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tesa LiSaziAPaio m m m Foreign Affaira. LONDON, May 12-8anday morning. The Observer says oommumoations have been passing between the Cabinets of Washington and London all the past ' week. The United States has yet made no definite proposition of a favorable character, but it is hoped, however, that the President may reoommend, and the Senate approve, a modification of the treaty. The course of the British Go? vernment beforo Parliament to-morrow .depends on tho reply of the Washington Cabinet. Public opinion in England is averse to any aotion whioh will olose ne? gotiations for settlement. LONDON, May 13.-Most of tho sailors who struck work at Southampton have returned to work, and the strike there is thought to be over. PARIS, May 13.-The Municipal Coun? cil of Paris bas voted in favor of tbe conBtraotion of tramways throughout the city. Amerleavn Intelligente. NEW YORE, May 12.- Buchanan Bead is dead. WASHINGTON, May 12.-General Jones and Major Sayre are doing well. No serious apprehensions, though both, are badly battered. NASHVILLE, May 12.-The Georgia Press Association, embraoing nearly all the editors of that State, arrived here this morning, and after visiting the vari? ous plaoea of interest, were tendered a banquet at Exposition Hall. DETROIT, May 12.-1,500 men, em? ployed at the Heda, Calumet and School-craft 'Mines, are on a strike. Troops are demanded by the Sherill and Circuit Judge. General Sheridan replies that he has no available troops, but General Cook has sent a company of infantry. The spread of disorders tc other minee is apprehended. WASHINGTON, May 13.-In the House, Yorhees in a personal explanation, made a bitter auti-Greeley speech. It is tb? sensation of the day. Tho Senate ii considering the supplemental enforce ment bill. PITTSBURG, May 13.-Fahoestock'i lead works were burned to-day; los: ?500,000. CARTHAGE, TENN., May 13.-A neg? raper Was hanged to-day. OAKLISLE, PA., May 13.-South Moun tain forest is burning. SCRANTON, PA., May 13.-An exploaioi at Pine Bidge colliery killed three. NEW YORE, May 18.- The hark Ca roline, from Bremen, had aeventeei deaths daring the passage, out of 11 ?assengera; and the bark Gessner, fron ?remen, with 372 passengers, had ll deaths. The brig Abbie Clifford, o Stockton, Maine, arrived, to-day, fron Pernambuoo. Captain Clifford, tb mate and a seaman had diod of yellow fever, and tbe captain's wife and other were sick, but had recovered. After th death of the mate, the captain's wif navigated the brig and brought her int port. Several bosses have agreed to pa; carpenters full prices for eight boura. A.U action is pending against Obie Deteotive Whitney, for assault, extortio and false imprisonment. A Coban letter Bays every stearne leaving carries many Spaniards. BUFFALO, N. Y., May 13.-The prc pelter Chicago, from Chicago, lade with flour and general merohandizi sunk in ioe this morning, about tweut miles from here. The crew were savci Over 100 vessels are in sight of tt harbor, blocked by an immense mass < ioe from the upper lakes. Nearly evei tug in the harbor har been disable while endeavoring to tow vessels tbrougl WASHINGTON, May 13-Evening.-Tl President, to-day, transmitted to tl Senate the correspondence between tl United States and Great Britain relati to the treaty of Wajhington, aocomp nied with a brief message. Tbe envelo] bore the word "confidential." A she time after the reception of the doo meats, the Senate went into exeouti session, when they were read. It a pears the design of the President was ascertain the views of the Senate as tc new article to the treaty, withdrawi the claims for consequential damag from the American statement of t case, with the provision, ia substnnc that whenever England or the Unit States shall be at war, and tho o the neutral, the neutral will make no co plaints for any indirect, remote or cc sequential inj aries or losses, resnlti from a failaro to observe neutral du ti As it is known that Great Britain v agree to the proposed new article, a that both Governments are anxious save the treaty by ibis means, it v thought proper to place the Seoate possession of all the faots, in order tl the Executive, acting upon their advi might pursue tho negotiation so as ?eoare the consummation of the trea in a manner satisfactory to the two ( vern men ta. There was a brief deb after the reading of the documents, Tolviog the merits of the question, motion was made to remove the inj