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y.oCi~iaw Cured.

The following remarkable case of the cure
Of Iorkiaw IS related by the Medical Gazette
IF Milan:
- ! Aairdgesscr Of that city accidentally. re-
ceIvcd Il cut with = scytLc on The palm OF the
ict: hand. near his wrist. This occurred
about The middle Of March, le6l the wound
healed in siK dayS, aLi !, vas ua, until .h"
th;r,ie;h following that. on arising from hi.
bed. he tcl- SON" difficulty in o?oniny his
mouth, besides contraction III his left hand,
which lie could not open ont, and pains III hi
right hip and thigh Daring the frat days
the phenomena disappeared on going 10 bed,
but commenced again as ile arose and expos
ei himself To tie open air. On the 10th OF
April the symptoms becoming more intense,
h. was taken 10 the hospital. On The follow
Ing day spa modIc contraction OF the lower
Jaw, and TigGGIty in the muscles Of the neck.
were observed the left hand experience a
contraction everv time 1t Wa taken from uu-
der the Jci-cluthes, and the pain in the right
side continued the pulse was var slightly
agitatei. Sixteen ounces Of chloride Of bat
ices dissolved in pound Of distilled water,
were prescribed, TO be taken in the course VI
twenty-!Our hours. This treatment was con
.inued until the DIST. when the symptoms Of
Of lochjaw having nearly or entirely d.sap-
peared, the dose was reduced to eight grains
q dav, and the remedy was entire left on the
the 2Gth two days later, the patient left the
hospital IN perfect health
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n Remarkable Prophecy.

Not long ago was found at Toledo, in Spain
in monastery, paper containing the fol
lowing prophecy:
- In the Tar west, beyond the ocean. will
rise nation, which viii be great in power
and wealth; and Satan in one Of his walks to
and fro in the earth, will observe this nation,
and determine to destroy their happiness; and
viii there send two monsters, one to the
North and the other 10 the south. and he will
feed them on Strawberries, and they viii eat
tfeIn. and many Of the people with them, and
after they have eaten. they will feel great
thirst, not to be quenched with anything else
but blood. They viii. therefore, cause the
| brother to Say the brother, the father to slav
the son ami the son the father: and thew will
drink the blood OF the slain, and it Will bring
lamentatIon and waiiing throughout the land:
and when the time Is fulfilled, there will rise
strong man in the North who will take TIE
monsters and bind them and viii draw them
into the sea whore il IS the deepest, and peace
and happiness VIII again prevail throughout,
and the people Will praise the Lord
1t is said that monks IN SAID monastery
maintain that this prophesy was written be
fore the discovery OF America by Christopher
/ Columbus that Ferdinand and Isabella
were III the main induced by it TO fit out the
ship for Columbus; and that the first part OF
II 5 fulfilled III America, and that the other
part soon will come 10 pass
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TERMS OF SuLsCRsPTIoN
ADVERTISING RATES
The k'0,fuI;sStes. Scnc-.tE's ESe.
DnrE,

The fact that both Houses Of Congress had
quorum Yesterday. and Information from the
telegraph Office that would commence Ge-
ceiv!ug the Presidents Message At gwen
hour induced US TO lay the Postmaster Gene
rails Report before our city readers in our at-
ternoon edition. 1t turns out. to our surprise,
that the Message has not yet been delivered, 3
Circumstance that may make the publication
of the document referred to aiittle premature,
though certainly none the less interesting on
that account.
The Report sets out with a statement Of
the revenues and expenditures of the Post
Office Department OF the fiscal Year ending
OF the Both OF June. Whereas tor two years
before the war an average annual excess OF
expenditure over receipts OF considerably
above five and q halt millions, the debit nc
count has been reduced in 1eOi 70 less than
two hundred and seven thousand dollars Tor
twelve months. Post Master General DcnuI-
son truly saws that this exhibit " furnishes the
evidence Of an improving financial condition
OF the department highly cred:table to the al
Iniuistration Of my his immediate predeces-
sor" Though the ratio Ot receipts 10 eN-
penditures las been largely increased by the
cutting OF Of southern mails, The carrying Of
which aiwars cost much more than tney
brought il !s shown that the c-cess OF receipts
in 1851 IS upwards Of four million dollars.
The Department spent. III round numbers,
S355, O0U less than had been appropriated IN
the estimate, while is revenues reached more
than three and u half millions above what had
been estimated. The Postmaster General
asks 10 now appropriation for past deticicn-
cies, or tor the estimated deficiency between
now and 1876.
The rrp9r. contains an Interesting state
meut Of the revenue derived from various
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The Navy department.

