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Selected Poetry, PEEPING THROUGH THE BLINDS. In place of books, or work, or play, Soio ladies spend the live loing daky In scanning every passer-by, And niany a wonder they discry I They find among the iuotley crowd That some are gay and some are proud; That some are sahort and some are tall, They got their Information, all By peeping through the blinds I You walk the streets (at common pace), You catch the outlines of a face. The face seems strango-again you look Dear sir I she knows you like a 1 ook I She knows the color of your hair, The very stylo of clothes you wear; She knows your business, I'll bo bound, And all your friends tho country round, By peeping through the blinds I She Knows the Smiths aoross tho way, And what they dino on every day; And thinks.hat, Matil Ia Jano Is growing very proud and vain. She knows the Browns at tuniber Four, Just opposite her very door, Folks quite as poor as they can be, For don't they sit and sew, while she Is peeping through the blinds I Dear ladies I if you don't succeed In Laining knowledge that, you need, Then at your window take your seat, And gaze Into the busy street ; Full soon you'll road your neighbors well, And can their tastes and habit.s toll, And know their business to a T, Much bettor than your own you sce, Dp peeping through the blinds! PRESS ONWARD. Young man, be up and doing, Wring from tho world a name! Did idleness and sloath depart, Climb up the hill of famo, Resolved to be a hero, In what you undertake Bo irst, and foremost in the throng, Active and wide awake. ForgOt the past, press onward, The preseut is your own RIesolvo, each ovening's sunseot, Shall 11nd your duties done. 'Tie only by enleavor, By stern and earnest will, You can succeed in nliming Fame's stoop and rugged ill. Yet with a manly purposo, And mind that. knows not fail, No barrier can Interposo, lut such as you can scale. Uare not for scoffs or idle jeors, All Uatteory dispiso, "Excolgior," your motto bo Onward and upward rise. [From the Now York lerald.] A Negro Political Balance of Power The cunter Revolution Approach ing. From the developminents of tle regis trationis of voters in the five SoutliorI Military )istricts we see that under th( robel. restriction and negro suffrage con ditions of Congress. the blacks, in caol and all ol the tenl Soutliern States con corned, hold the isanice of reconstrtctior in their hands. F0roni the resilts of th< late Tennesseo election and.otlier reve lations on tle subject, it is manifaeat tha these Sen11 blacks, fromt Virginia to Texas, led and managed by Nort err Radicals, are ready. en masse, banded togother under the fing of the Republicar party. From all those facts, and fron the general drift of the roconstructio movemlents of the day, it is morally cr tain that the "groes, with the rostora tion of those tol SouthIern States ti Congrems, will hold the political balanc< of power therein, which, before the lati rebellhon, was hold and exeisedi b, ,their white mastor8 in the control of thi Gonoral Government. in view of this startling transfer o our national balance of power we air< called upon to paus~e and consaider tht probable conisequences. After a terri ble civi wvar of four years, intvolvin1 the bloody sacrifico of over half ai mil lien of able bodied' men), and puittiti upon the country the heavy burden o three thousand millions of deobt, we wer< released front the political dom inatLiot of threo hitntdred thiousand Sontheri slavoholdlers. Heavy as were t.he costi Of this liberation froitm a tyrannmcal and mttolcnt oligarchty, the end achtiovet was still regarded writh proud~ oxultation, as amply rewarding us fo all otur con. tributions m men and money, but if th<( power wielded in their (lay by thoe< three hund]red thouseand wite slave. holders is to be transferred to their foni million of iglio .ot, debased and credu. louis negro slaves, ave may wvell enquir< what have we gaitnedor where are to b< our compensations for all thoeo stupen, dous efforts and sacrifices requrired t< put dlowni the slavoholors' rebellionti Are we drilling from the "excesses o: libert.Y, equality and fraternity" to F"renoh reign of terror, or to the bloody reprisals of St. Domtingo, or to that fusion and confusion of' races whtich cul nitnated im Mexican anarchvy? Weo have been makin ghisbory at r rapid rate since 1850. In that year jl wvas thought that we had compassed at enduring adjustmnent on slavery atnd th< ge(gro question itt the great compromis< mneasures of Henry Clay. Bunt, unfor tunately, ifated with 'falso notions o power from the Presidential election ci 28~2, poo~r P~ierde, Marcy, Buchanmai andu otheir narrow sighted and floxiblc heomocratic leaders of the North, bow. ed to tho yokco prepared for them by Jfli, Davise, Mason, Shidell and other Democratio pro-slavery potentates of tihe South, in the repeel of the ground