, 1865-06-03

! PIE Fi1lCn &GQS new H5nC6 10 llid. ulHEF HEGL
ritz to property, and helps ali to higher an
truT enjoyment
GRNEHAL II KLLIGENUE.
/ Amos Kendall has devoted the sum
SO o0ot to the erection Of Babt'st C,urc
IN Washington city. a. 4 memorial to bis de
ceased wife, who vaa memter ct that de
| domination. Mr. Kendall retired from Gen
Jncbson's administration poor, but now, a
tx tx ea sge Of eighty, Enjoys an income O
| According to returns rsade to the Unite,
States Assesa era, the. earnings ct the West
ern Union and American. telegraph compl
Lies, for the last half OF the year 1864, wen
| 81, 50l 40. Or the United States telegraph
company during the same time, SIT, ISL.
| There were shfpped from Marquette, LAX
Superior, in 1868, 1856 OO0 gross tons Of ore
N 1864 the,e We're shipped .4S. 900 tons; of pl.
| lion there were shipped in The. former year
9oOo gross tons; in the latter year there wa
| sbipped psi tons-with total value o
s,%G, coo. This fnerense in the product 0
iron ia vtry marked.
-DfoVers have sustained vory eevere 1osse
Wtthsn the past feH weeks. The -Alban,
1iMes has hea;d Of one dtover who lost SIS,
00O 3n two weeks. and another who hat
parted with 81, ,0o1
-E1:Goy. niaguflu, Of Kentucky, ha'
Of the constitutional amendment bY th1.
state. The Louisville Journal says further
'Ihat he tntends to take the stump in behal
Of the amendment."
"A new Illustrated daily paper Is to bo in.
augurated at an early day in London.
AT West Point the other day, during the
bat alton drill, while tue men were At sup
port arms, q stroke Of lightning prostra!ed
nea1lY bali Of them. It was attracted, as was
thought, by the bsyopet points. There was
no IAN at the time. No one WAS killed, bnt
sevezal we're senselsss for some minutes.
"A private sale Of tea was made some
months siuce, in New York city, for 213o 900
In gold. The game lot has been ro.sold Lately
for 49, coo showing a losa to the Grss pur-
chaser of SIS, 900.
"A meeting Of German singers On scale
Of magnitude unprecedented eTcn In Esther.
land, will ne held during the approaching
summer at Dresden. Tue hill for the accom.
will he drawn together Ia being built; 1t Is
int:nded to Loid 5000 peopls besidas the
singers.
That the rebel Xii By Smith ia the partner ofa
great number Of cotton spectators, all oi
whom ale busy day aud night in transporting
1t to tic M:Asissippi river at varioua paints,
and selling 1t. The rebel government trains
and hundreds of Impressed trains line tbs
roads with cotton IN transit. Steamers gro
navigating the Red river. with his safeguards,
to rev It our tot New Orleans and Memphis.
II a'so comes from counties Ia Arkansas to
TIE Arkansas river and to Napoleon on the
mississippi. His shipping from Galveston has
been immense. An intercepted letter Yfom
Nata1n.f1as acknowledges the receipt there
from him Of 10000 bales within the last
thirty months. The ngent says over half Of
10 the Confsdesaey. Kirby Smith to-day is
no doubt the richest man in America.
In prize case In New York, involving
]. .s52 shares in the Great Western Railroad
Company, held hy Leroy IL WILEY, the Dis.
tEict Court decided that Wlloy, beng d rebel,
could not appear In Court to make d defease.
The Circuit Court has reversed this decision,
allowed to appear in Court and submit his
character for loyalty to Jury.
Cotton manufacturers are taking adran-
tage OF the favorable pticrs Of the raw staple
70 run their mills more actiyrly. The Lowell
tA!nBs) Atzos says the manufacturing compa-
ni' there are eeneralIy making preparations
to start up large portion Of their works.
orders 10 make immediate preparations to
sta1t up their cotton machinery which has
been Idle 20 long. The Merrimlck Mauufac-
turing Company has for SOME time been en-
ehgta in mnking arrangements for Increasioe
i's production Of goods. The cotton mills Of
utactu1lng towns are starting up Tha scar
city OF help Is great drawback however.
Neayers especially are in great demand.
AT City Point all the military hospitals
have been vacated and The stores brought to
Washington.
Another mammoth Land Company II
foru1lLE in Londen, With the object Of at-
tsActlnx emjgrauts TO Canata- The trouble
With Canada Is, that the government holds
out poor Inducements to settlers. compared
with tbose ou.rtd by the United States.