Secretary Welles' report Is 4 plain, bust
nessliisc document. which. If written when
the author was wide awake, must have d"prIv-
ed him for some time past Of the iuor-iaate
quautuln of sleep that, according 10 the pop
ul,.r impression, lie 3 supposed 20 delight in.
Every effort appears TO have been employed
10 maintain the blockade. even a the expense
OF our s4uadrous at foreign stations.
The only port which has been to any ex-
tent available to the b!ockadc-runners for the
past year IS that Of Wilmington, aGd this the
Secretary states. on the authority Of the off
GERS stationed oft that port cannot be perit ct
" closed. In this connection it Is added that
the ravy has been AT all times ready 10 per
form it. part in an expedition against the
CITY. but has been forced to await the coop.
Grafton Of an adequate military force. Ot
course nothing IS said as 10 whether such 8
Joint expedition has been or is now in coz
temptation.
The figures in the report show that ouI
navy has materially increased during the past
year Its present strength, iucludin. vessel.
now constructing, is G1I vessels OF 5I0.3yt
tons. and earring {, 4,6l0guns; and the actual
additions from December, IeG3, 10 December
lstl, is - vessels. carving iGT guns. Since
March i, 1861, there have been constructed
for tie navy:
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FAMOUS JoEE?- young lady, the
daughter of the house, was addressed by a
man, who, though agreeable to her, was dis
liked by her father. OF course he would not
consent TO their union, and she determined to
cIope, The night was fixed, the hour came,
he placed the ladder 70 the window, and 4
few minutes, she was III his arms. They
mounted double horse, and were soon a..
some distance from the house. After awhile
the lady broke silence by saying, "Well,
you see what a proof l have given you Of my
affection, hope you will make HE a good
husband. He was a surly fellow, and grufl-
y answered, Perhaps l may and perhaps
not She made him no reply, but alter a
silence Of some minutes, she suddenly ex-
claimed, 40, what shall we do ?-I have left
my money behind me in my room. "Thcn,'
said he, we must 20 back and fetch it.
They were soon again at the house, the lad
der was again placed, the lady remounted,
while the ill-naturcd lover waited below. But
she DELAYED to come, and so he gently called,
" Are you coming?' when she looked out of
the window, and said, - Perhaps may, and
perhaps not;' then shut down the windov,
and left him to return on the double horse
alone. Was rot that happy thought on TIC
Iady's part--a famous Joke?
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lkE HEARD FEoS.-ln our last from Mrs
Darlington, she thus discourses concerning
Ike: Betsy Jane writ to you about poor
Isaac bein grated into our noble army it
was during the late prevailing restrict ion.
I've been 50 dreadful uneasy-laws a me 4.
But Dan !, at last we've heard OF him by q
neIghbor who is home on furrow He
poor innocent. at onc't tool: his place. so
nelghbor Tibbins says, az First Corpulent.
and soon proved so deficient that he was
promoted TO he an Ordinary rgeon--roor
child But what the blessed dear knows
about taking up arterials, computation of Inns
and the Ike, surpasses me. Howsumever, if
he can be the humble implement inthe hands
ofthe Lord ofsaving the lives of the gallus fel.
lows whose heads have been disseminated by
the bursting open Of pontoons and things,
why we must sacrifice him freely on the alter
of eplurisy uniform, and may the Lord have
mercy on his solar system.
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JOSH BILLINGS on Pedigree is
not important for a fast trotting hoss if he
kan trot fast, never mind the pedigree. There
IL great meny fast men even who Amt got
no pedigree. There amt much art in drivin'
a trottin' hoss: jist hold them bak hard, and
hOller them ahead hard, that's awl \ hoss
vi trot the fastest down hill, espechili if the
brchin brakes. kulleE'. is no kriterion. l
have ceen awful mean kuilers, except green
l never Gee a mean one Of this ku!ler. Hos
ses lv tew an honerabii old age, and often
ceen them th"' appeared fully prepared tor
deth. neathcus are allus Kind tew hosses ;
it IL among Christian people that hoss haz
to trot three mile heats in hot day, for 25,.
900 dollurs of counterfeit munnev.
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St. Paul correspondent of tho Time
telegraphs this horrible statement. Can it bC
true He SAYS:
"Captain Fisk has arrived here. He r
ports having killed number of Indians viii
bullets, and one hundred nen, ar0n'en ana
children uiM hard tack saturated ,cih St'ych
nine"
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SMART LITTLE GIRL You must not play
with that little girl, my dear said a very
iniudicious parent. "But ma, like her
she is good little girl, and I'm sure she
dresses as neat as | do, and has lots OF 'ovsn
II cannot help that my dear responded the
foolish mother; her father you know is a
shoemaker "But / don't play witt heI
father, play with her; she amt shoe
maker"
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Major General Hurlbut: commanding the
District OF New Orleans, is entitled to the
credit of discovering a new field for the exer-
else OF military authority. He has issued an
order TO the effect that no publisher or news
boy shall sell a paper for more than ten cents
per copy, in that city. The heavy hand of
military power may next be laid upon pop
corn and peanuts.
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General Mcclellan has an appointment to
the important and lucrative position of En-.
gincer-;n-Chief ofthe Morris and Essex Rail.
road. His salary, if he accepts the offer, viii
be twenty-five thousand dollars year--the
same that he would have re ceived had he besn
Sle cted President OF the United States.
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During the past year twenty-siX vessels.
carrying one hundred and forty-siX guns, have
been lost by shipwreck or capture-quite
small number in view of the extreme perils
IL which a large portion of cur navy has been
placed. Under the head Of construction OF
naval vessels, the Secretary admits the doubt
ful success of the monitors Puritan aud Die
tator. and Indirectly replies to the structures
Of the public upon their construction by the
remark that in the great eXigencies OF the
times ii was not strange that mistakes, and
even failures, occurred. The public, however,
asks for some more satisfactory explanation
than this Of the eprehensiDle manner in which
lis money has been squauder-d for the bene-
III OF contractors and Oyer-sauguime inven-
tors Inc explanation is too Rip Van Win
kieia;i - pass muster in these davs of low
currency and high taxes As a partial CON
tessIon oI the failure Of the monitors. the
Secretary speaks well OF wooden vessels. and
states that those now Constructing are of this
kind.
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The great man is one who does grea
thing for the first time.
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9rnfessieual Cards.

