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London, England, 1863-07-18 00:00:00

The Confederates in Pennsylvania.

While in Chanabersburg the rebel officers and
soldiers passed round from one store to another ana
purchased whatever they desired, paying for the
same in rebel scrip. Sometimes a private would
come along who would take many things he did
not pay for, but on the whole the rebels behaved
themselves very well in this respect. They paid
liberally for what they got, and the storekeepers
did not fail to ask almost enormous prices for their
goods. The drug stores were made to suffer the
heaviest, in that the rebels laid in a good stock of
drugs and articles of medicine found at such places.
In consequence of the many payments in rebel scrip,
the tows is more than pleasantly supplied with
this Southern money. General Jenkins was very
courteous to all who approached him. One lady
asked the General to permit her to keep her ne-
groes, and he granted her request immediately,
giving her a written order to that effect. While
walking along (for he was in the habit of conversing
with the inmates of one house or another, seeing
them on the stoops), he turned to some ladies, re-
marking, " Well, ladies, I suppose we are very
unwelcome visitors here ?" The reply was, "So far
you have behaved yourself very well." ,gYes,"
said the General, our intention is to do so to the
best of our ability." The Franklin-house is the
largest hotel in the town. Here the rebel officers
(or a large portion of them) came to take their
meals. They were very polite when at table, dis-
cussed the war,:&c., with much warmth, argument,
and sophistry, but always held they were sure to

come out first best. Some of them ate voraciously,
and when they
were doing so attributed it to
the healthful €ffect of the valley air, remarking
that they had come North for the health of the
Confederacy of which they Were ti. part. They did
not all of them pay their hotel bills. The ladies
did not eppear to be much alarmed at the presence
ut so many unwelcome visitors. Undoubtedly they
were fearful all the time; but still they exhibited a
bold front. When passing along the streets many
of the rebels, privates and officers, would stop .and
converse hit a party et ladies sitting on the stoops.
Then it was that much spiritedeonversation ensued.
The ladies called them rebels, and gave them their
opinion of such people in very plain terms. The
soldiers did not seem to be at all annoyed by this;
in fact, they rather appeared to like it. In turn,
the rebels were not slow to give the Yankees about
as much condemnation as it was possible for words
to besto.4, on them. In all their conversations the
All the time they were at rebels spoke confidently of their ultimate success.
They held they had whipped the Yankees all along
on Southern soil, and now they were going to do it
couldcariousness of their on a Northern one.
Cham-
beraburg they talked loudly and largely, but from
much
theiru e h actionsala easily see they were
posi-
tion. They were on the qui vice night and day to
rmedev
repel an attack. They were under the impression
aetrythoenepre
that we had a large armed force in the valley, and
chat their front was likely to be assailed at any mo-
ment. For this reason a portion of their command
was constantly kept in line of battle towards Har-
risburg. As the rebel column was leaving town,
ont of the citizens fired at and wounded one of the
soldiers. The citizens immediately deprecated the
act. They looked upon it as a very cowardly one,
and a useless and ungenerous one too. The rebeje
had behaved themselves unusually well for soldiers
and the people would not have been surprised had
a squadron returned and set fire to the whole town
The firing was at the hands of an irresponsible per-
son, and those who had property at stake did not
like it at all.—New 3 ork World Correspondence.

ABOLITION OF METROPOLITAN TURNPIKES.
The Metropolis Turnpike-roads Act Amendment
Bill was read a third time in the House of Lords on Thurs-
day night. The great metropolitan benefit conferred by this
act is the removal on and from July, 1864, of 25 toll-gates,
and 56 side-bars. and the setting free from toll-gate obstruc-
tion of about 51 miles of road on the Middlesex (north) aide
of the Thames. The gates and bars so to be removed on
July 1 are:—Fulham—Walhamgreen, Earl's-court, and all
gates and side bars in the district ; Kensington— Hammer-
smith, Notting-hill, and all gates and side-bars in Kensing-
ton and ammersmith ; Harrow-road, Kilburn, and all gates
and side bars ; Camden-tow, —King's-road. gate, High-
street, Chalk-farm, Haversti ck-hill, and all gates and side-
bars; Camden-road—Brecknock -gate, and all gates and side-
bars in Camden-road, &c.; Kentish Town—gates in road and
all gates and side-bars near, and at G4mcester-place, &c.;
Holloway-road and all gates and aide-bars; Islington and
all gates and side bars; Bails Pond and all gates and side-
bars; Kingsland-road--Cambridge-heath, Hackney, and
all gates and side-bars in Hackney, Clapham, and Stoke
Newington; Twickenham and Teddington, all gates and
bars; and the City road Gate, and all gates and side-bars.
Since the proceedings to effect the removal of metropolitan
gates and bars commenced in 1856, eight years ago, the sub-
ject has been incessantly pressed by the Toll Reform Com-
mittee and their parhamentmry agent, Mr. J. E. Bradfield,
upon the Legislature and the Government, by deputations,
by memorials, by p.titions, and mations, questions, and
notices in Parliament. A committee of the House of Com-
mons sat in 1856, and a royal commission in 1858- 9, and in
this year the above are the results.
IHE NEW ZEALAND CHIEFS SCARED BY A SLOW.
Buck!and mentions in the Field his
vpahriylolwoeglile,aalnddiffiaceueolrtideisn,ghteorahainsa gatede
account
gett
recent reception of the New Zealand Chiefs. In despite of
mwaint ha
gtehde
tmo
theyoil
consume eighteen pounds of roasted beef. Our scientific
friend, however, frightened them not a little by introdue-
log to their notice a specimen of the harmless British
slow-worm. New-Zealand, it appears, can boast of some
very venomous specimens of the reptile tribe, and directly
the chiefs caught sight of Mr. Backland's slow-worm a
general stampede ensued : the braves fled into the garden,
and even made an ineffectual attempt to scale the surround-
jag
walls.
Eventually, however, they were pacified, re-
turned
to smoke the calumet of peace, and visited the Zoolo-
gical Garden', under the able guidance of Mr. Buckland
and Mr, Bartlett,

