAROLINA ATI'BENTICESHIP CODE. In the negro code of the Palmetto State, while "the statutes and regulations concerning slaves are now inapplicable to persons of color," yet it is thought necessary to declare that snch persons are inadmissible "to social or political equality with white persons." They are privileged to make contracts, to KUO and be sued, and to be protected under law in person and property. But an act to amend the criminal law, passed and approved December 19, declares in the first section that certain crimes specified shall be declared felo ny (which of late was punishable with death), viz: for any person to raise an insurrection or rebellion in this State; for any persons to furnish arms or ammunition to other persons who are in a state of actual insurrection or rebellion, or permit them to resort to his house for advancement of their evil purpos for any person who Thc Mexican I.onn.—A renewed effort being made to get the committee to recommend tho indorsement by Con- of tho fifty million Mexican loan. It is believed the committee are averse it. A vote was intended to bo taken by the committee to-day, but it was postponed.

Flour from shipment of wheat and flour from Europe to this country is becoming common. The City of Cork brought JL98 casks of French flour. A Testimonial iu the shape of a corn- ilimentury benefit has been tendered Mr. Mills, tho theatrical manager, by the citizens of Madison. Friezer, a respectable aud well-to-do farmer in Kossuth, committed suicide by hanging himself in an old old barn, on the 29th while laboring under temporary iusanty.

Rational All the companies of the Ohio National Guard that will not recognize the new military law of Ohio, are ordered to be mustered out by Gov. Cox. Hamtowoc Pilot says the house of Capt James Hughes, about a mile and a half from that village was destroyed by fire on Friday morning the 25th. State Convention of sportsmen is in session at Palmyra, N. with considerable interest on the part of those in attendance.

had been transported under sentence, to return to this State within the period of prohibition contained in the sentence, or for a person to steal a horse or a mule, or cotton packed in a bale ready for market. Another section forbids farm laborers to sell produce of any kind without written leave from the "master;" aud the punishment for the buyer is or imprisonment; for the seller, a lighter fine, or twice the value of the products; "and if that be not immediately paid, he shall suffer corporeal punishment." The section devoted punishment is well calculated to make flogging the rule and fining the exception. It forbids colored persons, under penalty of fine or flogging, to keep fire-arms or weapons of any kind; to keep a distillery, or to sell liquor; to come in to the State from another State, unless he gets two freeholders to be his security for good behavior in a bond of $1,000. Section 30 provides that upon view of a misdemeanor committed by a person of color, any person present may arrest the offender and take him before a magistrate, to be dealt with as the case may require. Iu case of a misdemeanor committed by a white person toward a person of color, any person may complain to a magistrate.

Section 29 of the District Court act provides that indictment against a white person for the homicide of a person of jolor shall be tried in the Superior Court of law, and so shall other indictments in which a white person is accused of a capital felony in the same regard. Not so, however, with "persons of color." The accused, in a colored criminal case, and the parties in every snch civil case, may be witnesses, and so may every other person who is a competent witness; and in every such case, either party may offer testimony as to his own character, or that of his adversary, or of the prosecutor, or oi the third person mentioned in an indictment;" end Section 32 secures to persons of color the same rights as to whites, in regard to the distribution of property by will. The act to regulate the "domestic relations of persons of color" is worthy of attention. "Colored children between the ages mentioned, who have neither father nor mother living iu the district in which they are ionud, or whose parents are paupers, or unable to afford to them maintenance, or whose parents are not teaching them habits of industry and honesty, or are persons of notoriously bad character, or ore vagrants, or have been, of them, convicted of an infamous offence, may be bound as apprentices by the district judge, or one of the magistrates, for the aforesaid term." Section 22 of this law provides that the apprentice shall be well treated in certain useful respects, "and ii there, be a school within; a convenient distance in which colored children are shall send him to school at least six weeks iu every he "shall be of the qga of ten provided that tlie teacher of siicli 'school shall have the license of the district judge to establish the same." Section'twenty-nine provides a mechanic, or shop-keeper or other who is required to have a license, shall not receive any colored apprentice without having first obtained such license. Section thirty-five provides that all persons of color who make a contract for service or laiibr shall be known as and those with whom contract shall bo known' as masters.

