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FUsgRAL SERVICE ny rnw Rgv f. D. MuspHv Miss
Isabella T Kirkman, young lady long and fayorably
member of the congregation Of the Mariners
church, and Of the several charitable and religious nst-
tu.ons attached thereto died recently, in this city A
few days previous to her DEATH she requested that fu
neral service should be held presence of the pupils of
the Sunday school, aud of the congregation generally
In compliance with her last wish. yesterday solemn
prayers we're offered up aud An eloquent discourse Dc
vered by tho pastor, Rev r Murphy, at his house
Of worship located the of Cshane and Madison
streets After abiding to the many virtues and 10 the
sincere pcty OF the deceased his sermon the text OF
which read Precious in tho sight of the Lord is the
death Of his saints, he impressed upon his dc ply
affected hearers the lesson which the death o.
young devoat and earnest in tho cause Of religion
should teach alike to tho aged and to the youthful OF
them all The discourse listened to with marked at
tention.
FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT The boy injured on the
Morris aud Essex Railroad Wednesday last WAS the
second son Of Morgan Curtis of this city, was on
visit 10 his uncle Mr. Sturges, living in High street.
Ho in company with two other boys aud had been
fishing near the stone BRIDGE about two miles from the
Passalc river They were all sitting upon the coping Of
the bridge about ten feet from the track when the
press train approached with great speed and fearing tho
steam from the engine, which, in consequence Of
vcrsal escaping very FAST might scad them OF
them ran the other side and attempting to
follow his companions David Curtis was struck by the
locomotive on tho head and remained nsensibe TO the
time Of his death, which occurred about half past two
Friday morning. Deceased was eleven years and four
months of age at the time Of his death.
FIRE IN Third AVENUE Shortly after eight o'clock
as night fro occurred 10 the grocery Of Frederick
Britner located Third avenue between Seventy
and Eighteth streets The whole Of the premises was
destroyed Loss estimated stock about 81 900; said
to insured The building estimated about g. 000
1t belonged to Jonathan Polly. The origin Of the
nre IL suspicious, Fire Marshal Baker was
sent for by the Twentythir precinct police TO nvest
gate H. Tho building was four stories and Insured for
5000 in the importers and Traders Insurance Com
pany Mr. Britner Is insured for $500 in the Gerhard
Insurance Company On the second floor Gregory OCon
resided, the third floor G II Polly, and the
fourth noor Alexander Robinson and Mrs. G. e. Smith
occupied dwelling apartments The police IL seems, AZ
rvsted Mr. Brncr and his wife suspicion OF setting
the nre and hence tbs call for the Fire Marshal
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The Abolltionists and their New Cruz
andg.

The AbolltiOnlsts and their New Cruz
sndc.
What do the abolitionists desire nows In
view of the enormous sacrifice Of life and ex-
penditure of treasure which have been forced
upon this country as the atural sequel of the
long agitation and fermentation of the aboli-
tionists, and in the renewal of their crusade
with all their original earnestness, this has be-
come question of more than ordinary interest
to every friend of the American Union through
out the world. Well may every lover of his
country cxclaim, what next Is there no limit
to their revolutionary dcmandsf No end to
their agitation and disturbance Of the peace
and prosperity Of the country, or are the aboli-
tonsts determined to continue their crusade
until the people are forced to either adopt the
social and connubial equality, free and univer-
sal smalgamation of races and sexes Of the
Fourierite phalanx order, or TO resort to the
alternative of a war Of races and the extinction
of the blacks on this continent, One or the
other of these dreadful results must follow a.
the logical result Of the renewal and continue
ton Of the agitation Of these philosophers The
severe lessons Of the past, the bitter fruits Of
fierce war and the development Of crime in its
most horrible phase, which Is now following in
the wake Of war, appears to have no effect
upon these agtators; but they are, on the other
hand, entering upon new contest, more dam
gerous in its character, more disastrous in its
results, than any which has agitated the nations
of the civilized world either IN ancient OF mod
ern times. The Tribune has become the organ
Of this new crusade, and boldly demands that
concessions shall be made to the abolitionists or
war will follow. II Is well that the public 70
forewarned as TO their intentions, and b would
be still better If II was o. clearly understood as
TO the real concessions demanded by the aboli-
tionists or the alternative Of war. a-~s~
Some thirty years ago Arthur Tabpan gave
form to the anti-slavery crusade by the organi-
cation of society fox that purpose. About
the same time the Legislatures of Virginia and
Kentucky were considering the question Of
ab9llshlng slavery in their respective States;
and would, beyond doubt, have contaminated
that work had Il not been for the noise of the
abolitionists in the North. Had slavery been
then abolished in those States IL would have
ended its power on this continent ana tne
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AN AGE or MAGNrrUDE-We live in the age of
great events Everything which is done now
IL on scale of magnitude never before con-
templated. The gigantic Atlantic cable is
being laid by the largest ship in the world.
The Suez Canal, uniting the Mediterranean and
Red Seas, will soon be completed. The tun-
mel through the Alps at Mount Gents will find
no impeachment to its successful construction by
the discovery of almost impenetrable quartz.
The Hoosic tunnel will be a fait accom7oI. The
city of Chicago is about to be supplied with
water from Lake Michigan by tunnel bored
under its bed. In this city, on Saturday, we had
another evidence of the magnitude witt. which
things are done in these days. Six enormous
boilers, one Of which alone weighed sixty tons,
were safely put on board the gunboat Dunder-
berg with mechanical precision, and an ease
which to those uninitiated in the business looks
positively marvellous. The ponderous ma
chinery, the largest ever built, was deposited
in the hull Of the largest irOn-clad ever con-
structed without the slightest difficulty or dis
aster. These are few of the works of i'm
mense magnitude which characterize the pres
ent age.
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General Grant In Quebss.

