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The Rochester (N. y Union says:
''At the fourth anniversary Of the Uni
ted States Sanitary Commission, Major
Hudson, who was present at the capture
of JEFF. Davis, was introduced, and asked
TO give an account of the affair. He said
that the story of the petticoats was entire
ly false, as Mr. Davis had on nothing over
his uniform but cloak belonging to Mrs
Davis, and the disguise was SO palpable
that none could be deceived by it.
We have not yet seen rabid Republi
can paper that has had the fairness ant
decency to make retraction of the ridi
culous slander.
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A VALUABLE MoRTGAGE.-A mort
gage for the largest property ever given
in Lake County, was fled in favor of
George N. Titus and James d. Cook, IN
this place. last week, and was given b5
the Chicago and Great Eastern Railway
Company to secure the payment of 81, :
GOO, 900. 1t includes the road bed, roll
ling stock, depot and the franchise belong
ing to the company between Chicago and
Richmond, Indiana. The deed bore
stamps to the amount of S5, ,600.-Croaon
Point (Ind0 Register.
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EEThe locusts have again made their
appearance in great numbers throughout
Central and Western New York. In
Livingston County many faIms complete-
ly swarm with them. In Cayuga County,
also, their hum may be heard among the
trees. Oakwood Cemetery, at Syracuse is
said to swarm with them. Buches of
le~es, yellow, shriveled and dead, are
thickly interspersed among the green fo-
liagc, giving the trees very peculiar ap-
pearance. Alta distance they convey the
impression of some unknown variety of
Towering tree in full bloom, The ground
in many places, is honey -combed with
small, round perforations, whore the in
sects have made their entrance into this
"living, breathing world, and the trunks
of the trees and undersidc of the leaves
are studded with the cast-off shells of To-
Gusts, which have been translated to a
higher sphere of existence.
RoBBING THE MAIL.-For some time
past, the mail bags between Lancaster and
Basel, Ohio, have been broken open, and
the letters containing valuables abstracted.
Suspicion fell upon the mail carrier, nam
ed George w. Weakley, and a detective
was sent to watch him. The suspicious
became verified, and Weakley was arrest
ed and brought to this city, and on yes
terday was taken before Commissioners
Halliday. He waived an examination,
and, in default of $4,000 bail, was com
mittee to jail.-Cin. Eng.
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county.

The PR1NTER.-The printer is the
master Of all trades. He beats the car
pointer with the rule, and TIE mason in set
ting up columns; he surpasses the lawyer
in attending to his case, and beats the
parson in the management Of the devil.
Look Our FOR BREAKERs.-The tax
duplicate of Columbiana county has this
year one million dollars less personal
property upon it than last. The amount
of tax levied is over Three Hundred Thous
and Dollars. Last year the tax WAS $183,
o90. Nearly double that amount must
be raised this year from duplicate One
Million Dollars less.-Ohio Patriot.
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AZ. c. Esurs,et Sent to kentucky for
Trial.

New York, June 26-The Times
special says the rebel Senator H. @. Bur
nett Of Kentucky, has gone to that State
under military guard, to be turned over to
the civil authorities for trial or release as
the civil Government may deem proper.
The Tribune's New, Orleans correspon-
dence of the 10th says: / was told today
that some 5000 men of the late rebel ar
my of Texas have gone over the Rio
Grande to enter the Mexican service
They are mostly Missourians and Texans.
and my informant is q young officer of
Texan regiment He said that the men
declared that they could not live under
the United States flag, and would even
fight with negroes first. This he said to
show how far they would go, and how
bitter is the feeling STILL The young
Texan added, that heavy bounty is Of
fered to the men who enter the army of
Mexico.
For the first time in four years overland
communication is to be had between New
York and Richmond, the old railroad
route with connecting links of steamboats,
and stages, being opened.
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LATE NEWS.
From WASHINGTON.

