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4 3sHr, ~ Iso looks e.I:Ie General
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EIym tA- LulSl0 -0IlInr -viAi ADVERTISE.


We sympaihize with cY7 respected fellow-
towusin-.l Colonel StrCAE. who. on tn: occa-
SION OF tue Pre- esidents fGHea IN Fnlladel pAia,
found himself more cons nspIcuous than nas
pleasant. 1t seems that. pa company NJ IA
three officers. lie was riding il q b-rJueLe,
abolt t.u rods il the rear OF the funeral ear,
wiler. the crowd took him FOR Gen. Grant, and
kept calling oct e isre's Grant! here
Grant T. I hc woman iIFlI up iGelr children
20 sec him men ran up TO the carriage 20
look him ia tie face. and it became such a
nuisance tho, the Colonel kept telling them
1t wasn't Giant; tbai VI Ia"t"as 40, raere."
They replied 10 him. " ou can't iooi a.,
GctrrsiI O-e fellow SaEd: = have seen
You to- often at the folE L. The tol1nel
having Oh q cape which concealed has u'ii-
[ ior.n. threw t-Ol 20 that De crowd cuuiG see
the ea lie, ard be cCnylHced he was not Grant.
fhen they shouted, = lie hat goton CJ!'LeIa
coat tO To-! US OGe r4spcc;a"ie locking
man ru>LeI up to the carthage, looked ham
square IN the face, and IL4 sun out " II Is
MN: there Is no mIsiakt aVvui X; have
secsl him 'u!ttu." CUloael p tod hiHl he was
mistaken, aud got Tor an u .sWer, Ou can {
deceive me. General; YOU y III hu)c 10 Ppt on
something beside oione : coat ~ do hat
Colonel Strjug then told til Et be was wound
ed officer, b.t oi no Gst. They crowded
around Tie carriage, hung Pn it. aad pep
pc al Jas the street IN IL Ie civlc procession
that faced The cugJ Stone t4ok VI their hats (;
and finally, after it had spT cad down the ne
In front that Grant vas cJikrs Z sin a carr! a2c,
THE plilcers. exec tstEost T. In- cofnnit;.d oi
troops were On iOot,- the Ca.e el and compa-
ny being III n carriage, which gave little
consistency to the repo IL II became such q
nuisance, and was creating So much disturb
ance, as some unth!Hkiag fellows several
times started - Three cheers for Gen. Grant !
that it was very <em barrsssliig. Que OF ihe
,narshals OF inc iqs rode Up to the carriage
aud touching the Colonel On the shoulder,
said = General, c3me 10 the Continental as
soon as you are through" lac matter be
/ came SO bad, finally, that Coionei 5. ordered
/ the drifer to turn ou. and leave the process
siou and he tried. Several times aud could
not on account of the crowd.
! Finally, He called sevcra' policeman, who
! cleared the way, and drove from Tire procession
hundreds following the .arriage aud crying,
There he g'es there he goes " He is an
| that carriager, The carriage was again stop
/ ped, and the Cplonel told them he was not
Grant, and they must go away, as he did not
wan: to create such q disturbance. One tel-
low stepped up and said, well, General,
shake hands with me and 20 away. |
have seen you at the front too ot;en, ana
! you can't disguise yourself.
| This incident occurred exactly as above.
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HEADo., MILITARY Div. OF TIE Mss,
j. TIE FIELD, RALEICH, y. e,

