New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-04-24
from II. .esrohing eye Of .he PrOyoss Marshal and

from the searching eye OF the Provost Marshal and
tirlightway he caused Der TO be arrested Cast.
| Crane s4ved her from Incarceration IN the gpsrd-
Ouse, by promising that she shunId adopt proper ar-
| parei anf b. lenot ag.lu. The secret oasci oo'.
land d. Jog Sunday he to'g .l ~ tCG me g." "
lu'olestsd. They gathe'rd about e Captuin H11r-
Ile'- 10 s.c ber Colonel ltct AN an Iai .. ION
az fc al.i d.. 4tcLeG be at ,g 80. to IGss .ul BIZ
nqulries. The woman discovering that her sn're
Wa out that her presence in such gsrb wa tIe
theme for a Thousand tongues, took up tho Captain
ir,vlver, stepIo1 frOm Lis room, and placing tbe
mny1le to her hear fired and ell corpse upon the
Oicn pta.. ground, ~ ont groan an excl ma
ion. Ao.binS ccul De learned % her "a &c, family,
or TIE motives which Influenced her in following
Gait CFiSs ~ the War.
When Pegrags men were III Lauc lster, Gar
RAID County, KY during the recent raid, one OF hls
officers aud squad Of neil rode up to The house o.
Col. Lsndiun, then abseu, in tSs Union Arny, ano
ordered bis wife 10 get q em meal. SIC W'n 'non
fatty that che would not do il. They then cSest
eued TO bum her hous-, If she persisted, to whie
s1e herOicaly replied, " Then apply your torch and
III take my children and leave, for | will not pre-
pare you food, adding that sLe thought they wonld
fluid GrIgade of men TO apply the torch also.
Stunned by this unlocked for courage and defiance Of
an unprotected woman, they deemed 1t better not TO
carry toer threat into execution. Toe sllusion 10
brigade Of men was understood by them, when Il be-
came known that her husband was then IN command
of brigade in the Union Army.
Word comes from all quarters Of the Northwest
thai the long continued favorable weather IN which
farmers have had no interruption Of the labors COM
mon to the season. has insured the sowing OF an area
in wheat greatly in excess OF that put into email
grain year ago The rc8rcty and high priee OF Ia
Dor have been drawback; but since the great hd-
vance in the remainder Of tue Last years CROP BOTH
Of wheat and corn has replenished the agricultural
exehequer, they not so grievonsly fell ~ was
feared Should the season for growth and harvest
compare favOrahly with seed time, the country may
look for yield that is without example.
"A little boy went TO wharf in Philadelphia on
Saturday, got upon canal boat, and undressed him
self Later in the dav the clothes still lay upon the
boat. The lad was no more seen. Next day hs
dead body was found floating in the water 1t wAs
drawn to the shore. The boy was scarce more han
a cbild-about twelve years old. An examination
Of he body showed the marks Of very severe ilage-
ation-lvid weals crossing each other at every lnch
Of lis back. The Coroner's Jury rendered averdigI,
" Found drowned" but the probability Is that the
lutte fellow ended bis misery by suicide.
MIR. Jefferson Kenny who left Bourbon County,
Kentucky, two years since and entered the Rebel
service has Just returned and reported at Burnsdes
headquarters. He lie tired Of the Rebellion, and
wants to take the OATH lie Gays the South is now
in a wretCbed condition, and entirely destitute OF
food and clothing; thousands would leave The Rebel
service If they had a chance He came into the State
with Cluke, aud escaped from him.
Not little excitement has been created in Tren-
ton, n. j., by the arrest of Deputy u. S. Marshal
Harris, together with constable named Dean. The
arrest was made by the Sheriff OF HunterdoD County
in pursuance OF an indictment found At the present
term of that coGnty against the prisoners for the
rest of Mr.. Ksge on warrant from the Secretary
Of War. The Graud Jury have slso indicted the
Marshal uuder whose direction Harms was acting.
Prentice tays There are 90 many more women
than men now in the South that it 10 thought law
establishing polygamy will be enacted there, each
man TO be allowed i've wives. Is not this stroDg
announcement TO our Rebel women here in Ken
lucky to persevere in their efforts 10 get the STATE
toto the Southern Confederacyi How would they
lise TO zee the awful husbsndfamine extended over
Kentucky
kidnapping negroes, 10 be run of into Ken
lucky, has been practced on an extensive scale IN
St. Louis lately. The plan is to huddle negroes,
claimed as runaways, into the calsboose, and then
carry them over the river by the omnibus load At
midnight keeping them in the railroad depot till the
morning train starts when they ara shipped of 70
Evansville by railroad. Several oontrabsuds, bold
ing free papers have been In this manner
--The Brooklyn Tirles ssys Mr.. Jno. J. Schroeder,
formerly Of that place, bat q resident Of Richmond
sioce 1856 where be edited The Ners paper Of the
j. NJ Botts stamp escaped about ten weeks ago, and
called at The Times Office GU Saturday. Mcclellan,
ssys Dir. Schroeder might have taken Richmond
with perfect ease bad he chosen TO do 90 previous TO
the Seven Days Battles, 1t being perfectly defense
less.