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THE PLEA OF INSANITY.

ms plea, which is put up by lawyers, with
decided Effect, To save the lives Of the most cold
6looded and infamous murderers, is beginning 10
attract The attention Of the press, and of conse-
qnence, is meeting with its pointed denunciatio n
On Saturday. we gave the sens. BILE remarks of The
Philadelphia Ledger, rebnking the false svmpa-
my oi those VINO surrounded Spencer, and con-
grainIalrd him on his a%cquittal for the brutal and
deliberate murder OF his wife. for the reason. az
he said, OF " preventing any body else epiovioo
her" while they forgot to symparhise with tho
bereaved and heart striker mother and b,,,bor e
the murdered victim. We wish 10 breaL 49,.
that insulting plea to common sense, and ,1so :.
destroy that sickly philanthropy that is never y
hibired only when a Sound rel is to expiate h.
crimes upon The ~galIows, and we therefore couv
the following quiet but pungent sarcasm, from the
" Western Continent,' eIiclted by readinp the
account Of Spencer's escape from nerited punish
ment:-
Polly Bodioe certainly did not have able
CounseIIors, OF she would have availed herself Of
the pea OF insanity, and long since have gotten
hef regal business off her hands. AS il was sbe
had me haIoihond TO plead not guilty, and though
out OF a panel OF five hundred men a iprv IF
'"eIVe co"Io nor ne obtained who had not expres
SEQ "n oP'n'o" Ct her guilt. she is still on the
trial docket, travelling the circuit with The iodres
and sffording business for the lawyers when no.
thing else Of interest presents itself THE ,,ns,
be very tedious and expensive, and howeye, waIt
she may have becOme used to it, she Will tire rs
it in the course of a few more years, wben sta
will, if she does not now, regret that she did no,
put in the more popular plea.
"There were, it is true, sumo circumstances in
her case rather unfavorsble to such a plea. She
was not bold enough in her mnrdsT-she sought
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Total,
1929 so
ANOTHER C

The Wheeling Telegraph, of Sept. 25, thus
announces the suicide of DIR. Stanton /" We are
panied to record the death Of this gentleman, well
known in this region as the former Delegate from
Brooke county, Virginia. We learned that he
returned a few days since from Washington CITY,
where he held the situation of assistant clerk to
the House of representatives since his return he
had been indisposed, and on Wednesday last, du
ring the temporary absence of the members of his
family, he cut his throat. and died almost inme.
diateiv."
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MOVEMENTS OF THE ARMY

aud Imporfdnt-Grdphic Descrip
tion Of The Capture Of Santa Fs By Colonel
ksarney-Probabiiify of a battle bet,ceea
Ampndia and Col. Worih, Sc, Sc.
We Yesterday endorsed under the Telegrsphic
head news Of a highly interesting character from
the army at Cerralvo, and the division at Santa
Fe. The mail Of yesterday brings us full &C
counts in the New Orleans and ST. Louis papers
of the movements Of the respective divisions Of the
army. which are now becoming of the most ip,er-
esling character.
The accounts Of the capture of Santa Fe, is
given in the ST. Louis Reyeille. as follows:
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the cover Of the night. aud endeavOrcd TO hide
the traces of her crime by setting fire to the house
in which her victims lay. But With a little
skilfui management. a very good case of insanity
might have been made oui-ihe cold bloodsd un-
naturalness Of her crime would have been =. FIVE
paints" il such an argument. For wla, sane
man, say the Solons Of the law, would murder a
sleeping sister and her babe To obtain a watch and
a few trinkcis. II is moi TO he presumed in these
days of enlightened philanthropy, that any sane
mind can conceive a thought so devilish as tina,
Of murder"
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TAMPICO TO BE ATTACKED.

The correspondent of the New York Herald
writing under date of Oct. ]. states positively, tina.
orders were issued the day before, for the attack
of Tampico. The business to be committed 10
the charge of Gen. Patterson, with whom at the
proper time the Naval forces in the Gulf are to
co operate. This looks like business, and we
hope 1t is true. We are not certain, however,
that it is so, as our papers from Washington have
vexatiously failed to come to hand, and conse-
quen,ly there is no confederation of the report from
that quarter.
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TRUTH FEARLESSLY AND HONESTLY
EXPRESSED.