New York, June 24.-Gen. Meade
left for Philadelphia this morning, but is
expected to return by the middle of next
week and break up his present headquar-
ters.
Col. G.. w. Bradley, Quartermaster of
Transportation at City Point, and Brevet
Major Wiley, Chief Commissary of Sub
sistence of that Department., have been
ordered to close their Offices at that point,
and have gone North On leave of absence
Col. Bradley is appointed Chief Quarter
master for the Department of Pennsylva-
MIA, and Major Wiley will probably go to
Richmond. These officers managed the
heaviest departments ever established in
the world in manner to win the COM
mendation of all.
John Minor Bolts has succeeded in
getting an order for the payment of S100-
900 @ for wood represented to be de-
stroyed since the war began.
A special to the Tribune from Wash
ington says: The headquarters of the Ar
my of the Potomac, which are now on the
Virginia side of the river near Long
Bridge, are to be broken up in day OF
two.
Those entitled to their discharges are
being rapidly mustered out, and but the
skeleton Of once noble and magnificent
army now remain.
Notwithstanding announcements al
ready matle, we have the best evidence fol
saying that ne permanent appointments tc
command have been made of prominent
regular army officers. An order on the
subject may be looked for daily.
The members of the South Carolin;
delegation visited Gen. Howard this NOR
ming and had long and pleasant inter
view. They stated to the General thai
they had labored long and earnestly fol-
the perfection of slavery, but now thai
the war had effeetually abolished it, they
we're willing to employ their former slaves
at a given compensation, ,and would hence
forth cheerfully act in conjunction with
his bureau in promoting the interests o.
the freedmen in their State.
Brew. Brig. Gen. Wager Swayne, late
Col. of the 43d Ohio Volunteers who lost
leg at the battle of Rivers Bridge, has
been temporarily appointed District Com
missioner for the State of Alabama, in
place of COL L. w. Osborn, of the Is
New ork Artillery. The former ap
pointee is delayed at home by the break
ing of his arm, by railroad accident
while on his way to report to Gen. How
ard.
General Burke, of the Quartermas.
ter's Department., has been appointed
Brevet Brigadier General in the regular
army.
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Fhe Distress I'm North Carolina.
The Provisional Governor APP
POintment. Ennigrating 10 BRA
ZfI.


The Worlds Columbia, South Carolina,
letter, of the 21st says: Along the main
roads for hundred miles around Column
bia, the country has been stripped of its
necessities. Horses, mules, provisions
and even chickens are gone, and the rail-
roads are torn up.
1t is not figure of speech to say these
people are starving. The little harvest
of wheat is now being reaped, but they
have no mills to grind it. Corn will aoon
be eatable, but they have suffered from
pangs of hunger. They are destitute al
most of every thing, and all poor alike.
The wealth of the Carolinas consisted
of land, negroes and mules; of the latter
they have been deprived by either army,
and of the two former, the moro they
have the worse they are off Hundreds Of
them are living with their less miserable
neighbors or friends; unable TO get any
whore, unable to work, begging among
beggars, and in dress all pretension is lost
Of the general temper and spirit of South
Carolina it is, in no degree, refractory
The people are submissive, and, for the
most part, resolved to do the best they
can with circumstances. The general
wonder is why n Provisional Governor
was not appointed but they held no meet
ings to express their views. their desires
or preferences. As far as | have heard I
think W, W. Boyee is the most popular
with TIE people. Ex-Governor Aiken is
felt to be too old. Mr.. Boyce, who is at
his home, west of here, speaks oandidly
and fairly of the position.
Dir. Trenholm, of the Confederate
States Treasury, who was lately arrested
here and sent to Charleston, confesses to
a complete subjugation, and says ne has
no doubt the country will be, eventually,
happier as United, and more prosperous
as free people.
Gen. Reston. who was former Minister,
also here, acquiesces very gracefully in
the new disponsation.
Wade Hampton, however, understood
popularly to represent another class of
thinkers, who are evidently disgusted
with the result, and intend to quit the
country as soon as able. / have heard
persons throw doubt upon this position
as far as Hampton is concerned and say
he is quietly going to settle down.
On the other hand, [ heard a well
known clergyman say that Wade, and
about six hundred other families, had de-
.ermincd to emigrate to Brazil. expect
this means when they get the means, and
[ predict that, before that time comes,
more Of them will have changed their
minds. Not more than five or six of the
six hundred will reach Brazil, and one
half of those will return.
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+ WHATTHE PRESIDENT THINKS OF Rev
ERDY JoHNsoN's PLEA.-The argument
of Reverdy johnson, in the conspiracy
case, has excited much attention and re-
mark, and the President himself is said
to have stated that the argument upon
the question of jurisdiction was incon-
trovertible. Ifthis be so, will he (the
President) order transfer of the case to
the civil courts, or will the military YER
dict be swallowed, "under protest. -
Washington correspondence PHILADELPHIA
ledger.
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CHARLES walsh ParIoned The
Case OF BOwIes, lliLiigan and.

