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IA W INTELLIGENCE.

CITY CIRCUIT CoURT-JUDGE KREBs
Jane j. Thomas as. 7. Z. B. Hintze. Before re
ported. Concluded and held under cu,ia.
SUPERIOR COURT-JUDGE MARTIN.
Henry W. Wa:e Us. The Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company. An action for damages. Be
fore reported. Not concluded.
UNITED STATES CIRCUIT CoURT-JUDGE GILES
Andrew Rench Us. Eliza C. Derry. Before re-
ported. Demurrer overruled, and defendant or.
dered to answer the bill by the first Monday in
May next.-Boston ard Sandwich Glass Com.
pany Us. Reuben Edwards, Jr. Bill for discovery
and account. Concluded and held under curia.
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TIE MYSTERIOUS FIRING OFF SroNo.-It will be
remembered that mention made by telegraph
of mysterious firing that occurred off Stono Inlet,
below Charleston, Saturday evening last, but
for which none could give a reason The Savan-
nah Ncics of Monday throws some light on the sub
ject 1t says:
While on the steamer returning from Fort Sum
ter to Charleston Saturday evening we heard
some four or five heavy guns and saw the smoke at
a great distance in the direction of Stono Inlet
No one at the time could account for the firing.
Some supposed that some of the outer batteries had
fired salute. We learned yesterday the cars,
while coming from Charleston, that the steamer
Carolina. running between this port and Charles
ton, fred by of the small steamers of the
fleet and chased. The Carolina into cove,
where she waited the tide to enable her to come to
Charleston through the Wappoe Cut. Whether
the fleet intended to take the steamer to obtain her
pilot to take their ships into Charleston. OF was
bockading the port, is matter of speculation.
A CASE OF CoNsc1ENcE.-One of the most re-
markabe cases of conscience, says the BoOnSborG'
Odd fetlow, which we ever recolect to have heard
of has just been brought to notice, by the let
ter which we publish below. The intrinsic value
| of the property SMALL and the length of time
which elapsed before the voice of conscience exer-
| cised its influence, was astonishing; yet, though
| long, it finally accomplished its object and COM
pelIed the perpetrator to make proper restitution.
| There no name signed to the letter. The other
| parties Mr.. Elias CLANCY, of Funkstown,
now deceased, and his father-in-lsw. Here is the
| letter:
"FREDERloK Co., MYERsvILLE. Md. I
| March "a, 1857. 7
! Mr.. ELIAS CHANEY-Dear Sir: | will enclose
you two dollars in this letter for you for an axe
have taken from old Mr.. Isburn, a half worn axe
about thirty-two or thirty-three years ago, and
have often been sorry for it, so / resolved before
my God, that you should have the value for it a
you are one of his heirs"
MILITARY ENTHUsIAsM-A number of one q thu
Mississippi companies informs the Vicksburg VIII.
that so great was the disappointment of those
could not be received into the several companies
! there being nearly three thousand applicants whel
the requistion called for only fifteen hundred mel
that heavy bonuses were in many cases offered t
O those more fortunate. In the Jefferson Davi
e Guards" of Holly Springs, a wealthy plante
offered thousand dollars to private to Withdraw
in his favor, but the offer was not accepted
The Vicksburg Citizen states that the Madiso
county Rifles, one of the companies who have er
listed in the service of the Southern Confederacy
from that State, have in their treasury the mic
IS little sum of seven thousand dollars besides 81
negro men, all of which had been presented
them by the citizens of that county since their ei
istment in sae service of their country.
r The stonemasons of Cincinnati have struck Il
u hs-l- G->-
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PriVateers Fitting Out at New UrIeahs.
NEW YORK, April IA special despatch to the
Herald, dated New Orleans yesterday, says that
several vessels are fitting out there in anticipation
of the issuing of letters of marque
The military status at Pensacola remains un-
changed
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The Forts in North Carolina Captured.

MONTGOMERY, April 17.-Gov. Ellis, of North
Carolina, telegraphs the Secretary of War that he
has taken all the Z. S. forts in that State.
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Court oF APPEALS OLE MARYLAND

JCUKT OF APPEALS OF MARY LAND.
DECEMBER TERM.-HNNAPoLIs, April IT, lS6l.-
No l26 Thomas E. Van Bibber and others u.s.
William Harvey and others. Appeal from the
Circuit Court for Allegheny County. The argu-
ment in this case was further continued by Thomas
Devecmon and Thomas J. McKaig for the appellees
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WASHINGTON ITEMS.

