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ti 1 ". TiftiE DOLLA-uS A YAR] FOR TIlE DISSEMINATION OF USEFUL INTELLIGENCE. [INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. V. WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 15, 1869. No. 4g HEAL 1% PUIBLISHBD VRY WEDNESDAY MONING, Newberry ). 1.,. ,yTRfO3, I. & R.- E, GREER, Editors and Proprietors. 68 PEIt ANNUM, IN.CURRENCY I ' OR PROVISIONS. Montrequired Invariably In advance. arriago Notices, Funcaral InYitptionp, obit% les and Communications subsorving privato eats, are oharged as advertlsements. MION ICIKER, to opeted and are still receiving their rfhmses made at the North, and of tle fall trade DRY GOODS, Mress r-oods, of various styles and patterns. PRINTS, CALICOES, &C, SHIRTING, G_AA U!, STRIPES, &C. FANCY ARTICLE, &C. Together with a full assortment of 1AT, CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES &C. AND GIM00ERIE S, Such as 8IGARIS, COFFEE, TEAS, MOLASSES, F LOUR, BACON, POTATOES, Besides CROCKERY, G'LASSWAR_E, WOODENWARE, STONEWARE, &C. All of whioh aml many other articles too mnmterous to mention, will be sold 1OV FOIL CASH. Om. 6 80 tf. School Notice. M.ISS TUR MAN will, on tih fiatMolly iJan.ary next, opn 3 SCl01h for girls in the s Onroom in rear of the llapi.t Vhultrch. Tesnn $-.Im to sl.to per m,o,th. milsic Lessfola will be viveln I the lafter noons it deeired. 'ern,s ).v twr m:mihl. Dre 1, 47-5t* Synopsis of President's Mes sage. Tihe President congratulates the country upon its )rosperity and power, and its peaceful condi tion, both at home and aibroad. ]te sympathises with Cuba, but maintains the neutrality law. THE LPATE WAR. Emerging from a rebelion of gi. .rantic magnitudo, aided as it was bytle i3ymailthies and assisitce of ntionl', with Which we were at penco, eleven States of the Union wero, fiur years ago, left without legal ,State Governments. 'A na tional debt had bean Contracted; American commerce was almost driVen from the seas; the indus.ry of onehalf of the coulitry had bee) taken from the cont,rol of the cap italists, and pIaced wherc all Ia beCr rightf'ully belongs, ini the Iceep ing oI the latborer. The work of restoritng the State Gov'ert nentsL loyal to the Union, of' )pototing and fostering free labor, providing means for' paying the interest oni the public debt, has received am ple attention from Congress, al though yonr efforts have not met with sucess in all par'ticulars t.hat might have boeon desired, yet on the whmole they have boeo nmore snceeeesj:ul thtan coId( have boon reasonably anticipa.tedk Seven of 4.hi States which passed the Ordi nneo of Secession, have been fulily restored to their places In the Utn M>9.. Trhe eighlth, Geor'gia hold an elcCtiOt% at wvhich shet raItifloid her aOonati.tution, Roeublicanu in fo,rm, eni .elected ai G,overnot. Miombers of Congress, a State fiogislat.ure, and( ot her officers requtir'ed of t hem by thomsu by the .Iteconstructioni Aets of' Congress. Sub IsognonI tly, however, in v'iolatin of tile con.l stitution, whiich thley had juat rat ifiod, as'since decide'd by tile S11 promo Court of' the State, theoy unseatodl the coloredl members 01 the fiogislature, and admitted to seats some members who are dis qualitled by the third clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, an atrticle which they thlemselves d ~ contributed to ratify. Under esoe circumstatnoos, I wold sutb mtal to you whether it would not be wi'so, withoutdelay, to enact a law authorivzing the ~Qvornor of Georgitto convene the members .ot'igtially elected'to the Loegisla .ture, requirjpg each to take $ho oath preserilbod by the Reconl, structionl Aets. anId none to be adh. mitted who aro ineligible under tho third clause of the Fourteenth Amendmont. VfRGINIA, TEXAS, AND MIssIBBIPPI. At the March term, Congress, by joint imsolution, authorized the Executive to order Olectionls in the States of Virginia, Mississippi, and Texas, to edbilt thle new Constitutionapv wbhi ' each ha( previously framed, to tho people, and to submit the Constitutions, either entire or in separate parts, to be voted upoii at the discretion of the Executive. Under this an. thority elections were called. In Virginia the election took plixc on the 6th of July. 