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En,nortnnt peeisien in New OrIeans.


From the Delta June 10
PROvosr COURT = MgjOr Joseph VI Bill,
L,dge - Monday. June 9-CaSe against the
Rank of Louisiana - Amcdee DUTaRd. COmptGil-
0af.-On the 10th OF September, 1861, the city
of New Orleans erj1yed financial system
second 10 none ii the country. The banks were
all in a sound condition. On that day they not
only suspended specie payments, but also ceased
TO pay out their own notes. Instead they sub
stituted notes Of the Confederate States, and all
transactions were conducted in that currency.
After the 18th of September, 1861, the claimant
made deposit in the bank of Confederate notes.
He row demands that the amount OF his deposit
shall be paid him in current funds The court
held that the Constitution Of the Southern Con-
federacy made coin the only legal tender, and no
law exists compelling the receipt OF Confederate
notes in the payment of debts. The banks, by
their action in Withdrawing their own notes from
circulation, and advertising their Willingness to
receive Confederate notes, reduce the currency
of the public to such Confederate notes. The
complainant: had for long time been deposItor
in the Bank of Louisiana. It is admitted that
all of his deposits since September l6.h have
been in Confederate notes, or paper which he
knew was to be paid in Confederate notes
He uas not deposited dollar of money. But
the bank is estoped to deny that these dc
posits are money. 1t, with others, aided to
make them the only currency loI uo PoO-
pie. 1t would pay out nothing but Conted-
crate notes; it received them as money, without
objection; there was no element Of cOmpulsion,
physical or neral in their reception by the bank.
It would be to allow them to take advantage
on their own wrong to permit them now to say
| that these notes are not money 1t would WORK
! q f.aud upon their customers who are at the mer-
| ev of the banks The deposits Of the complain
ant can in no legal ssnse be called special de-
posts. Such deposits are too well understood to
need expositior. This case has nothing in com
mon with the cases previously decided, where
| the parties were comp elled to receive ContedeT
ate notes as money. Judgment for complains
| ant.
The counsel for the bank, j Ad. Roster. Esq
was permitted to have copy OF the complain
properly filed, and fled his answer and o3IectioI
| thereto. He was also permitted to ale an excep
,ion TO tie jurisdiction OF the couit. The cast
| win probably be taken up before Gen. Butler
| Judge Bell, however, refused TO grant uSPen
sion appeal, but insisted on the execution OF tn
Judgment. Col A. =. Field appeared and mad
a strong argument against the bank.
Since the above was written, we learn that IN
bank, through J. Ad r Jsier, attorney, made aP
i plicstion for stay Of proceedings, IN order t
obtain revision Of the judgment. Gen Butle
granted delay, in order to have time to exam
| 4ba snuliestiou
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~ Benjamin LAughridge, niiIti4 eolopei =. q
Murray county, Georgia, bas been fined go
for running a whisky still, In violation o. iss
proclamation Of Governor Brown
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GENERAL ORDER Nc. -,

Isl CORPS kRHY o. THEl
MISSISSIPPI
CoETNTR So &c b 1864 }
+ ALL soIdiers absent from Tie let Ar-y Corps BY
expiration Of fnrl0uga, or otherNss a. o'oe 70
rEort 81 ftsse Headouarts-s within tie X hftsen
dsFs IRON ths date all sbsentEes, without leaye ef
Neusis a. ID its vicinity viii report - CsOi. J. d
= 1dnilso1 81 he Office Titus q Co, IN Mes PMS,
shir t rext seven dEys = DO vii furnish hem with
ltssport1 "a Il euf ted thereto
Thoss lsrg g comply with this order W.tan lae Pc
s srore aes.r bed viii be ET-ssts5 sui treated IS
terfesz
By order Ct gsior Gscelal Polk. ....,--
GEORGE va LLAESO&.
A a. GeEe q.
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~ That Is beautiful thought where some
one saws Habit in child is first like spiders
web ii neglected, it becomes thread OF lwlne,
next cord, or rope, and finally eab.e--lhen
who can break il
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THE LAD IRVING as JUBA.

