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mi~mim~mmm~m*mmmmmmmmm,mmmmmmmm,mmmmmmmm^mmmmmmm ??? % Foreign. AiTalr?, PARIS, May 27.--Gen. Uhlrioh, who waa BO severely censured by the commis? sion on capitulations, in their report on the surrender of Strasburg, has been re? lieved from active service in the army. LONDON, May 27.-The Government has determined to pardon the Fenians. Despatches announcing the passage by the United States Senate of the reso? lution advising President Grant to nego? tiate an additional article to the treaty of Washington, for the settlement of the indireot olaims dispute, were received here yesterday. Tho effect of the favor? able vote ia seen in the market for Amo rioan securities, this morning, which opened ?rmer, with an advanoe on the prices of Saturday last. The London journals comment at some length npon the result of the Senate's deliberations. The Times says: "The action of the United States Senate is important, as justifying England in the eyes of all the word in the position she has taken with relation to indireot olaims. America will find it hard to uphold the demands which she herself confesses are doubtful. Grant, in consulting with the Senate before aoting npon the proposition of Gran? ville, has greatly strengthened his own position." The Telegraph says: "Am or i ca has proved that she prefers justice to na? tional vanity. The love of honest deal? ing and mutual consideration exhibited by both England and Amerioa, promisee well for the future of the world." The Standard thinks it better to mode? rate its congratulations, and suspend itt opinion, until it knows more of the arti? cle to be negotiated, and what it wil! commit England to do or pay. PRAGUE, May 27.-Heavy and de strnotive rains have prevailed in thii vicinity for the past few days. Th? stream of water which fell was so grea ?s to inundate the surrounding country Several villages and the growing cropi have been swept away, and numbers o . lives have been lost, but it is not state t exaotly how many. /vincilean inteingccco. . WASHINGTON, May 26.-The statemen I made some days since in a portion of th Western press, that the river reports o the signal bureau were to be disoonti nued after the 1st of June, is incorrect Instead of being discontinued, they ar to be materially improved on that date so as to render them of even greate value to the river interests than at pre eont. The endorsement by the Senate of a additional article to the treaty of Wast ington was governed by a strong desire in which the President Bhared, to remo? the differences whioh threatened the prc seoation of the arbitration under tb treaty, whioh a year ago the same Senat emphatically ratified, and whioh was di signed to settle, in an amicable manuel all causea < of difference between tb United States and Great Britain. It \ known, from offioial and private advice, that Great Britain was determined i withdraw from the arbitration, shoul the United States persist in the presei tatton of olaims for indireot damage and it is further known that the Unite States was, for- some time, nnder thei circumstances, disposed to throw the ri sponsibility of the threatened failure i the treaty upon Great Britain, our G vernment insisting that it had a right \ I present these olaims with the others b fore the tribunal, in order that the pri I * oiple involved might be settled, thouj not expecting to receive a moneyed co sideration, and Great Britain, with i B view of tho case, was disposed to thrc I the responsibility of the failure ' arbitration upon the United States. Tl fi vote taken last night in the Senate ian fi garded as an expression of the views fl a large majority of the Senate agaii I olaims for indireot damages, in view oi fi like admission on the part of Great B B tain against the United States in a fate H contingency, and nnder oironmstanc i similar to those in whioh the objectioi H ble class of olaims originated. T President, aa thus advised, has airead H by the Seoretary of State, taken BK |?v sores, through the Atlantic cable, BL proenre the assent of the British Gove; H meat to the article as amended by t H Senate, with a view of patting in trei BB form a declaration against indirect < MB mages, whioh the United States hi '"fi now abandoned, and whioh Great I SH tain asserts she never claimed for herc Wm ?3 against other powers. During 1 ag consideration of the subject in exeoat j session, it was thought at times that I / j article would fail of receiving the req fi j eite vote of. two-thirds, owing to t I contrariety of views presented. Not 1 I than six amendments were offered W efleat the desired