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The New York herald., 1865-02-23
SALES AT AUCTION.

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WEST HOUSTON sTaEEI5Ss, gsnS: ~ ls..sAold.
~ DEGRAw M srREET-Dwsling Houses Nos ass sss. 500
sACKETT sTREET-Dwelling Houses Nos 2si. 20e 2ss<.
20 2T and 49, Also, four Lots Sixth avenue and Butler
Maps and fun Psrtieuars may bs had at the once Of the
WIN. Writer'S, AUcTIoNEER WILL SELL THIS
inson street s.ss% Engine and Boiler one bonss do
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with BRASS faucets. Rsaains Soolsr Ts%pcIs.o1s yin
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WIN. Writer'S, AUcT1oNEER, WILL SELL ON FRI;
Paror SismSsr Dining and kitchen farniurs &C. Ia he
sSSys h9c:s; .; nearly new Tapestry Carpets rar0r Suits
SHIPPING.
CTEAM wEEKLY TO LIyERrooL, TOUCHING AT At
G 1nf he mails dssPssSns fapo~srsd
EfNA Saturday, Feb s1
And every succeeding saturday noon pier 4 North
payable in gold or isS equivalent In currency "a
First cabin. $50 Steernge.
Do. 70 London g Do to London. ....-....
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Passengers forwarded to Havre Bremen. Rotterdam,
Antwerp &C., at equally low rates.
From Liverpool Queenstown-Frst cabin, eo eo0 90o
eteerage $50 Those who wsh to send for their friends can
buy tickets hero at these rates.
These steamers superior accommodations for passen
GERS strongly built tight iron sections and
patent annlaor Experienced surgeons arc attached
For further information apply 10 Liverpool 70 WILLIAM
INMAN, agent % Water street; in Glasgow TO ALEX.
GxW. >. sEYMoTR CO: n London. 70 NXEs. NXEs !.
DECOUk q Rue Notre Dame des yeoiEe. Plscs De u
BSa..s n Hamburg e JHaN .. ,oN Adml nj
Walnut street. or at the compsnys onlcea
JOHN g. DALE, Agent 10 Broadway, n. 7.
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TRAYEILERs, GUIDE.

NEW YORK AND HARLEM RAILROAD
4N Trains for Albany, Troy and saratoga Springs also
connecting with the North and West leave Twenty sixth
Tickets be procured At the Offices OF westootrs Ex
press In New York and Brooklyn Baggage checked from
The residence 70 all points this road and IL connections
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A z. BURNHAM, AUCTIONEER.
"A. MAGNIFICENT

AND MANY RARE, COSTLY WORKS OF ART
AT PUBLIC AUCTION,
this Thursday Feb e at the five story brown stone
residence West Sixteenth street. between Fifth and Sixth
avenues sale commencing II O'clock The auctoneer woud
SALE being the richest assortment Of Household Furniture
c offered ut auction this Drawing Room Furniture
covered brocate richest description Etageres, Bookcase
Centre Tables Mirrors Chandeliers Encoignures Cabinets
Engrayng Lace Curtains Velvet and BRUSSELS Carpets
Canterbury rosewood Bureaus Bedstead Wardrobes en-
suite style Louis XIV Mattresses Blankets Sheets Coun-
topanes Extension Table, Buffet Sofas Easy Chairs ele
Ant China Glass; Silver Ware Table Cutlery Basement
Kitchen Furniture NJ B-o0ds bought at the sale stored
till lst Of May.if required
The New York herald., 1865-02-23

J0SEPH HEGEMAN-FRIDAY, FEBRUARY a. AT TEN
~ O'Clock A. NJ, ut the Central Salcsrooms. wiouGhby,
OF Pearl street. Brooklyn, Pianos Pier
Glssscs arior Chamber and Dining Room Furniture; fine
on Pinilngs, Sewing Machines Counter Carpets Stoves
The New York herald., 1865-02-23

DRYANTS.
ID Mechancs' Hall, Az Broadway above Grand street..
Mr.. FRANK LESLIE. First appearance this season
Brilliant of the screaming burlesgue OF
THE LIVE 1NJuN.
Hun. Ke Do the Live InJun Mr.. DAN BRYANT
ARTENus WARD. THE MORMON GIRAFFE.
Exempt Shakers Jack Cade. The Perfect Cures.
Sally Come up. Tinpanonion. The pllywiiywinck Band
ParQuet 80 cents; Gallery 30 cents. Commence alta
The New York herald., 1865-02-23
TIENRY H. LEEDS AUCTIONEER-H. II. LEEDS
II AND MINER will sell by auction, Friday Febru.

