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purpose Of the GOSPEL va, not to ca.l tue
righteous but sinners 10 repen.anc.. But
tho system which the Bishop commenas
seemed 70 contemplate tho matter In very
dltieTcat light, Only the "hoacst an trust
worthy" were permitted to read tho Bible.
We should think the dishonest and the nm.
trustworthy were the very ca.s that had
most need Of reading 1t. However, 1t la a
mere wafto Of ink to discuss a. natter
that has been already settled. The B;shon
oe'onss 20 past age. BE Isl fossil, and II
ne is to be discussed At all, It should be by
the antiquarian. But there il a live o,e..
ton involved in this letter, and that Is The
education question: II Is something to re-
1oice over that the very pno-slaycry B!sbop
o. one OF the very worst pro-alavery statcs,
should give his official sanction to tho edu.
cauon Of negroes. II shows that the world
moves, and that light is gradually breaking
upon the benighted regions so long made
dark. by slavery,
, 1866-12-25

New 1cE BoA1.-The Prairie dn Chen
Courier rays Hon. Ira A. Brunson, Of that
place has constructed an Ice Car, which Ia
the nearest thing to perfection In the line Of
Ice navagatton, that We have eTer secn or heard
Of Judge brunson had his Invention tested,
and 1t works 10 charm. he has been
about three years In bringing about Its prac-
tical success. The present model Is worked
BY hand power, and glsdea over the Ice With
SIX men on 1t, fisse1 than most any hprse
can travel" It 10 capable Of powe, sun.
cieut to draw any cords Of wood or & dozen
loaded slcds, on the Ice, and can be rendered
ca ual 10 locomotive by the use OF steam.
The construction Is quite simple.
, 1866-12-25

II is confidently asserted that the Supreme
Court ofthe United States have, by major
irv vote, agreed upon Il decision that
the lest oath Of loyalty required by the Con-
sti:ution Of Missouri, Of all attorneys prac-
t.sinc IN that State is void. The Copper
heads and rebels are JubIlant over this deci-
sion, which, so far as we can perceive, Is a
,,irect blow at their fayoritc doctrine of State
:.orefeignty.- The oath Is prescribed By the
Constitution Of the State OF Missouri 1t Is
an exclusively State enactment prescribing
an additional qualification for persons prac-
tlsiug law In the State courts. II the Sn-
premc Court Of the United States may decide
that the people Of Missouri cannot require q
particular form Of oath of the officers OF the
State courts, may It hot decide that tho
State has no power to require that these OH
GERS shall be whltcf Il the State have no
power to establish the qualifications Of its
judicial officers, what becomes of that ''sov-
e.eienty" which the Copperhcads and rebels
30 necessarily demand as inherent In tho
Statps1
, 1866-12-25

wil ~es completed within the next ayc yeara.
and there viii he such Development Of thc
Sast fertile eoMnssy west of IaEe MIehIcan. In
Mc7sth: population and poues ~ will ca,fDund
the esl! foreb~dtngs OF al chronic c{oskeFy. and
more lh4n ever s.'onleh The civilized world,
1r a,..,.stsa II. 1tuca, ssAnhuca, tc.
rory that representatives from The Chanbcf al
GGonmetee ot 1ii*.nkes, equally ln,ssosted wtta
present. presume It Is By eouae acciaent or NJ.
lake that they aso not here. beg ;e1re b 9u9
aaas, ri sas fSsowinK tabls atndir fain.bea meby
csZo Board Of Trade, showing the aye.sec shio-
ment Of several leading products trom TIC pott 81
Gnieaso Tor the hst nve years. ksatortng the
The ascraeo yeuly cereal shipments Tor the i1at
hvc year1 aDonht o 5U,1tG1n hrshtla
, 1866-12-25
MEEIt.D AGAIN.