LITERATURE.

Mary lyndsay. By Lady Emily Ponsonby,
author ot" The Discipline of Life." 3 vols. Hurst

and Blacken.

Those who bear in remembrance " The Discipline
of Life," which appeared some years back, will not
require much recommendation to induce them to
make acquaintance with " Mary Lyndsay." Lady
Emily Ponsonby natrates her stories in the most
charming and natural manner possible, and her
stories relate to themes that are worthy of atten-
tion. A moral purpose ornaments all her writings,
the true lebson of life it is her high ambition to
enforce, but the story is not sacrificed to the moral.
The story, now before us, is interesting and enthral-
ling throughout; if it is tinged with a little melan-
choly, it will be only the better appreciated on that
account. Mary Lyndsay is a most charming
heroine—

" Beautiful as sweet,
And young as beautiful, and soft as young,
And gay as soft, and innocent as gay,
And happy (if aught happy here) as good."

Such are the charming lines selected to describe her.
She is fair, and fresh, and joyous as the morning,
and one of her admirers aptly likens her to the dawn
—4, She reminds me of twilight, the morning, not
the evening twilight—morning conquering night.
There is a dash of darkness about her, but such a
light within, that it conquers it," And, so far, it
proves in her history. The early joy of her youth is
soon overclouded with bitter sorrows, and trials, and
temptations—

"such as press
The life from out young hearts."
But the morning conquers the night. Good
triumphs over evil, as it should do, and as it always
will do, if we have only patience to wait until the
end. The various characters of the tale are drawn
with much care and discrimivation. Captain Lynd-
say, the father of the heroine, is one of the hap-
piest. Like the lady described by Pope, who,
" tolerably mild,
To make a wash would hardly stew a child,"
Captain Lyadsay is a paragon of affection, while
with most deliberate plausibility he condemns his
daughter to a complication of saictions. But to do
him justice he has no idea of the strength and
tenacity of Mary's affections, and when too late the
painful truth is made Evident, a tardy remorse re-
wards his skilful machinations. Mr. Merivale, or,
" poor old soul," as he is called by Frank Lyndsay
(a capital specimen of a good-natured good-for-
nothing), is somewhat overdrawn. Yet the jealous
way wardness of his unfortunate affection is naturally
described , and thepainf'ui misapprehensions to which
it continually gives rise are portray ed with a skilful
hand. Mrs. Clifton, the wealthy, comfortable,
good-natured friend, who takes such a violent liking
to Mary, and whogives occasionally such injudicious
proofs of her affection, is just such a character in a
novel as Mrs. Glover used to be in a play—and a
very delightful character it is! Then we have the
gallant and desperate Allan Sinclair, and his Scot-
tish clan, the melancholy household of the Meri-
vales, the homely Mts. Davis and her fashionable
daughters, and some others. But the chief interest
centres round Mary. We feel with her and for her,
and contrasting the unconscious gaiety of her girl-
hood with the experience of her after life, we find a
touching exemplification of the truthful sentence
Inscribed on the title-page of this her history—
" How much we love God, how submissive we are
to God's will, we cannot otherwise than by wil.
ticgly accepting or patiently bearing t ffirctions, well
express. Without it no sore trial of virtue can
be--without it no excellent example of goodness
has ever been."

Sir Ev erard s Daughter. By J. C. Jeaffreson
Author of "Live it Down." One Vol., pp. 263.
Allen and Co.

Wnile we read the first half of this volume, we
are inclined to regard it merely as a graceful little
domestic novelette, but, on further perusal of its
chapters, we find "Sir Everard's Daughter" to be
possessed of a very strange and powerful source 01
interest, closely relating to the mysterious influence
exercised by body and mind on a highly nervous
sensitive temperament. We will not spoil the inte-
rest of the to e for those who may take pleasure in
such investigations. The troubles of poor Lucy
Adenbroke, b9th physical and moral, actual and
imaginary, are very skilfully pourtrayed. An
earlier confession of her anxieties to some judicious
friend would have put the spectres to flight—
" Say but a word, the giant dies."