We copy the following article entire from the
New York Tribune:
WHAT SHAREHOLDERS THINK OF SLAVERY
Mr.. Isaac F.. Morse of Louisiana, in a speech in
Congress. January IL. 1915. said:
lie denied The principle which seemed TO DO
assumed here as a thing conceded, namely. that
slavery was an evil. He insisted that 1T WAS
NO EVIL on the contrary. IL teas the greatest
blessing ,chich God .1imighiv himself co,Jd
hare ordained for the protection and safe keen
Ing of a large mass of human beings who were
inca pahle OF maintaining and preserving them.
selves" Appendix Cong. GIobe, vol. Id, +. 90.
s5SNe ind the above floating about in The
newspapers. Ii is calculated to create or onirm
false impressions. Some shareholders think as
MT. Morse does more, we believe. of those who
think at all. consider Slavery a great evil, hut me
not to be easily abolished. IL is wrong. there.
fore, TO say that Shareholders think this or that
OF a topic wherein their opinions are divided
Mr.. Morse is n New ENGLAND Yankee who has
chosen to live In Louisiana, and To become an ex-
tenslve Shareholder there: and snch are ant TO
gtorIiy Slavery more than thuse born TO tin
part, To drown self reprOaches bot, more proba-
bly,, to ~dlsslpate the suspicious with which they
are apt to be regarded by those born Shareholders
who naturally think all Northern men are Anti
Slavery, or ought To be.
Mr.. Morse, 1t need hardly be said, is brimfull
OF Democracy and all that.
The sentiment attributed to Mr.. Morse, and
which no one can doubt. is one that will stand
the test of criticism and argument, and ought to
be the one opinion expressed by every man in the
South, 80 that such an argument as that advanced
by the Tribune, should not have even the shadow
of foundation to rest upon. We contend that the
truth laid down by Mr.. Morse is as i,nmutabIe az
God himself, and would never have been Disputed
fit had not been for supineness and lisllessness
on the part Of some Suutherners, who would
rather admit a sophism advanced by some phiIoso.
pher Faihom, than combat an error. .SLnueru is
no more an eUiI than is society an evil, and is as
necessary, in the Divine Economy, as any other
rule by which nations and people are governed.
History, both sacred and prophane, bears us out
In this, and we assert that those persons South
who admit Slavery to be an evil, that can or
ought to be aba,ed. are doing more injury to the
cause of truth and justice, than are the most VIC.
lent and ranting abolitionists Of the North.
AS TO Mr.. Murse's democracy. it was to be ex.
pected that a man who would fearlessly speak the
truth In regard to 30 important a subject as
SLAVERY, would have a mind to appreciate the
correct and beautiful in politics as well as morals
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"WESTERN CONTINENT"

We would call the attention of the reader, par.
ticularly, to The Prospectus of the Western
Continent" which we publish in to -day's paper.
The Continent" is decidedly the largest and
handsomest literary paper that comes to our table,
and 1t is one that can always he relied on, as con-
tanning nothing offensive 10 Southern principles,
while ii maintains its character, as belonging to
the whole continent-being strictly American in
tone and feeling.
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N OF WATER

1t was once remarked by a celebrated chemist.
when speaking Of the probable exhaustion Of our
coal fields, that he had little fear for that event.
as long ere then the progress Of science would
have enabled man TO support the combustion of
water. EKtravagant as this opinion NAV apnear
TO the unscientI6c, there is nothing more likely
Water is a compound Of oxygen and hydrogen
two gases without which it would be impossible
to eliminate a single phenomenon Of combustion.
Thus the gas which we burn in our houses. is
carburetted hydrogen that is, a com pound of ca.
bon and hydrogen, which, on ignition, gives us
light and heat only when in a medium containing
oxygen-such as the atmosphere. Here. then.
hydrogen and oxygen play most important parts
and could we resolve water into its elements.
which it is quite possible to do, all that is neces
sary to produce heat and light is a little carbpu
But we are not left TO speculate on this mailer :.
the thing has been so far done by NJ. Jobard . and
gas made from water, possessing double the ;1lu.
minating properties Of ordinary coal gas. has been
used both in France and in our own country. M
JobaTd obtains his hydrogen gas by the ~decompo-
sition Of steam in vertical reiorls filed with in
candescent coke, and unites this gas, al The mo.
ment Of formation, with hyper. carburefted gas,
produced by the disiillatiOn Of any hydro carburet
-as oil, tar, naphthaliBe, and other PRODUCTS at
present rejected by our ordinary gas works. II is
Of no moment whence his hydro carburets are
produced indeed The substances which are ron
deTed useless and injurious to the manufacture of
the gas, by the present mode oG operatino a..
precisely those which are the richest in illumina-
ting properties. M. Jobard's process and it's de
tails have been submitted. since its invention in
1889, to several commissions Of inquiry both in
Belgium and France, and the reports Of these have
been uniformly favorable, both as TO its chespness
and the higher illuminating power Of the gas 80
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THE REPUBLICAN UNION.