QUEBRC, August 8 ~.
General Grant and family, with the members Of Ais
sta arrived hero as half past O'Clock, and vas
met at the depot BY Colonel Bernard Of Governor osa
eral Moncks STAFF and escorted 70 Russell's 81 Louis
Hotel Largo crowds Of citizens assembled 1t the dspos
and received the General with cheers His arrival at The
hotel quite private only few persons being gath.
cred about the doors the time II 10 not certain whea
General Grant leaves His course will be decided ~
morrow.
General Grant dimes with the Governor General -
morrow 70 meet Admiral Hope Of the British Navy, whs
has just arrived with me British war steamers ssyx snl
Liney
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Now illustration OF an Ancient

Fable.
In old times, az the story goes, great
mountain suddenly began q tremendous rumb-
ling. AS there was no HERALD in that remote
period, the rumbllng was the mountainous
method of advertising. Consequently num-
Der OF people assembled to see what was going
to happen. As the noise continued popular
expectation rose. Some said that volcano
would be developed and astonish the world.
Others believed that the mountain would part
asunder and reveal countless treasures of gold
and silver and precious stones Still the rumb-
ling was kept up and still the excitement in
creased, until all at once there was silence, and
out from the mountain sueaked . ridiculous
mouse, which the nearest bystander killed
with blow Of his cane, and threw, o. q tidbit,
to his pet dog.
No doubt this story Is trite; but yet II has .
most recent application. A short time ago
new weekly paper was started with an over
whelming flourish Of grand promises, great
names and long advertisements. Every one
supposed that the paper thus precautionary an
nounced would absorb oil the wisdom Of the
people waited for its appearance o. they
waited for the nrst sight Of the Great Eastern,
the big comet or the fat woman ct the Museum
fire. Editors Of other papers began TO reflect
upon what would become Of them when this
new periodical should deprive them Of their
subscribers, their advertisements, their contri-
butor and their bread and butter. The inter-
val which elapsed between the announcement
and the publication Of this gigantic sheet was
one Of the most intense anxiety among oil
classes. The laying Of the Atlantic cable has
produced no such sensation. AT last the new
weekly was issued, and behold 1t was another
ridiculous mouse. II was so dull, so stupid, so
inane that everybody wondered who could
have written it. That 1t yet lives Is striking
proof Of the mercy Of Providence. We now
propose 10 knock IL over and send It to the
dogs.
The paper in question is advertised to deal
with topics of the day, with literature, with
science, with the fne arts and with finances
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Meyerbcers L'Atstcaine was produced in London -
tho 22d ult the critics seem TO diner even THAI
doctorl The rms asserts that II received with
unanimous favor and says;-"Happy the master whose
last melodous inspiration could eloqueuty prove how
great he 10 the art he professed and adorned
The critic Of the Morning Herald on the contrary says
that though applause might DO called enthusiastic, there
was or tina, there is an absence OF msodic inspf
ration In the composer that "the 10 untnvitns
and even wearisome" All the papers, however, agree
laa, etb~to unusually absurd and will d. much v
q - nlNtl
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TROY, August D, 800.
threatening FIRE occurred in the lower part Of the
city this afternoon destroying 1000 cords Of wood
belonging to the Hudson River Railroad Company at the
Adams street depot The flames were stayed in the
midst Of an immonse quantity OF wood by the united
efforts Of the steam fire engines Of this city West Troy
and Iansingburg Al one time tho whole southern
section Of the ely was in dauger The and ocomo
ii 20 rul OFT in sifcty MO telegraph ten,a
rarity lot r. ~ san ,a.. In ~ .D,1 ~ so rll
TO- a." ID b, s,ari .Ix
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bO9rON, AuBu5s " I000.
A IRE occurred this msrning u haf-past i've In the
Evans building in Middle street, occupied by Lewis,
Rollins b Bond, clothing dealers, who lost 5000 10
5000; insured for $1,000 The nre broke out In the
third tory, used their manufacturing room, and e.
tended 70 the second story, occupied BY ,Merrills
