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NEW YORK HERALD WEDNESDAY, AUGUST %, 1866.

legs he probably had confederates about to help
him away, O. no clue has since been obtained Of him.
1t u hard matter 70 keep In confinement man who
escape was truly wonderful.
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70. LPvcn N~rv publishes list Of 2g3 individuals
inns and operations, which pay tax this year Of
NY aSt.r. and upwards. The tax Is 81 co VI 900
7eee pos hls year e 1927 or 267 less than the num-
ue. ~ sf yea The largest tax payer Is Mr.. o. NJ.
wnlpe; who : assessed a. 100 49, The heirs Of Mr..
William Livingston arc acccssed 81 3Ic 80
The rost smouth IN. H. Chon,,s. n A,.,., ao,A
Ncibne Of The knd could have gratie US more than the
senea q ourpcpe e the new act for the
our citizens observed with pleasure that the ,,s.ai
squads ofoaiers were missing from their old thai
the pdivduah Of this class Who visible anywhere
The Portsmouth Marine Railway, with vh.,e ,.ua;..
fixtures and conveniences for hauling up yessc,s 20 90
pair was sod for the sum VI ~ 400 10 Leonard Ss,c,
- 's'''
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Sales or NEw sHIrs-A ship at Bath Me, named
S tons to Boston house. at about 81 00o ship Ironsdee
tons, bu at kennebnk, private the two latter 70
New York houses and schooner johnson 100 Ton. 10
years Old, 5000 cash.
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Birth,
Married.,

On Ihysday August 1s at No. as4 roome street, the
nay OF sy,nos WIN HurcInSs, Esq, N. D., formerly OF
Richmopa Mace Dublin Of O son.
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Obusiary.
MRS. CAPTAIN SAMUEL c. REID.


The melancholy tidings Of the death Of Mrs. Mary j.
Reid wife of Capt Sam. c. Reid of this tty, was received
here yesterday. Mrs. Reid died at Wheeling Va, on
Sunday last the 1s Inst in the 62d year OF her age
She had been on visit to Of her sons in the West
and had lately gone Wheeling to attend to the erection
of monument the grave of her eldest son. Iiert
Reid of the T. sA who died there some years ago. Mrs.
Reid the daughter of Capt Nathan jennings Of Fair.
field Conn. who distinguished himself at the memorable
battle Of Trcnton in the Continental army under Gen.
Washington She was distinguished for her domestic
virtues, and as being opa most accomplished and
son, Mrs. Gem. Maco%S VIM. Writ and Others By
and enthusiastic feelings at the time Capt Reid became
distinguished for having fought the battle of the brig
Gen. Armstrong, drew at4nd her the most eminent men
of that period On the ocion of the adoption by Con-
gress, in 1915 of Capt Reds design OF the present Tag
OF the Union Mrs Reid With the aid OF young Ia
dies made the first sranged banner which was
displayed for the first im the Capitol at Washington
the 18th of April ,1S16 -gn that occasion Mr.. Chy
was Speaker of the House OF Representatives and
planned to the late Hon. Mr. Wendcver member from this
city, that Mrs. Reid and the ladies should have been
mitted to make the flag without being remuneated Mrs.
Reid was most devoted mother, and will be deeply la
mened by her family and large circle of our Oldest
citizens.
THOMAS G. BOOTH, THE ACTOR.
Mr. Thomas G. Booth comedian died at Toronto Canada
on Saturday his remains having been conveyed to this
CITY, the funeral ceremonies will take place this morning
from No IL Ludlow street. Mr. Booth native New
Yorker and an actoISf marked ability. He men,
Der Of the National Theatre Company under the manage
ment Of M Chanfra ond vas exceedingly popular Lat
terly he played IN cities but engaged
at Burtons for The coming Mr. Booth about 3d
years. bachelor the time Of his last visit to this
city two months since recovering from long and
severe fit Of illness. On and of the stage he truly
fclow OF infinite zcst Of most excellent fancy and his
death will be sincerely regretted by thousands whose
hours Of relaxation have heen MADE light by his pleasant
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spoke MP Enoch Tress q Bcstoa from Rev Orleans for L..
ysf nontAu. Lincoln oalves.ee. July e. vlh cotton Ac
Franklin King Of ThomAson from Mobile for Europe.
brig Joseph burton Cardcnas II dsys sugar oaaassx
to MORA NA.sro I'm inst lsi g IS, lon S. els sr
Brig PSsniom Or, Of q johns EF Knishs. PeaaanSscs
schr Gil Blas Maxwell. Eleulhsra days. With pnesPpaes
schr VIM Mason Of Taunton, Staples ApaiAchcoa das
sdhr Henry HooiO0 Giles Picsou. 10 days. with eoa'. y
Trimbell
schr Two Marys. Forster Henord NC. days saaed In
company with schr I, johnson, for New York.
Schr William Tyson Clark, Virginia.
schr Eliza Jane Thomas, virginia
Schr Bay Slate, Bearse Boston, 3 days.
Schr Koesuth Churchill Newburypori, dayy
Gchr Warrior Ham. Rockland, days.
Schr Philadelphia Nickerson, Barnstabie.
Scl- q Dummer Williams, Fall River.
Schr U NJ Smith, Jane, Brookhaven. #mN
Schr Bay State verrill Rockiand. -
Propeller Locust Point French, Charleston Q days, wsA
wheat and -four. to John Riley.
PROPELLER Piedmont Post Baltimore with ndse, u Hlev
soop victory, -, Fall River
0ne bark South Of the Highlands a. sunset
Wind during the day from South.
Spit. -
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EsCApE OF F0Rs-R rncx THE wiLLIAxspoRr
(Md) JA,LThc Gazette W the 10th inst, gives the
following account Of the escape u Herman Fink,
confined IN the Wiliamspcrt, Jail, on Thursday night
week. His escape from Jail was most desperate
feat, in no wise owing 70 any lack Of precauon on
the part Of Sheriff Bubt. He was heavily ironed,
ard strictly conhned in the cell in the northwest cor.
ner Of the Jail He had frequently expressed nm In.
tenicn 70 kill himself rather than go % the penen
tiary. He sawed on the chain which confined his
legs with q knife borrowed from one of tho ot,,nr
prisoners in the JAIL With piece Of stove grating
as his org instrument, he succeeded in digging
hole through the wall Of the JAIL and getting into he
yard. With the stats from across the bottom of his
bedstead, he built kind Of platform on which he
reached from windowto the other on the onss,,s
OF the jail wall and succeeded in climbing mon the
roof. Walking along the Jail roof, he ATTEMPTED to
descend the lightning. rod, as Is supposed. Al the
eastern end Of the jail and finding descent imprsc
ticable either fell or jumped to tic ground ro,n he
roof Of the building. He must have fallen WITH ereaf
force upon the brick pavement The bricks were
broken and driven into the ground. and marks Of
blood found where be FELL and upon the gate where
he went ont He escaped without other clothes than
hE rhiT 49, ka..~s.sss, 49, AVA Iyas ay9a ~
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BELOW
One bark South Of the Highlands eunscs
Wind during the day from South