AP.il %, 1868.
DEAR SIR: Owing entirely TO mT erranlic
lte OF the past .oG= months. Your letter OF
March 2Ntl, dII not reach me til yesterday.
Kthink YOU VII appreciate my motive ~hea
| say that personally @ GIT not ~ gather or
seud trophies Of war 10 eyeaI SANITARY COu-
mission W mind aaI attention a.e 50
absorbed in other matters, that hardly
pause !. gather t1c lllpgsanls ot iItUe tokens
that would interest others, and i may be
the sail would realize = saln Of money that
Juuli rc ievc ,ha -..ass O. many widow
dni oIp.au len lp-,'ate Dr. war that seems
l. use calseles, an. hasr.i -. II. extreme.
Bat 7 have alTeg s. seut TO mr vile. 10
seem, deeply inter- -t,.i iu yoIr Far. = lew
articles. s.ud wal send c-r-h,- 20 some O.
my o.8cvrs ano mag have collected slne
thing, @! iuteres-, 50 that ir ;ie cad, without
promising much, may 5e.able 10 c5Gtrib-te
i ii;ilc tJ lhe advancement OF 4 cause IN
YLich ieel la'lch interest.
Bat there IS something unseen, unlcard
and not susccp p,lb.e - sale, that vii = si.y
eontri,ut 10 you all ] VIII So dirsc. tie
mighty force at mv ccmuiGEd. that the Nas
shall cease. and the catalogue ot widows aud
Orphans w.ii begin - lesseH instead Of a.
reaalug and better still. si!i soon send to
'leiT homes Tie noble fellows from the SRigk y
N1Rtrsat- mot lame sr SEX, b,!I bra awny and
hhr Isd : IT, open ulr-w.,h broad q. ests ;.uG
sirogg arms, ana love ot home aaf country
inteH> lied b. ;bCic long absence. Ii Lean
ouiv cuable a few Of Them - reach Cli-l-l
before yoAr Tair closes, they WI be as i.heTl
with their uret tnhack- a. :. sailor q. his Hl0ael
and ] will thereby contribute as mach us if
were 10 send yuu :. cart load o: b.oaea ane!-
~ d..
With resp c.. yatic friend,
" l. SI.s-i... Nh: General
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guraI he prophesied, all our people would be
again united, and harmony once more pre-
vail for thus he spoke: 80 ,, 70
:" The mystic chords cf memory, stretching
from every battlefield and patriot grave, to
every living heart and hearth stone all over
this bread land will yet swell the chorus OF
the Union when touch'd again. as they sure
" will be, by the better angels OF our nature.
What beautiful thought, and how beautl-
, fully expressed?
Why could he not have lived to witness
this,- his bright anticipation?
Why was be thus stricken down, that he
should not erjoy the reailzaIoH oi this' us
caerish'd hope?
Why. was he not reserved to JOIN IN that
chorus, so soon ..e trust to swell from the mys-
tic chords The better angels OF our nature
have truly touched, attUuing them to union.
harmony and love? And the more especially
rs the great drama in which he had borne a
part so conspicuous, was about tc. close, and
when Mt It's closing, those peculiar faculties
he possessed-his universal Kindness, his
broad sympathies, his geutieness, his love OF
his fellow man his coneilia,ory and iorgiving
nature, would have been brought into play,
to produce, under the providence of God,
results the most benign, stamping HIM IN all
future time. if not the Fatter: as the Great
Restorer OF the Union Of the ceuhtry, and the
preserver OF its most cherished 1nstltullons.
II has been truly said that naises become
beaeons in the stream OF time-slG'iai lights.
bsieiit Or lurid as may be, which the How ci
ages cannot ex tidg uislf.r Whose name, had
he survived the 'assassin's pistol, stood far
er chance Ihan his 20 become that beacon
to be that signal light. beamtn- in bright
eifulgence over the world forever! As 1t is,
gone down as he has. into silence, without
accomplishing all he desired for his country,
his honored name viii tie echoed this side
the grave " to the last syllable. OF recorded
time" ga .--' ...
The critical ,coniauetsres in which Mr..
Lincoln has been placed have no parallel IN
our history, and throughout | OF the " ne
has borne his faculties 50 meekly, that !" hIs
virtues plead. like SangeI ,tfuupe,-tong d
/ against The deep dammation of~hIs, taking
Of p ! = a 3 i i - -.,
In The death of Mr. Lincoln the world has
lost man of the most unbounded philan-
thropv-,he Union most devoted friend,
unwearying in his efforts TO restore II to lis
pristine glory-this noble State its for mo I
citizen, whom all delighted to honor, Gle =
one of It, most exemplary members. fro
cur professional circle we grieve To know one
of its brightest gems has dropp'd away We
are Poweriess to restore it to its setting, but
we Will ever remember is brilliancy, and
never cease T. admire the unsulliei purity Of
its nature.
After the response OF Mr. Justice Dreese,
the Chief Justice remarked that, in view #
the final ceremonies to take place on to-inor
row, upon the iuterment # til remains Of
our late Chief Magistrate. and as further
mark Of re.pect TO his memory, the Court;
would adjourn until FRIDAY a;9 O'clock. r
Court accordingly adjourned.
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Secrets % Magic.