work of Clay's adjustnmnt, the Mfissou. vi Comlprons6 of 1820. TIhten 'came 116 border rullin war in Kasas, the O~etui'o of the rebellion ; then the in fanmous Drea Sco~t decision, and next that trenmendotus Northerni popular ro. action Whicht elected A braham Lincoln; and then -ho bold revolt of thoso three hwudred thonsand audacious and dos. P~i~ lhxern slavehonolre, with all ils bloodly and dooisiva conse q tinces. That insolent and inulrable ohlarchy was demoliehdl, the debasing insttution of flagro slavery, mupon whiqh its master esaumed flrbt to tulo, and in the last t*ovor.te ruin the oouuitry, was swept frown egifonen and, with tho rebel Lce's surrender. the reign or (lie kin doin of Belshazzar passed away. The people of the loyal States, through their servants in Congress, Lhie 'xecutive Department, tihe army and and the navy, aiter many blundors and fearful disasters, finlly, with Grant and his ablo subordinate Generals, shattered the rebel Confeder acy into a nas. of ruins, in that terrific campaign which oponed the gates of Hichmond to Abraham fiincoln. ThuIs the rebel States and their peoplo fell completely subject to th. odiscretion of the Government which itfoy had so fiercely rejected, denied, defied and re- i sisted. \'ith anything predominant in I the shapo of Wisdom or patriotism in the White House after tho deathi o Lincoln, or with anything in the Con gross of the ensuing December risingi above the base calculations of partyl, the rostoration of those rebel States would have been simplo and easy. But, while Lincoln's successor from the out set proved a vain, conceited, ignorant, obstinate self-willed and aspirilig back woods domagog1ue, ho Cnmo into colli sion with eqi 1ly conceited, self-wille'l ald stulid demnagogues in both I tons's of Congross and in both parties. The ignorunce, the noisy violenco, the vul. garity the presulmption and th trickerie: which for the last Iwo years have thui marked Lite conflict between th t'resi. doent and Congress and betveell t'e Rtepublicans and Democratq, have beein disgraceful, ex pensivo and demoralizin"g to all concerned, and continually tend. ing from had to worso. They have been on tho scale or the petty plots and counteiplots of the rings of cpoiilsmen grog-shop political innnagers of our New York Corporation election'. Where can we look for rescue ? The renming Northern iunnop of the Ohd )cmocratic party from its odious record of the war has given freo a rein mu tio e Radicals, and they are niarchin-g on without resistanco. President d ohnson has becomo more an object of conltempt antd derision with botih parties thani Iwas John Tyler in hik vorst sl ato. In this condition of things a Soulithern ummro political balance of power, covering 'itn States, is leonung up befora na in hold relief. Is this to be the setilemeit ? It will be uuiless that controlling pumblie sen timent of '.l North which carried President and Congress through the ordeal of the rebollion shall interpose in this work of reconstruction. Wo Le. lievO iat publio opinion can be so ex. presed in our coming fall elections as to be felt in Congress, anid we believe that a popular movement, regardless of existing parties or party managers, in tho name of General Grant., will mmet, the case. Grant for tie suicession, nid and a now Congess under (Grant ito settle this work of reconstruction, is the programme upon which a counter rovo IlutIon against Radical Oxce.;es in thie South may be carried through to a (e cisivo victory. It- will be hotter to wait two years or tel years longer for Sotthorn restoration (.ian to push it through on the basis of a controlling Southern negro balance of power. Tim CoivrUMArCmeoU STA NToN.-The National Itligcpii-er says "If the prosont Secretary of War wore governed, in his oflicittl or social interoourse, by any of the instincts which have oharacterized gentlemen who have heretofore ho4l positions of like distinction, wo should have hopmed the examples presented in tihe resig nations of Secretary l larlan and Post master (Gen(eral D~onisoni would not have been lost upon him. But if we apply to hi tin the rules wichi prevail among genmtlemeon, we must despair of his appreciation or the examples set, by toso ~wodistingnished public men, who scorned1 to occupy the unie quivoeal position'of hostility to the executive which has rendered hmiim the Irecognized agent of the Itadical cabaml during the incumbency by Mr. John son of the Presidential chair. "Convinced froim our knowledge of time temiper and plurposo of this leoc'h of oflcial power that noth ing less than absolute ejoctmnent from his po sitionm will induce him to ret ire from thme department lie has controlled, we areosure that it ill require a Presi dential request for his abisene fromi the Cabinet councils, w-hero lie canl not but, havo boon anm unwelcome visi.. tor for several inonths past. Snch a request would be gratifying to every trute lovom~f his oguntry throughout the land."' Noms.