AZ The snip Zurich Havre has anchored al he
Spit.
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TelegEaphic Marine Report.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug o0-Arr chips Julia Howard. NYwA :
yosnh ar,v Ucssou
ombardy, Bos0n.
Herald Marine Correspsrdcnce.

Hef0x0 U1Afxm0 COxxe1ponO0mc0s1
PHILADEI.PHIA, Aug 2l-Arr steamer Sanford Hand.
NYork brga Linda Carpenter and Howard Race 0usAn
I.udwick Overlook Calais schrs Flower Rayuor Portland
q; Edwin Reed, Green, Boston, l. stephcna 5udey New
Ann Junett, Blackwell, do Mary Eliza, Csrtwrg, Meet,
tom Thos II ymour Kiby NYork; Holmes, Hand, Fsn
River.
Cid steamer, Putnam, Neal. Albany; brigs KendAM-
Pummer Pernanbuco; Clarence Br stubbs Turks IAaads
Linda Carpenter and larry Not Reed Boston, schrs HaraA
Perry, New Bedford; N Holmes Hand, Bridgeport
The Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1854-1855, 1855-08-23

PIcruRE OF LIFE-From letter of an
American lady published in the Globe, we clip
the following extract:
In France, Switzerland and Austria, have
seen the field crowded with women plowing.
getting out or spreading manure. digging and
ditchinc. working on railroads. and carrying
loads Of dirt or manure their heads in bags
or baskets, they are so sunburnt often to
become blacker than many colored persons,
wrinkled and sad looking as if they had grown
old before their time, and had never happy
feeling Their miserable novels are usually
surrounded with mud and filth, with pigs or
cows before the door, the barn and house are
mostly together, scarcely slight partition di-
viding them. When the poor women have
finished their hard days work. and this OBJ
served was prolonged till dark they pick up
their children. and go to their comfortless
home. These people do not own the land
they work on, and they may be turned away
from their poor homes when new master
comes.
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Mad amoiseiie Rachel.


