The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-06 00:00:00

removed to Johnson's Island, from which place he
sent a letter to one of his friends in this city to go to
his late boarding house, settle his bill and get his
trunk, which was to be forwarded to him on the
island above named. This news being imparted to
the military circle generally the terrible truth
flashed across their minds for the first time that
they had been entertaining and giving important
information to a spy from the Confederate army.
Measures were immediately taken to fasten upon
the sharper Belville the charge of being a spy, and
District Provost Marshal Reaney went to Johnson's
Island for that purpose. Mr. Reaney has returned
from Johnson's Island, bringing with him the spy
Belville, who is at present lodged in the MeLean
Barracks, on Third-street, to await the further
action of the authorities. His real name has not
yet been developed, the probabilities being that
13elville is fictitious. The marshal has further
learned that about two and a half years ago Bel-
vine entered the rebel service under John Morgan,
a portion of whose command, of which Belville was
a member, was detached and ordered to report to
Humphrey 11.1%rshall. General 'Marshall made Bel-
ville's acquaintance, and learning that he could speak
five different languages, and being exceedingly
shrewd withal, had charged him to come North in the
capacity of a spy. Belville went to Washington,
New York, Boston, Baltimore, St. Louis, and all the
leadng cities and posts, and adroitly succeeded in
gaining the confidence of all the military authori-
ties, from President Lincoln down. The information
be gained et the capitol from the War Department
and the cabinet offi3ers was of great importance, and
svo continually forwarded South by the under-
ground railway. When he had occasion to visit the
armies he would purchase stores for the Union
troops
and, as a sutler or agent for the Sanitary
Commission, always had free passes to every part
of the Union camp. Such was his knowledge of
all our movements that no sooner were they deter-
mined upon by our commanders than the enemy was
posted at once, and our plans checkmated or frus-
trated. It is truly marvellous how successfully he
carried on his operations. He is now kept in close
military confinement, and will be brought before a
military court-martial to be convened by General
Burnside, and tried as a spy, and, if convicted, of
which there is no possible doubt, be will suffer death
by being shot.- Oncinnati Enquirer.

The Sunday Haymaking Case.

A public meeting, convened by the National
Sunday League, was held last evening in Cam-
Newman-street, Oxford-street, Mr.
bridge-hall,
shaen in the chair, "to protest against the inflic-
tion
of punishment by fine, distraint, or the stocks,
in cases of necessary Sunday labour, and to appeal
to Parliament to amend the law relating thereto."
There was a very large attendance. Mr. Morrell,
the hon• secretary of the League, read letters from
Sir J. Walmesley, Sir J. G. Wilkinson, and others,
apologising for their inability to attend, but entirely
concurring in the objects of the meeting. The
Chairraan, in Opening the business of the meeting,
expressed his opinion that if the Leigh magistrates
had thought for one moment that their judgment
would have called down upon them the obloquy it
had done, they would have hesitated before putting
into force the provisions of an old and obsolete law
against the farmers of the neighbourhood for per-
forming an act of necessary labour. (Cheers.)
Having reviewed the whole circumstances con-
nected with the haymaking case, he concluded by
contending that the decision of the magistrates was
unjust, uncalled for, and tyrannica'. (Cheers.) Mr.
J. B. Langley moved the first resolution as follows :
~ That this meeting strongly condemns the con-
duct of the justices in the Leigh hay-harvesting
case, as an arbitrary and vexatious infliction of
punishment for necessary Sunday labour, and thanks
the gentlemen forming the defence committee for
their energetic action , by whichand the support of the
public press, the Leigh farmers have been held to
ustified in saving their crops from the
have been i
effects of ruin." Mr. John Kenney seconded the
resolution, which was carried with one dissentient.
Dr. perfit moved the second resolution :—" That
the Sabbotoian element of the country, in defiance
of public opinion, having resorted to the revival of
Acts of parliament deemed obsolete, warrants the
adoption of a new sphere of action on the part of
the National Sunday League in affording protec-
tion in cases of necessary Sunday labour." He en-
forced the resolution in a very eloquent speech,
which was received with applause by the meeting.
Mr. C. elements seconded the resolution, which was
supported
by Mr. S. Ay town, and carried unani-
mously. The following resolutions were also
adopted :-...0 That a petition to Parliament be sent
from this meeting, calling the attention of the
legislature to the necessity of devising means for
preventing the decisions of county justices on Sun-
day observance ng
made a public nuisance and
scandal.
I, That this meeting, desirous that the
"
Sunday, as far as possible, should, in addition to
purely religious duties, be made available for the
healthy recreation and moral elevation of the people,
would urge
upon Parliament, by petitions, the de-
sirability of opening the national institutions on
Sunday afternoons, being
convinced that much
labour now done at home on that day would thereby
be abandoned." The proceedings concluded with a
vote of thanks to the Committee of the League for
bringing the Leigh hay-making case before the
public, and to the chairman for presiding on the
occasion.