~i StsmurN.--T'he folloinmi' is from thme August number of the Iv,da' Wie Love and( wvas brought to ml~ery, says the editor, b~y the name of one of thme President's bondsmen: .A Northern mian married1 in our na.. tive village a Southern lady, and died soon after the marriage. The widowv discovered, in looking over her huts. band's papers, that he was indebted to anm Abolitior.ist, at then North, in the sum of a thousand dollars. She told her adhminisrator that there must not be a staim iponm the memory of 1her husband, and proposed selling her house aind lot to pay tihe dehlt.' ieo wrote to theo cred. itor, ctatiing tihe destitute condition of the widow, anld her honorablo intention. F4or anm answer he received a letter en elosinlg the Ilote of the de; -asedl huis. band as a present to the widow. The t nlamoe of this genleronms creditor was Gerritt, Smith, of Now York. lIn a pu-i- I vnito letter to onrelvec lhe says, "it is time for meni to quit, hatinlg, an'd learn to bov, one another." A truly noblo sen timent, to which every true soldier, I North or South, who did his duty ini e who field, responds heartily', amlen. A letter fronm Triesto, inl the lWtler. cr, of Vienna, says tile accounts givon aotthe cholera argrgtu.I a 1 distrigt of Ijue dlIrze~goivin n, in A popu hation ofa tidrty-tuso 'thousaka gouhd'( oi hteen'hunmdid'eges -.hthvd $'egli'red. 'Pl erybody is flylrng fromu tihe otfa ' 3 and the Oead bodies uro let as a pr ' ( tile dlogn, Wa3higton News miad Gossip. IAFC IVAIn oFFICM TnOUBiL-MRl. PTA-N TON 80I'.NI)ED-OlNIllAL (IIIANT APPOI-NTE) TE.\MPolt ili LY-ol'FlrAl, (01RMI(SPON ) DNCIM-j U 1111M INTEIt EST IN Till.: AFFAIn-COTTON CLAIatS, &C. Aisil(iN.ToN, Aungtist*12.-The full Dwing is a copy in full of th corros. ondence between the President, Mr. itantot and Gen. Grant ExE.:0UTIvF, M ANsTok, WASHINGTON, D. I Aug. 12 18G7. sir: By virtiuo of tho power and uthority vested Ia mo as Presidont by bo Constitul ion aid laws of tho U nited ;lates.you are liereby suvpvId4-d From lice na Scuret ary of War, and wil eas.9to exercise alny aul atll functioni1 iortniuiI to the same. Yot will at ne traInsler to (eneral IUylyes S. rant, who hIs this day bee' anhor,. d and empowerel to act . Secreary ,f War, wl in/-rim, all ricords. boot1,* arsanld other imb11lic properly now I your elustody and chI . A N Im W .m = lNSON. 7o | I ltnoraf I-|iwin M. Slan. n, Wur 'yon .C AIFu Ncrox Cir, An g. 12, 1807. i' : Your note of this date has been 'eceive, informlig mei tha, by virtuo f the power aini, authoriy v'c.3ted ill 1on, as Presiden., by the conis;tintionl md1 law: of the Unitid Sta :!s, I am imspended rtai oiliee .-a, ',ecretarv of War, and wiill cvase to exercise an'y and dI lictions pelraining to tih suue, andt i!dao directi g ne at olico to tranisfer to ;eneral Ulyss S. G rant, wh1o has this; !ay been nuthorizon .. and emopowered to iet as- Secrvtary of \W;ir. ini,j all 'ccorisi, look , pnrii mIt other pIblic ropert-y now ill mly custody and Under a soie of public dut y I am :ompel led 0to dely ye(ir righI," unde he Conttinnion and la%1ws of the United lates, wiout th ad-,ice :it eonsint )f the Senat', :n whoni legial Cause, A) sspen ole rom (nlie an Seretary x War, or tGo exerco of any or aill riletlions irtainligr Lo the snu, or without sich advic ao i conill to aoe mec to tranf to any peron the, reord4i book'.-, rt plper. an inher puillblic War ; hut inaslnillih as tho (oner'l (ommadinn jil hg the arm:ies of tlho I UIited States has tbetn appoitted Secretary I0 \Var, d.it rim, aul hai notified mnc that ho Ias accepted tI 1e apponitillent, I have io altii'uiaLive bit, to sublamit, undekr protest, to) superior I.,ree. Very r(foeitilloly voors ke. JD\\'IN N\. MT:\NTON. SeC'y of W ar. To the Prsien. KuEci:-inv: MANsION, WVASIt(N-'r0N, 1). C., A ng. 12, 1 807. Mr: The ff[oil. Kelwhi M. Seilol Ivimg been (iibis day pindel as Se of 'ar, yiu are herkly autho z''d a11 vilpowerId to ni:t tA 'iScretarv if War, ml (itr, ald will at one ier upon the di schargo of' the ditties of ,ha! oilice. The Scretairy of var hmlas beei list Iicted to translf-er to yo tll records, looks paper., and other p Iidie property )ow im li s, Cistody and ciarg. Vecry r'~eeelfully y'ours,5 A NlHDR\V JOllNSON. Ge'ineral U'lyseces S. (Groli, U~i ~el n.;. !.n, DL. U. The1 r'epiy (of Mrt. Stlanton was r'i .i ved! about 1 o'i'lock, a ndl Generatl E'iere wvi t. r.I'lousin ai Ilien with M!r. Sta nton, and took formial p)osaeasion f the Wiar' I )epar tment.