VNO. J. DAILY, Attorney and Counselor
81 at Law Reddick, Block Ecst s.s Of oouf ha's o.
lnN5-t
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A J. GROVER Attorney and Counsellor
a. at Law Ottawa IL O'icc in the Post Chce build
ing. VIII pr,c;i-r al the Stst- a'l t.'.rai Court ="
business neglected CoilsctioLs prompt: made ana -
Ipi,,el .-y; 1,iy.
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Southern Accounts.

The Richmond Enquirer. of .Jnne 1ath,
gives an account Of the operations hv Gems
Crook and AverilH in South western VIRGINIA
Their force, represented to be 10000 strong,
formed junction several miles northeast 81
Lexington, and 1t was supposed destroyed
the Lexington Military Institute Their ad
vance was resisted by Gen. McCausland
hut he was unable to check them \ nor
ton Of Averil''s f,rce then went into Nelson
county. where they made descent on tho
Evnchburg aud Charlottesville Railroad. a,
Fvo river hr,dra, where thew burned the
bridge and committed other exresses.
Yesterday evening the 10Th, ofRc;al in
forma ion was received that they burned
Arlington depot and passed on to Amherat
Court House, ID miles from Evnchhnrrh.
Later information is that they were with
in six miles Of Lynchburg
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Thirty. Ell q Iltla Co.'s arcss