One Of his precious achievements at the school
was tie personaiion Of Jubs, in AddisOn's trag-
e5y of Cato" which had been selected for
public exhibition It was rather an aspiring ei-
fort in STRIPPING scarce ten years of ags, and It
yyould seem from one incident of tie perform
ance that the dignity Of tragedy must have suf-
feres somewhat at his hands. The Punce OF Nu-
india was quietly munching a piece of honey
cake behind the scenes when lie was suddenly
summoned to the stage, and he found himself
face to face Bith the audience, with his mouth
full of the adhesive substance, which he tined in
vain to swallow Who shall describe his agony
when he 0und he could not release bis impeded
utierancs2 There was q suppressed litter among
the audience onperceiving his dilemma, but their
| laughter become eunrestrained when J Jubs quietly
| thrust his fuger in his mouth, and proceeded to
rake out the gluiinous mass.
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From the Paris correspondence May "a oi
the New York Herald, we extract the following
EUGENE AS a HUAIAEFTARIAN, BiNKSR AND
MONEY LENDER The emperor, thinking the
nresent very timely occasion for exhibiting a
renewed Instance Of his sympathy with the
working classes, has induced the empress 10
take the initiative in founding novel mstltu-
ton. the obi sct Of which is 70 advance loans 10
workmen Tor the purchase of tools, instruments,
utensils. and even furniture of indispensable
necessity. To give due Importance to such an
institution, every member of the imperial tami-
lv is enrolled on the committee list, ali the min
isters and most OF the SENATOR'S the Jo1ng
princs imperial occupying a conspicuous place
fn conseouerce OF the little prince being ole,
the various schools or colleges throughout
france are expected to participate in II, and
each tlere 10 contTibuts the minimum subscrip-
ton of ten centimes G week. The Lycee Bona
psrte has already shown the way in touching
letter 10 ihe empress. A gigantic beneht So
eiety of this kind must inevitably be advan
.aqeous: but the fact Of its being originat' ct
This moment is undoubtedly owing to the dis
tress occasioned by the American crisis A SO
ciety of this nature is also calculatsd TO BIND
,own a number of very troublesome spirits in
bonds to keep the peace. Men whose loans
NAV be called in, whose tools, instruments, fur
ni.ure, etc may be taken from them IN pay
ment OF debt, viii not be the first 70 etfend
the powers that be in case OF temptation; and
though it is only fair to give the emperor credit
for large feeling Of humanity 10 this enterprise,
it is permissible 10 suppose he has had sharp
eye TO its good policy.
DEPARTURE OF THE JAPANESE. The ia
panese ambassadors and their suite have now
ceased to be denzsns of the Grand Louvre DO
tel In truth, these interesting orientals made
themselves so generally amiable that all the
wayfarers Of that magnificent hOspice feel as u
! the most pleasant members of the company had
been taken out of it. After the Japanese be
| came habiluated to the sight of the society of
the hotel they did not scIupe to mingle freely IN
il. visiting the large reading and banqueting
rooms Gd libifaa. As fond souvenirs of their
association, they freely distributed their paper
pocket handkerchiefs to all who were disposed
| to accept them. They more than once dined at
the table h0te in that noble hall, than which the
| Tuilleries has nothing finer, and partook freely
of the various deicacies provided BY the famous
artist who presides over the gastronomy OF the
| hotel.
Indeed, so happy were they in this renowned
| city, and so much less cOngenial were they pre-
pared 10 find the manners of EngliShmen than
! those of Frenchmen, that the government was
more than once obliged to impress upon them
! the necessity of q speedy departure II they ln-
tended to keep their appointment III England
and be present at the installation Of the inteTna-
| tonal exhibition.
Their Itraits are in all albums, and, at a
season Of peculiar dullness, they have been most
questionabiy gOdsend.
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TIE SIEGE OF yALENCIENEEs.