- Mr . Stanton remied Im ina te hibing dursingtea It, is not, tIne I hat. the Priesident has .elegratphedl hGenra Steadmiiani to comeII aeoto taike t he osituio n of Secrectar if' War, norij Imts lh selected a suIcersOlr o Mrt. Stanitn, butt it is quite likely lho iny Itentder' the p)osition to a dlisti n ruished Now 1tnglanud ex-Governor'. W'her was noeitemenit appiarent. Iln .e departme-nt, tfor very fewv therein nlow whalit hm trianpir'di. U~pon the ltr'eets, hiowever', whe'ni theo matter' be anme known, the interest evinced by ild11 iii partes lbou. Ithisu impor0Itanit event ose to a conisidherable degree of excite.. Thie CJoirt of Claims to-day, decided .hat thertle is nto appeal! on t ho part o0 ho governmient in tho Cotton cases -eeently deidedi. Theii court ho0ld that yact oif Congressq the proceeds of sailes if aba ndioned Cotton areo distibntable inally and without appeal by diecrei oi hat cour't, which is specCily aml bor'ized ) tako test imnony and adjiudge npont thec ~at hethter claimants are enmitles t c 'nods, and iln this wvay only can the noney be dtistributed. A Rl.' lu~ nnr;s TN vr.N-rro.--Al bo prlocesses for' preserving the bodiest if 1he doad niow in use are likely to be uiperseded by3 ai nelyO~ invenClted burial lse, by n19n (if wiich thie romains ol deiiceasCeg person nmay ha kept unchuang 1for' an inuefi eI pe'riod. Thlo vailo if this discovery hlas boon fully tested t th l1 lellvuc Illospitai, whereo under hto direction of Professor D~oremus, a orpsle alreadiy comnicingo to decomt. ose was placed iln one of these cases vbere it rema)I~inedl un~hiangedi for fortyv ays. At Liha explrati )m of that lime it vsa ('xposed to thel air', andi up) to t he ruosent period (thirty days from- tho date f expostire) llho body htas been -'thor ugh ly~ preserved frotn decomiposition), o smell beig percaptible.--NV. Y. acks, rf thbp datnination of $5, ncro put in aironlationi ini Now York ity on Thursday . 'The bills re artked Afarchi 10,,1862, rand aroe vary lir' counfltorfolk/ in every respect,sa~v hant the wordalt "UniI mta .,, ha. SIentife, and Useflil. PLAT OLAIs.-The wondorful progress whiel0 tliQ ttaatNfacttre of glass lias made lit Pittsburgh i a very good inilcation of tio superior advantages of this locality for ltt business. Plato glass is, wYe bolevo, tho only branch which has not yet been atenipted Rli4 utitracture is a distinot business, fot which Pittsburgh, as an it triQdr field, seens to lio waiitig for some enterprising capit alist or comlpauy, to on g1age suOeossftully upon its cultivation. In tittles pant, plate ginss was a luxury enjoy ed only by tho wealthy in their parlor mir, rors. It now linls not only an inntisoly increased deintid for this purposo, but a hidtirl othelt-t. It it luidly possib~le for at well arrangeol store or city building of any huil to be coirt-tiee iil iotitt the use of phde C ghasn, eil ber itt show witlon S, sky light-i, transpartt ltoorn, doors or rooft ; and. there aro hlit. few vlotes or public buildingi in it Vest which might not in some pait. hIve bon ntcle more nonveniont I)y its ltse. In France anti. Ilawld man ny l'niblittgs arenow eetecteil etairely of' gan at1d irot. Soi of th eir later oploind-d railway stations are entirely toofed and aid siled wnt It plilte ghtsi, and arc hof oind co0nparon m0tprior to ainy other.i in the wot-l for ber-tvy 1tml suittblenle!s to the1 purpose for iih I ther at-e t uil. The do matud in Amterica 1'1 Iih patrpose alone will soon he cl101uto't". xtiloa of mhe Eitgli It Inntaufactories ot' plalle gl1M til- Very oItetx. siO. One near Londont C-retr-3 Fovet or eight acres of landt, aud employs over lvo hutnitdret opeativene. lTho nattifacture was started about, a hutndecl yents ago, and was encotiraged by lhe govertiment, both toy 'ItIties oltt to ocigt atiele, an4 by the payment in caslh toti- anch Idtoi of home prodt:ct. At (he present. litte the mnantikc. i'o of pit a glasi ls in t:gl:.l it carried on 1 1 very st1ece:ml'ul contpetitiotl -with thlat of Irance---ts rival i. i h ie busines. We know of no goo.l rentt vly l'it-tsburght inay not, becoo the chiet American centre of this important branci of' inatutfacture. and iave wriuen ibus nui to call (Ie at. toiltion of capitalists to it ho suljee.-'ins. Con. Tin, NUTentnwr or Unit:n.-People ito drink their ilh and leer are very 1onel of' telling hor nch nutimtoot. they <c-ive from thetm i I ecnut-e t hey rte inantfact ur et1 'roin gi itin. uay iave the id ea I lit at h conconttledl ivirntes of tho grini are in I he dri'tks. This N it entit' (dl'wy. Profes sor [eibig, oneof t it, mt euinent chrm iss in die worldi, ulme.-es is tiat 1, 0I0 cluatts of to best tavaria heer conti ains oxit ly to urisheiont. of at fir :n.a. hidlf poutnd loaf oilt brea! TIis beer is .-cry slitlar to ithe finnous 1-ngliih A llsopr's, anwl out,r more pop1ular A ittet-ican heer. h'le It-t is, the iitr ionltIt pori ion of'tho grail is rootoil ont liefo hi-er Nw itt ba o h ale anl it' t ho fermeiaiion o I leer hItas ben coi plete, Profe! o;r I~yonl Plalyfair d-selares tha.t TI nouriineilt waever' remitao: lit tihe l'vineonted li unor ; nie, as ihe I miglit Alliainec Newxe sir, "No chemist now dis. pmles tiasetti for, excet in lavor and ainount, ot leohol, the chinical compo sit ion of all klitis o be-er is alike, :and brew. ora mut4 hint to hear dctotrs olvi-inig porter Its mot-e 1n-:sing than l'eer, wheit porler in not lbitng imi bee' colored by lettent malt- and oat t wh: heer goes wrong in the nakitg anl ii ninalaleid as bo, it is converited itho line porir, the trt-e color covering in1any lfc !'