Some thirty wears back the loungers in the
cafes at LYONS were often awakened from their
dreams over the newspapers, or disturbed at
their game of dominoes. by the voice of
poor little girl who went from table TO table.
collecting "a few sous from the charitable,
while her sister sang and played on the guitar.
This child even then remarkable for the beau
ty of her voice and intelligence of her ex-
preston, was named Elizabeth Rachel Felix,
and was the daughter of a Jew pedlar.
few years afterwards she was 10 be heard sing
ing with her sis. er al me doors of the cafes in
Paris. Sill few years later, and the same
girl. at the age OF eighteen, was hailed as the
Queen Of tragedy, in the name of Mademoi-
selle Rachel Her beauty had attracted the
attention of the celebrated Choron, who ad-
mitted her into his class
In the second representation she met tri-
umphant reception. The third time she play
ed in the character, the doors of the theater
were in danger of being stormed The re-
ceipts at the doors upon the fourth represen-
tation We're enormous Unluckv criticl He
ought to have been known by the name of
Dame Partineton Jann after this He could
do no more against the tide of popularity than
that illustrious old lady could do against the
waves of the Atlantic. Janin. however was
not alone as a false prophet. Before Rachel
appeared on the Boards of the Theater Fran
cais Provost, the great comedian, to whom she
made application for an introduction 10 the
theater, had coarsely tol! her to ''go and sell
boquets on the boulevards." One evening,
after having Obtained great success, she ran
to Provost with ten or dozen boquets, with
which she had been greeted, crying out
'Wil you buy?"
The vayrant Jewess of the streets of Lyons,
whose talent a few wears before had "ontrbu-
ted merely a few sous TO the necessities of her
parents, was now launched on the tide at the
moment when. taken at the flood. it Leads
/ to fortune" The critics rendered their admi-
ration in the form of convulsive spasms o
style. They appeared to foam at the mouth
when they endeavored to celebrate her great
ness High society in Paris crowded her with
/ laurels. and greeted her entrance to their sa
/ looms as though she had been conqueror re
turning from some great victory. And Il con
queror she was. She had conquered a ter
years Indifference of the pablic to dramas
which, in their class, are works of high art
! She had conquered a large territory hitherto
closed to the passions aud sympathies of thou
sands, and given them access TO 1t. She hat
i peopled the vacant halls Of ina gnation witt
form. of ekcaednp beauty. What conauero
has done as much ths? The mobiles of in
teilect, as we'll as those of the fashionabl
world, bowed down in homage before her
Chateaubriand, after hearing ner recte som
pieces, said to her in tones Of touching melan
cholv. ''It is said, Mademoiselle, TO know tha
things like these are born a. the moment on
s Is about to die
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AN Incident IN School TEACHING.-One
dav | saw a little fellow with his arms about
a little witch Of girl, endeavoring. if | inter-
preted the manifestations right. to kiss her
Tommy, said |, what are you doing there?
Nothing. SIR spoke the bright-eyed little
witch, he wa.h tryin' to kith me thur and
she eyed him keenly Why, Lucy, what
prompted him to act ungentlemanlv right
here in school?' | asked, anticipating some
fun. 'Oh, he hiiched up here, and he wanted
me TO kith HIM, and | told him | wouldn' t
kith thuch thumpty boy as he it'll; and then
he thed he'd kth me, and l told him that he
dathn't; but he said he would do it, and told
him | would tell the matnter if he did. but he
thcd he didn't care a thnap for the mathter,
and then he tried TO kith me THO hard. and
the little thing sighed. Why didn't you
tell me, as you said you would? | asked in a
pleasant manner. 'Oh, she replied, with a
naiveHe. Il didn't care much if he did ki.h
me, and tho let i'm Here the whole school,
who had been listening intently, broke out
into uproarious laugh, while our little hero
and heroine blushed deeply.-Erchange.
Some little witches of girls of lar ser
growth, might make the same confession
without straning the truth much.
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St:ii Another Ou;ra.e.