Soctioii thirty-nine provides that a person of color who has ho parent living in the and is ten years of age, and is an apprentice, may rnuke, a valid contract for labor or'service, for one year or less. Section sixty provides that upon the conviction of any ni -ster of larceny or felony, the district judge' shall have the right, upon the demand of any white freeholder, to annul the contract between snch convict aud his colored servants. If any white freeholder shall complain to the district judge that any master so manages and controls his col' ored servants as to make them a nuisance to the neighborhood, the judge shall order an issue to be made up aud tried before a jury, and if such issue is found in favor of the complainant, tho district judge shall annul the contract between the master and his colored servant or servants. It would appear that this act is obliquely directed at the innovating Yankees. More wonderfully made is the following section, which prescribes that no person of color shall pursue or practice the art, trade, or business of an artisan, mechanic, or shopkeeper, or any other employment, or business (beside that of hufbuudry, or iat a "ervaut under a contract for service or labor.) ou his own account and for his own benefit, or in partnership with a white person or as agent or servant of any person, until lie shall have obtained a license thrrefor from the Judge of the District Court, which license tihall be good lor one year only.

This license the judge ruay grant upon petition of the applicant, uudupou being -satisfied of his skill and fitness, and of his good moral character, and upon payment by thu applicant to the clerk of the Di-trict Court of oue hundred dollars, if a shopkeeper orpeddler, to be paid annually, and if a mechanic, to engage in any other trade, also to be p'uiil'annually: Provided, however, that upon complaint being made and proved to the District Judge of an abuse- of such license, he hull revoke the same: And provided, also, That no person of color snail practice any mechanical art or trade unless he shows that he has served an apprenticeship in such trade or art, or is now practiciuy cuch trade or alt. (iEOIiGIA, AI.ABAMA AXD TEXAS. The laws of Georgia make the aver- ago provisions in vo.uuo as to the right ot frtednicn to contract, sue, and be sued; to testify and inherit; purchase, lease, and otnei uiso dispose of their property, and to nave full and equal benefit of hiws accordingly, without being subject to other deprivations or punishment than white persons. These ire contained in the Act of March 17. An act of Dec.

15 declares free persons of color sUall be competent witnesses in all the courtoof thio State, in civil cases, whereto a free person of color is a party, and ill ah 1 criminal eases wherein a free person of color is defendant, or wherein offense is a crime or misdemeanor against tee or property of a free person of color. The law of Alabama declares that freedmeu shall be competent to testify only in open court, and only in cases in which freedmeu, free negroes and mnlattoes are parties, either plaintiff or defendant, aud in civil and criminal cases, for injuries in the persons aud property of freedmen, free negroes and mnlattoes, and in all or criminal, in which a freedmau, free negro or mulatto is a witness against a white person or a white person against a freed- mun, free negro or mulatto, the parties shall be competent witnesses, and neither interest in tho question or suit, nor marriage, shall disqualify any witness irom testifying in open court. Section 2 of a law of Texas, passed April 2, states that "Africans and their descendants shall not be prohibited, on account of their color or race, from testifying, orally, as witnesses in any case, civil or criminal, involving the right of, injury to, crime against, any of them in person or property, under the same rules of evidence that may be applicable to the white race; the credibility of their testimony to be determined by the court or jury hearing the some; and the Legislature shall have power to authoriza them to testify as witnesses in all other cases, tinder such regulations as may bo prescribed as to facts hereafter occurring." FLORIDA LAWS. The law of Florida affecting negro testimony is much the same as the foregoing. But an act of the loth of January provides in the twelfth pection that it shall not be lawful for any negro, mulatto or other person of color to own, use or keep in his possession or under liis control any fire-arms or ammunition of any kind, unless he first obtain a license to do so from the judge of probate of the county in which he may be a resident for the time being; and the said judge of probate is hereby authorized to issne such license upon the recommendation of two respectable citizens of tbe couu- ty certifying to the peaceful and orderly character of the applicant; and any! negro, mulatto or other person of color so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall forfeit to 11- use of the informer all snch fire-arms and ammunition, and in addition thereto shall be sentenced to stand in the pillory for one hour, or to be whipped, not exceeding thirty stripes, or both, at the discretion of the iury.