-icao. Wnor M.i. ntu n.-Tt is well inown to choitis nitd lkhlydiologists wt the vr-y finely bolted atl w hite Iloutr which is so utc.i sought., after is ftu' lets itl I n itions t hai what. is toit-l mil Iling, or uniolted Ilotr. The imotst trit inus ingretdient of (lte graint--tho itral 1holihates anl gltclit --Rio r"oinvt to ohnin the desiredl white. ness. I):-. IlinyI .\teoio, ant emnctint pit1ys iian of' lheltiis. jIv 'l1d, ill Pomei infer, 'esin rmaksonl 11h0 suh;kieCt, S-33ys : "What I wtlant to see everywhere i1 te plepat-a tIlan of' whle mepal broe-i-broad ineinl, n (he- br.:,tu- poltospinite s, so ril-essett ial t o goodl bretal a11til thIto nunrtuo of otte flesh atl hont.--. ut I do to? think tht. the work. ing classes, to 'itoit it. is no intpotanit, will ever take to tt. fultly t il oet. ieo exaaplo by 111he toto \nstittu ed elt nues.' '-l'eile, hA us 'T':m i ''n 11)1 t L '; :. tO r.--The'i cndli itiont of' th nt )egro itt nmtny see.. I ions5 of th1~is once0 pr'osperouts Iand( i. grapht, wiihl fa:lls under our eye A niegro sat otn a curbsn;tono barC, brooding over his woes ; sadt was his boart, tand kiniky hiis hair, ihis gizzaird feet wore expotsed to thte alir, andi ex Ccedingly seedy his clothies. And as ito sat, ini thae utt ing blast, we htad to pity tilt cnss ; hie w istfully looked at each person that passed, and we hecard hitm snililoriniso thuis: "Oh, why did Old AbeO, widl de htatchet face, go git dis darkey free ? I was hatppy at home wid doe odder nigs, wid plenty of whisky and feed in' like pigs, and Dmiah was happy with me. Ole ma~issa wias kitnd, and when I was slek, ho fed 1mo andli kept 1mo at hotme ; butt now I feel sick, I'so got noflin to eat, an' htas to sit here antd freeze on do street. Oh, whly (lid doi buro etnm ? in de winter ttme I sot by do fire, wid tde yoiung one0s, 1:ntsk in' corn1 ; butt niow ['so got no0 huskin' to do, and~ no0 good lire or hlous to go to, an my o's is 1n11 tattered and torn. In de sunuinor time, whuen do dav's work's dunm, and we danced away tio do good ole musio81 I used( to play3, butt [ feels liko danciin' no0 more1. Oh ! if ole mlassa would taka me bacok on de olo planitation) agin, I'd nebber leave fonr sich free dom ats (15 ; but I'd work miiight hard, fin pis' to showv 'emi how foolish I'so bin." u heni the darkoy ceased, the big tears fromu his eyes rolled1 down o'er is oteaks very fast, and we left htim) thoro on the curbstone bare, ox posod to the cutting blast. And we coultd butt thintk, as we passed along, what has te '.'bureau" (don0 iIt foul the negrjo all stumer and spring, when ito coul d get work at almost itnythting, butt no0w-lots him starve arouind town. So the negro starves, and thte whtito man st~oals, and the country to ruini goest, aund poverty stalks all over the land-the land of aishtes and woes. A MONsTnOUS SanPF.NT.--There' hast bon1 0on0 of the largest serp~ants killed ovo mile aboy town that ever was seon int this Beotton of the country. It was twelve feet in length and twen ty-two inces inI circumiforenco. W~o cannolt toll what kintd It is, but is sup. p1G. d to' ,be of the boa-contstrictor br oed. -"His trauk has boen seon for several' ears before arounld fin old plond;.b tt the snake wasR never slon tintif thdthhno it was killed, Mr. L. Li. Bronaugh is thet peron~1 whoe kihll the sorpent..---nnad, n ipries, Oarlotta Said to Hayo Boon Poisoned In Moxoo. If wo can trust a letter'from Trieste, written by a person .worthy of her con fidence, the suspicion that the Empress Carlotta had been poisoned before re turning to Europo no longer appears to bo a inere hazard. The practiced eyo of so able a practitiouer as Dr. Bulkens was struck vith tho abnormal symp tois of the August patient. Iowever violent and painful may have been the emotions which tho Empress has ex perienced since hor departure from MAex lco, they could not, according to the a ws (If pathology, bo the only cause of the mueital exalhations ndl moral liostratious viich alternait ely succeed each other, and seam to defy the r siurees (f science. It. is certain that in the month of July, 186, her Majesty, aftor having eibarked at Vera CrIIz, was seized with a 'leeulessiness occa sioned by a flow of bloo'd to th head, and which continued during the whole voyage. Since then symptoms have been conl-Mant ly remarked indicating a profound alteration in the blood, which from her Alajesty's yonith and robust constitution, cannot possibly be expli ned othierwiso than by the perni cious action of a physical agent. IEvery thing therefore tenls to the belief that some subtilo poision had been admiinii tered to the Empress by the traitors, by whom the C.irt at ChapultepeC was only too closely surrounded, and that her Majesty, in leaving Mexico, carried with her the geri of the frightfil iala dy which broke out on tho 4th of Oc toher following at Rome. In fa t a flio days after the departure of th Empress, certain American journals, probably initiated into the terrible mystery, pre tead d that doiing the transit, from Mexico to tle port of embarkat ion, her Maj(!y lha gi vn Uanife-t, signs of mental alienat ion; that iews, theu pre mature. 