Mankind in Many Ages; an Outline of Universal
History. By Thauvzen L. von Oldekop. 1 vol.,
pp. 393. Virtue Brothers.
The authoress begs her readers to regard with
consideration the result of her labours, assuring
them that she has conscientiously done her best.
Her attempt has indeed been a most ambitious one
and is a wonderful evidence of patient perseverance.
Book I. brit fly describes the ancient peoples of Asia
and Africa—the Hebrews, the Egyptians, the Car-
thaginians, the Persians, &c. Book 11. sums up the
History of Greece. Book 111. describes that of
Rome—

"Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, Nx here are they I"
Book IV. brings us to the Middle Ages—Cnarle-
magne and the et usaders. Book V. gives a rapid
survey of modern history—the discovery of America
—the age of Louis XVI., the times of Frede-
rick the Great, &c. Book VI. describes the
American and European Revolutions. Book
VII. gives a view of contemporary his-
tory and social progress. From this very
brief epitome of an amazing catalogue some ides
may be formed of Madame von Oidekop's labours.
Her compilation will be found very valuable. and
the facts she narrates are given in a very interest.
ing manner. The appendix contains a tabular note
of all the Royal dynasties in 'the world from the
Kings of Israel and Judah down to the sovereigns
of the present day. In this enumeration we notice
two conspicuous omissions. The name of Napoleon
the Great does not appear in the list of French
sovereigns, and yet, strange to say, that of the
present Emperor is inserted ! If Napoleon 111. be
a member of an imperial dynasty, why is the name
of the founder of the dynasty omitted ? Again, in
the long list of Popes and Bishops of Rome, be-
ginning with St. Linus A.D. 67, and coming down
in continued succession to Pius IX., the name of
the last Pope, Gregory XVI. is omitted. Pius IX.
(1846) being immediately preceded in this list b)
Pius VIII. (1829). Such oversights are unaccount-
able, and impair the accuracy of this elaborate and
otherwise in many respects valuable work.

Works of Theodore Parker, Vol. IV., Discourses
of Politics. Edited by Francis Power Cobbe.

Ti iibner.

The fourth volume of the collected works of
Theodore Parker, a minister of the Congregational
Society of Boston, is now before us. As the ser-
mons which it contains relate to American politics,
the editor rightly imagines that it may be likely to
possess some interest in this country at the present
moment. None of the discourses relate to the pre-
sent ; the latest one of the collection—" A New
Lesson for the Day''—having been delivered in
May, 1856 ; but in that Mr. Parker remarks,—
" America is now in a state of incipient civil war."
The first sermon in this volume is entitled "A Ser-
mon nu War,"in which the preacher forcibly declares
" aggressive war to be contrary to Christianity." If
by aggressive war he means a war of spoliation,
of conrse he is right. The language of the discourses
is for the most part emphatic and eloquent, but
many of the sentiments will find little favour in
this country.

Lectures on Natural Moto, J. By Edward Jesse.
Second Edition. Booth.
This little volume contains a series of lectures
delivered to the fishermen of Brighton by the emi-
nent naturalist Edward Jesse. The lectures relate
to the wonders and curiosities of the animal crea-
tion, and are given in a pleasant and interesting
style, admirably well adapted for the persons
to whom they were delivered. This little book
will be a welcome addition to the working man's
reading-room or mechanics' institutes, and will Pio
be a delightful gift-book for the young.

A large Election of the rock on the Canada side of
the Salle of Niagara has disappeared, and itereased the
horse-shoe appearanco of the falls.—Canadianpapar.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE

REUTER'S TELE GRAMS.

MEXICO.
ENTRY OF GENERAL FOREY INTO THE

CITY OF MEXICO.
PARIS, JULY 15,

The Emperor has received the following despatch,
brought by one of his orderly officers from
Mexico :

" Juarez, fearing capture, took to flight, and
hastened with some troops in the direction of San
Potosi. General Baztine then occupied Mexico,
and the General-in-Chief entered the city on the
10th of June, at the head of the army, accompanied
by the French Minister and General Almonte. The
enthusiasm was at its height during General Forey's
triumphal march through the city in the midst of
200,000 inhabitauts, cheering for the Emperor, tot
Empress, and French intervention. The success of
the French has produced a great effect throughout
the country.

"I am charged to present to the Emperor five
flags and 13 banners, take❑ in different combats at
Puebla.

" The keye, in silver, of the City of Mexico have
been offered to the Emperor by the municipalities
in a letter addressed to the General-in-Chief."
A small rifled cannon, taken at Puebla, is offerea
to the Prince Imperial by the army of Mexico.

The following telegram has been received al
Mr. Reuter's office from the Peninsular and Orienta
Steam Navigation Company :