a tion of secrecy, bat this failed, and message and documenta were then dered to be printed in oonfidenoe, i referred to the Committee on Fore Relations. There is seareely a quest that the Senate will advise the acct anoe of the additional article to treaty, In the Senate, a oommittee of eon enoe was ordered apon the House ame meat refunding taxes apon barned w key. Goldthwaite's bill for bridg rivers emptying into Mobile Bay pasi The election law and defloienoy bill v argued at great length, when the Set went into exeoative session over message from the President mat "oonfideatial." The House was in political collo to-day, after Voorhees* speech aga Greeley. Several prominent mombo the House spoke briefly, to the e: that the Baltimore Convention shi rule. VoorUees himself said he n bolted a nomination. Butler, of Mt ohusette, from the Judiciary Committee, reported a bill removing political dis? abilities from all persons who aided the late rebellion, except Senators ond Rep? resentatives iu the 36th and 37th Con? gress, officers in the judicial, military and naval service of the United States, and heads of departments, and foreign ministers of the United States, whioh was passed. Clarke, of Texas, was un? seated, and Giddings sworn iu. Probabilities-Falling barometer with Southerly to Easterly winds and increas? ing cloudiness for Tuesday, from the Westorn Gulf to thu lakes, with threaten? ing weather, and probably areas of rain from the Missouri Valley to the upper lakes; rising barometer, generally clear and pleasant weather and Westerly to Northerly winds, from Florida North? eastward over tho Middle and New Eng? land States; the latter shifting to Easter? ly and Southerly over the lower lake region. An aroa of low barometer is ap? parently advancing Eastward toward the North-west. The Court of Claims adjourned to No? vember. All important oases have been adjudicated. Several cases go over at the option of olaimauts, because proof was incomplete. The Havana students, imprisoned for desecrating ?astanun'a grave, have boen placed on the iron-clad Saragossa, for Spain. They have full liberty to be visited by friends. NEW YORK, May 13-Evening.-Mc? Donnell's rolling mill was burned to-day ; loss 370,000. F'in u m-1 ni ?ni* C-uinm<rt'lal. LONDON, May 13-Noun.-Consols 93. Bonds 89%. PARIS, May 13.-Rentes 54f. 70c. LrvERPOOli, May 13-3 P.M.-Cotton opened steady aud is now firmer-up? lands 10%; Orleans U}?. NEW YORK, May 13-Noon.-Stocks irregular. Gold heavy, at 13j-?. Money easy, at 5(2)6. Exchange-long 9%; short 10>?. Governments very strong. Cotton quiet; sales 125 bules-uplunds 23%; Orleans 241*". Flour 10@20o. better. Wheat l@2c. better. Corn lo. better. Pork steady-new mess 13 37. Lard quiet-steam 9;^(aj9 7-16. Freights steady. 7 P. M.-Cotton quiet; sales 419 bales -uplands 20%; OrieauB 24^. Flour Southern scarce and firmer; common to fair extra 9.00@11.50; good to choice 11.30(2)13.75. WhiBkey steady. Wheat closed drooping-winter red Western 2.07(2)2.10. Corn-holders anxious, ut 77>?@78)?; Southern yellow 79. Rice 8??@9>?. Pork 13.95@14.00. L?rd steady, at 8%@9>?. Freights quiet. Bales of futures to-day 8,700 bales, as follows: May 23 7-16; June 23 ll 16, 23%; Jnly 24, 23 15-16; August 23 13-16; September 211516, 21%; October 20 5-16; November 19>?, 19^, 19 9-16; December 1?. SAVANNAH, May 13.-Cotton held higher-middling 22>?; receipts 767 bales; sales 400; stock 1,644. CHARLESTON, May 13.-Cotton quiet and steady; receipts 265 bales; sales 100; stock 11,641. MOBILE, May 13.-Cotton firm-mid? dling 22(3)22hi; receipts 33'J bales; sales 600; stock 17.657. AUGUSTA, May 13.-Cotton steady; receipts 80 bales; sales 120-middling 22tf. BALTIMORE, May 13.-Flour steady. Wheat scaroe-red Southern 2.00(2)2.25. Corn active and firmer-white 82; yel? low 73. Provisions quiet and firm. NEW ORLEANS, May 13.-Cotton steady a ad firm-middling 22%; receipts 2,317 bales; sales 1,700; atook 74,588. THE HOUNDS UPON THE TRACK.