This paper is printed in Portsmouth, N. H.,
and takes the place of the Mercury, which has
ceased to exist. The Union is a sterling demo.
cratic print, we'll filled with original matter,
sound and discreet. 1T is deserving of a liberal
patronage, which it will no doubt receive. IL is
published by Messrs. b. F. McIntire and II. j.
Vhiuem.
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From the New York Globe.
sILAs WRIGHT NOMINATED.

Teegrnphic. Report from Syracus.-fo, IN.
Globe.
The Democratic Stale Convention assembled in
'his village this morning, (uclober the lst) a, 10
o'clock. Chester Lnomis, of Ontario, was chosen
President. The whole day was consumed in tho
organization Of The Convention and hearing reports
ct committees appointed to pass upun conflicting
claims Of Delegates. The Barn burner Delegates
from Albany and Madison. and tue Hnnker Dele.
gates from Oneida were admitted. At z O'clock
vote was taken. and the result was,
For Sllas Wright, liz
al. Parker. 7
"H j. Radfeld, 6
-. II. Skinner,
Whereupon SILAS WRIGHT was unanimous
ly nominated by the Convention.
ADDISON GARDINER was then nominated Lieut.
G"vernor. by exclamation The Convention then
adjourned until 9 o'clock.
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FURTHER NEWS BY THE McKIM.

The New Orleans Delta, Of The 10Th instant,
has The following additional intelligence from
Camargo:
We have been favored, by a friend. with The
following extract Of a letter written at Point Isa-
bel, on the evening Of The 10Th ulr.:
"rote you yesterday by The McKim, giving
you an account OF business Transactions here
which are dull. ] have now an opportunity of
furnishing yon with The news received Just now
rom Maiamptas, which amounts to this. From
a letter received by Capt. Perkins. at this place,
IL states That two spies were arrested in The camp
al Canlafgo, and examined their guilt was so
evident ihey were Immediately hungi 1t also
states mat a party Of Americans, on their way
'fon Camdrg0 to M%atamuras. were attacked by
some mexlcans-oDe American and six Mexicans
k.'ied' lbe news from Maiamoras is, that Col.
cross was shot at while sitting in his room, and
'hat u was ordered that all Mexicans were To be
uePnVed Oi their arms, and none should either 90
sui 81 The CITY or come into it, without the writ
ten order Of the commander Of the pust. In TAX
ing arms from the Mexicans. they made new dis
coVeiles ut secreied arms of all descriptions, as
wen as ammunition. Every American in the
Guy Is compelled 10 arm and hold himself in rea-
"'neSs-as IT Is supposed the Nexicans would
PPfnaps lake advantage uf The apparent indiffer-
ence OF the Americans and regain MaIamoras
DOT u they make the attempt they will find their
reception very warm bot not very pleasant.
me next news from the army Is looked for
oy Inc officers here with a great deal Of interest.
IS 'he accounts already received, leave bot lille
doubt that, ere this, there has been some foht-
ing Yours, &C."
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THENF NEWS

Which will be found in our columns to day,
although seven days later than that brought by
the Great Western, contains nothing Of interest,
except The confederation of the failure of the crops
In Europe, and the consequent maintenance Of
prices for agricultural produce.
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ADVERTISING FoR A HUsBAND.-But a few
days since a neglected fair one Of New York took
a philosophical method to obtain a partner, by adj.
veriising in the Pittsburgh Gazette. The same
paper has the following announcement
MARRiED.-Oo the OH inst, by the Rev.
MT. johnson, Miss A. ANDERsoE, Of New York,
the lady that advertised. to Mr.. J.. Mckee, Of
This place"
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OLD DOMINION LODGE No

O"D DO'frINIV1F LODUE1, mo. D, 7. U.U f.
From the Report of Old Dominion Lodge, No.
81. D. o. f., for the quarter just closed, we
learn that the total amount paid for the relief of
members of the Order, to their widows, for the
education of orphans, &c.. since the institution of
the Lodge, Dec. IA, 1886, is 1920 so, as Gl-
lows:
Kel!ef OF sick members, S2,905 rs
Funeral expenses, 92S 90
Relief of Brothers not members, Ga 90
Education OF orphans, LOGO rs
WIDOWS oil deceased members, 4,270 90
It'll al 900 20
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SANTA FE