'Te Govern. or and Lieutenant Governor eleci have booi installed. The Legis-. laturo met and did all required by the resolution and by all the Ie. construction Acts of Congress and abstained from all doubtful authority. I recommend that hoi Senittors and Representatives bt promptly admitted to their seats and that the State be fully rester ed to its place in thio falmily o States. TilE CURRENOY. Among the evils growing out o1 the rebellion, and not yet referre to, is that of an irredoemable our roney. It is an evil which I hop( will receivo your most earnest at. teition. It is a duty, and one oj the highest duties of the Govern ment, to secure to the citizens v meditun of exchange of fixed, tin varying valuo. This implies aro turn to a specie basis, and if nc substitute for it can be devised, il should be commenced n6w and reached at the earliest practicabl< moment consisteat with a fair re. gard to the interests of the dobtot ci ass. Immediaito resuimption, il practienble, would not be desira blo. It would compel the debtoi class to pay beyond their 'on tr.aets, premiluml on gold at t.h date of their purchase, and woul bring batikrnpteY and ruin tt thousants. Fluctuations, how evel, in Ihe paper value, of th men18ro of all Vale gol, is de trimental to thle interestsoi trad1(o. It, makes the man of businiess ati involntilary gambler ; for in all Sales, when futlure paymi1ent is tI ie madl, lot partles speculite t" to what will be the value of tlh eurr1en1y (6 be paid aid received. I earnlestly recomn 11c1d to you, thon, such legislation as will inl sure a gradual return to speci( payments, and put an immediatc Stop to fluctuations in the valut of emrroney. Tihe methods to so. cure the former of those resultF are as nuimerous as speculationf on political economy. NAUA T,ILM ON. The unsettled political condition of' other countries, less fortunatt than our own, sometimes inducef their citizens to com, to the Uni ted States for the solo purpose o becoming nattiralized. H)avinu scureld this they return to theit native country and reside thr without disclosintg their change 01 allegitane. '1They accept official p)ositionls of trust or honor whichi enn only ho held hv citizens o: their native lands. TheyQ) jour'n0 utndler passports dlescribhing thena as suchl citm.ens, and it is onlj w'hen civil discord, after perhtapi years of' quiet, threatens their per sons or their p)roper'ty, or wher their native Stato drafts them int< its mtilitary servico, t hat theji ebango or allegiance is known. I'Tey reside permanently away from the Untited States, contribut< niothuing to its revenues, avoid th< dluties of citizenship, anid onl3 make thecmselv'es k nown by a (hain of' protetion. I have dir'ected the dliplomnati< andI consular oflicoers to scrutizizq carefully all snch claims of protec tion. A citizen of' the IUnitet States, w hether' native or adopted who dliseharges his dluty3 to hit country is entitled to i ts complot< p rotection. W ile I have a voie< in the directiion of affairs I shal not L'ontiuOi to imperil this snert'C right by con ferrintg it upon ficti tious or fraulen I clai man ts. EM IGRATION. Inuvitat io.ns have been Oetedc to the Cabinets at, London, Paris Florence, Berlin, Bruissels, thi Hague, Copenhagen and Stock hiolmi, to onji owor thei r roprosoen tatives t, WYashington to simulta neotisly enter Into negotiation an< to coJ)Oludo with the United Statea Conven tion, idonfjoal in form making uniform re'gulation as t< the ooigstruction of pairts of vos sols to be devoted to the use o emigrant passenCfgers, as to thi quality andl quantity of' food, as t< the medical treatment of the nick and as, to the rules to be obe&rv. during tho voyage, In ordar to so curo vedtilation,to promote health, to provent