"Section fourteen provides that if any negro, mulatto or other person of color, shall intrude himself into any religious or other public assembly of wtiite persons, or iuto any railroad or car or other public vehicle set apart for the exclusive accommodation of white people, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to stand in the pilli- ory for one hour, or be whipped, not exceeding thirty-nine stripes, or both, at the discretion of the jury; nor shall it be lawful for any white person to intrude himself into any religious or- other assembly of colored persons, or into any railroad car or'other apart for the' exclusive accommodation of persons of color, under the same penalties." An act of January 16 forbids the deposition of colored persona to be taken in writing. An act of Jan. Bchoplfl for Superintendent of common schools for freedmen, who, with' his local shall establish schools for freedmen when the number of children of persons of color in any county or counties will warrant the same, provided tbe funds, ihereiuafttr provided for shall be sufficient to meet tho expenses thereof. It also lays a light tax upon the freedmen to support the schools. The last section declares "that if any person shall teach any school of persons of color in this state without first having obtained the certificate or license heretofore provided for, he or she slmll be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars uormorethan five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not- less than thirty days nor more tnan sixty days, at the discretion of the court." MISSISSIPPI FUOUTtVE FREEDMEN Mississippi gives ns, perhapn, the most interesting chapter of legislative science on the subject of The act of November 24, 1865, opens briskly: "All freedmen, free, necroes and mulattoes in this State, over the age t)f eighteen years, found on the second Mondayin January, 18GG, or thereafter, with no lawful employment or business, or found unlawfully assembling themselves together, either-in the day or night time, and all white person's so assembling with freedmen, tree negroes or mulattoes, or unusually associating with freedmeu, free negroes or mulatloes on terms of equality, or hvingin adultery or fornication with a freeilwomau, five negro or mulatto, hall be deemed vagrants, and on conviction thereof shall be fined iu the sum of nut exceeding, in the case of a freedman, negro or mulatto, and a white man aud imprisoned at the discretion of the court, the free negro not ten days aud the white man iiot exceeding fix mouths," Said negro may be hired out on failure to fine or tax.

In section first of an act of Nov. 23, it is provided that all freemen, free negroes uud molattoes may sue uud be. sued, implead and be impleaded in all the couits of and equity of this State, and may acquire personal property and choses in action by descent or purchase, and may dispose of the same the same manner and to the same extent that white persons may; provided, that the provisions of this section shall not be construed as to allow any freed- meu, free or mulatto to rent or lease uu.vlani.is or tenements, except in incorporated town or cities, in which places the corporate authorities shall coutroHhe same. Section four provides that iu addition to cases iii which lictdnieu, free ne- groes aud niulattoL-s are now, by lavr, competent witnesses, treedmen free ne- griirs iiinl muLittofS shall be competent 111 civil whou a party or parties to the suit, cither plaiutitior plaintiffs, defendant iir defendants, and white person or persons is or are the opposing party or parties, plaintiff or plaintiffs, defendant or defendants. They shall also bfa competent witnesses in all criminal prosecutions where tho crime charged is- alleged to have been committed by a white person upon or against the person or property of a fracdman, free negro or mulatto; provided that iu all cast-a said witnesses shall be examined in open court on the stand, except, however, they may bo examined before the gnmd jury, and shall in all cases be subject to the rales and tests of the common law as to competency and credibility.