All accounts from Gen. Kearney's army repre-
sent that country as a very undesirable acqnisl-
ton. IL is unfit for any extensive agriculture, as
nothing can be raised except in valleys, where
the land can be irrigated. or course the country
can never have any heavy population. The in.
habitants are not more desirable than the country.
The spirit of annexation IS so rife that it would
urge the conquest of any country, no matter huw
worthless OF expensive it may be To retain and
defend it-S. LOUIS .Ne,c Era.
[Such is the language of the wing press gener-
ally, since Uncle Sam has determined to APP
%propriate that region TO himself. II is very mar
reilous 10 US that it should have so sonn become
worthless; for from the accounts that VIC have
read In the ST. Louis papers for years. that Santa
re market has been n mine of wealth To our sister
city of the Far West, and caravans of merchants
were continually arriving with thousands upon
thousands of bullion, and departing loaded with
merchandise.
Where did it all cume from, if the country is
ST. mlserahly poor as our namesake represents i'll
III Is generally the case, wherever we have been,
that the vallies are the most valuable portion of
all terrltOry-allhough we have found the noun
taIns could sometimes be turned to profitable ac-
count, which we have no doubt will be The case
with those Of Santa Fe.-.Ne,o Erd.1
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1t will be seen, by the report of our Washington
correspondent, that Mr.. Nc Kay's tariff bill has
passed the House of Representatives, with some
slight notifications, by vote of Ia to 95-a ma
jority of 10. Tea and coffee being retained
among the free articles, it is supposed that there
will be but little question thar the bill will pass the
Senate.
This is tho most important measure carried
during the present session Of Congress, with the
exception of those Immediately touching our
foreign relations. The democratic delegation
from Pennsylvania was about the only one that
voted against the bill in body. The Ohio dele
gstoa, Notwithstanding Mr. Brinkerhof' 8 denun-
citation of the bill, gave in their adhesion to it.
1fthe bill pass the Senate, it may have very
important influence on the trade and commerce
of the country.
We shall give the bill in full tomorrow Other
matters crowd it out to-day.
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WAsuiNaros, July 3, 1876.

NAshiNolo>s July a, low.
The Tar6-The Joy Of the Member. and Mr..
Waiko and N.Y. Rfohis.
The tariff bill passed to-day at about halfpast
three o'clock.
The democratic Ohio delegation, with Mr..
Brinkerhof at their head, said "sye." Tea and
coffee were put into the free list and this made IL
palatable and the retention Of salt in the unenu-
it, as well as a drawback instead Of q bounty on
picked fish!
Mr.. Walker and Mr.. Richie were present
Their eyes danced merrily, and JOY was reflected
on their faces from heir grateful hearts. They
seemed to breathe freely and deeply, us though
they had Just escaped from formidable pursuers
and obtained place of safety on the platform Of
free trade.
Mr.. Mckay received the honors of the victory
from the hand of the Cabinet officer, for Mr..
Walker shook him by the fist, and said, turning
his head aside, "We We got it through" with an
emphasis and cearness Of tone that a deaf man
even would not have UNDECIDED. Then came Mr.
Richie, bounding up, on tiptoe, and extending
his long arm, and addressed General Mckay
General, congratulate you-it's through :"
And then the three distinguished Southern gem
tlemen withdrew from the hall, all feeling like
Mr.. Clay when he walked the Boulevards in Paris,
after hearing of the battle of New Orleans-a foot
higher
When the House adjourned over to Monday, in
view of the intervening Fourth, and in consdern-
ton of the passage of The bill, there were loud
hurrahs. FELIX.
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MONEY MARKET.

Sunday, July 90 r. M.
There were Of course transactions in the street
yesterday-the Fourth. Tomorrow the unsettled Nc
counts Of to-day and yesterday will be arranged
The steamship Britannia arrived yesterday at Boston,
and her news reached US last evening by express The
commercial accounts viii be found in another column
The schooner Enterprise arrived at New Orleans ON
the a6th utmo from Brazos Santiago with $6s,6o2 in
specie.
The money market in Baltimore was active on the I'D
instant and good paper easily negotiated. There was
every appearance of greater among the commercial
classes, and rates would in all probability fall
The annexed statement exhibits the quantity Of plain
and printed calicoes exported from Great Britain in the
hrst three months of each Of the past years The
taoe not only shows the aggregate quantity shipped
but the quantity exported to each country Il will be
observed that there has been an increase In the srrre
gate OF each description this year compared with last
PLAIN AND PRINTED CALIcoEs EXPORTED FROM GRrAr
bRiTAIr' JAN S, TO APRIL S. 1916 AND 1876.
Sou"Vtesto Printed NJ D,sd
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AMUsE NENTs.