intrusion, and to pro tect the females, and providing for the establishment of tribunals in the several countries for onfor cing such regulations by summary process. MAN UFACTURES. Our manitufactures are increasing with wonderful rapidity under the encouramcroent which they now receive. With the iniprovement in machinery already effected and a till increasing, causing machinery to take the place of skilled labor to a large extent, oui; imports of many articles must fall oil largely within a few years. Porttunately, too, mani ufhetu res are not confined to a few localities as formerly, and it is to be hoped will become mor-e dilfused, making the interest in them equal in al sections. They give employment and support to hundreds of thous ands of peoplo at home, and retain with us the means which other wise would be shipped abroad. The extension ot railroads in Europe and the East is bringing into competition with our agricul tural products like producta of other countries. Se f-interost, if not self-presurvation, thereforo, dictates caution against disturbing any industrial interests of the country. It teaches also the ne cessity of looking to other markets for the sale of our surplus. Our neighbors South of us. and China and Japan should rccive our spe cial attention. It will be the on deavor of the administration to cultivato such relations with all these nations as to entitle us to their confidence and make it to their interest as well as to ours to establish better commercial rela, tions. TIlE CI.NEsE TUATY-COoLIEs. Through the ngency of a more enlightopeed policy th1a' heretofove pu-sted- towards China-la-goly (file to the sagacity an1d efforts of one of ou- own distingilished citi ze:s-tlhe world is about to com menco largely-i ncresed relations with t hat populous and hili herto exclusi-ve nation. As the Uited States have been the initiato-s in this new policy, So they should be the most eariest inl showing (heir good fitth in making it a success. In tIhis coi nect.ion, I advise such legislation as will for-ever- pt-clude the enslavement of the Chinese upon our soil, unde- name of Coo lies; and also prevent American vessels from ongaging in the traits portatiol of Coolies to any coln try, toler-ating the system. I also mecommend that, tihe inission to China be raised to one of the first. DoMESTIC APAIns. On my assuming the responsi ble duties of Chief Magistrate of the United States, it was with the conviction that tl-ee things wo essential to its peaco, prospority and fullest development; first atmong these is a strict integrity in fthlfillinig all our- obiligat ions; second(, to secur-e protection to the1 pers~on and property of the (citi 2.en of the United States, in each and over-y por-tion of ouri common country, wher-over- lhe may choose to move without refer-ence to origi nal nationality, religioni, color, or politics, demanding of him only obedience I.o the laws, and p roper r iespect for theo rights of others; Ithimrd, union of all the States, with Iequal r-ights indestrnectible by any constitutional means. To0 secure bte fir-st of theo, Congr-ess has taken t wo essential steps ; fitrst, in dleclar-in g by joint resolution, that the public <I obt shaill bo paid, prinI eipal and1( inter-est, in coin ; and scond, by pr-oviding the means for- pay13ing. Pr-ovidhing the means, however, conmh1( not sccurec the ob. ject~ desir-ed withotut a proper ad( inlistration of the law, fori the collection of r-evenunes and an econ. omical disburtsemeont of them. Toi this subject the Administrattion has most eat-nest ly addrmessed itself with, ret-s,Ih ,stseor -to te country4. Thoere ashboo'n tie hesitation in changing officials in order to secture an efficient oxe. csn ion of theolaws ; sometimes too, where, in a mere par-ty view, un desirablo political results wer-e - likely to follow; nor' any hesitation - in siustaining efficient officials - against remonst,rances, wholly po libecal. AV It may be well to mention hero -the embarrassment possible