'was to be ver ie'ed a fCow1 months later. The Emipres herself instinctive. ly suspecte the iruth ; for as soon as her mient:dl facumlt ies began to be trouh led she was beset with the idea that she lul been poisoned, and li e still remnains under the ifluence of that coi viction. Our correspondeit terminates his let ter by ainouneing that. the royal patient is going to be suiiitted to a treatment, calculated at tho samo time to caln her mnid and neuitralizo tho elfects of the alteration of her blood ; and. if, as Dr Bulkens hoples, this treatment, succeeds, a cure, slow without doubt, is Atill p),s sible.- .Alemurl D)plowalij fe, July 301h. AN SA'ANNAI lRi.M.uAD Atminax-r. -Mr. P. Keenan, the x'ress Mesen ger on board lie illdfated train, has fur ni-shed us the following kiitional details of tLhi sad accident "Deing an eye wit.nnes of the acci dent, on the A. & S. I. It, on the norning of the 12th inist., I deoim it but justice to all connectel withl tle train to givo the niinuite facts of the sad af lair. TIh train left Millen on regular time, proceeding !dlowly and cani ieously theltowin.;"bred i down" a;l stopping the tain t all sispiciou places. The N)"inleer-M r. ('ashen-was partietular ly careful from (G reein's Cut to Mellean, and whlein a mile above the latter pllace he atopped the train to examine a small bridge; herothe roar of wvater at a short dlistance was audibt)o all on thme train, andh Mr. Catlien remarked that lie fear ed "D1ieldnson's ilil dami was gone." II is fears were fearfully realized, for in iess than th rue in in utes its turbulent waters wer'e rollir.g over the lifeless bydies of hiimseilf and two comrades, in death. Tt .a ppeara that trestle hadl been built at this point, in ant icipatIion of a break in the dam ; but the water rushing down the steepi lill swept away theosupports, am.d heft but the mere semblance of a ti-ack to decoy the la mented dead to a sudden and watery grave. Conductor Poullen and all priesent woaro moved to tears at the in. 8tlantanieotts death of three faithful men01. Thlo engine sooni consed to exhaust, aind there is nothing mere heard from the favorite '"Const.itiitionalist," but the water, which, rushing through lher shat tared formi, sang a sadl requtiem to him who had for the last fifteetn years made her. ''Outstrip tho windl in her fleet career, * * breathing a Iiery atmosphere." A t I I, a. m. a traini from the city took dowln about fifty men--employees and friends of the dead, The sturdy mechanics aeon wvent to wyork, and alter laboring n'eck (leep inI the water for sov cral hours, suiccee in recovering thle bodies, and sent them to their afflicted relatives. I [uman foresight could not avoidl this accident ; it was a calamit~y mecldent to human life." edl some Lime sinice thlat there wvas on exhiibition at the E.'position an engine that hind been running on some roadl in L~rance for such a great- length of imo that the engino's mileage lhad reached about ninety thousand miles. This is ra-. ther~ extraordiinary service, but we are informed that engine No. 46, on the Loumsyille andl Nashvillo Ratdroad, has bootn in active service no0w thirty months, simce last repaired, making niinoty thon. sand miles runnuing, with every p'roiso I tha t without some1 seriouus accideht her buego wluach thgrty thousand more beor hvg .ogointo theo shop. j This, it seems to ns, is an evidence that American. workmanship is dleservinig of I gold medals for locomotives, for it is< well known that thme wvear and tear on< American railroads is, Iromn thle natuto e of their construotions, mhl .moro rapid I than on conbinenal routes.-..Louisvilke l Journlal..t DRAtu OP AM Orn Itit..-yno.- 8, Due, Esq.,.who for. maniy years - carried on the tnmmithing buiness In this oily, and t was at oneo time an Alderrma, dhied at his e reshidnice, In Cdhlfnbla, yesterday morain, b Soeno PO a Oirous. A number of years ago, when Michi. aRn Awas a now country, in IAvinston, :ouity of-. thero lived a ramily )y the namo of Clayton, and ono called Lorkins also,-as well as a great many >thers. Peto Clayton was a tall fine looking ellow-a noble specimen of our back- 1 voodsmen-standing six feet two in his tockings. Pete had taken a shine to Miss Sally Perkins, an it was knownt in fact that I .hcy were engaged, but the day when lhe knot was to be tied had not as yet een divulged. In the month of August 1849, June's ircus camo through their town for tho irat tii, and in fact it was the first f ;ircus that had ever passed that way Id there were a great many people I hat had never seen one. When tho mportant day arrived, the town was Rilled to overflowing gith a motly rowd, of courso, and every follow had lis Sal. Now Pete wanted to get married on le coining Christinas, but Sally to havo t put off until the next spring. When 'Xticket wagoi was opened the tent ,vas filled in a hurrv. Poto anu Sally Vad been looking through the side shows< mid they were lato getting in, and the performanco had already commenced. 