The Monmouth inquirer., 1865-08-03
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ton of New Jersey. Iney Win kalse tAe
funds to purchase it.
4 General Beauregard is expected to arrive
ia New York in the course of few days,
With view to his departure for Europe: 1t
is understood that the Government has given
him permission TO- leave the country, on con-
dition. he will never again take up arms
against it.
Capt. Henry Wirtz, the man who was in
charge of the Andersonville prison, and was
guilty of the most atrocious cruelty to the
Union prisoners who unfortunately fell into
his hands, is now in custody, and will soon
be tried before a military commission.
Among the soldiers now scattered over the
North are many victims Of the. brutality
practiced by this heartless wretch, and he
cannot justly escape conviction. sT
The Miss McFlimseys, who have pretty
ankles, will be gratified to learn that the
fashion makers are introducing the peasant
skirt which does not reach the ground by
several inches go
Anew York correspondent has seen the
belle. Of tAe seaSan at Newport on the beach
Gin blue flannel bathing dress and panta-
slettes, minus waterfalls, rats, mice, Honiton,
and emdil do Paris" and having seen her
also in the ball room, he says the contrast
was.perfectly stunning NJ
Good mich COWS in Buenos Ayres are
worth only one dollar apiece. Wouldn't pay
to water milk there
The questionis settled as to who owns the
breeches A man in New York complained
ofFa policeman before the commissioners,
because he refused to arrest the complain
ants wife on charge of having stolen her
husbands breeches. The complaint was dis
missed on the ground that the breeches be-
longed to the wife as much as to the hus
band a6 sa.
\ Robert 3. Lee, late MAJOR General in the
rebel army, is sojourning at the Clifton
House, Niagara Falls. It is said that @. L.
1Valandigham has also gone to the same
place, probably to have conference with the
noted chieYtain. ii8s
The Protestant Episcopal Church is likely
to be the first of the Protestant Churches Of
our country to be united. The diocesan Con-
E
/; tions to disconnect from the Protestant Epis-
copal Church of the Confederate States, and
to accede to and recognize the Constitution
Of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the
United States, and to acknowledge its aus
thoIity.: sss TX
+ Santa Anna, has issued manifesto dated
at st. Thomas, July g. and addressed to his
countrymen in Mexico. Two years ago he
proclaimed in favor of Maximilian At that
! time hesevidently thought the new Emperor's
chances good, his present proclamation
shows that he, who has watched the course
of events carefully, and who has excellent
means Of infoxming himself of the real stu
alton In Mexico, sees .thet Maximiian's pros
poets are. hopeless, In proclaiming against
the -Archduke, and in favor of the republic,
the astute butunprincipled Santa Anna gives
noticei that the downfall of the French usur-
patton is at hand.
The A6end Zeitung of the oath of July
speaking of the Harris trial, says -" The
result Of this trial shows plainly why the
friends Of JEFF. Davis are so anxious to have
him tried by jury. jeff has beeh captured
in woman.s dress as an unprotected female,
and this circumstance would be sufficient for
q Washington jury to declare him not guilty.
For, according to- the moral of the Harris
trial, no being wearing petticoats can commit
any crime.h
Mr.. Bennett, Of the New York Herald, has
purchased the site where Barnu,u's Museum
stood, and intends to build an office on the
location for the publication of his Journal -
1t is the best location for newspaper in
that city. He paid $65O,o0 which shows
the amount Of capital required now in first
class newspaper. Bsrnum who had a lease
for - years on the lot, was paid $3.50, 900
for his release. The whole outlay before the
office. will be ready for use will be $3.50, 900.
"A writer In Harper: Xagess~e gives an
excellent personal description of Sheridan,
as follows:-n His body is stout but wiry
and set On short, heavy, but active legs. His
broad shoulders, short, stiff hair, and the
features of his face betray the Mslesian de-
scepts but no brogue can be traced in his
voice. His eyes are gray, and being small,
are sharp and piercing and full of fire. When
maddened with excitement or passion these
glare fearfully. His age is thirty four, but
long service in the field has bronzed him into
the appearance Of forty"
Strikes being the fashioti in France, the
bachelors of Marseilles TO the number of four
thousand, between the ages of twenty and
thirty, have, held meeting, and entered into
an agreement not to ask any young woman
in marriage until a complete change shall
have taken place in the manner Of living, and
particularly IN the dress Of the fairer sex
The young men insist on greater simplicity
in every respect, and a return 10 the more
modest habits OF century or two ago.
ea7iT iTF Hf.TS79rfg o-t ~ -sfEeT
There is a great scarcity Of female opera
tives in New England at this tintea Wages
are unprecedentedly high yet agents have to
seek for operatN es in other parts of the coun-
try, and in the Canadas. Five thousand are
wanted immediately at Lowell, and the same
number at Lawrence and Manchester .IsG3
., The disposal made of Fords Theatre, says
the Washington Republican will meet with
universal appreciation The Secretary of
War has informed Mr. Fords counsel ttathe
recognized, his right Of compensation, and
after careful investigation Of the value of
the building, has rented it until the 1st of
Eebfuary next for 81 800 n month with the