Section five provides that every freedman, free negro and mulatto, shall, ou the second Monday of January, 1860, and annually thereafter, have a lawful home or employment, and shall have written evidence thereof, as follows, to wit: If living in any incorporated city, town or village, a license from the mayor thereof, and if living outside of any incorporated city, town or village, from the member of the board of police of his beat, authorizing him or her to do irregular or job work, or a written contract, as provided in section sixth of this act; which licenses may be revoked for cause at any time by the authority granting the same. Section seven provides that everj civil officer shall uud every person may, airfst and carry back to his or her legal employer any freedmau, free negro or mulatto, who shall have qnifctlie service of his or her employer before the expiration of his or her term of service, without just cause; and said officer or person shall be entitled to receive, for arresting and carrying back any deserting employe, aforesaid, the sum oi five dollars; and ten cents per mile, from the place of arrest to the place of delivery, and the same shall be paid by the employer and held as a set-off for so much against the wages of said deserting em- ploye; provided that said arrested party after being so returned, may appeal to a justice of tue peace or member of the board of police of the county, who, -on notice to the alleged employer, shall try summarily, whether said appellant is legally employed by the alleged employer and has good cause to quit said employer; either party shall have the right of appeal to the county court, pending which the alleged deserter shall be remanded to the alleged employer, or otherwise disposed of as shall be right and just; and the decision of the county court shall be final. Section ten provides that it shall be lawful for any freedman, free negro or mulatto to charge any white person, freed negro or mulatto, by affidavit, with any criminal offence against his or her person or property, and upon such affidavit the proper process shall be issued and executed as if tha said affidavit was made by a white person; and it shall be lawful for any freedman, free negro or mulatto, iu any action, suit or controversy, pending or about to be instituted in any Court of law or equity of this State, to make all needful and lawful affidavits as shall be necessary for the institution, prosecution or defence of such suit. Colored youths may be apprenticed much after the manner of the South Carolina code, according to another act. The County Court must be fully satisfied that the person or persons to whom the minor shall be apprenticed is a suitable auardian, ic from whom said court shall exact bond and security.

The apprentices shall be taught to read aud write, and the master is required to conform to any law that maybe hereafter passed regulating the duties and relations of master and apprentice. Congress having decided that Capt. Fox shall retain high Department rank on his mission to St. Petersburg, there will bo such a display of United States men-of-war in Cronstadt harbor as has never before been witnessed in European waters, comprising the iron-clad monitor Miantonomah, the Colorado, the Tieonderoga, the Canandaigua, the Kearsarge, the Chattanooga, and the Shamrock, monnting 120 heavy guns, and manned by picked Particulars of Destruction of Steamer City of Memphis. The Cincinnati Commercial of June publishes the following particulars of the explosion of the steamer City of Memphis on the 31st ult: STATEMENT OF JIBS.

CABBIE TAYLOR. Tho explosion occurred at o'clock in the morning, 1 was at the time sitting at tho breakfast table; the. first thing 1 knew of the explosion was a crashing noiso and the falling of the chandelier. The cabin was pretty of people. There were about 150 ladies in tho cabin, and a few The explosion, I think must have occurred near the back end of the boilers, the force of the explosion sending the cabin about midships.

After the explosion I put on my life preserver, after which I got to the lower deck by means of a board. I stood on the lower deck until the flamus compelled me to jump into the river, when I got hold of plank, by means which I was enabled- to get ushore. I cannot tell tho cause of the explosion. It is said the boilers were leaking. I heard that the passengers said Unit the boat did not go fast enough, to which the engineers replied that they would not put any more steam on, as tho bfil'-rs could not stand it.

Copt. Thompson At serve's great credit for his conduct on the occasion. The flumes ou the boat did not gain headway until fifteen minutes after the explosion. I do not think they could have been put out by any inta-js. I noticed that the sparks we're scattered pretty well all through the ruins of the cabin, texas, the most of which was all piled together.