ond. Conflicting ||| j ports prevailed aa to the vote advia . i and consenting to the President's ne fi tiatiBg a treaty on the proposed ba B9 but forty ogaiuBt niue seems to be BS moro reliable statement-a number I Senators, though present, not voti B The article, as endorsed, is chang?e fil phraseology from the original, thoi BJ preserving the principle sought to ? ? established by the two Governments v fi regard to consequential damages. ' Bj precise language of the article will Bj be officially made known until it a ; hove been ratified, and it is certain 1 i if the doable injunction of seoreoy B^ posed on Senators shall be respected all of them, it cannot be known thro that source. Althoagh many Sena lust night declined to givo any hint, even refased to converse upon the i jeot, the result of the action of the nate was known by those whose busi it was to seek for the information, wi half? an hoar after that body had te nated their nine hoars' continuous sion, with the doors dosed and goer and other precautions taken to pre unauthorized disclosures. It is beli . Great Britain will assent to the modi tion of the article, as she now, witt 1 United States, is anxious for the trib of arbitration to proceed without foi hindrance. According to report, debate on the aabjeot before the Senate was earnest throughout, tbe majority of those who participated in it being influ? enced by a desire to rom ovo o bstr no? tions, in a way which would preserve the national dignity; while a few others were inflexible in their opposition, as if assent to the waiving of the claims for indireot damages woald bo lowering the American flag to the dost and allowing the British to walk over it. The subject will next come before the Senate on the ratification of the article. The Senate having concluded the interrogation of its members regarding cure in preventing their copies of the seoret correspondence and proposed artiole from reaching out? side parties, it may now prosecute the investigation concerning the publication of the dooument, with a view to emphatic aotion in the premises. NEW ORLEANS, May 20.-A salute was fired thiB evening, ia Lafayette Square, and there was a Greeley and Brown ratification mooting at St. Charles Thea? tre, largely attended. NEW YORK, May 27.-Paul Lowe, son of ex-Governor Lowe, of Maryland, has been arrested. Ho admits using u re? volver in defence of a friend, whereby three persons were wonnded. A mass meeting of the Eight Hours' League, composed of oabinent makers and others, was held this evening* at Harmony Booms, and another of the trades in general at the Assembly Booms, at whioh congratulatory speeohes were made and resolutions adopted, over the success of the recent strikes. An immense meeting of Quakers was held, yesterday morning. Samuel Jan ney preaohed against the doctrine ol atonement, and Luoretia Motte delivered an eloquent address on the peace of na tiona. It is said the cotton oom mission house whose failure was announced on Satur day, was the firm of Dibble, Worth k Co It is reported that nine Greek crimi nais, of the worst class, have beei released, on condition of their emigrat iog to the United StateB, and are now 01 their way to New Orleans, via Falmouth England, in the Italian bark Agamem non. Tho gang inoludes some of th Marathon murderers. A Havana dispatch says Venezueliai advices received via St. Thomas stat that President Blasco hau captured Ya lenoia, and Halagar, the ex-rebel ohiel tain, has been captured, court martiale* and shot. WASHINGTON;, May 27.-The doy c adjournment is not certain. It is snr. posed the Senate will ask the House t extend the session at least till Monday otherwise the tariff fails; the House however, has oontrol, and should a mi jority refuse, or a minority fillibuete: the session closes at noon on Wedneeda' The probability is that the House wi indulge the Senate. CAMAROO, MEXICO, May 25.-G en er Covallos has received news from Mont rey that the revolutionists are fortify ir rapidly. Apparently Trevino and Que roga will make a stand. Gen. Quere: is near Le?ares, with a small foro Oorrella and Zepeda are near Saltill and will soon be io front of Monters It is doubtful if Gevalloa' cavalry will 1 remounted in time to move against tl enemy. Nsw YOEE, May 27-Evening. -T 9 A. M. train from New York, on t New Jersey Central Bailroad, was ri into by the 7.10 A. M. train from Phil delphia, on the Pennsylvania Cent] Road, at Elisabeth, this morning. T Central Road train was standing at t station, its rear oar extending over t Pennsylvania Road. This oar was stra by tho looomotivs of the other tra turned over and almost demolish? Six persons