WASHINGTON, June 1Ss-SHNATE ---The
Joint resolution authorizing the extension
Of the contract with the. overlandy tnail
company was passed. AS amended. limiting
the time. to. sixteen days eight months oi
the year, and twenty DAYS the remaining
-four months. Also the Compensation to- be
$500, 900 beyond,he amount paid for, car.
lying printed matter by water. d l.s.i
The resolution goes to the House.
The entire session Of tie morning WINS &C
'oupied viththa hill to encourage and, faeili
tate. Geographic communication between
the eastern and. western continent, on the
plan Of Mr.. Collins. of California. a-
Without action, the Senate at s. o'clock
adjourned. ~ ...l eea ~
June 90 HousB.-Mr. Wilson, of Iowa,
moved the appointment of two additional
Committees, one on Internal Reven,aa, and
one on Banks and Banking. IA ~ -
Mr. Price moved that the Judiciary Com
Mite report the bill to repea the act conn
,peling street cars to run on Sunday.
The Speaker. saidth Senats, had not yet
acted on : he hilh ..,.s..t
On motipn Of Mr.. Cox. the subject was
laid on the table. by voc Of 60 to S5.
The, Committee on Elections reported
that John G Scott. was entitled to retair
his seat for the Sd District Of Missouri
aid over for. the present,
( The Bill proyiding- thatin. granting landS
|. to. aisf in constructing railroads. and fo
o, her purposes. mineral lands are to he ex
Guided and reserved to the United State
was passed.
On motion Of Mr. Kinney. DELEGATE from
| Utah. the Committee on Post Offices an,
Roads was instructed tn enquire into tn
exnediencr Of repeal'rg so much Of the cx
isting law, as prohibits the earryisg {
newspapers and other printed matter i
I the overland NAH
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and next morning, withdrew my command
over the North Ann, via Carpenters Ford
near Miners Bridge. In addition to this,
the animals were for 90 days, the time in
which we we've engaged, without forage,
the surrounding country affording nothing
but graz ng OF a very inferior quality, and
generally at such points as were inaccessi
BILE to use. The Cavaly engagement OF
the 18th, was by far the most brilliant one
of the present campaign, The enemy's
loss was very heavy. They lost the fol-
lowing officers. Wig: Col McAlhster, com.
mander, killed; Brig. Gen. Roster, COM
handing brigade, wounded, and Colonel
Custer, commanding regiment, wounded .
Ny loss in killed and. wounded will, be
about SIS, Of this number 49D-are wounded
! brought Off in my ambulances 377, al!
that could be transported. The remainder
were, with number of rebel woaadsd
that fell into my hands. left behind. Sur
gems and attendants were detailed and
remained.in charge of them. captured.
and have now with me $40 rebel soldiers.
including 90 commissioned officers. NV
loss in captured will not exceed 16O. They
were principally frona, the 9TH Michigan
cavalry. TEis regiment gallan ily charged
down the Gordonsville road, capturing 1900
horses and about 800 men. but were finally
surrounded and had to give them up
When the enemy broke they hurried be
tween Gen'l Clusters command and Col
Gregg's brigade, capturing five caisSons Of
Pennington's. battery. three of which, were
aterwada re-captured leaving, in their
bends two caissons. A more detailed re
port will be made hereafter.
tSignedl E NJ. STANTON 3
WASHINGTON. June 10, 9:45 p Mt
Maj, Gen. Dir'-This evening dispatch,
from City Point, dated nine O'Clock this
morning. reached the Department. 1t re
ports that oar forces. advanced yesterday
to Within mile in front Of Pctersburs,
when they found the enemy Occupying a
new line, Of entrenchmenis which after
successive assaults. we failed to carry but
h. ID and entrenched our advanced posi-
ions from the forces Of the enemy With
the enemy's new lines, it is inferred that
Beaurega;d has been. reinforced FROM Lees
army.
No report has been received by the De-
partment, concerning the casualties Of orr
army in it's operatioRs since crossing the
James River, sycept the death of Maj. Nor
ton, mentioned Yesterday. ~ - $; ~
5 Gen. sherRaas rsp' ris to-day. the eremv
gave wav last night in midst Of darkness
and storm. and at day light we entered his
fne from right to lett. The whole, army is
in pursuit as far as the Chatta hootichie
Cen. Sherman adds; start at once for Ma
| rietfa.
No military intelligence from any other
quarter has been received today. III ..t
| [Signed.l a D. NJ STANTON,
| Secretary Of War.
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siege of Petersb,rra.