But his martial spirit took a wider scope when
the newspapers came laden with the stirring de-
tails Of the siege Of Yslencienneg, and he and
his brother John undertook to Ie-enact the hardy
eonfics-John representing the besieging allies;
ha. the defenders of the devoted fortress. Pals
ades were erected in one corner Of the yard, OF
little blocks Of wood; tlese were surmounted
with flags, and pegs inside stood for men. The
heavy artillery consisted Of little leaden can
non loaded with gravel. The siege was to be
prolonged TO fourteen days, the actual invest,
ment, and by solemn preliminary Il was settled
that whenever so many men were killed, that lsl
60 many pegs shot down in one day, the eontea
D,1st cease til the morrow. The histor Rn oi
the siege was John, who was nearly five years
he senior Of Washington. john would, accord
iDoly, issue bis daily bulletin OF the progress o
ne contest, and task his diction to the utmos
10 delail the incredible iaats Ct the combatsnts
So roarifest. however, became a. length bis Dla
in favor Of lis own achievements aud so llt,i
account did he make Of the ProWesS OF th'
;nnior hero, that the latter was driven TO reInoh
STRANGE, and finally threw up tae contest an'
Withdrew in disgust.
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A WOMAN's THOUGHTS ON BONNETs--Ths
bonnet is the frame to the picture. A pretty
face wants the setting to add lustre to its lovli-
ness. A homely one hopes, by a happy eombi-
nation of tin's, to soften its ugliness or to sug
eest beauty it does not possess. The present
bonne;s look like coal scuttles, and will hardly
succeed in making any one look handsOmer. In
their anxiety TO grow large all of sudden, they
have burst out behind as well as before. They
may be decided stylish, but they are nos grace
full. A high pointed ske.f protruding over the
forehead, and bag of lace hanging out Of the
crown, large enough for rk-pOcket, IS any
thing but artistic. Still, it is refreshing to see
heads crowned with flowers, instead of feathers
To me there was always an ineOngIuity in the
thought of robbiGg poor ostTichcs AID smaller
binds of their pretty tails, in order to trick out
feminine heads But flowers are natural orna-
ment Doubtless one of the Il st things which
Eve did was to knot flowers in her hair, and to
this day flowers and rare limitations of flowers
make the most simple and beautiful ad1rning o.
her multiplied daughters. The most graceful
spring hat worn is the simple straw void the silH
or lace crown, trimmed with budded green, el
violet tnts, and clusters Of spring flowers
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GGEYTRaCT,
BEADQUARTFRs wESTERN DEPARTMENT, I
CoRISTH, Kiss, Msy q b leoa- }
General Orders KO. 81.

II ALL efEc n and priv ses absent fron their
II pasit f5r seyec aaFs, without leave, shall be
dos sa "a 1s rolls Of ID Amy aud be o1sdsred
e tscTte7s ani when arrested ahsi be yuaished ae
0ortiasy. Ihe 7 nSmes viii 80 he u5l saed II al!
De aeRsfelers As such
By counsu5 Of Gen BEAUREG RD.
'Sirutdl GEORGE VA. BRENT,
Acrug Chat OF s al.
IOfisisll GEO. q GARNER,
- A Eenaral.
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ms DlsIRE 10 BE = SAILOR.

So strong did this desire become, that 81 1Le
..,s of fsurtesn i. had nearly ripened into pur-
n5ss 70 elope from home and engage as salioi I!-
The idea OF living On salt pork, whlch was ms ~
abhor1ence was, however, gIeas uiaS ~ jan ,or.
-, rs 10 5eseTmiDed to overcome his dislike sne
sccoT5 ri nelg be made it his practice to eat i a
sverv cpportani = It was another part Of s MS
go ;Pa bv way ef preparing for hard
coTc c 70 ee. up from his bed y night and lie
oUu -, ~ bsrd aoor. But the dscOmtoIts OF this
Tansn - M soon proved teO anch for bis PeFseYeF
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7IaDouhRTERs IsT CORPS AR8Y OF TaE)
HISSLSsIEIL
CORINTH, Say 2i,h leo2
. social Orders No. 81.
II ALL iesves o. absence granted 70 of6ee.s or men
81 jas Army corps, except ir, n The, e aeaaquaI
= re i.srrfr ievoked sad sU persons boiling them
d &c r1p5-t 10 their respective ColnILaldsrs imH-s
5aly.
B7 ordsr Of Ma -T-Genersl PoLE
GEO. WILLIAMSON,
- A Gsreral.
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WASHINGTON.