Robert iTo,iGin conc.sies h,s memoirs
aiith a chapter OF Arab miracles. waich h. ez-
planned The Aissaona eat pounded glass
llouGl, powdered so ne tor nimieif and eat
il. and he arers that his appetite for dinner
va, improved by The dose fhfy walked on
red hot iron with bare feet, aud pass their
tougHes over white '.ot plates Of IRON. Pro
lessor Sem atrici di,cosered ihat by rubbing
into'tlc skin 4 solution otalum evapmat~d TO
spougy state. il Wa rendered insensibie to
TIE action Of q red hot iron. lie rubbed
himself ai.h soap, ard found that. even lie
ha.r dil not barn. lie rubbed the. aiim into
his tongue, aud laPped The glowing metallic
surface without pan. houdin himself then
tried pass;n. his hands. slightly dampened,
thfodeh stream of meltol iron, and found,
as others have done, tha, il left 30 scar on
him
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An English cQliuror, usei 10 stkyast 4
.,r.,ra fl,ral."a L. I,6Ar. th ,vn. a Lnile III

An L1gIlsn t9tLrO:, usl-A y slFtAsI 4
sword fl,feughs rs body, shove 4 kniIe up
each nos,r..I to the handle, and thus siitj-d.
sing song. Hoadm bought the secret ct
the iayulncr4ble, and now divulges it. The
performer was very thin. With waist belt
Ire strapped bis tender pauDch tight Gown up
on The vertebrar column. sub sti,ated a card
board stomach for the suppressed part, cover
Ell al with flesh coored tights, be,wecn the
true and false abdomen he fastened srab-
bard, and there thrust his sword which came
out covered with bogus blood, ofcourse. The
pug-uosed moun,ebanke enjoid physical con
formation which permitted the delicate and
delightful performance.
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How MucH ?-If a man sells his watch for
fifty dollars, buys it back for forty dollars,
then sells it for forty five dollars. how much
does he make in the transaction +? 1t looks
as ii he made fifteen dollars, but he didn't.
Boy, can you tell how much?
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ANOTHER INDIAN EXCITEMENT IN MIvHrso-
TA-On Tuesday last, a party Of six Indians
made thei' appearance among the settlements
of Blue Earth County, Minnesota, and mur-
d cred family OF four persons named Jewett
The next day half breed named Campbell,
Was arrestnd at Mankato, upon suspicion.
and after a trial before 9 citizens court
was adjudged guilty. The jury, however,
reconmended that he be allowed "a regular
trial before a competent tribanal. This did
not s;it the mob, who thdreinnpon' took the
prisoner by force and hung him from the
limb of tree. Before death, he confessed
,,articination ia the murder. and stated that
two bands of Indians, numbering about one
hundred, were in the vicinity of Mankato,
but Ibis was very much exaggerated, with a
view to. save his own neck by turning aiten-
tson elsewhere. Much excitement and alarm
prevail in that section.-Chi. Post.
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REBEL BARBAEITr.-The Bermuda papers
contain long accounts of The judicial invrsti-
CATION now being held at St Georges, Of the
attempt of Dr. Blackburn to introduce yellow
fever into New York. Philadelphia, and
other northern cities Blackburn visited Ber-
NIB puda ostensibly on a philan,hropic mission in
connection with the causes of yellow fever.
1.-The evidence shows that he collected while
there bedding and clothing taken from fever
Patients; that he purchased and Infected new
clothing, which he packed in trunks and left
id the charge of parties, with or ers to for
Warding them to New York in the spring.
One witness testi6es that Blackburn repre-
scnted himself as a confederate agent, whose
mission was tie destruction Of the Northern
masses 1t was shown that several per-
sons connected with the agency fof the
confederate States we're coenized Of the facts.
Il is stated that there were len trunks. three
Of which have been found. and their contents
buried. bv the Board of Health. Blackburn
il well known in these provinces as leading
al d ultra rebel.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS CONDITION.
TIE Heraid's Richmond dispatches show a
terrible state of impoverish nent in which the
people of Virginia are now found to be, and
to which they have been reduced by the rule
Of the rebel military establishment on their
resources of al kinds Thousands of the in
habitants of Richmond, Peter burg and the
surrounding country are preserved from star
walton by the supplies of food which the
United States commissaries furnish then.-
Strong desires are expressed for. the removal
by government of all restrictions on trade not
coi.traband OF war, so that facilities may be
afforded for resuscitation of industry. both
in the towns and rural districts. At present
the farmers generally are without the imple-
ments or seeds necessary to do their planting,
and unless these can be speedily procured
, there will be no crops forthcoming in the
State in the summer and fall.
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{ characteristic Letter from Gen.
S..crIi,:iE.