New York. June 81. -Headquarters Army
Potomac, Sunday, 8 Am, positive ad
vintage has been obtained over the enemy
during the last "a hours.
There has been more or less fighting
exchanges have been made. Our right and
left have been swung In something m "a
than mile. while the centre has been a1-
vanced but littls.
Briefly. Petersburg ia surrounded bv an
ahatris Of Yankee hayonets within easy
range Of the city.
All was quiet last night and no demon
STATIONS on either side. There has been
no fighting this forenoon.
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Correspondence Of the Courier.
AcKwokTH. GA, June 9. 1894

AcKwoKTH, GA. June 9, 1884.
Ma. EDITOR 1T is with pleasure that
seat : yselfto occupy the present opportu.
nifty in communicating few thoughts toge
ther for publication. We have just arris ed
at the front If the army to day. We occu-
~ position on the extreme left and center
You will please excuse avery brief notice of
our journey from, Clifton, Tenn. We are
very much fat;gued after maj ching "a days
over very Mountainous country. 1t is a
very current report i'm our corps, that the
rebels have evacuated thei- very strong pos.
ition in the mountains. Our boys are anx-
ious to follow them up. We think the two
pending battles viii end the war; and the
sooner they are fought. we think the better.
Our motto Ia something similar to the mot
70 of our State, "Our liberties we prize, and
our rights we will maintain" I will give
you description of the manner in which we
are devoting attention to our friends; around
me is seven. all resting on the ground, with
their portfolios on their knees and seemingly
as still as, if'thay were at some quaker meet
ing :: ink, paper and stamps has become quite
an object with all Of us.
Fhe most interesting scene to-day was
the loud cheering for our old corps com
mander, Gen. Mcpherson, he looks as pleas
ing and cheerful as ever. You will please
excuse my brevity. as inspection will be On
hands in very few minutes. Yours. with
all respest, B. 10. n. 18th Iowa Vol
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How and Where ndigha m
Crossed from Canada.


We have taken pains to ascertain the
facts in the case, which are briefly as fol-
lows: For some time past the marty
has been known to indulge in the pastime
of fishing in Detroit river, a few miles be
low Sandwich, at the old RED .Tavern."
On Tuesday afternoon last he left the Iii
rons House for the above locality, where he
renamed till about half past nine, at which
time he was, conveyed across. the river a,
Wxandotte, where he took the Michigan
Southern road A man residing in this
city is known to have purchased ticket
over this road for Cincinnati on that day
and as. he did not leave the city at all, i, is
fair to presume that it was obtained for
Vallandigham. Be that as. 1t may, "Val."
crossed the river at Wvandotte, he previ
ouslx having been dis .uised SO as TO AVOID
detection, and at about ten o'clock he was
on his way to Ohio in sleeping. car.
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state of iowa.

ApIurA~T GENERALS 0Pr-cr J
Davenport Iowa June IA. 1864
GENERAL ORDERS No 10.
I. All recruiting officers e,r the hundred
day men are hereby ordered to report forth.
with, bv letter. to this Department. their
progress. and number If men recrnited.-
Where Companies are fifed to the minimum
they will proceed at once to general rendez
vons at Davenport.
IT, All enlisted men are held u the ser.
vice BY the to ms Of their enlist mont and /.
If absent. without leave from competent All
thorltv. are liable to arrest &C deserters All
snch. where their recruiting officer has Gems.
cd to act in that capacity. will report at once
to This Department. nv letter. for transport.
alton, ann will I've ordered 10 Davenport.
TIT. No person is authorized to destroy
enlistment papers. or give them nm to enlist
ed men, and IL thevdo 80, are liable to ar
rest for discouraging enlstments
Nv. An recruiting officers who have NO.
accounted fbr transportation posses 10 II.
Colonel Grier. viii do 50 at once. and will he
held strictly accountable for the disposition
of the same. sai.ia se
By order of the Governor.
a 659 m N. B. BAKER.
Adintant General of Iowa.
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A speech from the President.


PHILADELPHIA, June l6.-After
the President had been conducted
through the Fair he retired to the
supper roam, when Mr.. Thomas Web
ster gave In bumper. the health of
the President. The President re.
Piled. closing MS follows:
eve are going through with our
task. so far rs I am concerned, if it
takes us three years longer. I have
not been in the habit of making pre-
dictions, hut am almost tempted now
tn hasard one. I will. 1t Is that
Grant is this evening, in a position,
with Meade and Hancock, from
whence he can never be dislodged
by the enemy, until Richmond Is
taken. 1t shall discover that Grant
may be greatly facilit ated in the cap
tnre of Richmond, by rapidly pour
ing to him large numbers Of armed
men, at the shortest notice. will yon
go. [Cries of yes. Will you march
on with him. Cries of yes, ycs.]
Then I shall call upon you when IL
is necessary Laughter and ap-
plause. During which the President
retired from the table.