-The Marietta. Journal, of Thursday, has an artiole from .whioh the following is taken: Last Friday one United States Mar? shal and assistant, from South Carolina, visited this vicinity in search of citizens acoused of fleeing from the olutohes of the infamous Eu Klux law in force in South Carolina. They sucoeeded in per? suading some Sooth Carolinians, who bad left that down-trodden, negro-ruled, military-oppressed State, to leave their rented lands, now in cultivation in this and Cherokee County, and accompany them to th i sj pl ace, to bo carried back lo undergo triul, as their warrants read, "for conspiracy, etc" Their names are W. H. S. Harris, W. A. Foster, W. W. Scott, W. C. Scott, and ono little boy, and also C. M. Whitlock. The pri? soners were supped, feasted and ex? penses paid generally by the United States Marshal at the Keunesaw House, and all endeavors were used to make them oontent to be carried back to undergo trial for "the light oharge of conspiraoy." About 9 o'olook, the pri? soners notiood that said Whitlock, who professed to bo among them as their friend, "juggled" rather often and suspiciously with these officers, and they oonoluded that absence of body was equally as desirable as presence of mind, and they very courteously went in searoh of so mo water, near by, and never more returned, greatly to the disap? pointment of the United States Marshal. It is woll they did take this "new de? parture," for the galling chains of ty? ranny and hate would hure been riveted upon their wrists, ss has been the fate of other unfortunate South Carolinians who are now in Northern prisons, serv? ing ont some three and five, and others ten years' sentences, and that, too, for no greater offences. THE DISASTROUS FLOODS IN INDIA. The oable informs ns of most terrible floods in the Southern part of British India. 1,000 lives are reported lost, and tho destruction of property aa nome thing unprecedented. Amid the multitudes of disaster whioh are of frequent occur? rence lately on the oontinent that may bo regarded as the birth-plaoe of the hu? man race this is tho Baddest. An effort to re-establish capital punish? ment in Rhode Island has failed. So you know where to lure your mother-in law. A Darc-Drvll Ventare. One of the most dare-devil bank rob? beries, necessitating a heartless morder, that bas ever occurred in the State of Kentucky, took pUco at Columbia, about 100 miles South of this city, on Monday, the particulars of which we have from a gentlemau who was uu eye? witness. About 2 o'clock iu the afternoon five well-dressed men, in dark frock coats, t fiucly mounted, were seen approaching the town on tbe Burksville road. Tbe bank building is upou tho streot by which the Burksville road enters tho city, and only n few doors from its emer? gence into the public square. Conse? quently they did not have to enter tbe main part of the towu iu order to get to the bank. Three of them rode into the alloy adjoining the bank building, and dismounting hitched their horses, and then entered the front door of the bank, while the otbor two proceeded up into tbe pnblio square, took positions at each end of the Court House, from which they could command the whole square. In the bank woro seated the cashier, R. A. C. Martin, Esq. ; Hon. James Gar? nett, the Representative of the County in the .Legislature; Mr. James T. Page, Clerk of the Circuit Court, and Mr. Wm. H. Hudson, a trader. Upon entering, one of tho three men said "good even? ing," and i e.. mediately presented a pis? tol ut the bead of Mr. Garnett, telling bim to consider himself under arrest. Mr. Garnett piidhed the pistol aside, when it was discharged, the flash barn? ing his hand. A shot was also tired at Mr. Hudson, tho ball grazing bis wrist. Messrs. Garnett, Hudson and Page then run out of the bank, leaving Mr. Martin, the centner, who was either detained bj the robbers, ot remained of bis own ac cord. When the three citizens rushed out o: the bank and gave tho alarm tbe twe outlaws, wii o bad gone to the public square, commenced tiring up and dowi tbe street und ordering everybody tc keep indoors. One of them at firs stationed himself ut the corner of tin street aud fired up the pavement nlonj which a number of persons were eithe standing or sitting, and soon drovi everybody inside of the stores and resi dences. Mr. Clayton Millor, who i totally blind, was Bitting ia front o Rborer's store, and, not comprehends tbe matter for some time, came near be ing shot, as the bullets wore flying ho and fast arouud him before he could ge to a place of refuge. Several other made very narrow escapes in like mau uer, the outlaws seeming to care nc thing for the lives of thu people, and t be firing from their horses iudiscrim: nately iu every direction. When everj body bad scrambled indoors the two me took their stations at either end of tb Court House and fired at every bea that was shown at any of the windon or door of the public square. In th meantime they kept np a terrific an demoniac