LcwsIls, jobbes and dealers in fancy goods, who lost
$4,000 70 1000; insured for $500 The IRE was
extngushsd quickly. The boldins damaged TO the
extent Of $4,000 70 $780, chiefly caused by water and
amOkA
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child OF three years of age could treat these
subjects more wisely. IL announces that among
its contributors are Longfellow, Lowell and
Whittier, the poets; Samuel Eliot, ex-President
of Trinity College, Hartford; Professor Torrey,
of Harvard College; Professor Goodwin Smith,
of Oxford University; Dr. Francis Lieber;
Professor Child, of Harvard Professors Whit
ney and Gilman, Of Yale; Professor Dwight, of
Columbia College; Professor Taylor Lewis, of
Schenectady; Judge Bond, of Baltimore; James
Parton. the bographer; Judge DAILY, of New
York; Bayard Taylor of the Tribune; William
Lloyd Garrison, the abolitionist; Edmund
Quincy, the essayist; Frederick Law Olmstead,
the Rev. DR.. Bellows, Judge Wayland, the Rev.
DR.. McClintock, the Rev. DR.. Thompson, and
others more or less distinguished. Now, as we
can find no evidences of the contributions of
these gentlemen in the paper itself, we ask il
they have authorized the use of their namess
If they have not, the advertisements are swim
die; and if they have, we sigh over the degen-
eracy of American writers. Can it be possible
that such men have penned the scrappy stu
pidities with which the paper is filleds Can
they not originate one bright idea, one brilliant
sentence among them? We prefer to think that
the whole affair is bogus. Perhaps, like the
Post bulletins or the signs of Bowery show,
all the attractions are intended to be in the
advertisement There are great many long
names hung up outside; but within is nothing
ness The mountain rumbles loudly, but it only
brings forth little mouse.
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PERMANENcY or SUBMARINE CABLEs.-It may
be imagined that because the submarine
cable in the Bay Of Fundy has become defec-
tive after being in operation for six or seven
years that the Atlantic cable will also share
that fate after lapse of time This, however,
by no means follows The cable laid in the
Day OF Fundy was immensely thick, and con-
structed upon very easy ideas of submarine
cables. 1t was not protected sufficiently against
abrasion and consequently after several years
grating upon the rocky bottom of the Bay of
Fundy, 1t is found to be corroded and it's con-
tinuity lost This is very different with the
cable which the Great Eastern is depositing.
Nearly eight years. experience has been con-
trbuted to make it perfect Every wire is
protected by separate coating of gutta percha
and hemp, 50 that it is almost impossible for it
to be eaten away. The bottom of the ocean,
too, has been ascertained, by soundings, to be
soft, and covered with fine deposit Of shells.
The shore end at both sides Of the Atlantic
will be braced with stout cables, which, no
doubt, in the course of time, will become i'm
bedded in the soft bottom of the ocean, and will
there be preserved for all time. The giving
out of the cable in the Bay of Fundy, then, it
will be seen, is no argument against the proba-
BILE perpetuity of the Atlantic cable.
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everywhere more comfortable and happy. Ib
political effects will also be great 1t draws
nations into closer bond of amity, and rem
ders purely political war hardly possible.
How many a heart has been panied when,
having read the glorious story of the battle Of
New Orleans, they have found OF the last that
that battle was fought after the treaty of peace
had been signed-that it was an unnecessary
slaughter. Such slaughters will never occur
where nations are joined by telegraphic wires.
Had there been an International telegraph
when the Trent case occurred that case would
have been settled in a day, and the British
government would have saved the immense
amount of money that it cost to send useless
ten thousand soldiers to Canada. We might go
on illimitably with such instances, but it is
sufficient to say at once that under this grand
telegraphic system there is reason to hope that
the whole world will feel that impulse of pro-
gress which has carried our own people for
ward in such grand career Of national de-
velOpment
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The New canadian Premier-A Crisis In
tho Cabinet.