The City of Memphis had six boiltrs, and at the tims of the, explosion had not more than 115 pounds of steam. CAPT. THOMPSON'S STATEMENT. We left New Orleans Friday evmiug, the. 2Gth, at 0 o'clock, with a large freight, 40 cabin passengers and GO deck passengers.

We put off and took on as we. came up, and had about the sam.ii number u-t tint time ot' the Nothing particular occurred during th trip np, excepting that we passed safely tin-ongh one fdorm. I did not apprehend any danger. The engines worked well, and there were no signs of a leak iu any one of the boileis. The day before the explosion the first engineer came.to me aud snid remarks bad been made by the passengers about the boat going so slow.

I told them I was captain of the would ordtr faster speed when I thought it necessary. I know that the first engineer tried the gauge all the way across the six boilers. Mr. Bruno, the first engineer came to me while in New Orleans, and said he would have to put. the boat to some expense by having tho middle gauge cocks opened, aud said he did not believe they had bebii opened for five years.

1 told him he was right, aud to yo ahead, which he did.aud had them open at the time of the explosion. standing in the clerk's office. Tho force of the explosion tore the shirt I had on in shreds, and split my vest clear up the back, besides smashing my watch ail to pieces. I got out of the window and down on the forecastle hurriedly, where I had the stage planks lashed together and put overboard. I saw the wounded were carefully put on the planks, and those well I made take off their coats and get into the water, instructing them not to get on the staging, but to remain in the water.

I then selected a trustworthy negro to take charge of them, telling them to make no efforts to go to the shore, but to wait for some boat to pick them up, and they were the first survivors picked up by "the Saint. Patrick. I next threw them a. lot of planks, which were eagerly grasped by those in the water. I first discovered the boat to be on fire in the hold, aud the forward pumps were working at the time but the water cotild not penetrate; tho strikers were both fastened in the ruins where we pulled thorn out.

I heard a number of men beneath the debris of wood, iron, groaning most pitifully and praying for some way to escape from being burned to as thtre was no possibility whatever of getting at them, they were left to burn to death, while we exerted ourselves in saving those we could. The mates and myself remained on the forecastle doing all we could, uutd every person was off the forward part of the boat, when tha carpenter and watchman came with the yawl and took us off. A negro woman played a trick ou me which I shall punish her for yet. I saw the resin- box lying in the forecastle, and after knocking the lid off I slid it into the river, wheu this negro, with her carpet- sack in hand, jumped into it, shoved out and got to shore without wetting even the soles of her shoes. Aftei leaving the forecastle I went aft in the yawl to help tne ladies, and rescued Miss Belle Addison, of St.

Louis, when she was so weak as to be unable to hold out her hand to be saved. After getting all we could into the boat there was a number of men in the water with their life-preservers on them. I told them to keep cool and permit themselves to float quietly until rescued. I made no effort to save tiny of my personal effects, aud upon arriving at Memphis I had nothing save the clothes on me. I do not think the'total number of lives lost will amount to over sixty.

singular Cases Mixed iu Flour and A -correspondent of the New York News, writing fiom Middletown, N. says that nearly three hundred people iu that region are ill from the effects of lead poisoning, and that several deaths had occurred. The writer says: It is now nearly two months since the people residingalougthat portion of the Walkill Valley which lies in tho western part of Orange county, were attacked by a disease which for some time baffled the skill of the physician, they being at a loss to divine the cause. After considerable research it was found that lead was conveyed into the stomachs jot the sufferers by bread and meal, and as a greater part of those staples were manufactured at the mill of Mr. Marsu at Phillipsbnrg, an investigation was at once made iu that di rection, and the following facts were elicited, greatly to the surprise of every one, the miller himself included: It appears that Mr.

Marsh had gained an enviable notoriety for the superior quality of his flour, aud that the farmers for many miles around were in the habit of bringing their wheat and corn to his mill to be made into flour and meal Aside from this he exported largely, so that his inill, which has four run of. stone, was kept constantly going, by night as well as by day. One set of these stones waa set apart for his "custom" work. This was an old set, constantly needing repairs, and large cavities frequently manifested themselves, which, instead of being filled up with the cement used for'that pnrposei'were filled common lead. Some, of these-holes were as large hen's egg; one, are informed, being as largo as the pnhn of a'manVhaud.