1'hoy walked around the entiro ring, trying to find a seat, and althoug) :ley "ould seat two thousand people, every seat was full. "Never mind," said Sal, "I'd just as ief stand up.'' lput. the gallant Peto couldn't think of t and said: " Walt a minit, I'll get you a cliai,." Old off h0 Lstarted, leaving Sally Just at this moment the clown came n, dressed in - his usual costumo, and lancing around the ring,stopped right.in 'ront of Sal and' began to sing, "Oh Sally am tho gai for me." This caused Sal to blush, for she tlouiglt that the clown was looking at ier. As she stood near tile ring, of couirse sho hid tie view of thoso in lower seats behind her, and as usual on such occasions tho clown cracks his jokes at t he offenders until they take the hint. and find a seat, but she said she had rather stand ur. At this the clown comnmencited his jokes, remarking to the ring master : "TI. here's a chance for me now." "A chance for you ?" "Yes, don't you sceo th.it gall has lost ier beau, and she is lookinz at me I know," and turning three or four soier salults, ho stopped directly in front of Sal and began to sing "0, Sally is the gal for me, I woulil not have ainy other, A nd if Sally died to morrow night, I'd marry Sally's mother." Thi4, evidently neant for her, rAised Sal'3 dander, and sho huirst out with: "l'm tie gal for you, lam I ? Marry my mot he,, woild yer ?" You low lhved, spottnd scum of theearth I If mly fellow was btore lhe would wallup you for that I w0o1udn't stay here an other iit- -ior neitier an v d1eceit people <-ither i S vinr which, she rush. ed out of tho tvit amid roars of laught. er. Tlhie clown assuming a comiical ittli tude, remnarked to the ring master that hia grandufathier was a remarkable man, so was is granidnc ther, too, buit that gal heat all his forefathers.< At this juincture Pete rushed in, clo~eely followecd by Sal, and jumping imto) the r ieh squared off at the clowvn and said: "I'll teach you to insult any female tuder my chiargo I"' and let fl'y at his opponenit, and taking him plump in the face sent him to mother earth, at which lie juimpnd on lam, and commenced kicking him uinmercifully. Sally stand. ig on the outsido of the ring, clapped her hands and1( sung oui: "That's it, Pete, give him Jessie, raid we'll get marrried on (Jhristmas suire l" At this moment the ring master and three or fomr others caught Pete and commnced to thrash him, when Pete's friendls interferredl and a general free fight ensued, which completcly broke up - An old lady living on 01n0 of' the telegrapht lines leading fronm Louis t'ille, mn the early (lay of telegraphing, observed some workmon digging a lhole near her door, and inquired what it was for. "To putt a post for the telegraph," was the anlswer. .Wild witle furry and affrighit, alho seined her bonnet and ranr off to her next neighbor with the news. "What do you think ?" she exclaim.. ed in b'roathhess baste ; they're sottin' Lup that cnssed paragraph. right agin my (loer ; and now I reckon at body sanit apank a child or scold a hand, or ~hat with a neighbor, but that plagmy hmig'll be' babbling it all over thoe reation, I won't stand it 1 I'1l t nlove right away whero there ain't tone of thomn onnateral fix ins 1" c A Hanmn YARNz FROM A IiIOrOUS ~ArI'n.-Mr. WV. J. Mills writes to thet ~ew York. Christian Advoc'te, .from e~st Virginia -(near Morgahtowvn, robably,) as follows: Thoto is one man51, by the name of Jonway, in Cheat Mountains, who has t lately heard of tihe war, He~ lives wenty miles from an human habitation, nd has not pakd taxes for years. lb is quIenited to lito with his wife, ignorant i ven of thte affairs of his country, and ponds is days htumting and lhshin. be said hmo~hiad understootd a~ few yeat ' go there was a lhttle fuss about setne-. hing, but did not suppose at had~ mounted to anything. .Aneao woman in Nashy le'receitl ye0 irth to a chIldl whihfo all wtTik4fi pn en likeoatvwhtcralbt. floth pirenis a ack. Thme gratnotote o the child liad S i'h0ioons of ihn Alue.na TuDAM oF AnRAiAI LINcoiN. n the course of Judge Piorropont's rgument, in the Surratt case, he al uod to a dream of Mr. Lincoln, rhioh on several occasions lad occurr A to him before great national ca amitics. This dreai lie had the iight before