WASHINGTON April 1.-THE Treasury Depart
ment has issued an order directing the name
First Lieut.. Rogers to be stricken from the roll of
Revenue Service, for having, while in command
of the cutter Henry Dodge, in violation of his oi-
|. .ca oath and of his duty to the Government, sur
rendered his vessel to Texas
Governor Sprague has been te!egraphed to come
hither with the Rhode Island quota of troops, with
out delay.
Additional volunteer companies were mustered
in to-day by the War Department, and Others were
forming to offer their services to the Government
There is intelligence here to warrant the be-
lief that Harpers Ferry has been seized as was cur
rently rumored to-day, together with other mere
reports of exciting character.
Edward c. Darlington, formerly ofVirginia, was
to-day appointed Attorney for the District of CO.
lumbia.
J. NJ. Fleming has been appointed Attorney for
the Eastern District of Tennessee; Joseph Gilman,
Marshal Of New Hampshire; Wingate Hays Mar
shal of Rhode Island, and George Seward Davis,
Paymaster in the navy.
Col. Charles Lee Jones to-day resigned his com
mission as Adjutant General of the District of
Columbia Militia.
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Troops for the southern Army.

MONTGOMERY, April T.-Fifty thousand Tennes-
see and Kentucky troops offered this morning
to the Montgomery War Department.
Southern Privateers.
MONTGOMERY, April defenders have already
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In England, in the year 1888, it was enacted that
"no lady or knights wife should have more than
one velvet or damask gown for the summer; that
all ladies should wear russet or camlet three days
in the week. under penalty of ten shllings per day,
and that surveyor should examine the ladies'
wardrobes." Just fancy such surveyor in these
days!
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A VENERABLE VoLUNTEER.-In the ranks of the
Louisville Blues, now at Montgomery, from Bar
bour county is the Rev. Alexander McLenan, of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, who, with his
two sons, have enlisted with the company for the
term OF twelve months in the service of the Confed
crate States In speech made by him at Clay
ton on their way to Columbus he remarked that
Sour cause was honored of God, and He would
crown it with success" Mr.. McLenan is upwards
of sixty years of age, and the greater part of his
manhood has been dedicated to the service of the
ministry. Equality and justice to the South is a
motto to which be has always been religiously de
voted. Columbus Sun.
Important oil discoveries are stated to have been
made near St. Clair, Michigan, on Pine river, and
elsewhere.
The Treasurer of South Carolina reports the gifts
of money to the State at S22, 900.
The Delaware Division Canal is now navigable
throughout its entire length.
Hon. Edward Everett delivered lecture in Gin
olnnau few evenings ago to large audience,
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Items from Charleston.

CHARLESTON, April 17.--There is nothing of loca
interest here. There is some excitement abou
Virginia. If she secedes it is supposed thai
troops will be sent from South Carolina one
will 90 before.
Private intelligence asserts that President DAVIS
intends to assume command of the operations al
Pensacola.
The iron battery Cummings Point is being
taken down to-day. The guns and riHed cannon
are moved to posts commanding the channel. Inc
work of tearing down and clearing out continues
at Fort Sumter,
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VIRGINIA CONVENTION.

RICHMOND, April II, 5 o'clock P. M.-The ord
nance of secession has not been passed. The Con
Vention, however, still in secret session, and moth
ing certain is known.
WASHINGTON, April 1S-1 o'clock, A. Mp to
this hour nothing definite or reliable has been re-
ceived here from Richmond in regard to the action
of the Convention.
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PRICE TWO CENTS.

deepest conviction of duty to God, and after laying
thelr case before God-and God has most signally
6lest our dependence on him. "Verily the Lord of
Hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is our refuge"
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the United Kingdom, 27e, e'AAA ''' ~
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The Express has now been in existence, in its
present hands, 25 years, and we have twice had to
defend it with grape and canister. We have
many times been booted at, yelled at, and half
mobbed, and just as many times, often by the very
same men, been cheered, applauded and given
ovations to. Always as calm as a summers morn
ing, our ':fghting editor" awaits this .'blowing
up'' as he has awaited some thousands of the like
threats within the past 25 years-ever ready f0r
it. and not at all disturbed by threats Of it.-N.
Y EcpresS.
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Paul B. Lalane, son of well known fellow
Citizen and in his twelfth year, in the Stevens
Battery throughout the glorious bombardment of
the 18th and 18th, and did gallant service as a
youthful member of the Palmetto Guard. lie
fired seventeen shots, and was more than ready to
be useful and active, in all within his
strength.
An elder brother, of military age, regular
member of the Palmetto Guard, who have acquir-
ed enviable reputation by the efficient connections
with the Iron Battery.
We have no fears of the subjugaon OF people,
where the boys thus trained.
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The REAL OLD IRISH GIANT-As the wor kmen
employed in sinking foundation for the enlarge
ments now being made in the parish church OF
Mungar, Ireland, were recently pursuing their
work at the east end of the building they discover
ed, among the other remains of human beings, the
perfect skeleton of a measuring over seven
feet in length, and which appeared from the i'm
mense size of the skull and other portions-such as
the bones of the hands, jaw-bones, &c-to have
equaled in its other dimensions its extraordinary
height. Its position was considerably deeper IN
mother earth than that at which human skeletons
are generally found. There was barely sufficient
appearance of coffin to prove that it had received
proper inerment, but everything connected with il
indicates its having occupied its lonely tenement
fer several centuries.
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4ll2l.
The following statement shows the business of the
Reading Railroad during the month of March, 1861 com
nnrel wi tla snr n,nnn Of
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SEE FOURTH PAGE,