If, when filled the lead projected above the surface the stone, it was hammered down level They were then the. grain wnt run in and the motion began anil wai gradually increased until a very high rate of speed was. Of course, the attrition caused by the velocity detached particles of lead from the stone, and mingled them almost imperceptibly with the flour. Each moment increased the amount, to that to every pound of flour there was enough lead imparted to make a small With the enormous business uf Mr. Marsh, the reader can imagine how much lead was being distributed throughout the surrounding country to be absorbed into tho system of who partook of the flour.

Thu leadin this form was comparatively harmless; but when fermented and subjected to the baking proeeVs it was immediately transformed iuto carbonate of lead the deadliest of all poisons. Bread of this kind was but little better than bread spread with white lead as a substitute for butter. Were it not for the fact that tho lead was taken in such large quantities as ti produce a counter state of action, him drcds would have died before the could be discovered. As soon as it became apparent tint the disease sprang from the brettil which the sufferers had partaken, Dr. Dorrance and Mr.

King, a.very skillful chemist of Middletown, at once determined to analyze the flour. Samples were procured, ind to their astonishment they found that the lead could be dis cerned with the naked e.ve. Nt-xt A mi eroscope revealed it beyond a doubt am as a still further proof, it was to some six standard tests, out showing the presence of lead in quantities. After the tesis, flour which had come, from ivLir. h'- ivas immediately retained to tho mill ceased running.

The Fenian Battles on A Detroit paper makes up the iuliow ing Kiuurnury of the accounts of thi Fe Port abit fighting on the 2nd, I'ttivtiuu th. mausaiid the British troops: At 5 a. the volunteers Colborne, Col. Booker of- the Bui regiment commanding, took a train and advanced. On reu llidgeway they left the curs and forward to the northeast, the in ants reporting the Fenians in position that direction.

At about 8 thu advance came upon the Fenian which after a slight resistance iVil back upon themaiuhue. The volunteers became elated at their apparent and, instead "of halting to effect ajuuc- tiou with Col. Peacock's force, then advancing from Chippcwu, charged upon the Fenian position, the "Queen's Own" leading. They were received with a hot fire aud instantly checked, and the Fenians following up their advantage, the volunteers became soou disordered and fell bat-'k upon lUdge- w.iy, and even retreated to Poi i- boriie, arriving there at noon. This engagement has been called the Little of Stavensville and of Kidgeway, and.

as lor as it is of any importance, must be pronounced a clear Feniuii victory. Meanwhile, Col. Peacock and the. regulars pushed from. Chippewa forward 10 Black Creek.

The details of the tuttva- ments of the force under this officer uru almost wholly unascertainable in the mass of conflicting rumor-s, but tliu following events seem to constitute the basis of the majority of the The right wing of CoL Peacock's command came upon some small detachments of the Kentucky Fenians, under the command of Col. Starr.routed them, and cornered them near the river, com- pelliug their disbandraeut and partial uapture. -This force, consisting of a small detachment, then passed through the deserted camp on Frenchman's and occupied Fort Erie, v.ith one company of volunteers. They were not allowed peaceable possession long, however, in a few hours, about 4 p. a I'emau force suddenly made its appearance, charged with great fury upon the volunteers, and alter a short fight and pursuit captured the entire, force, ami also a.

portion of the crew of the tng Kobb, which was lying at the dock with a number of Fenian prisoners ou b.iaid. The vessel, however, made its though peppered with bullets from the shore. This engagement was witm-aid by an immense number of persons iij-on tne American side of the river, till one or two stray shots falling among tln-ui occasioned their dispeision. By feat, the Fenians restored their communication with tho main shore, had been previously cut off. Meanwhile, for some reason not yet satisfactorily explained, tho Fenians, notwithstanding their success, became alarmed, fell back towards Fort Erie, and ultimately reached that post in great disorder.