CANINE MADNESS CURABLE.—The generally re•
ceived opinion that this disorder is constantly fats,
questioned. The Abeille Ilf!di-
cae
surgeon, ig
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to
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letter
tter seriouslye
from M. E. Decroix, a veterinary
arrives at the following conclusions :
lg under canine madness may
die w
2. That a subject in whom
the disorder is characterised by such fits, their frequency is
. Thattho without a a subject
ny
fit
o labouring a b
frenzy.ouri
in the direct ratio of exterior provocation. 3. That a dog
may, in a violent fit of anger, communicate the disease by
a bite, and yet continue to enjoy perfect health; and 4.
That there are examples which show that communicated
rabies is capable of cure, either spontaneously or by means
of a proper treatment. The first two points were the sub-
ject of an article we gave a few weeks ago ; the third is
rendered probable by an observation published some time
ago by m. rat6gnat; as to the fourth, the cases quoted by
our author aro certainly conclusive. In the first, a dog inocu-
lated with the saliva of a man attacked with the disease, a
fortnight after displays all the symptoms of quiet madness,
which gradually diminishes in intensity, and at length
disappear entirely in the course of 43 days without any
remedy being applied. The second case was much the same.
In the third case, a man and his wife were bitten by an un-
known dog. A month later the man died of confirmed
rabies at the hospital. Two days after his death his wife
was taken ill and received into the hospital, where the phy-
sician pronounced her disorder to be rabies, nevertheless she
got better and eventually recovered. The doctor then said
he had been misled by the symptoms, and that the disorder
was not rabies. The question at once presents itself— a hat
was it then? Either rabies has definite symptoms which
may be easily recognised, or there must be a disorder as yet
unknown, which has the same symptoms and yet is not
rabies. Is it not more logical to confess at once that rabies
is not al ways incurable ? The fourth case is one reported in
1777 by the surgeon Beudon. A sow and a little dog were
both bitten by a mad dog, which afterwards ran away, but
returned two days after in a pitiable state. Beudon had it
put into a cage, and for several days it displayed all the
symptoms of rabies. Beudon then caused vinegar to boil
in the cage, so as to expose the animal to the fumes. By
degrees the patient got better, and at length recovered. Six
days after the infliction of the bite the sew became raging
mad, a mate which lasted seven hours. Beudon took ad-
vaLtage of a momentary respite to cause boiling vinegar
to be lot down into the sty. When this vinegar got
cool the sow drank some and got better ; vinegar was
then mixed with its food, and in the course of a few
days the animal was medically cured. The little dog had
no symptoms at all. It may now be asked whether these
cures were spontaneous er owing to the vinegar. At all
events, these cases show that there is a possibility of reco-
very; and N. Decroix thinks that among all the nostrums
proposed as specifics for this terrible affection, there may
happen to be one of real value, but rejected on account of
this preconceived opinion of thc, incurability of the disease.