~
II VIC may credit the latest reports from,
Mexico, the lcnt-up and r,ciprocal hostility
uf Maa fmilian aud the French has at ;ast
broken out tnto an open quarrel. aud Sapo.
icon has already commenced the wiihdrawa
OF MS troops. Mexican news is generally the
'Host contradictory and uncertain news In
,ht world; yet these reports correspond
well with facts previously established,
aud may very likely prove to be
ttne. If such /: the case, Maxi
nl'lisn IS no longer tic rrotcgt nf foreign
loWcr, but the chosen head Of Mexican
:'arty, and very powerful ono at that
tho Church, or aristocratic party. W. arc
;"ld he will be supported by all the wcslth,.
Influence and milttsry strength Of this pss
y, and If so, Ills resources arc by no means
insignificant: It sceans probable, therefore.
that the old conflict between the RcpublI.
cans and aristocrats ls about to be
renewed with nll the bittcspcs,
aud fcroclV that havc chafac.
.rrtzed 1t In former times. Nor l. this the
my evil that mcnares unhappy Mexico.
i tc ilvul claims of the Republican leader.
:eudcr imminent RI ncwal Of tho sauguinary
-ends which have formerly made revolutions
I matter Of almost daily occurrence. and
':arc sarrcd the very foundations of society
" that country. The moment NAPOLEON
"Ah"iaws h.s army, rs tic soon will, II II Is
ct already in motion, these feuds will be-
S"ne Strictly domestic matter, in which
A's government llas no right to interfere.
1ccrt upon the principle that The Mc1icsns
.rc incapable OF 6clfsuverumcnt, and tha.
t IA our duty, ns 4 matter of common
humanity, 10 step fn aud prevent the effu,ior
Il blood and the sway Of anarchy. Maxi
uillsn, Is the elected leader Of the Church
party, becomes merely m adyeuturcr. and
Eis Trctcnee Is nc mere o violation OF the
a!onroc doctriuc than would be the pscecpcc
Q! John smith or any other individual Crom
any country. There can be no eround far
interference in the mere TACT thu, Maximllian
wss an Austrian Archduke. II he chooses
TO abandon the not very tempting prospect
';I wtartng tho Arststan crown, for the ua.
CERTAIN honors Of Mexican crown, It. Is his
bussncss and The business Of the people over
whom lie may ru1e. How far the Admins
ration has sought to commit this Govern
s';ent to tie maintenance Of the Juarcx Gov
s1ment, Is not kno~n- II that Government
is TO bc upheld by the United States, II be-
Games more and more evident every day, that
II can only be accomplished BY military oeeu-
I'asion. Such an occupation would be 70.
sisted rot only by the Church party, but by
Thousands ofMe8Icans who are now unfricnd
y to Macmillan, and VIC should soon fiud our.
ELVES involved In Z war Of no mean propor-
!iops@ All questions OF International law
aside, We scarcely think tho country |. pre-
J,nrcd to undertake such q task at present
, 1866-12-25

@SpOTt OIL kn6 E&F E&FEQANef~<xEntf4ts
From the N-w York Evening Post, December q.
This document has just been given to the
press. The disbursements during the yea,
ending June, 1sG6, amounted to fl5J, S-4
SIT. The principal item has been the final
paying of Of two hundred and twenty thon,
sand discharged volunteers. The whole nun.
Der paid Of since the cessation Of hostilitie.
vas one million and twenty thousand. The
ordinary bim0nthy payments to the troops
IN service have amounted 70 t3o.250, 90. In
back and extra pay, and In bounties the de-
Partmept has dLsbnrsed s., G6a 1:;6.
There has been payed out on Treasury GER
tiheatea, Tor atEears to the heirs of dead SOL
dierr, &c, &16, Isl, ,141. Up to the date OF
the report, October 10th, no payment Of the
extra bounty, voted b Congress in Last July,
had been made The Paymaster. General
says the music, and oay rolls. are "already
{ uch worn and defaeed, would be reduced
to ulegib]e sh1eds before 1.-THE Of the cases
arising under this Law could be disposed OF.
taken up separAtely."
IL IS therefore proposed to classify the
Ibis plan, though imposing delay at the out
ser, Will prove tn the end the quickest and
best. The payment, h0 0@eyer, will not begin
TIL the eiI mouths' Limitation has passed,
The number Of additional paymasters has
been reduced since the Last report, from two
force Of the office now consists tf QUE hnn.
d.ed and dny-ave clerks Of various classes,
Which fs the maximum wnr complement.
The report concludes with The very es-
cusab1e selfEratn alton that while the de-
pastment has dlsbursed since July, 1861,
to the Government In expenses and Losses Of
every characteF cannot In the worst possible
event exceed three. .fourths Of one per ceut
and Ia this estimate include the large loss
OF Paymasters' deposits b5 the fraudulent
bankruptcy Of national bank In Washing
, 1866-12-25