to 'arise fr-om lonving on the statuto books the so-called Tonur-e-of-Of... flee Acts, and to earnostly r-ecom. mend their total repeal. It coumld Inot hmtv h)an the inontin of te terior and tho Commissioner of indian Atirs, under the prolectioi which they have ,ecoived aro. miaking rapid ptogres in learning, and no complikint nru lienrd ofl,t ofI,11nustry on their part whenl they r(,eive fuir reimunerntluin for their llibor. PUBL.IC DFUrT. The menna provided for paying the lit. terest on the public debt, w ith till other UxIeises of the Glovurnment, are imore than ample. The lose of our cottmerco Is tho only result of the late rubellion which has not received anileletint. at tention frot you. To this subject I cll your eni nest attention. I will not nlow suggest plans by Which this oliject mnily hbe el'Oted, bit, will, If necessary, mnake it the sul,ject of a specil muessiige dur1ing the sessimn of Congres4. To secore the latter, I see but one way, and that is to authorize the Tirens ury to redeem its own paper at a fixed whenever presented, and to withhold froml circulation till eurrency, so redeemed until sold igitin for gold. The vast re sources of the naun, both developed and uileveloped, ought to make our credit tie best wi enrth. With a less burden or taxation than the citizen has endured for six yeairs past, the entire public debt could be -Ptid in ten years. Btt it Is not desirable that the people should be taxel to pny it in that timlie. Year by year the ability to pay inerenwes in ripid ratio ; but the burdeti of inter est oight to be redticed its rapidly as can be without at violation of contracts. Tihe public dubs is represented in great part by bond, having front five to twenty, and from ten to forty years to run, beariig interest at tie rate of six and five pur cent. respectively. It is o1. tional with tie Government to pay these bonds at. any per cent. after the ox piratian of the last time mentioned upon their face. The time has already expired when a great part may be taken up and is rapidly approaching when till it may be. It is believed that all which are now due may be replaced by bonds bearing a rate of interest not exceeding fout and a half per ceit., and -is raPidly as the re. mainder became'due. To accomplish this It may be necessary to authorize interest to be pnid at eithet of the three or four of tie money centres of Europe, or bny any Assistant ireasurer of the United Statep, at th. option of the holdor of the bond. I suggest this sub1ject for the considera tion of Cotgress, ind also, simultaneous ly with this, the propriety of redeeming our currenilcy, sa before suggested, at its Iouket Itaue at tle t I n e when the law goes inlto e1ect, iVreasing the rte nt, which currency will be bought tindil sold from dly to day or week to week, lit tle same rate of in terest its the (joverntmet pnys uion its bonds, sibject to the tritff, and interiul taxatiotn, %ill necesmarily receive your attentiun. nEnUCTON Or TAX ATION. The revennes of the country are grent or than the requirements, and may, with snfety, be reduced ; but as the fiunding of the debt in 4 or a 41 per cent. lot would reduce the annoul current expen ses largely, thus itfter funding justifying a greater reduction of tavation than would ho now expedient, I suggest a postponement of this question unti tile next meeting of Congress. It may be advissble to modify taxation anld (te tariff in instatces when uijust or burden some discriminntions nru made by the present laws, but of n general revision of laws regulating this subject I recommend it postpoiement for tle present. I also suggost a renewal of taxtition on incomes, bit at at redticed rate, say 3 per cent., and ti tax to expire i three years. Wi th the funtditng of the nationial debt, ahere sutggested, I feel safe in savinig thaiit the tiaxes anud revenue fromt imtports mnytu bei reducctotd fromt sixsty to eighity tiihonts per~ atntumt at. once, anti nity be still furthter reduced front yen'r to year as