We are called upon TO record another case
of mobbng by the fire eaters in Western Mis-
souri,. The Rev. w II. Wiley. preacher in
charge of the Harrisonville Circuit, Missouri
Conference, was on Thursday, 2l inst, arrest
ed on the highway by gang of eighteen
mounted men, who informed him thai he had
been accused Of preaching Abolition doctrines
and circulating Abolition documents, and that
it was necessary he should 90 with them to
Harrisonylle in order TO have the charges in
vestisated The party stopped for supper at
cabin in the prairie, where the bottle was
freely passed. and brother w was inSutingly
invited 10 drink, and oaths aud obscene tests
banded in his presence.
After supper, they went on to Harrisonville
with their prisoner, and guard of three men
was set over him during the night Next
morning he was waited upon bv some men
who informed him tina. they had been ap-
pointed committee to examine his effects. in
order 10 ascertain If he had Abolition docu
ments about him, even to reading his private
letters, but found nothing TO justify the
charges made While this search was roina
on a meeting in progress in the Court
House, and after the committee had returned
and made their report brother w was waited
upon bv another committee, which informed
him that lie was called for at the Court
House
He went over. accompanied bv the com
mittee, and found about two hundred men
present most of whom were OF the baeer
sort The chairman, individual glorvinp
in the name of DR.. Maxwell informed him Of
meeting rad come 10 tie conternsiori' t ITO % rive II
him seven DAYS to leave the State, and that If
he did not, the consequences, whatever they
might be. would be upon his head Brother
W. made brief speech to them, in which ne
informed them that # he had committed any
offenSe against the laws he was willing TO
suffer, but protested against their right thus
10 arraign him before lawless tribunal H.,
was told that the great mis- fortune was that the
laws were not strict enough, and that they
had taken the law in their own hands.
These facts gather from Brother Wilev
, himself who is now in this citv, he havipo
for the present left that part Of tie country by
the advice of his friends. He represents the
excitement all along the border as being verv
: great The fire eaters have a secret orraniza-
ton, and all who refuse to join it are branded
with aboltionism, and their movements watch
: ed, even though they be citizens of many
years standing, and whose integrity IS entire
iy unimpeachable. Wha. the end of these
!. things is TO be we cannot tell We confess
the prospect IS dark and forbidding The
only presen: remedy We can see is the in1ne-
diate interference of the Executive. backed bv
law abiding and peaceful citizens. What viii
Governor Price DO in this emeryencvs-
Louis Christian Advocate.
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Number So.

ment. and 10 the fact that there never was
more quiet election held than the election in
this city last October. before the demagogues.
on the stump and through the press, had time
to alarm the naturalized voters against the
Americans, and the Americans against the
nsturahzed. The Spring election was diff
feren,. The alarm had been raised. -
Catch words. drawn from the biographies of
thieves and burglars, were used to designate
the character of the American party. and the
Calendar Of Newgste and the Archives Of the
Inquisition were brought forth to illustrate
their tiendish purposes
What followede Why a riot on the dav of
election. The seed sown by the incendiary-
the lies told by the demagogue--had germin-
ated and produced fruit: and vet the very men
who had planted the seed. who had prepared
the way for the out break. were the first 10 turn
round upon the American party whom they
had misrepresented and abused. and with
hands uplfted and eyeballs upturned with
hypocritical horror depicted in every Inca
ment of face and body exclaimed. "Oh We
told You SO" Did't We say you were ''mur-
derers. .'incendiaries, and midnight as
sassinst'
Thus the men who applied the torch to the
Temple and the knife to the throat. would fam
deny the enormity of their own acts, and
coward like shake off the responsibility of their
, own doings.
! We have already made this article longer
! than intended to. We have attempted 10
give common sense explanation of the riots
which have recently taken place in our own
and the neighboring city Of Louisville, and
which we hope will never be repeated. We
/ hold that neither the American party nor the
/ opposition are in favor of riots or bloodshed
We hold that the infammatory appeals made
! 10 the naturalized citizens by newspapers and
dema gogueS. and the base falsehoods which
were told respecting the character and aim of
the Americans have been the real cause of
the outbreaks and that it is calumny of the
most unprovoked and vilest kind to stgmatize
the men who compose the American party as
gang of miscreant murderers and midnight
incendiaries.
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l took her down to my house. Ny wife treat
ed her mighty civil, and every day or two
we'd let her 90 up home to look after her
consarns So time rolled on TIL about a
month before court and one day Stokes rid
up to the gate in powerful hurry, and called
me out.
You've played thunder" said he
"How?" said l.
"Why, think Of Mrs Westbrook. It's all
wrong and she sent word down to the very
lawyer that put that writ against her; and's
got two against you: one to make you turn
her loose, and 'tother TO make you pay tive
thousand dollars for taking her.
II shan't serve 'em, !" says |.
/ makes no odds. They've done appointed
kurriner Coroner and he'll ne be up to-
morrow. soon as Mrs. Westbrook has had
chance to swear 70 Sonethin'. You'd better
look outl
"Well, said I. reckon they've got you, too.
You was long. and helpt to do it.
"Oh, yes" says he, but they've got me for
witness!
Il said no more, but walked right into the
house and there | found the widder lookin'
mighty pleased, and toled her she was free
to go. and asked her pardon AMI shouldn't
charge her any board, and | hope she'd come
and see my old woman. and SO and so forth.
one went, suppose
'She did, and the kurriner come; and he
showd me how to serve a writ by copy, shall
never forget it. She took me into court and
there wern't nothin' done with it the first time
Before the next court my old woman died,
and that upseryed everything. What with
her dyin' and the suit, thought l would 50
crazy, to be sure
But you didn't?''
''No, bore it as well as I could, and just
before Court, came along the lawyer-Jenkins
and said he to me, | think you and my client
Mrs. Westbrook, could compromise that case
eff you was to talk together about it. l hard
ly waited for him to leave, before | jumped on
my horse and rode up TO the wdder's.
"She sorter laughed and said may be.
"Id give you hundred dollars to dropt it,
''She frowned nightly, and said that wern't
the way she wanted to settle it,
"I'l give you ttco, said |.
''She frowned worse than before, and said
that warn't the way she wanted to settle it.
I Directly something came right into my
mind. l seemed to see plain. | studied and
considered. Then cleared my throat. Wild
der, says l will you have me?
Says she, will.
Il give that rascal, jenkins, fifty dollars
for his share-and the widder took me fol
hers. l had kept her an unlawful prisoner fol
nigh four months. but, Squire, she had me
under arrest for mighty nigh seven years."
| inquired if he had been at last compelled
to seperate from her. He simply pointed &c
the Grape of his hat, and the same strange
smile Filtered about his mouth. He only
added: Il Judge she gotta little more than
even"
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For the Palladium.
Minissering Spirits.