CINCINNATI, June 26.-The President
has pardoned Charles Walsh, one of the
Chicago conspirators, now in the Peniten-
tiary at Columbus.
The sentence of Thomas b. Payne, or
dered by the military commission to be
shot, has been eommuted to five years in
the Ohio Penitentiary.
The Gzettc's indianapolis special says:
1t is reported that indictments have been
found against Bowles, Miligan, Walker,
and other leading members of the Sons Of
Libesy in the u S. Court,as safeguard
in case Of an adverse decision in the u.
S Supreme Court against the Jurisdiction
of military commissions.
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The yvooi Trade. THE New Clip.

The Boston Bulletin says:
Opinions in regard to the new clip con-
tinue widely at variance, and at this early
stage of the season the best framed theo-
ries may prove wholly atfault. The only
thing certain in regard to the matter is !,
that neither consumers nor growers are in
hurry to come TO terms, and that, con-
trary to last years precedent the bulk of
the crop will not be taken from first hands
till wanted for consumption. The result
will doubtless be Il compromise of extreme
views between buyer and seller. The
domestic yield this season is unquestion-
ably a very large one; but it will all, and
more than all, be wanted to meet the re-
quirements OF the goods market, and those
who labor under the impression that Wes-
tern farmers will almost give their crop
away this season, in order to get rid of it,
will in the end be disappointed Very
few agents have as yet gone out on pros
pecting expeditions; but mercantile cor
respondents mention, as the probable
opening rates, from so to Csc for West
ern aeeces, including Michigan and Ohio,
and 79c aud upwards for the best quality
of Pennsylvania, including Washington
county.
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= pA The ,Abolitionists are having q
sharp skirmish over their platform. Up
IN cheesedom they insist that it means me-
gro suffrage; in the Southern part of the
State they, say it dent mean much of any
thing. and endeayor to evade the rugged
issue.
b9It does moan negro suffrage; or if not
its s'iike tale told by an idiot; full of
sound and fury signifying nothing
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pg Since President Johnson's restora-
tion policy has been developed, the Abo-
litionists have made the astonishing dis
eovery that it is not treason to oppose the
Administration. What was rank treason
half year ago. is now unimpeachable
patriotism and the most devoted loyalty.
Why do these pharisees still call the
Democrats idisloyal for doing six months
ago what theiaselves do now2 If it was
treason then it is treason now, and pice
gersa.
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"Up with the Negro and Down
-s With tlae Dusch.o

The Abolitionists of Rhode Island, ,un-
der whose rule naturalized foreigners are
not allowed to vote unless they possess a
property qualification, are urging univer-
sal suffrage for the negroes, without quail
ifcations of any kind. This justifes the
charge that the motto Of the Know
Nothing Abolitionists is cup with the ne
gro and down with the Dutch"
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rwThe Abolitionists of St. Clairsvill

~The Abolitionists of ST. Clairsville
are to give dinner, on the 4th of July,
to returned soldiers. The Democrats are
not allowed to participate. This is a des-
Picable specimen of partisan malignity
There is probably not another county
seat in the State where such meanness
could be perpetrated.
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oegeDraaion OF ST. golan,s Day.