were injured-soma severe The engineer of the Pennsylvania tn says bia patent air brakes would i work, and he ooold not atop the traiu The tug boat Epaalon exploded, t afternoon, her boiler, in Eaat River, < posite pier 19, killing the engineer, 1 captain and hia brother, named Hollai Beok, and two others, names unknov A man standing ou pier 18 waa wound it ia aupposed fatally. Tho tug ha ahip in tow. A barouohe containing four men, vi escaped, killed a boy aged eleven. The new boiler of the bleaohing wo on Crease street and Girard avenue ploded to-day, killing a man, fate wounding a girl and hurting six perso In the Methodist Oonferenoe a mot is pending that tho restrictions pla upon Bishop Roberts, who presides o the Liberia Conference, in Africa, removed, and he be elevated to the dignity of Bishop, and admitted to I Oonferenoe. A oolored delegate dressed the Conference on the qaesl of a Seoretary of the Freedmen's Society, and said he was sorry to se this Oonferenoe a disposition to k oolored men off the committee. He t moved ' that the seoretary be a ooh man. An eleotion waa then taken, resulted in the choice of Rev. Dr. R Rust. R. L. Dashiel, L. M. Eddy J. M. Reed were eleoted missionary retarles. Dr. Kioette was eleoted Se tary of the Ohuroh Society. . BUFFALO, May 27.--Rev. John Robie, editor of the Christian Advo one of the oldest Methodist ministei Western New York, died suddenly, terday, at Cowlesville, of apoplexy. ALEXANDRIA, VA., May 27. -freight train oh the Orange, Alexei and Manaaaaa Bailroad ran over a < aboal eight miles from here, thia e ing, throwing the engine and cara of track, killing two brakesmen and ooaly wounding the fireman. PHILADELPHIA, May 27.-St. Jc Oommandery of the Knights Tee left for Boston, in fall uniform, t absent a week. MEMPHIS, Maj 27.- John Whi [Colored man, who killed two men wounded several others, abbat < months ago, while resisting arres President Island, has been found g of m arder iii thu firat degree. He apneal to tho Supremo Court. WASHINGTON, Moy 27-EveuiDg . the Senate, a bill waa reported for the payment of Kentucky's war olaims, and unanimously adopted. The Judiciary Committee was discharged from the con? sideration of petitions allowing foreign? ers to become President, a constitutional acknowledgment of God, and the exclu? sion from office of persons addicted to liquor. The tariff and tax bill was re? sumed. The discussion developed the faot that the Senate had determined to hold baok action on appropriation bills, thus compelling the House to prolong its session. In the House, the Brazilian steamship subsidy waa discussed, when au in? creased subsidy was again rejected, by 79 to 112. Dawes moved to suspend tho rules, and adopt a concurrent resolution extending this session till noon, on the 3d of Jisne, at 12 o'clock. He said he had no doubt that unless the session were extended, there would be an extra session of Congress, to whioh there would be no limitation. He believed that the Senate would get through with its business by Monday next. The reso? lution was adopted, by 133 to 24. The Conference Committee on Postal Appro? priations Strock out the Brazilian steam? ship subsidy, and the bill was passed. Lieut. Henry Porter, of the revenue marine, is dead. Probabilities-Clear and pleasant wea? ther with Northerly winds will prevail on Tuesday North and North-west of the Ohio Valley; clear and clearing weather, with Northerly to Westerly winds, ovei the South Atlantic, Middle and Ne* England States. Au aroa of cloudy ano1 possibly threatening weather, will extern' Eastward over Arkansas and lower Mis souri. Clear weather will continue ovei the Gulf States. HAVANA, May 27.-The steamor Edga: Stewart, the United States steamer Wy oming, and the Spanish war vessel Bor Ria, left Kingston on the 16th. Tin Wyoming, being slow, dropped astern when the Borgia gained on the Stewart whioh refuged in the shoals and escaped The Stewart was seen five leagues fron Santiago de Cuba, and was fired at b; the gun-boat Gaoetta. Financial an.-* Commercial. LONDON, May 27-Noon.-Consol 93^. Bonds 90?$. FRANKFORT, May 27.-Bonds 96%. PARIS, May 27.-Rentes 55f. 52o. LIVERPOOL, May 27-3 P. M.-Cotto opened firm-uplands ll)s@ll%; Ol leans 11%@11%. LONDON, May 27-Evening.-Conso 93%@93%. Bonds stiffer. FRANKFORT, May 27.-Bonds 96%. LIVERPOOL, May 27-Evening.-Co ton closed unchanged; Bombay shij menta to the 27th, siuce last repor 21,000 bales. NEW YORK, May 27-Noon.-Steel steady. Gold steady, at 13%. Mont steady, at 6. Governments very strou. State bonds firm and quiet. Exchange long 9%; short 10%. Cotton nominal higher and exoited; sales 2,996 bales uplands and Orleans 2.5%. Flour ai corn dull. Pork ?dull-mess 13.65( 13.75. Lard quiet-Bteam 9%?9 5-1 Freights quiet and steady. 