The probable cause of This procedure was, the threatened advance of Col. Peacock upon their rear and flank. On their arrival at Fort Erie, they organized again in military shape, sent out a strong picket line, aud took other defensive measures. During the night, however, they, became convinced of the utter hopelessness of their position, and commenced attempting to cross tho river to the American shore. The picket boats of the United States authorities, however, intercepted most of them, and to the number of 400 they were seized and confined by our forces, in this number beiug included Col.

O'Ntill. At daybreak the Canadians occupied Fort Erie, and during Sunday continued to pick np stiaggliiig prisoners, scattered through the woods. Congressional Kctolutions on (he Death of General Scott. The following is a copy of the resolutions passed by both houses of Congress on the death of Gen. Scott: Eewlced, By the Senate, tho House of representatives concurring, thut-the two Iloiwoa of Coogreaa have received with p.ufimml Htri- aibility iutelh'geoce of the of Jiruvel L.I.

Gen Winiield Scott. fence of his cotiul ry, and tho tnry Tilled That as a further mark of respect to the memory of the duceaaed, when the two wnnaea of Congrees adjourn to-day, they ahall to meet on Monday next; and that a irintcomnuttee, to couaiat of seven members if the Senate and nine members of the House of be'appointed, who, to- cether with the presiding officers of both Bousea, shall proceed to West Point to represent Congress at the funeral ceremonies, which are to take place to-morrow; and that said committee be attended by the Mergeauta- of both Houses. is one of. the regular branches of a Honolulu female boarding school. Paragraphs.

town in Vermont has been fined $5,000 for neglecting its highways. destroy nearly $1,080,000 worth of sheep in tho United States every year. ntm'or is ciieulating in Germany that; in case oF war there, Gen. McClel- lan.who at present sojourns in Dresden, will be appointed Commander-in-Chief of tho Suxon army. you eat an orange in tlio street, put tho peel in your pocket; it has an agreeable smell, and, when'dry, wiil light a tire.

By this nse of tho orange peel it will never cause a fall or break a limb. friends iiro endeavoring to have hia statute of "America," (which has been boxed up iu Now York for the" last fifteen years,) set up in the centro of the rotunda ot the Capitol at York is talking of a grand drive or boulevard around the upper end of Manhattan Island, beginning at Central Park and returning to it. 1'he Legislature has placed the matter of out town" iu the hands of tho Park who aro making tho plans on a grand scale. -The New York Times says of Gen. Scott: "He was more jealous of his iter.n-y than his military fame.

He would endure- criticism iu reference to is battles with equanimity, but in mat- ul' taste iu literature, or even of inctuat-ioii, he could, not brook contradiction." Shnftsbnry recently stated at i public meeting in London, that from dual observation he had ascertained that of the udutt male criminals of that city nearly all hud fallen into course c-riiiii; between tho ages of eight and ixteen years; and that, if a young mau ived an houest life np to twenty years there were forty-nine chances iu and ouly oue against him as to an lomirabld life thereafter. subscriptions of $5,000 toward the $100,000 for tbe, jn-o- Harvard College memorial have ib-eady been and a- gentleman ready to tho twentieth £5,000 when the nineteenth name is added the list. Harvard in happy iu having rich and liberal sous aud -A luscious way to prepare strawberries: Three hours before dinner put iuto a bowl oue layer of berries and oue layer ground white- sugar alternately; cover them up tight, and lit them stand two hours; then uj.i good ight grape wine, Moselle, Sunterne, till the berries are, covered; let thorn stand another- hour well iud have a cli-sh fit for the Finest Graf, a valet tie pities. himself recently at Dresden. supposed to havs: been sou oi' 1.

and the late beautiful and Countess Kieimauseggc. His to were at time strongly supported by the -i-ixnii Court, but never ivcoguiaod by III. In it-atui-es anil person H-JIS the exact ininge of his putative fattier. Richard Winslow, aged se.veu- y-fonr years; who lived since his hoodWithin ten miles of Fall-River, visited this city a few days ago or the thst time since LSUb', ju.st sixty ears ago. At the date- ot' his previous 'isit, he was a lad of fourteen years, ind there were then scarcely a dozen- louses nn the spot which now population of nearly twenty thousand.