LOUISVILLE June 26.-The celebration
of st. Johns Day by the Masons, on Sat
urday, was very imposing They partook
of splendid banquet and had one of the
finest professions ever witnessed here, the
prominent feature whereof was Louisville
Commandary No. l of Knights Templar
on black horses, commanded by Charles
II. Woodruff, Deputy Grand Commander
in Kentucky.
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rv Edward Rufin, of South Carolina,
who fred the first gun on Sumter, has
committed suicide by blowing out his
brains with a musket He left letter in
which he stated, aI cannot survive the
loss Of my country"
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UNcoNDITIoNALLY RELEASED.
Brutus Booth has been released from the
Old Capitol There was no more evidence
to retain him on the first day of his in
carceration than there has been since He
was unconditionally released, nothing be-
ing developed to rest any suspicion upon
that he had any previous knowledge Of
the terrible crime which his brother com.
mitted. Mr.. Booth, it is believed, is the
last of those arrested on charge of COM
plicity in the conspiracy who have been
released from prison without being placed
on trial.
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ng The steamer Great Eastern is ex-
Fpected to start from England on the 18th
iinstswith the Atlantic Telegraph cable
Great confidence is expressed in the sue
cess Of the enterprise. The present cable
rs about double the size and strength OF
the former one.
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The estate Of the late President
Lincoln is officially returned by Judge Da-
Wis, his executor, as of the value of $751;
600.
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Meeting Of the Farmers OrNeIsOu
County, Virginia. The Terms
they offer TO E.aDOrers.

NEW York, June 27.--Lynchburg.
Virginia, papers contain the proceedings
of meeting Of the farmers of Nelson
County, Virginia. Recently resolutions
were adopted to pay No field hands
five dollars per month, and No. women
aud plowboys two dollars and fifty cents
per month. finding lodging, fuel, and rat
ions as heretofore, the hands to find their
own clothing; loss of time from sickness
or idleness to be deducted and hands to-
be entirely subject to orders of the en-
ployers. In no case to- hire laborer who
has not permission to rehire himself; la
borers refusing these terms shall not loiter
upon the employers premises. Payment
shall be in money, if preferred, in supplies
at market rates. Presidents and Super-
intendents of public works are requested
not to hire hands engaged in agriculture
without written permission from the far
mer in whose service he has been engaged.
Parties violating these rules after sub
scrlbing to them will be deemed guilty of
perjury.
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THE military telegraph cost in one year
$606, 900; there were 100000 messages
transmitted, at an average cost of about
thirty cents.
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The CFoctavv Indians Desire TO
Return to their KgOmeS--A Per
n1al2eRt Peace TO bc Agreed UE01,
by all K'ribes--Their Invitation
Accented.