yelling, giving orders as commanding a squad or company c mon, and crying that they were "Lot rey's gang! Lowrey's gang!" By th means they conveyed the icupres9ic that there were u large number < them, as no one dared to look out ur. see. Tho utmost confusion and panic pr vailed among tho- people. There we no arms of any consequence at han aud if there had been, it is hardly pr bable that they would have been ose for the attack was totally nuexpecte and, as a matter of course, the oitize being unprepared, were powerless f want of anything like concert of actio Besides, they were under the impressic that the party o' outlaws was a ve large one, and would commence to plu der the stores and murder the oitizens soon as they bad secured the valuabl of the bank. In short, the terror a: excitement that took hold of everyboi could hardly be equaled, and probat was never equaled, even in tbe old w times, when a posse of a half doz guerrillas would run into a count town, take possession, and, after bo! ing it a few minutes, and getting wb ever of value they could, scamper awi after probably firing a house or two. The party remained in the town abc twenty minutes, the two on the equi keeping np tho rapid firing and bidec yelling all tbe time, after which* 1 three carno out of the bank, moimi their horses, and, signaling to I others, tho wholo five started at a bre? nock pace out the Burksville road, iu I direction from which they came, the way down tho street they fired every one they saw, iucludicg a party ladies and gentlemen who were stand in the front yard of Dr. Field's rc dence. Whon it was discovered that they 1 gone, a number of oitizens went to bank. Upon entering they found floor strewn with papers, oheoks and bank books, whioh were badly torn i mutilated. Inside the onter door of vault, to their horror, they found body of Mr. Martin, dead. It orouohed baok against the inner dooi the vault, in a half reolining positi On examination, it was found that ball, whioh had oaused his death, entered nnder the left arm, and, ranf downward, had lodged just under skin in the right side. He had ovid ly died ic defence of his trust, ball was extracted by Dr. Field. Mr. W. W. Morris, of this oity, was in Columbia at the time, is the < one who heard anything of what pa in the bank between tbe cashier and outlaws. He was io Page's drug f when tho alarm was given. From baok window of tbe store, whioh isa thirty feet from a window in the roo tbe bank in which the robbery ocoui bo hoard loud words, but could no any one. Ho heard loud voices cm and demauding and threatening, anc other voico refusing, but so groat wa confusion, and so rapid the firing oi streut, tbat be did not hear the shot killed Mr. Martin, but is satisfied tbe talking he heard was in the bank, and that it was the controversy between Mr. Martin and his assailants. Mr. Morris saw them como ont of the bank and get on their horses. First, a saady haired man, seeming very mach excited, oame running ont and got on his horse. He then called to the others to hurry up. They seemed to be detained in the bank, probably still boping to get into the vault containing the principal treasure. Tbe Bandy-haired one oatside oalled to them hurriedly and excitedly, telling them "for God's sake to be in a hurry to come along and leave tho thing." They come out presently and hastily mounted, after which they rode around to the public square and called their companions, when all made off together, as before stated. A small iron box inside the vault was forced, and whatever valuables it con? tained, which could not be ascertained at the time, were stolon, as well ns tho treasure in the larger vuult outside tho burglar-proof department. This de? partment contained the greater part of the treasure stored in the bank, and hav? ing a combination lock, could not be opened by the robbers; Mr. Martin, it is presumed, being shot because of his re? fusal to open it for them. Tho exact amount of the money taken oould not be ascertained when our in? formant left, though it is not thought to bo more than a fow thousand dollars. The desperadoes wore greatly disap? pointed in not being able to get into the main vault. Aa soon as arms and horses could bo collected, occupying probably a half hour, a party of citizens, led by the gal? lant Capt. Hindman, started in pursuit. After going out on the Burksville road several miles, the pursued party struck aoross the oouutry and got on the So? merset road. At 5 o'clock in the after? noon, Capt. Hindman and party were on their track and in dose pursuit, beiug only a few minutes behind them. Sinoe then, they have not bean heard from. If Capt. Hindman's party came up with them, there must have been a terrible fight, for tho outlaws were doubtless desperate men, and the par surers are men who have been tried and know not what fear is. Later in the afternoon, another party started, in the hopes of overtaking and reinforcing the first.