oook OF satnta and another aud better Iliad.
Inc tla5a Bartons and the Florence Nichtfn-
ga!cs OF two nations will shine from the ,nost
oeaotAn passaRgra Of the two g.eatest h.,to-
, 1866-12-25

BRow1 ScHooL HOLIDAY Brpsxf.-A neat lit
1e paper las Toads it, appearance tor the HOLIDAYS
under The above capuoD. sdited bv tho ouce H.
Eons ~1adT ttensn md 5 r ROM Is, Jr II
contains 4 we'll telected aerf~x OF aa7ih, whfch
Laye ;he rial lIneonisn smack about tnom. We
comntnd II 10 our readers.
, 1866-12-25
4 CHHlsTMAS RKTRO8PECr,
~. =
Tho 9foat E5eucyoIcuee,

| selena'neaIy appAeo Of all bcncvolcnce
e'e .Aeue. eupplJ ano'ne. 49,
| wealth. .npnsn 70 ouy anotnes sma" aug
| CON- 1he treasures that aoHca 10 toe !ton
lrom All sources can only oe aoe4uAse',
measured oy that sympathy ~n'cn lnaas on<
vast INIT OF the people nno taen uslenaess
never rhalanthfopns afo" "on' n"''on suel
maenihccnt elh- -
When Washin2tons army WAS IN lta oatk'
est valley nnd oespA Ia'ne hea1 10 tho mid
night of Our carry a1s.osy, Inc women Of
thilaoe'Pnn uaoe es'esa. tnouasna Paecee
o. anacl lsiotns' 'nu' WIN lnfee nunnFed
tnooSauu oonsi'' nen' tae'o 10 oneaoqaartefs
lug sI''tt VI .re e,'y VI o!otnefiy love spread
aO1 n'a1 n'no mte' Lee, the Gov
a,. e.Ao. NV, lot mso %1cns! association much
s tn"' " 1nc "omen's Society y
oi New tofk. Mai tha Washington "wcnt
ana oid nkcwi$e' In Virginia. Thatcher
greatly cu'oEtzes the gentle projectors Of do.
"auona Toward the struggling Government
~ W lne fefol"t'on. Ac says, "Such free-wilt
une'nss arc examples truly worthy of imi.
.at.on' anu oognt 10 DC recorded to the honor
~ -. An.c1icah laoles" kindly history treats
1ssno rue OF cycles, and the women Of on.
o"n t''oe arc loand 10 ba not very unlike the
Il, Ma''oas VINO SAT at the cradle OF the Repub.
W. out toesc 1s progress even In giving.
Ane iao'es OF l1eo made half dozen wagon
,oeos .. clotnlng. Those Of lsG5 fed mil
nou anu nA!l oi men At nearly five milllons
VI saos'anla! meals. The former raised funds
aee supphea ~ k1nd 70 The extent OF proha-
~ nA4a n1luoh' Inc Antter not less than
l"vl'c "ilAons ID shores and two and hall
e.Enons In money, and this for the United
11tea sanitary commission alone.
h.ttle alo lne patriotic women Of Bridge
W. uua Gnaf'csto"n and Lowell and
o4c.e'ano tn'nk tnat Their unAmbitious or
gauika.'ons' formed, tue first two on the
uaI altes INC 1ali OF sumter, and the Others
on tne elehteenth and nineteenth Of that
.''e'nofaole April, would be set down In his.
10Y Us the widoW-mItes OF vast national
tnhnK-ohertnEs that should mount up to
more Than three score of millions. The most
oeah'hnl passage In the life record Of the
clevercst money.getting people in the world
IS Amctaca's history of unselfsh giving, and
the example OF this generations munEficencc
Will 60 down through all timc as an inspIra.
tion to the generous and monument Of
gratitude to tho memory OF the men who
gave their liyea to sarc the nation.
The highest indu1es-as swedcnbosg
woalo eay-are 1emiDine. Bunyan became a
Saf,stian uhacT inc charm of some old Ia
oies talk about Jesus, and the toi1ins Pill.
E.im o. Tue greatest alleEory was the result
nc afd'heaaed fosltirist's experience In
l1ato's love LED him to write the RELIGION Of
iioAatH5 nnu MS devoted satut-worship at
t.e grave OF ~omsn was the one thing Of
ucnu's III 1ae sao laic o. Auguste Comte, II
, 1866-12-25
A SUSPECTED PhLON.