QUsBDc, August 9, 1895
John A Macdonald has been called In - Premier, Ia
place of Mr. Tschs, deceased Great excitement exists
in consequence the part Of the friends Of George
Brown, 70 whom that position belongs Rsmon arc cur
rent Of probable breaking up Of tho Cabinet
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HELLE2S HALL, 5S5 Broadway.-SAN FRANCISCO MIN
rRsLs-EruioPIAS SINGING, DANCING &c-THE BLACK
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WOODS MINSTREL HALL. a4 Broadway ETHIOPIAN
60sos DANCES, &c-HASDY ANDY-RUSafSG THE BLOCKADE.
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NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION.

New York, Monday, August q, 1865.
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ADJUSTMENTS THIS EVENING.
NIBLO'S GARDEN. Broadway.-ARRAH MA PoGUS; OR,
TAX WICKLOW WEDDING
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wALLAcK's THEATRE. Broadway.-coLLrns BA,

WINTER GARDEN. Broadwav.-BARsuM's MUSEUM
COMPANY. MIDNIGHT AssAULr-LOvK AMONG THE B0NSErs-
EiCoLo FAMILY. Open Day and Evening
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NEW YORK HTRALD.
JAMES GORDON BENNETT.
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR

orslos N. W. CORNER or FULTON AND NASSAU SITS.
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NEW BowERY THEATRE, Bowery.-DREAx DIES
Il, Ann
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ROWERY THEATRE. Bowerv.-GEoRGs CHRIsrYs MIN
srRFLs SONGS DANCES. &c-CsroRrUSArg DO0RKKKPER
NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY. 6l3 Broadway
Opeu from 10 A. ". til 10 z. NJ
, 1865-01-18
SAVANNAH AND BOSTON.
An Interesting Historical RemInIs-
GenEE.


M annht a 1,rro rort,o,, ,o+ II ha bonaa n
a;or;tv ~ W tha e.;tIzans ~ sarnnneh XIII
~ o1d H. ~ itp ~ ~ ~ ~ dsIvaranna to1o
e.t ~ All IA ~ y ~ tns. ~ tha+ ia tso ~
a1 a1a ~ ,t ~ uHs .,aa ~ o
Wn-s o the wata.s of H. a. savonnoh u River oyS
hont - * tho;r snnrce " ~ Thsse citeens Ind n
cn1nmon and prectous T;pht in the Union IN
t},c connfrv an1 thc f1asr !: and are restnred II
thetr own "A -''e 1's "A'o @' = 1eo.e'e1 "
+ viii d. M barm now to recall the fact
that when The Union VIVA formI1s. the city Of
Soyapnah Tas rather in advance 81 the rest Of
Gcorcia In welcontur the revolution. At
that time and for nearly year, the town OF
1tussachusettx, with hcr old rights subverted.
needed patriotic sympathy and support: .h sn'a m
the town required mnr9s.at n,o ~ ~ musn n.S5 r.
savannah S ooes to.4a3 Not hse. @ 1ueT F o4.
even ca1nc acrosz lie fer1jes This % xos a. r tue
esEn NAIS t'e!ooo LIZ .c4tIcs lAe "as LII tug
, 1865-01-18

+ beyoud all doubt; Provided further, That all
of5ceis in the Provisional Army Of Tennessee, or
IN the armies Of the to-called tonfcdcrate Satea,
forever dlsifanehised and dcbarrcd tie priyiie:e 20
Of fholding any Office Of honor. trust or profit IN
the State Of Tennessee: Provided, further, That
the Legislature may havc power 10 re-cntranchtse
euch persons, we'll dleposed toward the Govern
ment Of the United States, rs in their Judgment
may seem to them proper.
Eut In reference to the manner Of amend
Ing the Constitution, q difference of opinion
prevails. One party farors the digestion Of
amendments By the present convention, to
be submitted on the I'D Of Fcbruarp 10 the
people while anothsr prefers to b. i regular
constitutional convention, to be elected by a
general ticket, to which the matter shall be
rcte1ted. Gov. johnson, in his speech last
night, endorsed the first Of these PROPOSE.
uons, and am Inclined to believe thoy viii
besadopted by large majority in the conyen-
ton.
Both sides have able champions, WHO I'D.
duce strong arguments: but 1t Is the gene
Ial impression, now, That haste is essential.
There are no regular rebel troops in the
State, and but few guerillas and the rebel
sJmpathixeIs arc completely eubdued and
are prepared to submit 10 anything indeed,
are rather anxious for law and order to be
restored, without being particular as to the
means. Union men urge that the Govern.
rebel armies, and that tho people must do
the rest, and put the wheels Of government
In motion,
IN case Of an election, I think, unless tue.
ril1a parties are let loose especially to inter.
fere with ballot boxes, 5000 votes will be
polled-perhaps more. This vote will fnsure
the admission ofour congressional delegate At
ofrebels Of tic South and Of the North.
Twa
, 1865-01-18