TJENRY d. MINER, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 81
Nassau street opposite the Post ofhbe Sale original
,dern oil Painting. MINER 4 SOMERvILLE win sell
AT auction Friday February a. at o'clock at their sales
Pantngs Of the Ialian English, american, German and
Flemish schools, comprising works of the following artists
Will sary Van Scverdonck L. smets Koek Koek, Caro-
los lancrni Of Vienna Ggnoux, r. A. Richards Gainsbo
den Bassan Ii9,bma, Iocmans, Boerdman Lewis, Car.
pentc, bunker, Wattsau llox w. T. Mathews Others
Thr above are now exhibition, with catalogues
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MILITARY AND NAVAL.

i AT NBwrON'g NAVAL SHIPPING OFFICE, NO.
IA Wall street. wanted for the navy. Any able
bodied man accepted. Prize and relief money and highest
4 bounty. 20 landsmen wanted.
The New York herald., 1865-02-23

TIOoLEY CAMPBELLs MINSTRELS
III 20l Bowery, opposite spring street.
First appearance Of j. Is. DONNiKER, the world. famed
volnist and Melophone performer; MICKEY WARkEN,
the Champion Jig Dancer and Master REYNOLDS the Ju-
vene Clog First week OF the LIVE INGIN Jenny
Lind Nicodemus Johnson Veteran Return Handy Andy,
Hop. Light Loo Goose and 0ander re, &C.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-08-22

bridge, and in reply to his inquiry as to where
sue had been, she replied that she had been
staying with her sister in Brooklyn, which
statement he knew to be untrue, as messenger
nau been sent there on Friday, lie said nothing
iurther upon the subject, aud the two returned
nome while crossing the river to Hoboken,
Ellen heid her handkerchief to her mouth aud
Mr. observed her make a motion as il in the
act OF throwing something out of the window,
ana heard splash In tho water. The family
spent the evening together, during which Ellen
informed younger sister that she had taken
some laudanun, with the view Of poisoning
herself, which fact was communicated to Mrs.
Cooley but she aud her husband supposed the
statement was fabrication.
The inmates Of the house subsequently, retired,
but about o'clock yesterday morning Mrs. c.,
feeling apprehensive that her sister might have
swallowed poison, proceeded to her apartment
anu found her sleeping soundly, and apparently
not under the influence Of any drug Mrs. o.
again visited the girls room about 3 O'Clock
yesterday morning, and found her lying asleep
IN the same position that she had left her, aud,
feeling somewhat alarmed, had DR.. Chabert
called in. Upon examination the Doctor stated
that she was under the eiieots Of laudanum, aud
was past recovery. Everything possible was
Done to restore the girl to consciousness, but
without avail, and she expired at about O'Clock
A. NJ.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-08-22
THE ATLANTIC CABLE.