-Louisville Courier-Journal, 30th ult. Everywhere throughout the North and West, the nomination of Mr. Greeley is daily growing in favor. Upon a calm survey of tho field, it is generally ad? mitted by the supporters of his rivals that, after all, Mr. Greeley has a stronger hold upon the masses than any other man named in connection with tho high office, and that the ticket now presented is the ono best calculated to unito the various conflicting elements which make up tho great liberal movement. The yonug Democracy of tho West, among whom may bo classed Blair, Pendleton and a host of lesser lights, aro especially enthusiastic iu its support, and are already marshaling their forces to effjet its endorsement by the National Demo? cratic Convention. They affect to soe in its success tho thorough re-establish? ment of genuine Democratic ideas, if not of Democratic ascendancy, in this coun? try. Its influence upon tho National Government they seo foreshadowed by the result of Gratz Brown's election us Governor of Missouri. LI i ms eli un ardent Republican, one who gave bis voice and blood in defence of the Union, he was among tho first to realize the death of the old iseues involved in the sectional war, and went to work in the true patriotic spirit to repair the breaches made by it in our political, commercial and social institution. So effectively did he carry out this policy, as to win to his support all the Democrats of the State; and thus was Missouri endowed with a moro liberal, prosperous and universally satisfactory government than any other Southern State has been possessed of since the war. A success like this is surely a guarantee of others to follow. Tho results are controlled not so much by individual effort or party policy, as by the irresistible logic of events, from which there is no escapo. It was this whioh gave birth to tho liberal move ment; it was this which controlled its action at Cincinnati, and it is this whioh will win for it a triumph at tbe next Pre sidential election.-Nair Orleans Times. -. _ A singular case of suicido has occur red in tho commune of Gaus, France Catharine Yigaux, wife of a small culti vator, who had for some time beou troubled with religious monomania, lu boring under tho delusion that sho waa continually followed by the devil, dc tcrmined to kill herself. Kindling t fire in a large oven, such as is used in country places, tbe woman crept into it and there remained till she was disco vered, burned to a cinder. Ou a chair by the mouth of the oven sho had placed a rosary, a oruoifix and a vaso of holy water. There is a female patient in the Stook ton (California) asylum, whose insanity was oaused by tight laoicg. A brute o an editor in? giving this, Bays: "All women who lace tightly are insane-the only difference is that this ono was found out. The others will be in good time. A Wisconsin school mistress was re moved lately for "catching a yoong man up by the legs and jerking him aronnd with great force, striking the left temple against a bench or SOHO other obstacle and bruising it soveroly." The store of W. L. Reid, of Choraw was barned Sunday week, together wi contents. Tho fire was, it is believed tho work of an incendiary. The manufacturing statistics of th Census Bureau are so far completed to show that tho gross prodnots of ma ufacturos last year was ?4,000,000,01)0. A certain lawyer at Washington com plains that bis oppenrauco is so villain? ous that ho is often mistaken for thc criminal under trial. Speech of Hon. Gratz Brown. In responso to & serenado on Tueeday oTon ing, at bi? residence ia Jefferson City, Mis? souri, GOT. Gratz Drown delivered the follow? ing epeech: FELLOW-CITIZEMS, FIENDS AMO NKIOHllOIiS: Many thanks tn yon for this kind greeting and congratulation, whioh I know to bo sin? cere, and not merely formal, because of the multiplied evidences of good will in the past. That tho result of the Cincinnati Convention had not? been exactly ?neb aa your partiality would have dictated, I am well