7 P. M.-Money active, at 7. Sterlii firmer, at 9%. Gold 13%@13%. G veramente advanoed %@%o. Tenn? sees firm; North Carolinas, old, wea South Carolinas, new, steady; marls dosed very quiet. Cotton unsettle sales 3,610 bales-middling 26. Flo quiet-common to fair extra 8.60(?ll.( good to choice 11.05@13.25. Whisk dull, at 92. Winter wheat a sba stronger; spring steady. Corn low< some inquiry for future delivery. Cofi quiet and nominal, at 15@18% for R Sogar easier-fair to good refining 8(2 Cuba 8%@9%; Havana 9. Molasses fair request-Cuba 82@35. Rice qui at 8%@9%. Pork dull, at 13.50@13.< Beef quiet-7.60@9.50 for plain me 10.00? 12.00 for extra. Lard steady, 8%@9>?. Freights to Liverpool wi out decided ohange. Sales of futur to-day, 26,250 bales, as follows: li 24%, 25%; Jone 24%, 25 5-16; J 25 1-16, 25%; August '21%, 25)?; S tomber 22%, 23%; Ootober 20%, November 19%. 20; December 19 19*. CINCINNATI, May 27.-Flour etea Corn drooping, at 51@52. Pork t and nominal. Lard quiet and changed-kettle 8%. Bacon demi light and firm-shoulders 5%; si 7%(?)7%. Whiskey exoited, at 88. ?T. Louis, May 27.-Flour qn Corn lower. Whiskey higher, at Pork quiet, at 12.75. Bacon only limited jobbing demand. Lard firm 9%. LOUISVILLE, Mny 27.-Bagging maud light, but holders firm. Flour aotive and unchanged. Corn qui? sacked and delivered 67(3)68. Pr sions quiet and unchanged. Pork 12 Shoulders 5%; dear Bides 7%. Pac lard 9@10, with %o. advance on oi lots. Whiskey firm, at 86. BALTIMORE, May 27.-Cotton sti -middling 25% @ 25%; receipts halon; sales 1,398; stock 4,522. BOSTON, May 27.--Cotton etroi middling 25%; receipts 416 bales; t 500; stook 15,000. GALVESTON, May 27.-Cotton qui good ordinary 20%; receipts 34 b sales 172; stook 5,742. MOBILE, May 27.-Cotton firm diing 23@23%; receipts 127 bales; > 800; stook 9,576. PHILADELPHIA, May 27.-Cotton < -middling 25%@25%. SAVANNAH, May 27.- Cotton firm ia go jd demand-middling 23% oeipts 282 bales; Bales 450; stook 8,3 WILMINGTON, May 27.-Cotton fi middling 23; stock 2,180 bales. CHARLESTON, May 27.-Cotton sti unsettled and nominal-middling 2 ooipts 565 bales; salen 50; stook 8,35 NORFOLK, May 27.-Cotton qu middling 23%@23%; receipts 321 t sales 50; stook. 1,669, AUGUSTA, May 27.-Cotton firm diing 23%; receipts 47 bales; sales 1 Naw ORLEANS, May 27.-No doing in flour. Corn 75@7t>. dull-mess 13.12%. Bacon dull, i @8>?; Bugar-oared hams eoarce, ai 11%. Lard quiet-tierce, packors 9; refined 9X@9%; keg, kottle 10%; rofined 11@ bagar quiet and firm-fair to fully fair 8>?(a)9^. Molaasea firm-in? ferior 30@32?^ ; common 35@40. Coffre -ordinary l?>?; fair 17%@18; good 18%(#18>?; prime 18>?@19. Cotton strong-middling 23j?; receipts 1,238 bales; sales 3,500; stock GI,566. "THE SHOUT AND SIMPLE ANNALS OF THE Poon."-It would be impossible to tell a more harrowing story than was re? vealed to a coroner of tbe Wost end of London at the inquest held upon the body of a journeyman shoemaker, who had killed himaelf and four of bia chil? dren. One of the surviving children gave tho following puthetio pioture of the deserving poor: "My father, before he killed himself, used to work for Mr. David Moore, shoe? maker, of EdgwareRoad; ho could not get much work to do, and sometimes he was so ill when he did have it, he could hardly do it at all;.he had a pair to make on Saturday, and they were to have been rights and lefts; roy father made a mistake, and made them both for the right foot, and when he took them in on Saturday night they went on at him; then my father told them that be would make them two lefts to match, bat his master said he couldn't be bothered with him in that way, and that my father was to take the lasts back, and all the mate? rials that he had got, and that he should not give him any more work; then when be came home oe Saturday night, he told mother he didn't know whatever he should do, and that he wished he had never como to Londou, and that he could get back again to Plymouth, where we could have a house all to ourselves, like we used to have; be said he didn't liku us living and sleeping in those two little close rooms, where we couldn't get any air, and now that tho master had took bis work away, we should all be starved. My mother then told him to never mind, as we hadn't been quite starved yet, and we shouldn't quite starve as long as she could go ont and get a day's washing; and then she said ho musn't be down? hearted, as his master's wasn't the only place in the world, and she dared say that after a bit, he would be able to get a bit of work