BOARD OF TRADE.
Committee Of arbitration for month # April
EDWARD JENKINS.
WM. SPERRY, A. l.. WEBB.
W. +. JOY, A. GROVERMAN JR
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Munitions of War for the South Intercepted

CINCINNATI, April 17.-Thirty-fve boxes OF guns,
from Parkersburg, were seized to-day on steamers
destined for Little Rock, Ark ansas, and Memphis
large shipment of powder has also been
stopped.
shipment of bacon for Charleston via Nash
vile, was also disembarked, and owners of boats
have been notified to take munitions or provi-
sons South. The police in boats search every
passing steamer.
All the volunteer companies here are filled, and
more are Offering than can be accepted. Three
companies start tonight to rendezvous at Column
bus. Five hundred troops are in readiness at New-
port Barracks. The work of enlistment is pre-
crossing rapidly.
BosroN, April 1.-THE Webster Bank has ten.
dered $780, 900 to the State and other Boston Banks
will swell the amount to 81 ,000, 900.
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RATHER SALTY.-Joseph Laipg, of Toronto, re-
Gently deceased, was in the habit OF consuming
pound of EPSON salts daily for ten years prior to
his death. The deceased was subject to fits, and
found salts the only remedy for them. The total
quantity consumed by him upwards of a ton
and a half Some druggist has lost an excellent
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proclamation from President. Davis.
MONTGOMERY, April IA proclamation will be
issued By President Davis, tomorrow. The Cabi-
net has had long session to-day. 1t is probable
that 100000 more troops will be called into the
field. -
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:, The Indiana papers speak most encouragingly of
the growing wheat crop in that State, and express
a confidence that the fruit crop will be a most
abundant one.
foreigners are permitted to hold real ests tie
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The stone-masons of Cincinnati have struck for
higher wages They want an advance from Sl.b0
to Sl.7o day.
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Excited men exclam loudly in favor OF war DO
ont nnon defenceless women and d'children?
These are the persons who suffer most, in their
novartv. loneliness and desoation, protracted, it
NAV be, through many years. Dying on the battle
field is not the only form OF suit ring, by any
!
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Last Thursday at P. NJ, the keepers house was
struck and considerably damaged by lightning.-
Mrs. Richards, who was in the dwelling house,
seventy-fve yards distant from the lighthouse,
was struck down, apparently dead Tor halt an hour.
Toe lighthouse proper received no damage
TtmuG Fla \ SHnnU South.
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VIRGINIA MoNEY.-One of our Washington
friends, who unlucky as to have in his pos
session 81 900 of Virginia money! being unable to
dispose of it at any rate in Washington, came
down to our city yesterday, to try the market
here He was told that if his money was bought
which was by no means probabe-it would be at
10 per cent. discount. Not being able to stand
this, he invested his money-which received
at par-in -four, which will prevent starvation in
his family from now to the end of his lfe.-Aler.
| Gazette.
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Pulaski is completed and in operation. Sixty miles
of the telegraph line between Charleston aud Sa-
vannah have been completed, and it is believed
that the entire line will be in working order by the
middle of May.
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LGNCOLN CALLs FOR 2, $40 TROOPS FROM VIRGTNGA.
| Governor Letcher received yesterday requisi-
ton from the Secretary of War for three ra-i-
ments of 7SO troops each, ''under the act of Con-
gress for calling the militia to execute the laws OF
the Union suppress instructions, repe invasions,
&C., approved 2Sh February, 1875. The Secreta-
resolutions of the Chicago Convention. Certainly
he might have done so just legally, and far
more appropriately. Virginia will send seventy
five thousand troops tC Washington, if need be, in
response 10 this call. The appeal to the patriotism
of the Old Dominion will not be disregarded.-
| Richmond Enquirer, AprU TN.
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The fishermen of Holland have been for many
years in the habit of killing their fish Immediately
superior flavor by being spared the struggles ana
agony Of diving by exhaustion.
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PEEsoNAL.-The editors of the Express have re-
ceived several notes from the friends of freedom," J"
''free Speech" and ''free discussion of which the
following is but specimen:
To the editors of the Neto York ErpreSs
If you persist in writing your damned secession
articles, your office ,oiH be Jlo,oa up.
T,rEo In iir,n
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| pr-,,,s Do,vce Michael Welsh was convicted in
Boston, on Saturday last, of the murder of his own
daughter, girl of twelve years of age, by beat
ing her. The mother was also arrested, out no
hill was found against her. The family most