Union Mills at Full Kiver, have just had six thousand cases )f calicoes thrown buck on their hands, larnageil by petroleum oil, which wns ist-il as lubricator on the looms, and pattr-red on the cloth. All the washing lid I i fabric waa subjected at, tL-' print works failed to eradicate be p. li.ilemu, aud the consequence is rlu'iuiiMl "spotting" eil'ect on the Downing, now the last of lie lli-vnlntionuty soldiers in the State Ki-xv York, is near Edin- Saratoga county. He is a native bury port, where he was 'Orn 30, 17(i2. Ho enlisted into ae 21 New Hampshire rugirneut, Col.

in August, 177S, for the war, and present at the surrender of Bnr- His father and brother both erved through the war, as likewise did is wife's father and three of her broth- rs, making seven of that family who ook part in tho war of independence. correspondent of London jour- al, writing from Florence, states that raveling in Italy is almost impossible, "very steamer and all the railways aro mplnyi'd for the transport of Jold'lus almost disappeared, and pay 0 per cent, to get hold of it. Public i-XL'liiims, "This is worst) than us tight at once!" At Flor- nee. d'enoa, Leghorn, and Spezzia tho triers animated by excited bands in-rimr Garibaldiiiu hymns; in Italy mad. Victor Emmanuel is re- lorti-it to have said that, if tho war did take place he would be compelled abdicate.

Anna Cora Kitehie, in a letter from lOiidoii, ways: "I'ho faded beauties vho eling to' their vanished charms have iken great interest in the sudden re- of Miss Burdett Coutts, uu- t-r tho hands of the wonderful 'restor- Madame Kachel. Miss Coutts, it is lid, had to pay £400 before, she coru- the baths with which the pro- ess of rejuvenation begins. A.I't-.-r go- ig through tin- regular course oMrnut- eut, Miss Coutts dawns upon tho fashj juiible world with the; 'layers of norm: birthdays' rolled of from her person. hair not dyed, but restored, and rowing anew; her defective complexion ear and lines which tell such ales of the workings of the human eart and human brain smothered out, mil the impress of time suddenly effaced rom her general appearance." Home for Hay has interesting table, prepared by EdV. Ii Koy, of Chicago, showing the umber of soldiers sent to tho war by lie Congregational churches and con- of the Northwest.

These hitrches, it must be remembered, aro 'enerally small. The average number male members is W. it -ppears that jO'2 churches from which reports hsivo icon or one our of the adult wnlu members, ihero went from the congregations outside the -Lurch 0 Uil- Out of tho whole num- jvpurrcd, were ministers, 1 sons of ministers. Of this vlio'le number, lost their lives, abont three to each confrrega- London letter says: "Yesterday, oue of the annual exhibitions of the al Botanical Society, there was the siiat display of brilliant flowers and ressKS, and the most prominent lenders the haul Ion oi London. Among thersl saw the Princess Mary of Cam- ridge, and Prince Teck, to whom she soon to bo married.

She is of enor- i size, and would be au armful for olyphemus. Her future husband will nd himself abont as much married as ny man in Christendom, except, per- aps, Brigham Young. London society, rhich delights in nick-names, has al- eady invented one for her, and she is ow familiarly and affectionately spoken (though not in her presence, of course) as Polly Teck. Another lady was point- out to me as 'the Qneeu of Sheba. Ihe is.

the wife of a Jewish merchant of normous wealth, and is almost as well known in London as Queen Victoruv- ontesting the allegiance that thelatter." to.