"Washington's work is ended" said the
mother. and the child shall be named after
him" The appellasion was the means Of pro-
curing him an early introduction to that illustTi-
Gus parsonage. when be came back to New York.
then the seat OF government, as President Of the
United States. A young Scotch maid-seTvant
of the family, struck with the enthusiasm which
everywhere greeted his arrival, determined to
present the child 10 his distinguished namesake.
Accordingly she followed him one morning inte
shop, aid pointing to tie lad, who had scai cely
ouigrown his virgin trOwseIs Please your
honor" said she, T" here's bain vas named
after you" In the estimation Of Lizzie, for so
she was called, few claims Of kindred could be
stronger than this. Washington did not disdain
the delicate affinity, and placing his hand on the
head Of her little charge gave him his blessing
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EARLY INCIDENT.

When sophomore in Columbia College, for
some real or fancied mischief he was ordered
bv DR.. Wilson, the venerable professor Of the
dead languages, to remain after the class was
dismissed. His fate was at once before him-an
immediate reprimand by the doctor, and an or
der to appear before the board of professors on
Saturday, for such further punishment as the Of
fepse might seem 10 their united wisdom 10 re-
c aire. Tie heart Of the worthy linguist, how
ever. relented when the class had retired, and he
found before him in the supposed culprit the
grandson of his old acquaintance. " Was not
Your fathers name William ?" said lie. "Yes -
. And your grandfather's William l'' " Yes"
&" All" said he, u knew him well, be was a
worthy man. Won may 90
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A STnRY AF COTNTERPARTS.

A aniet, uneYentful life was mine until / leii
the shelter Of my fathers roof in Gorhzm, and
accepted the desk Of bookkeeper in the whole
sale clothing establishment Of Shears & Pres
eott in the busy little town of Weston.
But there, one fine afternoon in October, just
in the midst Of the Indian summer l invited
Lille Prescott, with whom was very nearly in
love, TO walk in the park with me.
Her little hand, in its delicate primTose-cOl-
oreI glove, rested on my arm, her black eyes
we're lifted TO my face. felt particularly ten
der aud cor f ientiai, and At pesce with all the
world We were speaking Of the gOrgeousuess
Of the distant bills, clothed as they were, in
their msnt!es Of crimson foliage, when l wa
brought to a stop by hearing my mans pro
nOunced in toxe neither sweet nor agreeable;
Mr.. Smith, III just trouble you to stop a
ninnit -
l looked up. A woman Of Fifty, or there
sbouts, effectually blocked up the sidewalk be-
fore US indeed, her proportions were colossal
II ever have seen the persOnihc&ti0n of indig-
nation, saw it in Ter expressive eOuntenance
Madam exclaimed Tetresting little
from the battery Of Fl .shing gray eyes which
she brought 10 bear upon me.
"YOu needn't madam me - cried she, waxing
redder. I'll just trouble you to settle this
little bill And she thrust sn ominOus piece
Of p1per before my eyes, which gssd substan-
tally;
Richard Smith to Mrs. JuiAna D'ggins, Or.
For SIX months N0srd 20
For washing .......... --.-.....--.. = 90
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LIFE ARD LETTERS OF WASHING
TON IRVING,

From the first volume of the biography of
Washington Irving, written by his nephew,
Pierre n. Irving, we make the following inter
esting extracts:
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VANITY Ruir.iams,

CATECHETICAL @ What is the earliest his
torical record of snake-chsrming
A. The Circumstance Of Rgth captivating
Boa.
BLACK MAH-Mr Summers proposed tax
upon slaves.
BARBER-IsM N CAEADA.-We are told that
Chancellor YanKoughnet; of Toronto, Canada,
has issued pTOHHHciamsIltO requiring barristers
practising in his court to shave their faces. How
much larger the liberty we enjoy heresbouss
OR lawyers only shave their clients.
CAVE CANEM-Why, let us ask, are timid
dog owners ike pious Israelites
Because, they always stand in certain de-
gree of awe of the Rabies!
A MERRY QUIP OF THE FRENCH MINIS
TER Mutton fat contains greater quantity
of SteaIine than any other adipOse matter OBJ
served heavy man who was persistently boring
the Frerch Minister at the White II use the
other night.
Then how is it that Sleeps get lost so often
asked II Mercier, with an eXtermiustng leeI.
OBSERVATIONS IN NATURAL HISToRY-The
pigeons upon which Barnum feeds his snakes
are not turtle doves.
The Parrots in the army Of the Potomac are
not McCaws- they are McClellans.
A singular mistake was made by visitor to
the dog show, last Friday week. While OBJ
serving the Arctic dogs enjoying their usual al
lowsnce Of ice cream, he remarked, that be sup
posed the creatures must be subject to boHc
mango
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ga dispatch from Nashville to the North