Oh, tell me not We walk alone
In this dark world Of care --
That round our path way hover nome
To turn aside the snare.
r.. cherished ones the heart holds dear,
Whilst iourneying here below,
M, fingers round our pathway here,
To guide US where'er we go.
When pleasure lured my youthful feet
To tread her mazes fair,
Angel forms, in accents sweet,
Whispered Of dangers there.
And. too, when grief has been my part,
~. felt the same sweet power
Gently o'ershadow my sad heart,
And bid me look up higher.
RICHMOND, lSp.
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ROBERT SCHuyLER,-A London correspon-
dent OF the Albany Atlas says that Mr. Schuy-
Ter, the railroad fnancleT, IS in London. and
has not been on the continent al all. and that
he left this country in a British steamer by
way OF Quebec. his passage having been en-
gagged for some days before.
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nature. ''I'll tell you what it is. stranger"
said the narrator of the foregoing incident,
complacently drawing moral therefrom. "a
man'll never know how necessary he Is TO So
ciety. if he don't make his life valuable to his
friends as well as himself"
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Ma BucHASAN's PLACE OFFERED TO Gov
ERNoR RgEERR-Wa ashington. August 5. 1855.
Many important facts have transpircd with
reference TO the dismissal Of Gov. Reeder but
there are one or two more Of whose authen-
ticitv | can give you the most positive assu-
rance which yet require to be brought to the
notice of an admiring world
No sooner had the Governor communicated
with Mr.. Pierce, after he had arrived IN the
Eastern States from Kansas. than the Prssi-
dent besOught him to resign, in order 10 re-
leve the Chief Magistrate of the Union from
the embarrassment in which he found himself.
By way of inducement the President proposed
to confer On Governor Reeder the appointment
the return Of Mr. McLane This the Cover
nor promptly declined.
This proffer having thus proved insufficient
the President made a higher bid. He now
said that on condition OF Reeder's vacating
the Governorship in Kansas. he Uouid give him
tie place of En,Jossoior to England. from
which Mr. Buchanan was soon 70 return. The
splendor Of this proposition was matter to
consider, after two days the Governor would
give his ultimatum. He offered 10 resign ii
the President would write him a letter asking
hirr, to DO so. and publish it in TIE Tniozs'
together with his reply, it being understood
tina. his appointment to England should be
gazetted Immediately after. The President
refused to publish such correspondence, and
the Governor accordingly left him under the
necessity Of turning out Territorial Exscu-
tive for the sole reason that he would not lend
himself To the establishment Of Slavery by
foreign invasion and conquest, against the
will of the vast majority Of tho people oi the
Territory.-IN. Y. Tribune