aware: and yot wo must frankly admit that, so far as Missouri is concerned, the compliment to our State, first, in tbo selection of y on* tor Bchurz to preside over tho largest and ablest politi? cal convention that over assembled in Ame? rica, and, second, if, in according the nomi? nation, by so (Uttering a unanimity, for the second office in the Government to one of your citizens, in my own humble person, leavos no oxeuse for caviling or discontent on that eooro. The first and moat impera? tive objeot to bo obtained ie success, in order to rosoue the administiation of national af? fairs from utter wreck-an object to whioh many minor oousiderations and partialities must bo sacrificed, in that light my delibe? rate judgment is, that tho eelection made for the hoad of your ticket ii the strongest that could havo been fallen upon. You will not expect trom mo any extended ?peech thia evening, or that I should enter at large upon that argument which will be Bet forth during the coming canvass to convinco tho people that such is tho fact, not only in the iutoreat of success, but equally in that ol honesty and honor. This, understand, ia de? signed rather aa a personal compliment. Such being tho case, let me hope that you will not take it amisB if I refer very briefly to some personal matters. Before going into action lt is uBual to cloar away the undergrowth in front of tho position?, to leave no cover for concealed enemies. It ia not very heroic work, and yet it may bo nono the less oppor? tune, as woll as needful. For nearly a quar? ter of a century I have been a citizen ot this State, constantly and acrimoniously involved In all oar political contests which, by Bomo strango destiny, have ever given ehape and character to tho advent of national politics Controlling the Government. "That during the floreo beata of partisan bitterneea I ahould be assailed in all ways and by all pnrpose in me? thod was not to be wondered it. With the frankness of onr Western life, when tho con? tests were ended calumnies were also buried. Thus it has fallen out that with so many tokens of unchangod confidence and regard, I recognize, oven in this hour, that I have a character which I prize above any preferment and honor, which bas been unstained by any blot, and a placo in the affections of thia peo? ple that could not have eome to me had any of those vile slander* boen true; and now, aa lt will devolve upon me again to go forth into the bittornesB, in a still wider and perhaps moro envenomed conflict than any of the past, I have only to say that you, my friendi and neighbors, who know so well tho conduct of my ?aily life, and can testify whether it bc that of purity, virtue and self-respect, and to the peoplo of Missouri, who havo with ever increasing confidence se honored mo, so high ly aud as often, I shall leave the defenoe o: my good name against any vituperation thal may assail it. Aud now to another point. I see thal already the press ol the opposition aro seiz ing upon some of the incidents of the lat? convention, distorting their significance; and seeking to BOW the seeds of jealousy anc mistrust between those who have been co workers thus tar in the causo of liberalism Tho attempt ie made to place the most dis tinguished and brilliant cbampion of om causo. Senator Schurz, io an attitude o humiliation and defence, and to imply that ai botween himself and myself there has betti some bad faith or recrimination. I know thi is dolicate ground to travel over, and yet ; feel it due to him that justiee should bo done aud by no one can that be with more know lodge than myself. I have, tbereforo, t state to you all, ?rho are our mutual friends that auch reporta are utterly without founds timi. Aa tu policios and platformn, there ha boen perfect accordance, and holding th conspiououa position which bis gonerousnea aligned hun, oarnest first of all for the sue cost of tho convention, he did not feel a liberty to mako himself the advocate of au candidato, aud loaat of all, one from his ow State. 