AcCePtcus
Fort SMITH. June 24-Ex- x-Goyernor
Wade, of the Choctaw Nation, has arrived
here from Doaksville, to confer with Gen.
Busy. commanding the District of the
Frontier, for returning to their homes of
all the Choctaw Indians, who have been
engaged in the Confederate Army. a
temporary treaty ofpeace was effected with
the Choctaws at Doaksville; on the 18th
inst, by Colonel Matthews, of the 99th
Illinois Infantry, who was sent as courier
on part Of the United States The Indi-
ans agree to cease at once all hostilities
against the United States, and return to
their homes and resume their former oc-
equations.
Governor Wade brings resolutions
adopted by a Grand Council of twenty
tribes, who met at Armstrong Academy
on the 10th, which declare that they will
Immediately cease all acts of hostility to
the United States, aud will send delega-
tion of five from each tribe to Washing
ton to negotiate permanent peace. The
Indians appear very friendly to the Uni
ted States, and anxious to resume friend
ly relations.
The Grand Council is to meet again
September l.
General Busy has issued an order in
viting the Indians to return to their homes
assuring them they will not be molested
by the United States authorities so long
as they faithfully keep the temporary
treaty of peace entered into. He has also
provided for the payment for all beef cat
tie procured from the Indian nations for
the United States troops, and provides for
the protection of their property.
Governor Wade gives assurance. that no
further trouble will be occasioned by the
GhOetaws
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b~-Jay Cooke,t the Governments agent
for the sale of U. s. Bonds is out in
circular in support of the doctrine that a
: national debt is national blessing.
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THE population of Richmond, Va, is
now claimed to be 10000, or larger than
when the rebellion commenced.
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nM- The Democratic State Convention
) of Vermont passed resolutions endorsing
President Johnson's restoration policy.
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DTThe umbus.correspondent Of the
Cincinnati Commercial gives some of the
scenes behind the curtain at the late Alb
clifton Convention at Columbus. The
following extract shows how the army
delegates were induced to sw4llow negro
suffrage while obeying their instructions
70 oppose it:
aTho sessions of the Committee on
Resolutions were not entirely harmonious.
The debate that was restrained in the
Convention broke out in the committee
room, and there was a free and emphatic
exchange Of views. The army delegates
were quite peremptory and it is even com
planned they were a little rough, in obey
ing the Instructions to insist upon une-
quivocally backing up Andrew johnson.
The representatives Of the Western Re-
serve had a resolution which they were
prepared to stand and die for, pronounc-
ing the times exigent and propitious, for
the taking Of an advanced step the
advanced step meant negro suffrage North
and South, and especially the latter, and
that right away. For time, it seemed
that if the advanced step could not be
got into tho platform, the Committee
would disagree, and two reports would be
presented to the Convention, and the cry
would be havoc, and the dogs of war
would slip. Fortunately, everybody was
prepared to indorse the Declaration of In
dependence, and the unity of the party
was maintained"
will any man say that the Declaration
Of Independence resolution" does not
mean negro equality2 No man of char
aeter dare do it.
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e.The war a Failure,

Some journal of the Abolition persua-
sion has had something to say about some
body declaring ''the War failure" The
only persons who have done anything of
this sort lately are the Abolitionists, who
are clamoriug for the extension of sufrag ge
to the Southern Blacks. They say that
unless suffrage shall be conferred on the
Blacks, the War will have been failure.
According to their logic, the suppression
Of the Rebellion is not an accomplished
fact.
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nae By preparing for the worst you
may often accomplish the best.
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Nearly all the soldiers-oficers and
men-who have returned home from an
actual participation in the War, and who
have been into and through the South, are
to comforting suffrage upon the
Black man. How is this to be accounted
for.-Stdtesman.
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subscriptions to the National Loan

PHILADELPHIA, June 26.-Jay Cooke
reports the subscriptions to-day to the
7-30 Loan at 81. .258, $50, including $780,
900 from the First National Bank of Lou
isyille; Sll9,009 from the Ninth National
Bank of New York; 10000 from the
National Bank of the Republic, Boston;
.$75, ,0e0 from the Merchants National
Bank of New Bedford; $1,000 from
Fish & Hatch, of New York; S125,500
from the Second National Bank of Nash
vile. and 1878 individual subscriptions
of $50 and S100.
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A mans boots sometimes become tight
through absorbing water-the man new
err
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3,S43 Confederate Prisoners Sent
South.

New York, June 24.-Since the 4th
inst, !, 3,S43rebel prisoners have been sent
South from here.
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from New OrleaIis--S.earal-
er Cardinal SsEnlA--Tne Germ and
Tobacco Crops.

CAIRO, June 24.-An arrival from New
Orleans, 18th, brings l ,034 bales ofcotton
for Cairo and 326 bales for St. Louis; 150
for st. Louis passed up last night. 1t is
thought l 200 bales will cover the amount
of cotton in the Red River country.
The steamer Cardinal was recently sunk
a short distance below Little Rock. Loss
estimated at $4,000.
The cotton and tobacco crops along the
Mississippi are reported promising.
In the Memphis Cotton market ordi-
nary sells at 24@25c., good at 26@27c.,
low middling at 3l@32c., and fair mid
ding at 34c.