The additional news from the Great Easterp
lully confirms all We have said about the sub.
stantlal failure of the second attempt to Law n
submarine cable across the Atlantic ocean from
ireland to Newfoundland. The report ae TO the
cable being buoyed up is nonsense. The buov
was placed over the spot where the parting tooi,
place, in order to show where to grapple for II.
but the buoy was not connected with the cable,
and could not have been, as the end went to the
bottom Immediately as soon as Tie L.,u.e took
place. ltseema that the Great Eastern suooess.
lully grappled tho cable from the bottom three
nmes and raised it 1900 900 and 500 fathoms
rs.psenssiy, Hleu it was lost again by the gram
pings breaking. As the ocean is two and
half miles deep where the end went down. the
strain upon anything attempting to raise the
cable IS fearful. 1t was this strain which caused
The parting of the cable in the first place, There
may be grappliugs strong enough TO hold il
while 1t is being raised, but We are inclined 10
uouot The hopalessness of the enterprise il
shown by the fact thai the Great Eastern has
returned to England. The strain we have MI
iuded to was ascertained on the first attemnt 10
iay the cable, and precisely at the point where
lhe break occurred, it might have been foresesn
anu provided against.-U. S, Gazette
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-08-22
From the Albany Evening Journal
CAUSE AND EFFECT.

bank teller in New York gets In love with a
pretty wditer, and she serves the pa assions of a
big butcher The bank officers nre TOO cOnfdiuR
TO watch their subordinate. He trades upon his
reputation for honesty. For many months, a
~ stem of false entries and forged returns were
made. Finally when the bank has been swim
died out Of about a quarter of a million, the
exposure comes the groaning stockholders
pocket their losses with such equanimitya as tbey
can muster; the sleepy directors apologize for
their criminal neglect the robber in chief goes
to prison, ,-one of his confederates ends his mis-
cradle life the others are 30 vulgar that nobody
inquiries what becomes Of them. respectable
family is ruined, and another added to the we'll
hled list of domestic tragedies
young man, son of an unusually opulent
house, himself possessing abundant means is
attacked with mania for wine, women and fast
bargains. To meet his extraordinary expenses
he must trade outside the natural limits Doing
So only involves the making of few false sir-
natures But step follows step, until the Young
man 10 ruined and absconding criminal. the
family house with which he was connected-in-
Guiding his aged father, pillar of strength far
generation in the world of commerce-made
bankrupt wife and child abandoned. and the
commercial community aghast at the probability
Millions ~
1t is only q little while since these and tbeirs
were foremost among the grand crushes Of the
,on s In New York, wore the oostliest opera out
n's and gave the greatest dinners or since. at
saratoga and Newport, their turnout equi-
pages were the most splendid, and their diamonds
lIe most brilliant, of any on exhibition. The
pace tnat they have occupie1 in the fantastic
carnival Of counterfeit and dishonest arstoc-
racy' 10 now filled by others Of tho game ilk.
VINO VIII soon follow their downward steps
IL We must live in the gaudy profusion of use
less adornment, and the lavish use of unpeeded
luxurles' we must take the consequences. We
cannot spend our money twice as fast as wa
make and get it, yet maintain a sounNl financial
character So long as bOmbast and display are
the only required passports to position and
credit we must expect to see the honors of one
hour worn by those who In the next deyslone as
candidates for State prison or for the suijides
grave The passions of the hour and the code
OF society, present a continual incentive to ras-
callty on the part of ambitious men.
But do not these two exposures, following
eHen olher SO closely, furnish significant com.
menlary upon the truth Of the homely old pro,
Nerb, that "honesty is the best poicy.D
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-08-22
Personal Items.

The sympathy of the Washington Sc
cessionists for Mrs. JEFF. Davis is decided
ly substantial in its character. The
amount subscribed in her behalf foot. up
to the handsome sum of $3.50. The
lowest contribution to the fund was $40,
and the highest $500.
Twenty-one DEGREES of divorce were
rendered during the term of the Circuit
Court just closed at Springfield, Ill.
Dick Turner, the infamous keeper of
Libby Prison, is in durance at Richmond,
awaiting trial. His confinement has re-
duced him from one hundred and sixty
hve pounds weight to skeleton of one
hundred pounds. He is very morbid and
ulspirlted, seeming to apprehend the fate
In reserve for him. In the next cell, is
the guerrilla Albert Wilson, who hovered
about our lines after the evacuation of
Richmond, and in one day, murdered
twenty-five Union soldiers. One of his
legs has been amputated on account of n
wound when taken. He is but 25 years
old, and a handsome, mild-looking boy.
Hannibal Hamlin, has been appointed
Collector at Boston.
The death sentence passed on G. st.
Leger Greenfall, a British subject, at Gin
einnati' for aiding prisoners to escape
rom Camp Douglas, has been committed
70 Imprisonment for life at the Dry Tor
tugas.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-08-22
CITY MATTERS.