The Voice Of hie Far Of this week. pub
fishes the following letter from General Sher-
man to Judge james b. Bradwe!l, Of Chicago
Chairman OF tue Committee on Relics, etc.
n r the forthcoming Northwestern Sanitary
Flair:
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pLE.As. C.sAEs.

= = is-4 > "a "A as
. O., ut- Pound 81 SIsr-o '.rrcu. L-dy cake, Macra.
-sfI-. Iages Mss Airasnf Sticks. Jcy Cake Jelly
E,-. ,rU-a.l 81, rs, Frealh Ru,k Oar = Tea Cake,
Gran f.ss 'frarii luri'-,. ii 'lTa Cream Cake
-ga 0t-g klii-s a,l' ays sai male order
short I5t'-i--.
FAH l-E N1TTt-s-Tll- iar--7t stock m tho city
Afsa ~. Z. r.t ef l.s Blut 2, Cl-5cg. bal
NauuHIi 55-tL WI FEgRT
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A J. GROVER, Attorney and Counsellor
"A. at Law Ottawe. H. Office in the Post Office build
ng VIII yractiee all the State and Federal Courts No
,isifles5 neglected. Collections promptly made and re-
niited '-.t-t'i 7 sept l1,ly.
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aprofsssional Gards.

ITALY g. STRAWN. Attorneys and COun-
- scllors at Law and Solicitors in Chancery.
Office Satt;nger's 81, ok.
Will practice in all the Courts Of la Sale and adjoining
counties. Coiltctions promptly made and renitted
John J. DAILY, late Of ST. Johns, y Il. Christopher e
Sfrawn, late Of Clncfgo. -
Apri! l., 1865. -fg ..E 1850
, 1865-03-14
(From the London Times, FEBRUARY IA, 1861
THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC
MAILS.