A correspondent Of the ". 7. EwuinJ Pos
pays the following handsome tribute to
Illinois. "a
tIllinois has as much reason to be thankful
as any other State In the Union. The bur-
dens Of war have scarcely slackcned our pro-
gTess, or lcsscped our population, or dfmtn-
ished the prosperity Of our towns md cities.
or reduced the amount Of our agricultural
production. It ia estimated that Wisconsin
has lost from ten to tweney per cent. Of her
population, and that Milwaukee is reduced by
tcn thousand inhabitants. But certainly this
is not true of Illinois. We cast, in Novem-
ber, some eight thousand votes MORE than
were ever polied before .and we had many
thousand voters in the army, who had no op-
portunity Of exercising their right Of suffrage
Chicago, with population Of little more
than one hundred thousand, according to the
censua four years ago, has now more than one
hundred mud sixty mine Thousand inhabitants.
"This State has sent to the field two hundred
thousand men, who have earned for them
selves good reputation wherever they hayo
met the enemy yet our streets are full, our
arms everywhere are cultivated, our wealth
increasing, and the war has made no visible
inIoad upon the State. Still there are many
bleeding hearts that suffer under the losses Of
dear ones who sleep in southern graves, and
bentath the shadows Of Lookout Mountain
md the romparts Of Vicksburg. The storm
Of battle still rolls over these resting places,
which nations gratitude will consecrlte."
, 1865-01-18

TUESDAY EyHnrsu Jan. Il. 1865,
q elsas e rs East 81 t,ls o. s6tsinS estes @
S;sEsF IN
tSa::a e!s:s. Flour: DFsssss Is:
To Boston. all r.tl-...... -..... 1:65 So soe
E EsasSl 81 I'll 81 is::::.:, Is IS
!g gls Fssi;: Il &C. t?Bfs sBBspss e.
e, Te market 1os rG1F t
smeas tssrs Il
81 TSs %e w. e.. ns :, ] m ST.: IT,
sprinE extra st ss@s We qaete the closing prices as
Ele:s Tn,e yi4teS tansy e e
Choice Spring s:ss9 s.o9
Faisto itI good DO '.....'..,........-.. Hs @ e
psss1tis Sssa siss'a s'ap- I'll demand and sssay a
thoiee ktln-dried Corn Meal, Tbrl........:::.ss.a
T9so!tsd eo5p NH toa:i St9SS5Ss
3ini!ea sSapl; %aaaota: '- ' .. .... ~. "
Bran. oe3G.so
'sqiHEii wnEhT3Rssslysd tSdsy so9 6G i seeslSed
ns as g. nq ss aenes e:
has 6ssn depressed aad Ss:vy, .n1 e9te 3esilns
In prcea since the dafe q our last weekly revewof
Sc bu. Thele Ia very little doing In Winter Wheat
the traasactto1e telns confined slmost solely to Tho
w2nts Of local nillers.
ToDxT the market was unsettled owing to the de-
clinein gold and psisea lei ially &c bu Bales we're
20 Extra at tl68 Loo bu No. Spring at 1851 500
hq Dc At s3H: 0o b. % at 8! s.; so ou DO at
c]o.inE qu,es at p. 1.64k@ l.63 for No. Spdag.
nRN.Rscetved todsy 70, ie0 bn: shipped to-day,
s6H bu. Received Inst week, IS, ,sa3 bn shipped isst
week. ii, $50 bu. The market during tao week his
ruled unusually quiet and steady, with fair shipping
upTarda of Sc oo1 bushels No have hcen contSact.d
Tor during the week for during the hitter haf
To DAT the market was Steady. salea wers :-61o1
bn Rrlected Corn At Sc !a store 7a b1 do sc ia
OATS Eeesi!ed 70 az. s5.tss bn; shipped, q $50
b. Ksss4yed - iaat Tssk % sG ba; shipped last week.
!1ye unsr gooa sshRp!a sn ;sr speculative
To-Day. IN consequence Of the decline in f,o,d tna
market orcned seEy weak and considera5lY lower.
but after The New York dispatches were fecalyrd, Il