Ras-A breeze-kissed honeysuckle diffusss .
pleasant fragrance, but its aroma has nor ,ho !
tropical richness of Phalon's "NiRht- BIoom;ns :
oereus' That marvellous scent, yoluptuous
YET not too powerful, seems closely akin 10 ths
fragrant charm with which Nourmaba al enehan,ad
ser liege lord in "The Light of the Harem )
Sold everywhere '-1'eH
r. '-SUs, DELAWARE R. r. Bonds, &C.. Yop
SALE'-h. X. Robinson & Co., corner OF 4,b and
Market hts., offer for sale at market rates
1-oos' o-2O's, lO-4O's and all kinds Of Govern,
ment securities. They also have $4,000 Delnware
ran Road First MortgAged Bonds. fouarantssd a
Dy ihe Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baliimors
nan ROAD which they will sell at a very IoS
hgure' Gail and see them, if you wish to iuyest
your money to advantage. 'N's''
7-s0'a. 1905, AT No. COZ MARKHr srnrvr
John McLear Son, continue to fornisb ,hosa
bonds, in lots to suit purchasers, at a discount
Government securities of all descriptions bought
No. A.-Proverbs for the People. mRe ,DLo
committed to him. '' ''''''" "'u
n, iltuly, what violation Of humanity so TO do
= "9uSe % 30 noble an animal as the horse. vet II
u1'ly occurrence. 1t is thou9btless itta
pa.0arous ia Yet the million are equally tbouobt.
less ~ regard TO their health. Tbsv oversa,
S.. asslcste their food, and is it surprising
lolloWs with its train, Indieestion
Ia"e. M OO1ns.u,pauon, Palpitatiun OF tbe
heart, Nausea, Bilious disorders and ,-bs, ~.
Remedial agents are therefore nesdsd nv. ,
nothing has been found more eficisD, zuu
CRlhEAH BlIrgRs. But do not after heinz -.
well abuse your horse nor your stomsch ~,
Bitlers for sale. N''"isAn
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-08-22
Crimes and Casualties.

While large stone was being raised
over the south wing of the CAPITOL er.
tension at Washington on Wednesday af
ternoon, several of the beams broke let
ting the derrick fall 80 feet, and demol.
ishing the scafolding. One workman
was instantly killed and another seriously
injured. There were several narrow es.
capes.
On Tuesday of last week some wae.
oners camped on the farm of Mr.. Har.
per- near Colliersville, few miles in the
rear OF Memphis, and turned their horses
into his growing crops. Harper remop.
strated with them, when they set upon
him and so severely injured him that be
died on Thursday. The murdersrs eo
capped.
A man by the name of Stoddard i
Oass county, Iowa. was carelessly hand.
ing on Saturday last, q loaded gun.
when 1t was discharged, fatally woundine
a young lady by the name of Decker, who
was standing near by. stoddard and The
unfortunate victim were to have been mar
ried in few days.
Lexington, KY, was thrown into con.
siderable excitement on Monday evening
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-08-22

by the killing Of a member of the 49th
Indiana by negro soldier. The Indiana
boy vas drinking the negro patrol at
tempted to arrest him he resisted, and
the negro shot him.
A woman was mysteriously abducted,
on Tuesday night, from West Elizabeth,
N. j., causing great excitement. The
police are endeavoring to solve the enig-
ma and discover the abducting and alb
Quoted parties.
A citizen named Rice, who resided
near Rochester, Sangamon Co., ILL.,, was
found dead near that place on last Friday
evening, under circumstances leading to
the suspicion that he was murdered.
On Wednesday evening, near Washing
ton, a sentry accidentally shot Miss Mary
Good and Miss Eliza Ward, the former
fatally. Miss Good resided in Baltimore,
and died on Friday evening.
A regular organization of barn-burners
has been discovered in Genesee county.
The younger members were actuated by
mere love of mischief; the older ones
were fremen, and wanted to ''run mid der
masheen." The names Of about twenty
of the scamps are known.
Albert A. Joues, freight collector on
the Erie railroad, has absconded from
New York. He got $4,000 in one day
but how much more is missing is moi
known. He has had gorgeous suite oi
apartments on Broadway with a salary Of
$l,0OO'per annum!
A man has been arrested in Washing
ton for having absconded with $4,000
from liquor store at Newbern, N. G.
where he was employed.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-08-22