his assassination, and tho text day ho mentionod the fact to Jonoral Grant, aniong others saying hat ho feared somo great evil, aid xpressing a strong desiro to hear 'rom Sherman, who was then in North Jarolina, and whose army was tho lnly one not in telegraphic commniuni ation with Washington. Judgo iarrepont did not relate tle dream thelf t but Mr. Lincoln related it or his death, and liko overything h iy way connected with that tragedy, t canlot fail to have a consiterablo nterest. Ho soomed to be at sea in L vessel, that was swept along by all rresistahlo current towards a macl torm. from which It scomed no pow ir could save her, Faster and fa ster be whirling waters swept the fated ;hip toward the vortex, until looking lown into the black abyss, amid tlo loafening roar of thbe waves, and with ho sonsation of sinking down, down, lown an unfathomable depth, the tor iled dreamer awoko. The same ter lilo dream Mr. Lincoln had four imes; first boforo the first battle of Blull Run, againbeforo the second dis istrous defeat at the same place, igaim before the battle of Murfrees oro, and finally as abovo mentioned, m the night before his assassinatio: ONE CAUSE FOR G HiATUL ATION.-rp0 Chiarlestoni icrcury., in ii ticing 1he iccession of Gen. Grant to the War )e mrtment, aind] the causes for congratula. ion arising therefrom, says : "The other causo for gratulation, ii hie order from Gen. Grant as Secretary >f War, nuillifying in this departmenit ,he orders of Gen. Sickles, suspending xecitions when conlicting whith the wocess of the United States Corts. lIcre is an aflirmlation that "th so alled States" are States of 11le United States ; and thit the law of Congress mtting them as States into judicial di. ricts is the law of the land, the recon ;truction acts to tho contrary notwitlh. anding. It practically aflirms that the *econstriiction acts of Congress are nn 'onst.itutiontal, and overthrows the posi ion lie assumed in his rep!v to the Jitarleston Board of Trade-that theso tates are conucerod T'erritories, co. itituted by 11he reconstiiction acts-i \ilitary Districts, over whichi his will s law." A Grimme.: Is min -ui Ast..- A. logro Baptist minister at Beaufort, 8. j., writing to the Christian Record, among other things., says: "Somo of our white ministorial friends lo more in the way of keeping Farms md keeping our poor rnen inl iginranuco .han anything else. They pretend. whien they are North, that they would 3ono down and do any thing for our race in the way of enlighteninig them ; anilt inste ad of this, when they seo i0 a :ottol bag they forget abliout Chiiiist md I fim crucilied and tho saving of lollis." Of certain Northern mendicanso lie "'All thy wish to d, is teach what P~resident Linclni has done, pat thue megro mnlzf on the shonler with the left mnd, wihuile with the right hand they5 :atch hold of his pocketbook. A ndf vhuen they have got the last cent from :im, their friendsehip suddenly ceases. l'hen, 'ho is only a nigger."a WYORK FORl A wETL I)AY---Y A LARnMFan.-"Barn yard to shovel uip, and manure to hatul to next fall's vheat ground. "Go over and fix up all fences. "Barn doors, yard gates, ete., to inend. "Drains and wash water outlets to >O attendled to. "Mowing macline to be put in or lor';~ also horse rake and hay tender. "Grease wagons ; mend harness and bags; wash carriages. "Cut and haul wood and ecani out ~ho collar ; whitewash, etc. "lon house to clean out and comn ost for corn to make." ]EAnaS IN THlE TERRITORIs.-Tle loldsboro (N. 0.) Star learns from m farmer in Carteret that, on going in o his corn field a few mornings sinloO, ua was greeted by five blakb bears, inlping themselves to tho yonng corn. Bleing alone, with no gun. ho conelud 3d that a quiet retreat was prudent. On publishing whleh statonment, the Wilmington Journal says: "This might have been oxpeted rhon North Carolina became a TJ.orri ~orp, Bill Arp to the contrary not vithstanding. RENOVATING oleN OUT LAND. Sa recent, agiiultural meeting in rostonm one of the spcakeors reinmrked hat "on a tract' of land which was verruin wvith woodbox, briars, and '; ther shrubs, lie turnd end hundied ~nd fifty sheep. At that time a ow ould not havo lived on the whole raet.. Thus sheep weroe kept thor o overal years, and so killed oit the rild growth that the tract now affords ~ood pasture for (ifteen co~ws." Mr. Thuadden8 Stevens, the leader of to RadioAls mn Pennsylvaniin, seeinr g lossigns of the times and knowing that isparty's stock is at a heavy discount itoly gave ex'pression to his fears in the >llowmg languageo "1 tear that we shadl logo Pennsylva Ia thnis uqt oleotioin I do' not ilhinkc e have earn estness enough in the State un~ite and draw ont theo Repniblhcan rongth, while the Rtonublican pert Ion citj Legislature ha~e oit so opel~y, otpriously,. and shamefully. .~orrupt, nil that allh the honest people in the oato are dishicartened and disgust