The Philadelphia Iaquirtr OF Tuesday re-
ttefates the story Of ironing JEFF. Davls, and
1a3s that The prisoner ieas h<drily nl1ade|td
tne day East tceel: and no remained until the xe7f
day afternoon. Dining the days he vaa ironed
DAVIS steaofRstly refused food, eating each
day nothing hut = bit Of bread. and yesterday
Or. CraStns said pl1in1y TO the authorities
that unless he was relieved from the shackles
the prisoner would not live two days. In
consequence Of this representation, The irona
we1c removed late yesterday afternoon, aud
tbcn Dr.. Cravens is fepurted to hare fur: ler
expressed the opinion that unless Davis was
a1loN I'd more fresh air Than be could get by
constant confnment In his cell, he would
not live ten dsys.
ua,is certainly has shown . chi,dlshness
and temper that Ia In the highest degree dis
graceful 10 him, and robs him Of ali claim 10
pity OF respect No greasstate criminal ever
EtCAQ III to NltAsIAuAc q ilk0k 0elOfG Tue
world. From lhe first ma,uent Of Ills cap
tura until now he has not shown single
sign Of that tortitude, courage and dignity
that hayc 90 ofaen gi1ded tLs last b N 8 Of
crime. None Of this has he Shown. lie acts
and talks like d epoi'ed child, whose play-
things hare hten taken AWAY.
the canal at Dutch Gap, cut By order Of
Een. butler, allows passage for vessels draw
Ing evvrn fees OF Water, and as now regularly
ustd ty such steamboats, and other craft a.
do not dsaw over that depth
dea.h-rate per one Thousand births is, ID Sow
York, one hundred aud stveutT-ayc; dl1rr-
ent parts Of London. one hundred aud forty
two TO one bundled and ninety one; England,
one hundred and cirh..y; France, two hun
a,ra AID Twelve. New York thus besps abtGt
inE to this estimate, Of children under Eve
years Of sge, thr PERCENTAGE Of mortality
etandestbns: Paris, forty.efrht Frnncr
fnty-tour Enelsnd, forty London, forty
five: New York. forty-ei1.
-Ex-Gov: Aiken Of South Carolina has
arrived at Rhit check, Dutchess County. n.
r., a,d is the guest Of Major Lowns Of that
place.
The Washington correspondent Of tho
Boston Advertiser states confidently the fol-
lowing:
at Is nearly four weeks since statement
was made IN this correspondence as to tbs
disrosition made Of the body Of the assassin
John Wilkes Booth, which. sfnce then, has
been widely reported throughout the country
md many times contradfcied. OF the sub
s,ant,Al t1u'h Of the main particulars thcrA
cau he no doubt. 1t will nut be very many
days before the visitors 10 tho Army Medical
the portion OF the spinal vertebra Of the
murderer through which passed the Asengiae
lui!et. The relic will oe esteemed most
| valuable one BY those skilled IN medi.a'
ecixncc, exhibiting, as It does, plainly the
| exact nature OF the wound and dem1ustra.- =
hayc pass. d Lis long hours OF 1tngetlnG death,
It Is now In process Of prcpa ALTON at the
Museum, and not yet accessible to thepnblc.
A gentleman who called on General Scott
! in New York the other day. found him in ex'
celIent health, and much rejolced at the sac.
cessful Termination Of tho war. The conves.
kat;on tuIping On JEFF. Davle, the old General
II hope hr Will b. hung By the neck, sir ; ]
!! hSpe it will hang BY the neck"
.-~One Of the best proofs that "H{zs Ii oI
! no a.c unit" La The following:
/ 4 talented African Of the boot. black per
sustlon, while dancing like St. V1tu. orcr 9
customtr's boots the other day. observed his
partner poriDg wisely over newspaper
| First member Of the frm-"Jullus, what
| de- debbll you looktn' at dat paper for; Yor
can't ztad"
Second member" Go way, fellah gue4
can read. 1'se big enough fur da.."
Frat member Dat 8tn't muffin. 4 cows
big enough to catch mice, but she can't dc
it."
They are telling G queer story at 1ndiaus'
apo1js that haal.ins nclu oll1cer in the Uni
I'd e1aies army, rho has been for some tlme
stationed in thAt caty. aud has created some
little keneAt1on by gaslantziss 70 the fasF sex,
is a woman. and bus been all th. time. This
office, is said 10 wear beautifnl false wills ers
and mouAtache, light colorcd md silkea.
The oasquerading fumaIe has been making
hot lore 10 some OF the ladies' of that city,
nas he' 9ne5 1Fee'y ID !nsm to
| forth"