~ A dispatch from Nashville to the North
dated June 9Th, says:
Six hundred Of Ssearns' rebel cavalry STACKED
sixty scouts of testers men, Whils breaktssting
near Reading, twelve miles from MurfTsesboro'
killinO six, aud capturing all the rest but i've
The rebels Afterwards murdered several Of THEN
prisoners. The scouts belonged to WyneOOp's
cavalry.
An attack on MaIfreesbOrO' is expected, and
forces have been dispatched there.
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WANTED !.

seadv and Competent BlaCksmiths,
Wagon Makers,
Canper and Brass Smiths, Metal Fin
ishers, MachiRiSts, Harness Makers
At GOOD CASH WAGES.
ye0 t0o0 pounds Black Harsess Isea,LeTi 10 GO
j --or,-5s Old Copper and Bras, 5OO pounds steet
- Fifet Zne l5UO3 los. Ss5ders Jareso, ~ boxes
~ - re- f09J pounds Size Irtn p pounds Woru-
- F.7-osd I-on l0JC(0 feet Ct > 2 ana inch sea
- 49, Tiuber delivered ALv and al in mall or
f4-s9 Y WERNER & CO.,
4 Dnie Works,
I - Canton, Mis<-
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ance; with every new trial The pork grew less
appetitions, and the floor more hard, until at
length his faltering resolution came to a total
cal1anea
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The War News.

From tue Richmond Dispatch, May 26.l
We may look upon the work which Is to ter
inmate in the conquest, or successful defense Of
the capital of the South, GS actually commenced
The torch of the despOt is now near her temple
door, and his armed legions are within cannon
range of the executive mansion itself The fle-
quent skirmishes that have taken place, and are
continually occurring, are but the faint mur-
murings Of the turbulent storm that Is soon 10
burst upon us There is 10 want OF confidence
in the result. The general belief Is, that our de-
fense will not only be successful but glorious
Our people are hopeful and sanguine aud the
government " hen it resolved never 10 sUTTen-
der the capital with0Uta desperate resistance, did
ncTe to elevate itself in public estimation than
anything it has accomplished since the com
mencement of the war.
The reports IN reference 10 the skumlShing
that has taken place around the city az, us
might be expected, various aud conflicting 50
much 50 that no two accounts concur. Even
the exact locality Of the fight on Saturday Is
difficult to determine, TO one not familiar with
the section of country where 1t occurred. As
well as we have been able to learn, the engage
ment was near the Meadow bridge over the
Chickshominy, and between the Horse swamp
and the mouth Of Brooke creek. Our casualties
IN this skirmish were slight, but we have not
been able to obtain list Of them.
About nine o'clock another brisk engagement
was commeaced Oh the New Bridge road, near
New Bridge some nine miles below the city.
Our forces in this fight consisted OF Semmes'
brigade, composed of the 5th and 10th Louisiana,
the 10th Geoi gia, and 18th Virginia regiments.
The first named regiment was pcketed at or
near the bridge, and was attacked by superior
force of the enemy, nut held its position. The
| fight lasted for several hours, and during its
progress about forty were wounded in the 9Th
| Louisiana, among them Lieutensnts johnson
! and Steinmarks, the former in the arm and the
! latter in the breast
! Yesterday, Us far as we are informed, matters
we've quiet along our entire lines, nothing oc
curing to disturb the quiet which usually pre-
cedes the storm. 1t may be that before this
reaches the reader, the 5alvo5 of artillery anc
the rattle Of musketery will fall upon the ears oi
our citizens. 1t is unnecessary for US 70 eau ioI
them to maintain their calmness and compo5ure
They have for more than a week been looking
for active operations and IS a relief from sus
pense they rather desire than dread an engage
ment.
Late in the afternoon, and after the above wa
put in type, rapid discharges of artillery wer
distinctly heard below the city. The cause o
the firing, or its result, we have not learned.