thie resources of the counttry are dIo. velopedi. The report of the Secretary or the Treaisury showA the receip)ts of thes Gov crnmuetit for thie fikcal year, endmtg 80th June, to be $370,t143,747 ; expenditures, including interest, boutnties, &c., to be $821,490,l597. The estimates for the en stuing y'ear tare more1- favorauble to the Govern menit, and will, no dotubt, show a much larger decretase of the public debt. Tfhte receipts in ithe Treasury be. yond the expenditures have excr eded the amtount necessary to pla1ce to the ertodit of a sitikitng C mdt, tas provided by law. To lcek up the surplus in the Treasury aind withhold it Ittom circula tiotn wotuld, letad to such a cotntrattin of cuirretncy as to crjiple trade atnd seriously allect the prospeiy of the counatry. Under these etcumsttances thie Secretary of the Treaisury3 an itmuyself( hiearti ly concurred int (lie proptiety of using all the surplus currency in thi, Treasury ini thei piurchatso of tdovernmtet honds, thus reducing t.he ittterest bearing indttebtedniess of the coutry and or suibmiittinig to Conigress the question of (lie disposition to be miade of the bonds so pochlased. The bonds now held by the Treasury anmount to sov enty-hive mijllionst, includinig those belong. ing to the sinkir.g fund. I recormend that the wvhole be placed to the credit of the siniking fond. Your attention is resptectftilly Invited to the recommtenadationt of the Secretary of the Treasury for- the cretion of the olhice of Gommtnissioner of Gustomsi andI Rtevenno, ftir (lie inicrease of (lie salairy of curtain) elasses of oIliciatls, and the suzb stituition of an hiereased National jBanik circulation to replace ottandinag th ruo per cent, cer-tilientes, and most especially to his recommnttdation for the repleal of lawallowing a share of fines, penalties anid forfeitures, etc., to ofhicers of Go, einent or to informers. Thie offiee of Commtrivsione~,r of fur erital Revonen)~ ja Qn 1iatners of the Constitution, Whon providilg t hlat appointmento maide b)- the President ihould receive the consent, (of tie Solinto that thie Iitter 811011d have power to retain in oileo put-sons pliced thero by ederal uppolltiellnit affaint the will of th'o Pre8ident, BIo Itw is inconsistent with a faithful lld oficeie it, admiinistiation of tho Gov. Drnmnlt. What faith. cah ) Ex. 3cutivo put in an official forced uPon him, anold those, too, whom b1 has suspended for reason? How will such officials be likely to serve nlit administration which thoy know does not, trust them'? For the second requisite to our growth aid prlospeiri(y, time and a lirm but, Imune adminii.stration of ex istig laws, amended from tinio to time as they maiuiy be inefroctivo or prove lasi aind 111n1n18111essary, are >robably all that, aro requir-ed. 1le thiir,id cannot be attained by special legislation, but must be ie grided as fixed by the Constitu tion itself,and gradually acquiesced in by the foreo of' public opinion. THE INDIANS. From the foundation of the Gov criment to the present the mlanago Ient of the original inhabitants of this continent, the Indians, has been a subject of embarrassment and expense, and has beon attead ed with continous robberies, mur dors and wars. From my own experionco upon the frontiers and in Indian conntries I do -not hold cither legislation or the conduct of the whites who come most in con. tact with the Indians blameless for those hostilities. The fact however, cannot be undone, and tho question must be me as we nlow find it. I have attoipted it nlow policy toward thogo wards of the nation (they cannot be regard ed in any other light t han as wards) with fair results, so far as tried3 and which I hope will bo attended ultimately w i t h great succese. Tile Society of Friends, as is well knoln, have succeeded in living ill pee witl) the In1dianlis in the eau'13 settlelleit of Pe01nnsylvalnia, While their- ileiglbors of' the otlier sects ii Ol her sections were con stantly embroiled. They are also known ilo their