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London, England, 1865-07-18 00:00:00

some time avert the famine which is impending. The
crops are all short, however, and later this year des-
titution must prevail. Prince George county, Vir-
ginia, is said to be in a destitute condition, and the
Government will at once send supplies there. Sup-
plies are also being sent in large quantities to
Atlanta, to avert the starvation said to be most im-
minent in a large section of Northern Georgia.
Governor Pierpoint, of Virginia, has authorised
seven more counties of that State to reorganize, and
elect justices of the peace and other county officers.
The factions in Virginia, however, almost stop all
reconstruction. The Radicals in Richmond are be-
having very foolishly. Their latest exhibition of
wrath is against a bust of John Tyler, ex-President
of the United States, which stands in the State
Library of Virginia. They demand its removal, and
it is reported the bust will accordingly be consigned
to obscurity. Such senseless anger against things
that cannot harm us is most ludicrous. You have
already heard of the famous order of Admiral Terry,
commanding at Richmond, declaring slavery to be
abolished in Virginia. This order was issued on
June 23. It declares slavery to be at an end, and
that negroes shall hereafter enjoy the same personal
liberty as whites, and their testimony shall be ad-
mitted in all courts of justice. It is announced on
good authority that this order had caused great
alarm in Virginia, and the provision admitting
negroes to testify against whites it is feared will
cause much trouble. This, however, is feared of
all innovations. There is a report that another
order is contemplated, giving the negroes in Vir-
ginia the right of suffrage. So long as President-
Johnson is opposed to negro suffrage, however, this
will scarcely be permitted. The negroes of Vicks-
burg, Mississippi, have sent a memorial to the Presi-
dent asking for the right to vote. They have not
confined it to this, however, for their memorial
contains an elaborate protest against Judge Sharkey,
the newly appointed Governor of Mississippi, show-
ing that some white man is at the bottom of the
matter.

On June 30 a meeting of citizens of Richmond
was held, at which a petition to President Johnson
was framed, asking that the $20,000 exception clause
in his amnesty proclamation be revealed, as it was
causing great embarrassment in the transaction of
business. By this clause every man of means in the
South is outlawed, and, of course, trade must re-
main at a standstill or be monopolised by the few
who are so lucky as to procure pardon. This ex-
enaptinn will, no doubt, be repealed, for it is based
on no solid reason.' There is no reason why a rebel
worth $20,000 should be punished, when one worth
£19,000 is permitted to go free. Indeed, the am-
nesty proclamation has been found so unwieldly,
because the exceptions from pardon are so sweep-
ing, that there is very little doubt that in a few
weeks it will be materially modified. Among the
latest applicants for pardon are S. R. Mallory, of
Florida, Confederate Secretary of the Navy, Alfred
Rhett, of South Carolina, and Judge Campbell, of
Alabama.

Mexican affairs are earnestly discussed, and it is

feared that the presence of the large Federal stand-
ing army on the Rio Grande will lead to serious
complications. The Imperialists in Matamoros are
becoming very excited over it. There is, however,
some reliance to be placed on the steadiness of Fe-
deral generals in that region, as they will at once
put a stop to any proceedings calculated to violate a
strict neutrality in Mexican matters. By a corres-
pondence between the Confederate Gen. Slaughter
and the Imperialist Gen. Mejia, recently captured
at Matamoras, it appears that $2,000,000 worth
of cotton belonging to the Confederacy was car-
ried across the Rio Grande into Mexico,
by the connivance of the Mexican autho-
rities, subsequent to the surrender of Kirby
Smith. This may lead to a complication, as the
United States Government may demand a restitu-
tion of the cotton.

Kirby Smith, Magruder, and Shelby, with seve-
ral other Confederate officers, have taken refuge in
Mexico, and show strong sympathy for the Impe-
rialists. On June 23 10;000 of Kirby Smith's army
had been paroled by the Federal officers, and 90
cannon and 20,000 stand of arms had been surren-
dered. At that time the Federal army was rapidly
I arriving at Galveston and the Rio Grande, and
70,000 men would be in Texas byJuly 4. Parties who
have lately arrived from Brownsville say that the
Imperialists and the Federal troops on either side
of the Rio Grande were very saucy to each other,
and it would not take much to precipitate a colli-
sion. A great deal of bad blood was apparent.
A letter from John C. Breckinridge to General
Ewell has just been discovered in Richmond, which
shows that the evacuation of Richmond was con-

templated by the Confederates fully six weeks before
it took place. The letter is dated Feb. 25, 1865, and
refers to the contemplated destruction of cotton and
tobacco when the evacuation took place.
The Young Men's Christian Association being
unable to raise the money requisite to pay for Ford's
Theatre in W ashington, the bargain has been broken
off. In a few days Mr. Ford will again open his
theatre, and, no doubt, from the celebrity the place
has attained, he will draw good houses.

Various Confederate document recently found
shed some light upon the secret history of the Con-
federacy when the Provisional Government was in
existence at Montgomery, Alabama. Their Govern-

meat was in full operation within five weeks after
the first Congress assembled. The discussions of

the secret Sessions of the Congress are laid open.
It appears that there was a strong feeling in the
South in favour of calling the country " the Re-
public of Washington," but this was defeated
by a majority of one vote in favour of the title
" Confederate States of America." There were long
debates over propositions to insert in the Southern
Constitution a recognition of the Divinity, of the Old
and New Testaments of th© Bible, and the Christian

Sabbath, but these propositions were rejected out of
regard to the people of Louisiana and Texas.

The Suspicions Death of a Young French
Lady.

Yesterday Dr. Lankester again presided over a jury at
the British Stores, Portland-town, relative to the death of
Mdlle. Marie Bullot, aged 22 years, Who died under sus-
picious circumstances at No. 28, Portland-terrace, St.
John's-wood.

Mr. M. Williams, barrister, appeared on behalf of Mrs.
Priscilla Oliver, the landlady of the house ; and Mr. Lewis,
solicitor, attended as before to watch the case for some
person whose name did not transpire.
The evidence taken yesterday was that of Dr. Wailes,
who was called in by Dr. Meredyth, and who corroborated
the medical testimony already given, and deposed to the
assistance he had rendered.

Mr. Martin, a gentleman lodger, at 28, Portland-terrace,
for fifteen months, and Mrs. D'Esterre, a lady resident in
the same house, gave evidence to the character of the esta-
blishment, which they believed was respectable.
Susan Lydford, the servant girl, was also recalled, and
said that a fow days before Madlle. (Marie Bullot) arrived
her apartments were occupied. About tho second day of
her occupation witness observed marks on the linen, but
made no mention of it. She suspected nothing. No other
gentleman than the one mentioned visited the deceased
previous to her death. Witness had only been in that
situation two months, and she did not know that Mrs.
Oliver was a dressmaker. She had heard her say she made
crinolines.

The Jury, being anxious to hear something about Mr.
Oliver, understanding that Mr. Martin had dined with him
once, and Mrs. D'Esterre had seen him only once in the
garden,

Mrs. Oliver was recalled, and, in answer to the coroner,
declined to say whether she had a husband or not. She
would not say whether she was married or single.
The Coroner then addressed the jury, and said the only
way in which the abortion had been produced was by in-
struments, which had been most skilfully performed, no
wound having been inflicted on the passages. He (the
coroner) referred to a letter which had been received from
the mother of deceased in France, which stated that she
immediately, and he therefore
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to a verdict
then or wait for the arrival of the mother,
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The Jury unanimously elected an adjournment.

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