somewhere. They were talking in that way when we went to bed; and then, on Sunday, when my father got up, he was very ill, aad said his head ached BO bad he didn't know what to do; then all Sunday afternoon my mother was bath? ing his head with vinegar, and telling bim to never mind, aa we should get on all right after a bit; he said he woald not care if he coald get some work himself, but he coald not bear the idea of mother having to go out to work for all of UH; he then told mother be thonght he should make way with himself, and he was going on so bad on Sunday night that mother put his razor away, and we went to bed; I don't know whether he went to the work-house to get some re? lief on Monday morning or not, but I think he went out for a little while; I was ont when he killed my brothers and sisters, and did not know anything of it till little Joey Minnear come and told me ho saw blood under the door, and I fotehed my mother." A day or two since, Wm. Beard sent word to Gen. Cooper, United States Re? venue Collector for this District, that daring his absence some ene had left a barrel cf whiskoj st his place of busi? ness, and as it was unstamped, and he didn't wish to get into any tronble, be hoped the General would send down and remove it. This was enough for the collector, and, accompanied by a deputy, Gen. Cooper proceeded to Beard's store and asked to be shown "that barrel of whiskey." Mr. Beard, with a twinkle in his eye, pointed to a fellow snoring in a oorner, dead drunk, and told him that waa tho whiskey he meant, as he judged from his adaptability to inebriety that he wonld hold about a barrel. Gen. Cooper resembles John Randolph in point of piety, and persons passing thought he had gone to see a lady who had disappointed him from his allnsion to "Helen'Blazes." That liquor wasn't gauged.-Knoxville Chronicle. REVOLUTIONARY RELIO.-A corres? pondent of the Abbeville Press and Ban? ner, writing from Ninety-Six, says: Ninety-Six is full of revolutiouary memories, and these were brought to mind a few days since by the discovery of an old gold coin, ploughed up in a field near the "Star Fort," having the head of ono of the Georges and the date 1716. Its intrinsic value was estimated at ten dollars. It is now in the hands of Mr. Hale, an enterprising merohant of the town. The Marianna (Fla.) Courier says that' the County jail of Calhoun County has not had an inmate in over four years, and the County Commissioners have de? cided to let it be used for a better pur? pose-a oorn orib. It hus accordingly been converted into that useful adjunct tc a farm, and Calhoun believes that she has made a good trade of it. Ia tearing up the roof of tho court house at Edwardsvillo, III., last week, tho workmen discovered the skeletons of pigeons piled op by the hundreds. ? defeot in the cornice enabled the pigeons to get in, but they were unable to get out again. Burklin, the St. Louis man who Bhot his wife and then fired a ballet into his own brain, still oarries the bail in hia brain. He ia in perfect health, and has nothing to remind him of the shot but a red apot in hie forehead andan occasion? al uneasy feeling in the baok of the head. The elegant residenoe, No. 242 South Twelfth street, near Hpraoe, Philadol phia, has been engaged and fitted up as the headquarters of the South Carolina delegation to tho National Republican Convention, whioh meets ia that city on the 5th of June. CAPT. KIDD'S TREASURE.-The for tu no-hunters of New Jersey have some ?ew discoveries to speculate upon, and if the assertions of some recent finders of coin are to be believed, one of their number has at last definitely located the spot where the pirate Kidd concealed his treasure. From Cold Spring, Cape May County, comes a story of the discovery of a chest containing $30,000, on the Diok Thompson farm, near Fishing Crook. Two men, one of whom bears the name of Qarrotson, wore digging ditches on the farm, whioh is now owned by Oarretson, when they hauled up the mouey ohest. The coin, they say, is eo old that it is scarcely possible for them to tell the exact value of the pieces, but the larger part is gold, the coins being about the size of twenty dollar gold pieces. It is said, furthermore, that Capt. Kidd's namo was found imprinted on the chest. There has been a periodi? cal excitement in the place for the last forty years, and this report has caused a sensation that has affected the country for miles around. Au oysterman, Jeremiah Yan Pelt, also claims to have found traces of Capt. Kidd, or somebody else, near Elizabeth port. While dredging for oysters off the shore, on Saturday, he raked up three silver pieoes, the inscriptions upon which are scarcely legible. Money has often been found at the same spot before, a'nd about forty years ago hundreds of trea? sure-seekers dug np the land before the sea had encroached upon it. TUE SUCCESS or OUR STEAMERS.