opposition to all Stirife, violeneo aind walr, and are generally noted for their strict inl togr1ity and fhiri dealinfgs. These considerations inldliced me to give the manag.ment of' a few Reservations of Indians to them, and to throw tile buiden of selection of* a'gellt 11ponl the Society itself. Tho result 1has )rovenil most satisfactory. It will be found more fully set forth in the ieport of tile Coim missioler of I ndiall Af f'airis. For su pern Itenldents and( In dian ageits not onl the reseiva tionls, ollicers of' t he army were se lected. The Ielsonls for this are iuilrC1ou1S. When In1dian agents are scnt there or near thoro, tioops must be sont also. Thle agent and tile comnmndear of ti'oops LI iide. pen-1deint of' each other, Anidi are sub1)ject to or'der's fromi differ'ent do partments of' thle Gov'er'nmen t. The army cilicer holds a posit ion for lif'e ; the agent, one at, the will of' the P.resident. The formeri is persona1illy interested in liv'inig in halrmonly with thle Indian, and in estab)lishIing a2 per'manolnt pealce, to tbe cnd thait somei portioni of' his lif'e may be spenit withini tihe limits of civilizod society. The latter' lhas no0 suchl persoi~O1 initersct, Aniother' reason is, an economic 0110; and1 still another, the hold wvhich the Government 1has up)on) a lf ornicer', to soeur' at faithf'ul djis char'ge of du'ties in car'ryinig out a given p)olicy'. TI.he building of railroads, and the access t hereby given to all the agr'iculltur'al and miner'al regions of the coutirIiy, is i'apidlly brinuginug civilized settlemien ts inlto conltact, with all the tribes of' I ndians. No matter' what ought to be the rela tions bettwoon such settlements ando the aborigines, the~ fauct is thecy do not harm'iionize well. anud 01ne 02' the (othe 1 has11 to give wayfl iln tihe endl. A system whlich locks to the extinIctionl of' a race is too h1)rriible for a nation to adopt, without en tailing up1onl itself' the wrath of all Christendom, and ongender ing in th10 citizen a djiregar'd for human life and the rights of others, dan. gerous to society. I 8ee no0 sub. stitute for such a system, except inl placinlg all ?1h0 Indians on large reser'vattions as r'apidlly as it can be done, and giving thom absolute pr'otooti-mI there. As sooni as they are fitted for it they should be inducod to talkotheir lands in sever al ty and to set up Territorial G~ov er) nents for their own pr1otection. For full details on this subjetf, I call your special attention to the if the most arduous and responsible un. ler the 0overniment. It falls little short fa Cabinet position in its importance md(l its reililiItihilities, and I wouild ask or It, therefore, such legislation as, In -our Judgmient, Will pnce the Mlice on a outing of dignity comnn181rate with its mIPortance, and with a chianeter and luiicittion of the class of men required o lill it properly. TIM 11o.4r-orrIcer. Tho report of the 'oatnuter General 'tiishes n clear anl coiprehensive ex^ blit of tihe optrations of tie poztai tAr. -ice, and of the liiatitl coiition of he Postolluee )epirtimlent. The ordi iry postal revenue for tile year eitding he 30th June, 189ii.aounted to $ Il, 144,510 i and the expenditures $23.1198, 131. Your attetifion is respectfully -alle4d to the reotnendation of the "os-tmanster-Genleral F.oIr athlority to '1h1ingo the rate of cotiienlsaltioll to the airin Truiik iil iond lines for their ser ices in Carrying the mis6i. ; for ha1ving )ost roite iaps exvlctd ; for reorguni ,ing nlid inereasiig the lilciicucy of' tihe <pecial agenlcy service ; for, ii ncreasing tie mail Service oni tie PaMilie, am for .