Jamaica advices are TO the cath ult.
The Legislature met on the 10th, after
the Christmas recess, but some days pass
ed before "a quorum could be formed, and
at length the quorum was reduced To IL.
Little or nothing had as yet been done In
the way of business, the Government
finding Itself opposed on every side. The
Pedro Gays, with their valuable deposits
Of guano, had been leased by Government
to Messrs. w. G.. Atwood and Co.,
whose tender was the highest sent in.
Major-General Ashmore, commander of
the troops at Jamaica, and two officers
Of his staff, Captain Stewart and Lieute.
Stuart, left in the Fawn on the 10th ult.
for Nassau, on a tour of inspection.
Colonel Reynolds commands the forces
during the absence of The Major-General.
The International Bank was being wound
up, and had ceased all business. Small
pox had again broken out in the city Of
Kingston with renewed virulence, and
several fatal cases had occurred. The
following commercial intelligence is from
Cordova's Mercantile Inteligencer Of the
gath ult.
"The business of the past fortnight has
not been marked by any extraordinary
excitement or activity. The transactions
have been steady and quiet, and up to the
usual average. Since our last issue, the
Revenue returns for the quarter ending
the 3lst December, 1864, have been pub
lished, showing a total of 78,49M lis.
4d., being 7,242L Is. I'd. more than was
collected in the previous quarter, and
1901. los. 1Od. in excess Of the amount
realized for the corresponding quarter in
1868. The collections in rum duties
caused the greater part of the increase,
the large sum raised on this head having
been the result Of the anticipation of in
creased duties which induced The holders
of the article 10 take all out of bond. We
give the principal items of the return,
and compare them with those in the re-
turn for 1868 -
, 1865-03-14

Dec. 81, 1864. Dec. 81, 1863.
Import duties. . .s48183 IO..e4O,277 IT O
Tonnage 1867 10 o.. 1854 8 8
Rum duty. ....... 2O,137 10 O.. 1923 8 10
Stamp duty -..... 2,757 Is g. 1921 ID 10
Export duties -. LAS 10 g.. 1888 II l
Breeding stock, o 152 IN 400 3 <
houses, Gc.....
JamaicaPost.ofice 1,747 0 s.. 1924 10 2
A law has been passed to tax fishing ca
noes and dories los. per annun, and a re-
solution has also been agreed to by the
House of Assembly that on or before the
9Th day of April next all persons not in
possession Of spirit licences, aud selling
malt liquors or wines to be drunk on the
premises, shall take out a llcence for
vending the am the cost OF such IL
cence for the towns TO be ST., and for The
country 81. per annum."
The ruling quotations for coffee were
Sos. to 52s. for ordinary and Cos. for good
mountain quality, while some transactions
in ordinary were reported at 4Ss. Sugar
had fetched 15s. Sd. 10 16s. for dark and
1ss. for medium; fair qualities were
scarce and in demand. The pimento
crop was over. aud none at market. Sales
of East India rice had transpired at l6s.,
and holders were demanding 1Ss. Elk
change on London. Colonial Bank.-90
days, II per cent. premium; 60 days, Q
per cent. premium ; 80 days, 23 per cent.
premium.
Our st. Lucia correspondent writes as
follows on the Goth Of January =
Litchfield enquirer., 1865-05-04
DIED:

In this town, May ?, William Dsming, Esq, aged ged74:- 74:
 In Bridgeport, April 2s, 1865, Carrie Louise. infant daughter of Frederick M. and Sarah E. Sanford of Litchfeld, sgsd eight months and twelve days. zC1 r>--'----.
 At Newark, New Jsfsey, Wednesday, April 26. Mrs Mary Ann G. Rolcott, wife of the late Asa Whitehead, Esq, and daughter of the late Hon. Frederick wolcoi. of Litehfeld.
 At Davenport, lowe, April 2lst, Mrs. R. R. Howard, daughter ofthe late William Beebe, of this town, aged 56 years.
 In Salisbury, on Thursday, April 20, 1866. William P. Russell. Esq aged v years.
 At his residence in Nichols, Tioga County. New York, March 30, 1885, Dr.. asmsliel H.: Barstow, aged eighty years.
 Doctor Barstow was born in sharon, Litch. field County, Connecticut, in the year l164.- At the age of twenty 6ye years he left his ta- ther's farm, and fop'fhree years pursued the study of medicine with his brother, pr. samu' ell Barstow, of Great Harrington, Mass AT. ter completing his cohrse of professional study, he, with all his s|Worldly goods in one horse wagon, in J96uary, 1872, emigrated 10 the SusQueHanna Velley, N. T., where ne set | tied in what is now thetown Of NICHOLS, which was then wilderness.
 In the ensuing year he married daughter of Judge Coryeil, whc' was one of the first set- 1 tiers in the valley, and his interests soon be- came identified with he interests of the town. He praeticed his profeSsion with great suc- cess for twelve years, with occasional inter ruptions of absence fFom home on other busl ness, and then abSndoned the practice ci medicine for more cong>nial employm
 He was elected in 181c . member of the As
 ssmbly from the county ef Tisgs, and bsswss'
Litchfield enquirer., 1865-05-04