espied him, and her fertile brain ,u.,,.
conceived his object; and as sbe bsd sdluncsaia'sll
made up her mind to "play show oS a.. Ss,slaeall!
attempt, she made her way without do,o' I'e % The
platform of the car, the train moS,nay Tay 70 tas
time at the rate of about thirty milsa ~ lh'
anu hesl'ating not, leaped from tbs oo1 au nout
net Intentions were conjectured Inv Sa ,Sa. uelof'
witnessed her movements. The train va0t ,uOse who
TO halt as soon as possible, and ISs ,Ss brought
went back expecting Of course. Ia snS TS parties
.her terribly injured or mutilatsd Iuu her ell
what was their joyful surprise, bovopse'- Vurpse'--
discover that she was not only neiiSs. iSvsener' to
olner but that she had apparently Oae lat
put slight, If any ipjures-thus man;,apas ;ypsa viii
yond doubt that II the show busino.a y D.,
NJ Tor her, she was at least fitted for WASN'T
business. Her miraculous escspe caD "' as, sASA
attributable to the expansion Of her ,sy 5s
ssirts-an article which has not nnr,soa1e Souol1e
played prominent part in preserving ryiV4SaeaIly Sea
lie. She was brought back 10 bsr uunAn
Sunday last, as above narrated. and T i, Soa' %
hoped that her brief experience in a",1,t 70 p
feats will be sufficient to serve her ,bs b''Toau S.l.
Of her lifetime. '"' OaAn''I
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-08-22
General News.

Latest returns from Kentucky seem to
prove that Yeaman has been beaten for
Congress by Ritter, pro-Slavery If this
is SO, the Emancipationists have elected
but four Of nine members.
The Rebel General Slaughter has pub
lished letter, in which he fully excul-
pates General Mejia aud the Imperial
forces from the charge of aiding the Con-
federates. He says that not a rife or
musket ever crossed the Rio Grande or
otherwise entered the Confederacy through
the Imperial lines.
The Ohio Democratic State Sover-
eighty Convention" met at Columbus on
Friday, and nominated ex-CongreSsman
Long for Governor. Strong State SOW
ereignty resolutions were adopted.
In the Mississippi State Convention
ordinances ratifying all judicial decisions,
judgments, &C., under the State law DUR
ing the war, and prohibiting the legisla-
ture from passing any law imposing any
civil disability or punishment upon any
citizen engaged in the late war with the
United States or his political opinions
Occasioned thereby, were reported and
passed first reading The Committee on
Constitution recommended such changes
as to hereafter prevent slavery or involun-
tary servitude, except for crime.
AT Memphis and other places in Ten
nessee severe shock of earthquake was
felt on Thursday morning. Buildings
were shaken and chimneys tumbled over,
No particular damage was done as far as
known. At St. Louis and Cairo a simi-
lar shock was felt on Friday.
A private letter of recent date from
Fort Riply, Kansas, says the Indians have
been very troublesome for several days,
and that about thirty or forty men
OF the llth Kansas cavalry were muir
dered by them near Fort Yarah, in the
vicinity of Fort Riley, and that the In
dians had also captured train of mill
tary stores. The soldiers killed were a
part of the escort of the trains.
The pirate Shenandoah, on June 2Sd
was near Cape St. Thaddeus, on the coast
OF Siberia, near Behring's Straits, steer
ing northwest toward where the feet of
whalers was known to be. Accounts of
the destruction of some vessels are given
in San Francisco dispatch.
At Fayetteville, N. c., it is stated, it is
not safe for Union man to express his
sentiments. Two female teachers who
desired to establish a school for colored
people were refused by the Mayor, and
we're told that if they were men they
would be served as such people were be-
fore the war. A negro was recently
strung up by the thumbs, and received
forty-nine lashes. The government has
found it necessary to garrison the place
with negro troops.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-08-22