4AJ
On Wednesday evening small boz went
to the Office OF City Marshal Pat. billion.
and Informed him that a robber was then
hidden In the Cathedral, up in the splrc.
hs Nasehai at once rent around to the
building Indicated, and under his guidance
asceudcd the dusty alglt Of steps fat up into
me spife, under the clock. where the boy
had seen the man that day as he (the boy
pigeons. As soon as they rot up there the
man made an attempt to escape, and hid,
put after search they found him, aud tho
jail. s'%&- '''''' -
HIS name Was Samuel Reardon. Hc had
been, so he stated, living IN the stceplc for
seven weeks past, and had 4 bed there, and =
provisions, water. de-, sufficient 10 last him
several Eeeks. He had managed to steal the
keys Of the Cathedral when they were paint.
Ing It some months since. aud had managed
TO escape observation by golns out and cum.
prpwled around for p1nnder.
, 1866-12-25

>e kN'~'s NNA" ~ WA" tA@oAEQ% kAELA
honest, 1itied their scntimantality aud were
willing to humof them till the popular voice
oeeatn" quiet othcra considered them As
mere accession to the throng Of interested
ronus.AaA thAt annually hive themselves In
ue Wy VI o"afo1ns houses aud tnfest the
.ooo'ss , .. tne CAPITOL. ffcsldeut Lincoln
n.mset' n.. 'noaent enes were trying to add 4
MN SAeel 10 .ae eoaeh- VI. Bellows and
vac "'enos VI Inc movement received the tn-
ss..nao.e privilege o. senaang inspectors to
,oox % d1 "< camps anu OF adraf9 the Medical
BUREAU rs 10 INC sanitary needs. Representa-
VIZ tue" u SCIENCE aeepiS read IN The cause
Aus usscs' VIVA tne whole American
Peop'e - 'neH naeSs, hAd 10 Stand aside and
s,.a.s Use symptoms OF another "aleheren
,"M1., un4' y. VI *'ness American citizens perish
'as ~ sue esasss. "ocn Que paragraph In a
as"elaIs "'sa. nave bfoneht to almost
1 po'As esn enough potatoes and
49, ~, @ d,ss,n,1sH % Atau1' 70 nafy = sman
49,. ~ au. . nust oot oe impaired.
a;s.s.S,se ,s ..,. taa. " NV - eofreet
en,oG,r.s,1. a,n,htne aotss II. Aau wearing
osso,,as. - ~ ss.Ia s ~ eating para
NV. rh,oh a,.1 -. $50, - ~ a' oe o.set.
r. -s.,,,. L., 4e,,,s,. stss. ~ eSttaiu1s
ofrcforr, ~. d,eo,, ,,1tn, ~. - 80. a
Crn,,,a,,.,a -.a~,5ad .h.t .,-a.s1a,. =, sne
1crct,h,s. ehan,a ~ t-,hrtns ar..,. - "a
"a so - .,no. ~, ~, ~ hoo,.. ~ 49, '
m,..,rr Gcncr.l. hn, onls thrc. r.ttons ~
rcrrtoh,es ~err r.c..,rsd ~ ~. so,,,.s. ~ ~
twelve months. m. .cnrvr c.mc sns
so.nehodv i, r.,non.,n,e n, r.. r1s,,ra.
, 1866-12-25