an hour and quarter. Another consultation of officers was held. and lit was determined that, in view of the probability of au attack from tolarably large fofce of psbse-~easaisg, which they had learned< stere in the neighbors hood, the barn should h fired, and Booth thus forced to cdme out. Harold expressed his willingness b give himself up, but was ovefruled by Booth for Isome time. but he finally surrendered, leaving Booth ih the barn. After the barn had beeI burning three quar- ters of an hour, and when the roof was about falling. Booth, who had len standing with a bfeyolyer in one hand and a earbine resting on lso1 the floor, made a dempnstration as if to Fifeak through the guard ard escape. To pre- vent this, Sergeant Corbettl fired, intending to hit Booth in the shoulder, so as 10 cripple him by the ball, however he struck q little too high. and it eAtered his neck. resulting fatally.
 Booth, before breathing his last, was asked | if hezhad anything to say, when he replied, ls Tel my mother that died for my country. Hafrold and the bpdy of Booth were brought infosBelle Plain that night, and reached the Navy Yard the next morning.
 Itisthought if Tooth had been brought to the Navy Yard alivs, nothing could have with stood the fury of the thousands there congre- gated. What-aispoajtion was made Of Booth g body after the autdpsy 1t is impossible to tell but thath fitting difposal in keeping with his igLominious career Eas made certain. Har- rold has given way tb frequent fits of weeping l Boston Corbett. wA shot the assassin Booth, | is a native of Enaland. He came to this country when quite Ia lad. and learning the
 trade of natter, wal for same yeais employed
 by Mir. Espencheid, of No. 118 Nassau st.
 On the l2th of April, 1861, he enlisted in the Twelfth N Y Militia returned to the seat of war with his regiment three times, and was taken prisoner at Harper's Ferry, when Miles surrendered to Stonewall Jackson He was soon. .afterward exchanged, joined the Sixteenth New Y ork Cavalry, and was captured by Mos
 by, at Fairfax Court House. Corbett was deserted by his companions when Mosby's cav. airy came down upon them. He refused to surrender, and selting his back against tree
 he used his pistos so well that he kept 26 oI
 the rebels at bay for more than an hour. His
 ammunition being expended, he advanced up
 on them, sword inI hand, and Mosby, admirine
 his gallantry, ordeied his men not to fire upon
 him, but to take Him alive. He was sent te
 Andersonville, whare he saw his comrades die
 around him by thousands, and contracted [
 disease Arom which he is even yet suffering
 Corbe&t is me4ber of the Attorney street
 Methodist Church. of New York city. He k
 said to be an earliest Christian, reading the Scriptures to his fellow soldiers, and preach ing the word whichever opportunity offers.-
 His comrades say that on one occasion he wal
 sent to the gua1d house for reproving his Colonel for using Rrofane language on parade
 In person he is slightly mace, is about five feel
 six inches in height, and has a mild and in
 teligent countendnce. He is about twenty
 six years of age, abd widower.