1 appreciated and concurred in th elevation of sentiment which dictated thi coursa, and havo to aay iu all bis bearing, s far as I know, it was manly and sweeping What he contributed to the inauguration < that magnificent assemblage of tbe iodopent ont t lought of the Republican party, tb world knows, and if in the honor of ano achievement there can be defeat, then I kno not the meaning of the term, and to those c the opposition who may be comforting thei hearts with the thought that he entortan any auch feeling himself, to those who kno so well that when be enters upon the arena < popalar appeal, one blast of bia bugle horn i worth a thousand men to those who fear tb effect of bia eloquent pleadings, I am glad I be ablo to give bia assurance that from no till November he will bo found in the front < tho fight, upholding the nation and tho choit of the aonvention. Although not intending to enter upon nu general diacuaaion, yet there ia one matten sufficient iuteroet to us here at home to d maud a moment's reforence. It waa thougl by many that tho question of revenue refor would bo shaped into sumo practical form i part of the platform, and surpriue has bu? felt at its omission; but I am sure tbat i duubts on this point will vanish when it considered that the action of tho Con ve nt io in referring thia industrial topic to the peop in the Congress Diatricta, pledging the Exec live to respect that will, was tho noceaaa au,I 1 ,girai conaoqueuco of an oppoaition the centralizing tendency of tho General G vornimmt. It is, therefore, right that eu? mattera should be decided unbiased and uni lluenced by Federal influence; and thus, ai thus only, tho people eau get beet in the i form they desire and aro entitled to have ci ried. National parties are iu a large meaan types ol' Federal authority. To eubordim thus an expression on the tariff or any of thc intor-domostio policies, would be at the < pouae of all truth of utterance. A dstermir tion would bo thus imposed in advance up the people, and would not como freely fori Aa the woll-canvasaed aentiment of tb? r. tlon, it was deemed wisest, therefore, to fi rid of suoh centralization inflaonce. and ma a referenoe of theae matters, and all others like import, to localities for expraaoion: a with such a course, those anrely, of all otho who believe moat sincerely in the neoosoity revenue reform, and its ability to comme itaelf to tho confidence of oar oitizens, v have the least reason to And fault. It lo oal choice we demand a? to all mattera looal concern, and local expression as to mattera of national conoorn, uninfluenced a uncontrolled, either by Federal authority ito organized partisan type, that we m first contend for and achieve. Friendo and fellow-citizeno, I cannot ci elude without urging yon again, as I hi often in tho past, to bo un and doing, if i value your liberties. They are threatei more eerioualy than many of you realize, a military asoendanoy, laying its lines for oontrol of popular elections, by corr practices and official intervention. On other hand, you have presented to you,in person of the diatinguished candidate for Presidency namod at Cincinnati, a guarar. of portee, amnesty, reconciliation and formed administration. No man has c dared to say that Horace Groeley waa nol honest mau. He may not be what et would call a lino gentleman, of elegant n: nora und finished presence, and he ma; addicted to what are considered by then low, lo common pni tuits, tuen ad farm stock raising, looking alter thu in 'ig gat Hering supplies for the starving ann aud iJuitrating in oil ways philanthrop homo. Bat I tell Toa, my friends, that tho old white hat of his covers the largest brain and shadows the softest heart in America. Let me add, moreover, and be pardoned for Baying that, as to the matter of executive ability, I believe that the man who has served ont a long life in the conduct of a great lead? ing journal, requiring administrative talent of tbs highest order, and giving body and form to public opinion upon the most intri? cate questions of foreign complications, he will be found better qualified for the position to which he ia ao eure to be exaltod than any other who may be eelected from the camp or the CongreriB. Renewing my thanks to you, my friends, and pledging myBolf again not to be unfaith? ful to this new mark of confidence which has been bestowed upon me, 1 must close this hurried response. DEATH OF THE AUTHOR OF ''BEAUTIFUL SNOW."