saved the army before vickaburg. Fifteen
hundred thousand lodgings were furnished
IN soldierH' homes, and luncheocs and diu-
ners were served to tho number Of mora
than four millions five hundred thou.aud.
single "home" at Nashville ministercd
during the ycar 1864 to the wants of two
hundred thousand soldiers. Claims wcr.
entrusted to the agents OF the Commission
for collection to the yaluc OF nearly eight
millions Of dollars; and two mill
ions and half have already
been collected and handed over. Not far
from thTee-quartess Of 4 million were laid
out In supplyinG the sanitary wants Of the
army Of the Potomac In two months OF 1861,
After the battles Of Gettysburg, seventy live
thousand dollars were expended In caring for
twenty-five thousand wounded men; and
though the battlefield relief became the
most notorious of the work II WIS not opc-
tenth Of the thankless task of prevention
which the Commission Imposed upon itself.
But we are reluctantly compelled to discon.
time these most beautiful Of historic deeds,
and eonstcn our twenty pages Of notes gleau.
cd from near thousand pages Of reading, to
the oblivion basket. The readers OF the
TR1DVSE who wish to know further OF the
generous gifls Of the people would do
well 10 consult Mt. STILES excellent work,
No man car read this book without thank
Ing Heaven for the Sanitary Commission :
and no man OF generous impulse can fail to
bold In his heart Of hearts the lasting mem
cry Of the tndefatlgab1e women who carried
the heavy G I'd Of supplies. Of the mental and
manual toll Of the Board Of Managers who
gave their time and money and comfort, and
Of the agents who 80 nobly suffered every
pEisation ion the battlefield that thcy
might succoe the wounded man
revive the living and console the dying. Nav.
more, VIC must cherish the names and exam.
pies OF the sanitary martyrs who died In the
work ; and the future historian and poet
must have such heroes asyoung Wilson, who
WIS treaeherously shot while bearing The
Commissions flag down tho James, a.
Stanley whose day and night devotion to the
wounded proetrsted his physical powers aud
sent him homo to die, as the inces.ant, earn
est Hadlcy who 1e!t the professors chal,
for the task Of battlefield relief and worked
himself TO the sick bed aud great soul wen.
up 10 Its reward amidst the blessings OF the
wounded and the dying, and suct
hetoines Is the cultivated snd
womanly Mrs. General Barlow, who ueut
absut, an angel Of mercy. to every field O
suffering, till her slecpless c1ertions brough,
on a fever, and = pure and noble life va,
| sac1iaced-out Of which to make naothe
, 1866-12-25

c.,, ,.-,h,,. y,,xc.n so Wsrts9 : C9- y Bn:Slsy
w. sia ~. 10 = p u gaa:ssssf e.essa'sf
sns e. 81 Jehn.en fa fEs;;a GsoS II Z e. sa5a
e ca y: a1.sf5 nss. t. Ladsreen 81 Eay Frat
III sG9 "a 1nr iS1s1t q Henry b oxens> BY L. B. Ha
1hr L Co. slaoo- svrr.-
scn, tsy.at "a 4. q. QIea b. Ringer I'D baEke
, 1866-12-25

Fotal ARRAY Between Colorcd Men In
MtdolcacI COnnty-G0rpner,s lnouezx
and Verdict Of WNfu1 Murdcr-rhe
Alleged Murderer In Cu,sodr
, 1866-12-25

sehr Hc.He 6rs<ley onsS1a-ssr tais1Ss' ii ".
NJ Ex1u by John Hearn to., StscCe, DIE .ar1sk
Evuc- & Co.. By y. Hafkburu. sN1As As.s5u, by ole
Gne-t1etnh interest 70 Ao1srw A910
LAWszo, SKA
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THE GAZETTE.
TUESDAY EVENING, MAY Is, 1866.