-The steamships leaving onr city for Northern ports are doing an extensive and profit? able trade, giving the best assurance of their good management and popularity. Tho favorite steamship Champion, of the "Adger Line," left on Saturday with about 100 passengers, among whioh our German citizens were well represented, and whose friends were on the wharf in large numbers to seo them depart. The Champion had also a valuable freight, among whioh were 1.U15 bales cotton and 2,347 boxes vegetables. The steam? er Sea Gull, for Baltimore, took a good cargo, among which were .202 bales cot? ton, 89 tierces rice and 500 packages vegetables.-Charleston News. SMASH OF THE WOODHUTITJ-CLAFIJN BANK.-The New York correspondent of the St. Louis Republican says: The Woodhull-Claflin banking house is going (or has gone) to smash. Yon never heard of any business transaction ever occurring there, except when some unfortunate school ma'am from the in? terior wanted to join the Human Bights party, and put her hard-earned 8500 in Victoria's bony elaw to invest. Victoria talked margin like a curbstone broker, and the behool ma'am has had a margin for reflection upon her permanent in? vestment ever since, that law suits have failed to reoover. lt is now authoritatively stated that the Philadelphia Convention will consist of 714 delegates, 412 of whom are pledged to vote for Gen. Grant. Should nothing occur to change the aspect of affairs in. the interval, his nomination will be a ?ero "matter of form." Greeley's, on the contrary, was "a matter of reform." First Soot-"Wha has been hitting Sandy Johnson? He bas gotten a wafo' black eye." Second Soot-Ay, ry; young Aleck an' me saw him coming along the road last Sabbath day, whistlin'as happy like as if it bad been the middle of the week, so we jual tuma'uei Lim wee!, but we didna ken till after we had dan it that he was only whistlin' for his dog." Colonel G. was very fat, and being a bankrupt, was met by one of his cr?di? tera with a "How do yon do, Colonel?" "Pretty well; you see I hold my own yet." "Yes," said the other, "and mine, too, to my sorrow." A oollege student being examined in Locke, where he speaks of oar relation to the Deity, was asked, "what relation do we most negleot?" He answered with the utmost simplicity," "A poor rela? tion." AU the liquor shops of Washington arc dosed on Sunday. The only place where you can get a drink on that day is at tho White House, and then it is to your advantage to be a brother-in-law or cousin. Fort Wayne, Ind., loves the memory ot her dead soldiers. At a recent meet? ing held to arrange a decoration day programme, two persona were in attend? ance, one to report the prooeedinge. Wm. T. Davis committed suicide at Powhatan C. H., Va., Saturday, by shooting himself in the mouth with a gun. Pecuniary embarrassment is the supposed cause. "No woman ain't got no right to set on a jury, unless she is a man, and every lawyer knows it, and I don't believe it anyhow," was the conclusive argument of a Wyoming statesman. "My dear," said a husband to his bet? ter half after a quarrel, "you will never bo pormitted to go to heaven." "Why not?" "Because you will be wantdd as a tormentor down below." Conneotioat should bo credited with the laziest fisherman. The individual in question is a "fifteenth amendment," who ties his fish-line to his dog, and when he gets a bite, kioka his dog. Tho Newark (N. J.) Journal publishes a letter from Montgomery Blair, show? ing how, in his opinion, the Democrats can support Greeley. A Philadelphia oity passenger railway oar was stopped by highwaymen on Wednesday, and the conduotor robbed and beaten so that he will probably die. The Mormon paper at Salt Lake City says that the monster petition of the Utah womeu to Congress agaiust the ad? mission of Utah as a State was a fraud. 600,000 sewing amohines, amounting in valuo to $25.000,000, are annually Bold in this country. Sew industry thrives. AMNESTY AND THE TEST OATH.