-Stablishing mail service uider the flag Af the Uni on the Atlantic And nost espqecially do I Cll your nitenition to his recoiienindtioin for te totnl at-11lition If the franking privilege. This is n rilluse froin which nIo Ott receives a coml mensurate aIvantage. It I tdic-4 tihe receipts of the postal service fron twen. Ly-five to thirty per cent., and Inrgely imereases the service to bie performed. IIATE%T OFFIeCF. Diiriing ttie year ending the 80th Sep. teiber, 1800, tihe Patent oliceo isued 13,76t2 putents, and its receipts were $686,38, being $218,920" itiore than the expenditures. TIlE FitE EDHIN- CE.S:NUH. I would respectfully call your atten. tion to the recomlienintionl of the Sec retpiry of the Interior for uniting the du. ties of supervising the edtcation of freedmen m ith the oti'er duties devol ving tpon the Commissioner of Educa. tion. If it is tihe desire of Congress to make tie census, which must be taken during the year 1870, tnore coiplete atnd perfect than heretofore. I would sug gest action uiponi any poant that may be agreed upon, as Congress at the Inst se xion appoitited ia Coimatittee to take in. to consideration suh imeasures as tmight be deemied proper in reference to the census, and report a plan. I pesist from" anying inore. AGHICUL.TU111. I recomiend to your favorlile con sideration the cainis of the Agricuiltu. ril Burentu for ilberil approprintioins. In a country so diversilled in cliainte and soil as ours.., find with a1 population s) largely dependent upon ag-rietilire, the beiefits that cnnt he contferred by properly fostering thi, ilurean are in ralculablo. SIPI.%rX .O:rT. I desire respectfully to enll tire ntten. tion of Coigi ess to tile inale(paite sola. ries of i iiniliuer of lie imost imuportant oflicers of [he Governlimieit. In this message I will not enimerato thern. but will specify only tie JInstices of the So. premne Gourt. No change has been made in their salaries for lifteei years. Within that fimo the labors of tihe Court have largely increased, and tie expenses of livi g hiiVe at least dotied diing the satne itme. Congress has twice founlid it Itevessary to increase largely the compensaHtin of its wn mII bers, and the dity it. owes to ntiothi depart. ml1ent of tho (;ovelrnmeit deserve't anld will undoubtedly receive due considert tion. CONCU.tION. There are many subjects int n1luded to in thtis message which m.ightt with propriety ibe intro'iduced, but II absiain, b'eliev-ing thant yonr ptIriotism andli states. n1,nnship1 will Suggest the topics antd tile legislation miost conducivye to the inter ests of the whole pteople. Onl miy part, I ~promis a.(1 r'igid ridherence to thre laws andi theiir shr ict enfor-emnt. U. S. GR A NT. A LEAP FOR LIFE. A P'ATrEl HoUlisa IUiNT-A FE-At'IR,U A LT~Ei NAT! VEn-FATri ERt A Ni)ClH I ) D)ASHiED To DIEATH!. Tfho tele'gratph hasi atlreaidy given Ihat brf ac(cout t of' a shock inrg ac-. Uident wh'ich took platce ini Htrook.. lyn, IN. Yi., on SatIn-diay night. Theim New Ytrk papersI givo us the :listresisi ng dletilis. 'I'ho house, whtichl appeaCfrs to harve beeni a fia Led 0o1e, wastt sitted Ott Furmtarf itreet, inl BroolynI'. It had 3atut fir in 1865 tand killed fivo Biremen by its roof' falling 1n, and1( whien it was b)eing robtuilt feil in anid killed two worktmon. Tlhme World of' Sunday gives .ho follow ig acouni,t of' the fatail fire: The charnel h10n19 in which the tratgodcy of yester-day was enne'tod, tand ~ wich~i tragedy hats heen pro u-oded by two others evon yet more terrible, is a large store houso made tup of Nos. 93 and 05 Furman street. T4h.e house has a well earned celebrity for ter-rible scenes. In the dload of Monday night, the 4th of A pril, 1865, the building caught fire. Five momn ber's of the Brooklyn .Fire Do. patrt1enit, namod Caspar- K. Cam mneyel', Enigenio atker; Jos. LI. B)rown, Lowis Gardener and Alex. BA. Benson, who wore wtorking on the roof, woro killed by falligrg in. to the buarniing rtuins WVhen the house wats being rebuilt the wails andt( roof again enved in, arnd two woi-rmon were killori Tfhe 1uild. ing is four stories high; Looked at from the front the observdO sec on cdi6h floor twelve windows four large and eight sfflifflornrohad windows, divided into se'i tj three each, loaving six windoft on the floor of each separkt4 house. There is no scuttle tjtiougi the roof leading to the gardoo above; of course, no windows lp ( he biaelc ; and1(I if the oly stairs in the building, one running through No. 93, wore cut away on the seoe oind or third floor by tire, the oftfi mode of' egress flor any inihabitant of (te third floor would be a lea (hrough tle win1dows, which art fully fbity Feet from the groundl A Imd ;hu it was t hat yestordAyf morning two humia beings woro killed outriglt, and another fatal ly ijrd DISCOVEMY O' T1E FlItE. FiUrma1n btleet is a golitudo.