The following is an extract from the speech
If Mr.. Julian. one of the Representatives
from the State of Indiana, delivered III the
House of Representatives, a few days ago:
sRobt E. Lee, whose spared life has outra-
ged the honest claims of the gallows ever since
his surrender, is running at large, perfectly I'M
molested and safe from all harm. Black with
treason, perjury and murder, guiltier by tar
than the Christless wretch who obeyed his or
ders IN starving our soldiers at Andersonyllle,
he goes his way in peace, while the Govern
ment, in this monstrous and appalling tact,
confesses to the world, that treasonls unworthy
of its notice. He i: president OF Virginia
college, and teacher Of her youth. Tic visits
Washington. and tenders his dvice to our pub
lie men about the work of restoring the Union.
He goes before the reconstruction committee
and gives his testimony, as if an oath could
take any possible hold upon his scared con-
science; and all that can be said is, that his I'M
punished crimes are doing precisely as much to
make the Government infamous, as the Gov
eminent itself has done to make those crimes
respectable. The Legislature Of Virginia in
dorses him as fit man for Governor, and the
champions of this proposition visit our Repub~
hcan President, laud his principles and policy,
and take the front seats IN the house OF his
triends.'
There are very few of even the strongest
Union men" we hope, who would ike 10 be
the author of such speech. There are but
few, we suppose, who would like to be placed
on the record as having uttered such sentl-
ments, in such manner. We say nothing as
to the statements that Robert E. Lee is ''black
with treason, perjury and murder'-that he
gave orders ito starve the soldiers at Ander-
sonville, that he "goes to Washington and
tenders his advice about restoring the Union,
&C., &C. Mr. Julian had better ask the most
distinguished officers of the United States
the bravest of the soldiers Of the United States
those who FOUGHT against Lee, and whilst
they fought were constrained to admire his
courage, his skill, his character for truth and
honesty, his humanity, his nobleness of soul,
his devotion and his sincerity-what they think
of him, and what they have said; and do now
say Of him, even whilst thinking he was aiding
a wrong cause.
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TO vhon1 1T mag concern Under the pro-
visions of the Code of Virginia of 1860, chapter
Sc, sectionl7 notice is hereby given that on the
first day of the next juno Term of the County
Court of Prince William county, the Alexan-
dria and Fredericksburg Railroad Company will
apply to said Court for the appointment of five
disinterested freeholders, who, or any three or
more of whom, shall constitute a board, to as
certain Just compensation to the owners OF
land upon the line of said railroad, within the
said county of Prince William, for such of said
lands as are proposed to be taken by said com.
pany for its purposes. r. w. LATHAM,
ap 24-1aw4w President A. s. f. r. r. Co.
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DRUCE'S CONCENTRATED FERTILI-
u IZER-The immediate results of the use
Of this highly approved fertilizer are as marked
as in the application Of Peruvian Guano, while
1T the same time the land on which 1t is applied
is permanently enriched.
a discount made to dealers For sale by
GEORGE +. WHITE,
ian l3-tf Nos 80 and 81 Cameron ST.
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AMPS, LAMP GOODS & OIL.
VIM COGAN.

VIM. COGAN,
Is, North Royal Street,
offers for sale Lamps in great variety, from the
little Tom Thumb. to the most magnificent Par
Chimneys ali Kinds and sizes Brushes, Wick,
and all other goods in thetrade at the most rea-
sonable prices. Especial attention is called to
large lot of Stand Lamps just received, purcha-
sed at extremely low figures, and offered at cor
responing rates. All who want real bargains
in handsome Parlor and Table camps had bet
ter come quickly. NH ST
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OHAKERS' GARDEN SEEDS, in assorted
y papers, for country dealers Just received and
for sale by JANNE4 q o.,
NH 2G-tf 49, King street