degraded one, and constantly drunk on liquors
stolen from different stores. Not long since, a
brother of the victim died from drinking alcohol
they had stolen, supposing it to be rum
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A SUICIDAL FAMmY.-At Eastport, Maine, Mrs.
Ann Tucker, widow of Ambrose Tucker, who some
wears since was lost at sea, committed suicide by
drowning, on Thursday. After she had retired to
bed with her child she arose. and, still undressed,
proceeded to Burk's wharf, and jumped overheard.
sister Of the deceased committed suicide few
months since at Pennfeld, n. s., and the event
seems to have had an effect to induce her to sim
liar course. She had frequently remarked that her
dead sister was constantly before her, and she
feared that it would make her insane.
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A FRENCH GIRL PUT on THE CoNsCRIPTIoY LIST.
The confusion arising from using Christian names
common to both sexes, has recently been illustra-
ted in France: A girl named Marie has been in
scribed for twenty years the conscription regis
ter as a male; when summoned lately to draw for
the conscripton, her mother attended, and al
though she gave irrefutablc proof that Marie was
not a man, the municipal officer compelled her to
draw; happily she drew high number, which
! ended the dilIicnltY.
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The Shreveport Gazette learns from persons ut
rectly from the praries of Tex1s that Tue ,,n
crop was never better. large crop was s4"ns
and the wheat was almost matured on the oVtn Oh
| March.
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derate States of America.
WHEREAS an extraordinary occasion has occur
r ed, rendering it necessary and proper that the
Congress of the Confederate States shall convene
to receive and act upon such communications as
may be made to it on the part of the Executive:
Now, therefore, ], JEFFERSON DAVIS, President
of the Confederate States do issue this my proca-
nation, convoking the Congress of the Confeder-
ate States for the transaction of business at the
Capitol, in the city of Montgomery, on the TWEEN
ty-nnth day of April, at II O'clock noon, of that
day, of which all who shall at that time be entitled
to act members of that body are hereby re-
quired to take notice.
Given under my hand and the seal of the
IL. s.. Confederate States, at Montgomery, this
twelfth day of April, A. D., 1861.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
By the President
X, TOOnhs Snnro4,,,u
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PAID THEIR FINEs.-The Lucy r. Waring, of Bal
rastad some time ago for a violation of the nspec-
su tiou law, paid their fines yesterday morning and
We're released. The steamship s. R. Spaulding,
which was mulcted in similar ine by recent de-
cision of the Court of Appeals, also paid over the
| amount Yesterday Norfolk Herald.
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The slave brig Bonita was 70 sGEH Hunter GamineI,
gaass :Ssss ra'sS'y ;S @ $4,000 :,
for s4o0 suOls Ill as gold said to be found IN
Diamonds as well r;a a' one of these gems was
the mines of oSer for 10 CENTS and disposed of in
%1sros sold Ss for Sns one hundred dollars
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.binped A o to augusta Georgia from New York via via
Havana, and it is highly probable that more WIZ
Sol emit
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The Augusta ga. ConstW'oma..'tsi,n ".atinS that GEL
Sam Houston was in Cahawoa' A'''
i days -=------ in 6
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BoLDNEss OF THE New YORK RIVER THIEVES
On the day previous to the sailing of the United
States steam frigate Powhatan, from New York
some audacous river thieves approached the yes
sci in boat, for the purpose of stealing copper
from her bottom. Some river and harbor ponce,
men, however, were on the lookout for them, an"
before thev commenced operations gave chase
The thieves made all speed for the shore, but were
so hotly pursued that they were compelled to aoan,
don their boat, which the police captured ana now
have at the station house 1t was foand 10 contain
batchets and otter implements for stripping off the
| conner, with a pile of stones to throw at the men
on board, if they attempted to interfere.
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Poor WoMAN's IDEA OF A PooR HoUsE.-Not
long ago destitute daughter of Erin walked into
a brokers' office, and in very insnuating tone
begged for little aid to support her starving fam
lily. "Why my good woman" said the comforta-
BILE looking gentleman to whom she addressed her
petition, 'yOu ought to take your family and go TO
the poor house, instead of begging about the
streets this way ''Sure, yer honor" she repied'
''it wouldn't be aisy to go to poorer house nor nor
| my own." The rich man could not answer TINS
cincher with anything less than two shilings, ano
| NOrah want out with a smiling face.
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The reouisition upon Massachusetts ioc S tLo1ps ps
bos boan increased to four regiments instead OIL
two, t%I All companies of infantry and rinemen are
IN consist of Ga privateS.