-= ai4 aing throigh a quarter of' ie city wlhere, probably,notimorothai fifty persons h ave occasion to b6'du. ring the night, it is deserted, and tihe only sound which often breaks the still lonl otony is the stagger ing footfall ofi a drunketi sailor reeling to his ship after it night' debauch, tile measured framp of the police platrol dying thn- Uff inl the distalne, or the ti1klo of' the horse-cars usually freighted ivith the driver and condiictA; ml around is commerce and that UftP ly. But not only the honest cony. merce of, the world, but also the commorco ill Imun blood. Thig charred building was occupied by whit-.lefad manllfetire-rs, and wa# usod by them as i factory. AnA lIodding onward to his wor14 t1brough the driz4ing rain, an on gineer was going to his work. Passing through Furman street he saw that No. 93 was on fire and the fire somed to be in tho third story. From the fourtJ4 story posons glied Oil him for holp: "in God's nfime get a fopo and save uts." Bower fishe to Iaibeck's dock, which is oppositce the building, aroused tle watch. man, bronght a light and returne4 in fivo minuitos. When he ro, turned, a miaingled dead mant form was lying against the wa l of 11ar-beck'i 1tor1e, a laborer; (111sprdi inl hi" armlls a little child, all bloody and gasping for life, and two stalwart mod boro tenl% dOrly away a bruised, battorod help of' flesh, whichl was once a younllg and11 han1dsomo1 woman. WHO THE VICTIMS WERE. The bodies which Bowver saw O0n lis yetir'n, We0'a thiosp of Thom. as Wallace, his wife Arinie, and his son thre yeaers and oight month J old. W allace, who was, an honest, industrioius .Irishiman, with his family , oO6ipied tho whole of' the fourth floor of No. 93, using the front room as a kitchen, and the rear one as a bed chamber. Ho iifnfi hbout thirty five 3ca's ole, of' fine fori and thee, filir abovo the averago clism. His wife was sartno yciri younger and1( had been iopsesn in hr time, and the child was very hland some-atl least so far' as a person0h ca~n jud(ge fr'om thle mangled fea turesc. W'al lace had hJoon eml ly3ed as a labor'er, and took care of' the building, acti1j *as janitor in consideration of being allowed to reside there. THlE D)EATII LEAP. 'While Bower wtas away on his mlissioni of' help the final act of the tragedy was brdiiight to a conlil sion. T1hie fire 'hich, previous to Bower's departfure, hiad cut away the stair's (and, thoref'ore, atli hope of' escape, save by the windowa) had gr'own in to greater fur'y, the heat hoamo intense, f,be smoke, great in volume and dutisity, per meatedh through the building, and crept through the dr1ovices of' the door of theoroom in which,ocrouched honeath the wtindow-silI, wtith up hif'ted facos iind clasped hands, Wallace and his family waited for p'rmisod subbdor'. None cameo. The soko rowhenser' ; the poi 80on0u1 miasm1111a blinded them ; t hey were dlying of su ffocation. A t last thoir pont up agony broko out. The fal hor clasped his boy in one arm, gr'aspIed the hInt window. frame with the o ther', and with a fearful cry of "dod in heaveon, help me," leaped into the astreet. Thud! Crash! A-a-b! Tho wa~s dead, and the child nearly the same.. A moment after the same sounds werc. hoard, and a few men01 who had by, this timro gathered around picked up tho body of the wi frightfully man gled. Tho bod1ipe of the father an d son were brought to tihe doad-honso, but wofo aftor.. war'ds taiken chai'go of' by fiiidag but Mr's. Wallace, who was llingr, wvas removed to the hiospita, whoreosheonow is.