., DARING FEMALE ADvEKruRER-NItR.orr .orr ma
HsuAfE'-Says the Altoona Tribune, From tho
uusluSer OF the emigrant train (upon which he
nssures us tile heroine Of the adventure returned
W ner nome on Sunday afternoon last) we learn
,nat ,I young girl named Mary Lee, a resident of
huntingdon became .lnfat atuated with the flint
ana tlnsel Of show life, as displayed in the
ground and lefty tumhlingp of circus troupe
winch exhibited at Huntington few days since.
anu determined "for to 90 to see the monkev
snow oil the time; or, in other words, to be.
oolne part ana parcel OF the aforesaid equestrian
es'aohshment' Accordingly she adorned herself
III her "best bib and tucker" and in the "wee
sns hours ayant the twal." whom travelling
SHOWS usually take their departure for other
scenes, she took up her line Of march in COM
pany with tigers, bears, and ,isich like wS;uh
iormed the managerial portion Of the exhibition
to say nothing Of the, to her more dangerous ssl
soclates in the shape of human bipeds. and
when daylight dawned she was to the parental |
rool unknown, As a matter Of course, the na.
rents OF the girl were justly indignant at ber |
Wayward conduct and measures were immo
diately taken to turn her steps from tho bazard-
GUS paths in which they faid would tread a.
cordingly, messenger was despatched IN La
istoWn, where the "shoW" was 10 EXHIBIT ~ ~
tercept the foolish girl, and bring her baeE hnt
she, getting Wind" Of The movement. deter
lui1ea 70 place greater distance beween ,srss.
aa anu uuy' anu ior that purpose became a nasssnl
ts w Anf pf the eastWard-boun passengsr
uOuDIless Intending to take refuge Ia Sn.
2.ne. iooallty and wait until the circus came M
~. ~ .ne party In pursuit was on her track. and
~ upon ine same train in which she was a pas.
senger, Just as 1t was ''pulling OUT Before
w Hl4us nlA presence known, however, the Girl
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-08-22

A CURIOUS CAEE.-We were shown v..,..,
a cane made by II. II. Woodward of 'v1'''1A ,Ss q,
Massachusetts Regiment, which ia consiS. ~ ~
oil curiosity. In the centre Of the bsaJ..1NA
or handle IS fine portrait of President iinp0'
surrounded with red, white, and blue oirols. lS''
Outside Of these are the words "Abrobav' r.
colin, died 1866" cut into the wood. and nsi. iu
meath it, "By the Eternal, the Union mns, s,.ai
were the words Of General Jackson,n A. ''aaa W.
top Of the cane ia the word "Iineoln n,i' w.
each side of which are red. white oni ". N.
stripes, and at the outer edges mourning .,,i"
Following this are the names Of Grant f6,mlp.
burnside, Sherman, Meade, and Sheridan M
these lines; "And all our brave soldier. I,
whom great honor is due" ''''
Then. cut in winding groove aroupl N,
cane, from top to bottom, Is the follovis.
"This cane is made Of white cedar and VA. "
on the spot where the battle Of Roanoke Isl.1i
was fought, on the memorable sth of Fsb,0'.. ,a-'
1862, by X. T. Woodward, member Of ms Si,
Regiment Massachusetts, Volunteers under NJ.
jor General A. f. Burnside, which reSpltsi !,
the capture Of the whole island"
The letters are about quarter Of an incb /,
width, and arc beautifully cut. The cana h,
large number Of raised knots in ii, which !,
painted in the national colors. Itia yyrv h,
geniously arranged, and must have taxed N
patience of Mr.. Woodward to the utmOst-E
change