DOwERY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Evening, July 9Th
ID will be performed the tragedy ofP1ZARRO-Roa,
Al Neahsi Cores s,Ts Phipf AS which the nso.dr.
Orson Cony. TO conclude with the comedy of
LIKE MASTER LIKE MAN; or Lovers Quauels-Don
Carlos, Clarke.
" Lower Boxes 80 cents second and third tiers %
Door, open az oeock-Curtain will half past
o'clock
GREENwlCH THEATRE-Corner OF vsr,ck and
Monday Eys1,%y July s, the snteTtaDmsns g som%sres
Arnold Freer; Baron ulIc Forester; Cyplan Miss csro
line Chapman: Pas Seu by Miss Fanny Deein Comic
Dance by Mr. Yates Followed bv HeIcne Tests the
Turkish Column by signorG aud Son To conclude
with the laughsble farce of THE BITTER BITEen Of the
Horns, Miss Caroline Chapman.
Boxes IS cents Pit I2 cents; Private Boxes s4 Seats
Orchestra Boxes each II
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BY THE MAILS.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT
FROM WASHINGTON.
THE PASSAGE
oF THE
ia RIF + BILL
TEA AND COFFEE To REMAIN oS THE
FREE LIST.
kc. a. kt.

WASHINGTON. July .. isp
The Passa &c ~ ths Turf BsH-oas Hsaa'ea and
FowfeeR 20 Niacfy-ffus
So the bill Is passed. Tide OF the BIN. An act
reducing the dates imports. and fJr other por-
poses" MeKay's biil IA ,he main refufiseSl
Salt 20 per cent after several votes mud recon-
sderatons, by direct VOTE Of lo6 70 io2
Fishing bounties retained. BY vote. upon a
motion of repeal, of 100 To l0e
Tea and coffee retained Ia the free list
Bill passed by ia 10 s5-lhe OHIO dsmocrats.
and the flty-four.iorties generally coming mp 70
the rack, like Davy Crockeu. fodder 90 no fod-
der" and Pennsylvania leii almost alone with
the wings.
House met at 10 AN. adjourned AZ 7 NJ
The session exclusively occupied in taking the
ayes and noes.
Coffee and tea beng retained among the fres
articles, there can be no longer any question about
the bill passisg the Senate.
Several members Of the cabinet. and a score Of
the Senate, were on the floor during the day.
House stands adjourned over TO Monday.
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Cltv Intelligence.

FRE-The fire last evening " as at the corner of Bur.
was sight
srrEErs, &c.-ws have received from one of the
people the following Communication II contains some
good ideas for our part have almost concluded
20 stop saying any thing about the complaints,
in regard to their filthy condition. they have become
ana sppear to be utterly useless But here
s,a-N9twithstan ling have only parted with resv
June we have close, DRILLING sultry unhealthy dog.
day weather This. with the filthy condition Of our
minds ami feelings Of our fellow czens that cholera
or some other equally potent endemic or epidemic dis.
something is escuay speedily aon .ns% tn
such calamity Wilt 30 done Have We any res.
ness whose bounden duty it attend to H. will
attend to It Alas alas dear bought experience
that ssTs i. POLITICAL ns
These councils all spent for the benent Of tho
party, and those who command the most votes for
the party The honest well meaning citizens who pay
the taxes of no consideration or taken into the
count. Their health, and ves "the small dust in
the bslsnce when put in composition with making ON
ces and furnishing salaries for party political parians
and drinking wne and smoking segars in the tea room
'n the 90 in
without asauggle groan7 trow not, hope not
therefore repeatedly suggest, that inasmuch the
what ia the same in effect either Incompetent
willing 10 90 their duy that the citizens take out Of
p-sns judcious active men, to attend TO the health Of
tns sy n . Cleaning and paving Of The srssi.ths
neeted with its heslth its credit and ts prosperity In
this way the city may be redee med from the disease
death, Disgrace, end ruin that it, Left has
been, and is, what else have TO expect. Let then
meeting al the citizens be convened forthwith and this
or some such measures be adopted may
render all measures however well designed unavaling
Have board of health or not II we have, what
are hs duaes, how performed, and where he found
If 1t has any control the cleanliness Of the city,
where the eyes and noses Of its members DO
they put those useful sppendages in their conscience
pouches when they In the streets, for fear
.sub
y 10 certainly high time that city daddies opened
their eyes and wake up from their proracted siesa.
sampson in all his strength and fury will be upon them,
better than cure.