-A few years ago, there appeared in an American paper published in one of the Western States, an exquisite peen entitled "Beautiful Snow." The beauty of the composition secured its republica? tion in numerous journals, and at length found its way to England, accompanied by the tale that the original bad been discovered npon the person of a young woman who was frozen to death in the streets of St. Louis. For a long time, the author preserved his incognito, whilo numerous claimants sought to establish their rights to its authorship and the honors appertaining thereto. Some one who knew the true history of the poem, knew ?'so the cause of its retioence in giving its name to the world. Some months since, the secret was revealed, and Sigourney, nephew of the celebrated poetess of that name, became known as the writer. Harper's Magazine pub? lished a companion poem entitled "Beautiful Child," which is marked by all the elegance of diction and deep reli? gious feeling characteristic of its prede? cessor. Who could have thought that in a few weeks its gifted author would fill a sui? cide's grave? Yet such is the case. On the night of April 22, W. A. H. Sigour? ney was found dead in the outskirts of New York, under circumstances leading to the belief that he had shot himself. He had in early life married a Miss -, a lady of great personal attrac? tions, and with ber made a voyage to Europe. During their absenoe rumors unfavorable to her character reached the Sigourney family. The report? seemed to have been well founded, for shortly after ber return to New York she showed that the corse of the nineteenth century -the demon drink-had added another name to the list of its victims. She abandoned her husband, became an out? cast, and waa next heard of as an inmate of the penitentiary on Blackwell's Island. Her husband's love was still sufficiently strong to indues him to make on effort to save her, and through his in? fluence she was released, only again to desert her home. In the winter of 1868, the papers spoke of a yonng and beautiful woman having been found dead under the snow in a disreputable Btreet of New York. Something seemed to tell Sigourney that the body was that of his wife. Upon making inquiries, he found his surmises were but too true; and after claiming the remains, he had them interred in that "silent oily" which overlooks the busy harbor of New York. The story of that erring wife was told in the touching lan? guage of "Beautiful Snow." What won? der that he shunned the pnblioity that its authorship would have conferred 1 Henry J. Raymond, the editor o? the New York Times, was for years the friend of Major Sigourney, and obtained for him employment as a journalist, which failing health compelled him to aban? don. Circumstances connected with his death remain a mystery. Not even his obi ld, for whom he always displayed the tenderest affection, can throw any light upon it. The last effort of his genius is displayed in the poem already referred to, entitled "Beautiful Child;" which was published in our columns a few days ago. -.-? - ?s? . ? ? - - ? - - There was always something irresisti? bly comio in the story they need to tell about a foppish passenger on a Missis? sippi boat, who "just for a little fun" jumped on shore at a landing, and draw? ing a bowie-knife, rushed up toa gawky looking fellow at a wood-pile, exclaim? ing: "I've found you at last-you're the man I've been looking for." The gaw? ky looked at him for half a second, then straightened out his arm like a jibboon, and knocked the fellow overboard into ten feet water. Resuming his position against the wood-pile, he drawled out:" "Is there anybody else on this boat look? ing for me?" The publication of the "drunkards* list," at Liverpool, is found to frighten many topers into sobriety. A young lady sends in this: How to prevent chappy cheeks? Have nothing to do with cheeky chaps. Avoid Being Exposed. THE person that picked up the I POCKET-BOOK, containing an I amount of money, ou Saturday night, last, will pleaae return it to this office, without any queationa being aaked. The owner knowa the individual._May 14 1 Native Wines. ONE oaak Concord, One cask Sonppernong, Pure Qr ape Wine. ALSO, Ono hogshead Rhine wine, One hogshead Claret Wine, Will be aold very low, by the gallon or dozen. On draught thia day. E. HOPE. Y. M. 0. A. THE regular monthly meeting of tho Young Mon's Ohriatiau Association Trill bo hold THIS EVENING, in th? Jleading Room, at 8 o'clook. A full attendance ia requested, as business of importance will come before the Association. D. A. PRESSLEY, May 141_Recording 8ecrotary. True Brotherhood Lodge No. 84, A.F. M. A AN EXTRA Communication cf VVTIUO Brotherhood Lodge, No. 84, 7Vy\wilt bo held THIS (Tuesday) EVEN? INO, at Masonic Hall, at 8 o'clock. The E. A. Dogroo will bo conferred. Visiting brethren in good standing are respectfully in? vited to atteiid. By ordor of the W. M. Mav 14 1 O. M. WALKER, Secret ai y.