-A de spatch (rom the South, which represents that the test oath of March, 1862, still continues to operate disfranchisement, notwithstanding the passage of the amnesty Aot, is quite a mistake. The test oath Act was modified in the last Congress so as not to apply to those whose disabilities have been relieved by tho aotion of Congress. Therefore, every person who is relieved by the recent amnesty Act is eligible to any office on simply taking an oath that they will remain loyal to the Constitution and tho Government, and that they will BO swear, without any mental or other reservation whatsoever. It is not true, therefore, as the despatch alluded to states, "that the great mass are still barred from holding the most insignifi? cant clerkship in the gift of the Federal Government." The only class still dis? franchised is that speoially excepted by the law, which went into effect on yes? terday. Tho best proof of the con? trary is, that it enabled Mr. Rodgers, of North Carolina, to take the modified oath and his seat in Congress. The passage of the amnesty Act will dispose of a number of cases in Federal Courts where suits are pending against persona who have held office contrary to the fourteenth amendment. One of the most important of these is that pending in the United States Supreme Court against ex-Senator Nicholson, of Ten? nessee, who holds a seat on the supreme bench of that State. [ Wash. Cor. Baltimore Sun. STATE DEMOORATTO CONVENTION.-We notice in the FHONIX, a call made by the State Executive Committee for a Convention of the Democratic porty, for the purpose of sending delegates to the Baltimore Convention. With our present convictions we are sorry to see thiB call made. In our opinion, no good will come to us by taking part in this Convention, or in the contest whioh is to follow it. By taking part in it, we com? mit ourselves to abide its aotion, and wo offer a pretext and cn opportunity to noisy politicians to embroil us in a poli? tical excitement, from whieh nothing but evil oan como. If we are to have a State Convention, let ua pass resolutions condemning any farther nominations and send no delegates to Baltimore. [Carolina Spartan. If distance lends enchantment to the view, it muat surely be admitted that it as often lenda to indifference. The hor? rible events which for six montba and more have been passing in Persia have not, we will venture to say, caused many inhabitants of New York very poignant sympathy. Yet history reoords no more terrible epoch in a nation's history. A telegram from an officer of engineers, dated from Teheran early in the month, aaya that he arrived safely, as he tra? veled with a considerable force, but-for the famine has completely disorganized the eonntry-the road waa very nnaafe for small parties. He proceeds to aay that the orops are magnificent and the water abundant, but the final stage of faaaine ia more terrible to witnesa than the first. The road ia strewn with half eaten corpses, and cannibalism ia com? mon. THE DUMB TAUGHT TO SPEAK.-It ia said that Prof. Rising's "Institution for the improved instruction of deaf mutes," in New York, baa succeeded so well that a class with only six months' training can pronounce words with re? markable faoility and clearness of utter? ance. An oldei class at the exhibition oould read the Professor's commanda by the motion of bia lipa, and repeat thea after him, or answer them rapidly, audi? bly and distinctly. He says it ia hard to teach them to speak aleud, but it has been demonstrated that the dumb can be taught to apeak, and the deaf to aupplement their aurioular defect in a large measure by lip reading. On Thursday a terrible aeeident oc? curred st Centre village, Broom Coun? ty, N. Y. It seems that, while Major Joseph A. S.Austin was in the saw-mill, at that place, the sleeve of bis coat caught in the large ci rou lar saw, draw? ing him around and about it, and out ting hie arm from the shoulder. He was seen to raise himself, whan he staggered I toward the saw again, which caught him in the bair, cutting off bia bead. The Major was seventy-three years of age, and had ever made himself respected and beloved by all. The oity editor of the Jacksonville Journal, io writing au obituary of a "highly respectable oitizen," says: "He has gone to that undiscovered burn." The sorrowing relations of the highly respectable are now looking for that man. An editor, who had been solioitiag "short articles" from the subscribers to his paper, lately received a baby's un? di r-g&r menta, somewhat dilapidated, but short enough? doubtless, to meet all re? quirements. A billiard-room keeper was bound over to the Atlanta City Conrt to answer to the charge of allowing minora to play at billiards. A young girl, fourteen years of age?, living near Rookbridge, Va., oan repeat nearly the whole of the New Testament. Notice. MR. P. B. JA.OOB9 is authorized to collect money of the subscribers to ausist in th? building of a Synagogue. HANDY 80LOMON, President of Congregation "Dareka Amatb." May 28_l_ Brick! Brick!! 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