, 1866-08-07

General baird has convened Board to lnrtsn- |
gate The circumstances Of The New Orleans 1urs- |
sacre. 1hc dcla1i tor tile Board Is: Brcrcf Ma
jor General j. 4. Mower, u. ). A.; Drcsct figa.
disr :. NJ. Quincy, q. S. Vols, Rrcset BtiEadics
General J. lr,ing Gregg, e. 5. A.; Lieutenant
Colonel and Brcset Brig General George Easds,
Sixy-alth U. +. Colelrd Infantry, is appointed
Recorder fur the Dua,d.
An old citizen Of Waterbury. Co,.n., namcd
HORACE ror1er, WAS brought vi, tetore Judge Gil
1Ctic,a few days eincc.on the Clasc oi working on
the Sabbath, and 1nel four Gullara. II was proved
lhat lie get In ssnsc hay IN order 10 save It
IRON the rain ....
The SIC. cary Of tl.c Interior haa received from
gentleman III New Jersey samples Of paper naan~
utactulcI from sedgc grnss, grass With grows
in great abundance On all titlc-water flats Tho
paper Is very wl.ftc and clear. ap! will unloubt-
cdIy rlovc good substitute Tor ordinary writing
papcr made OF cotton lil.n rags. II IL eSft-
mated ,i:a II can be manufactured or twenty per
cent frss t..an any variety now III nse, and this
circumstance alone renless 3i,r discovery VI great
impo,salcc ~ Tic interests OF The county.
The *etrikf" Of lhc ehormakc.s vi Newark, n.
J., against the proposed reduction Of their en-
Eaysek Of aftccn PER cent appears to have tcfnl-
: mated In II success fot the wosknru. 4 commit
ter waited upon two Of ihe lradIng houses, and
were essutcl tllt old prices w"n.G tc paid ttlcM.
Ii w.s a.>o in1Imatcd ro tue committee that all
Tic etrilie has lastcG ,llsle wsl,s, and tho
men holding oct with srci. us.arokcn nnanimisy.
ard II being IN iMpos=sbiiiiy to obtain good
vo,kmcn from otIcr cities, Is shc probable ex~
p!anl.1on Vi the result. .....
The Philadelphia papers say ihc coal trade con-
tluucs 10 be very large. The tonn1gc from tic
ScirylaIl region last week tcarhcd ':'.2:s tons,
OF wlicI, s7,7:o tuns were hroasht down hE the
Reading Railroad, and u sra tons hs the SchuE;.
kill Navigation Company. The 10th brought tc
market IRON that region 50 FIR this seaann is
se7us TBS :o1ls brIng un inrr,a>r over the tonnage
from The =anae ,cionto tue samc time last ycat
1;k4 SIC tons. The Lchigh Valley Railroad ha'
worked its coal business mp over 5t,xp toas Pc
week. and thts fns his seasor has carried 10 nsas
kct ,o:n.s'3 ions Of cual. hclng an increase ore
liz last yeAf'6 tonnage 10 TIC taHHe Time oi 32}@4s
Tons. The coal production thus tar ibis season /
Gd25 t31 tons, against !, tG., ,5i1 IONS to the sau
1lpic Inst year-being an Increase Of ,,12 100 tons
Tho Noc:lcstcr De.nncsds says that uor
Z. 3. Holmes died q. hts Eestdcnc
in Droclpori, on Tuesday evening lat'
Ills Grath was sudden md unexpected
H. lad het.n enbiect to attacks of hc1
rc!cia one Of which In his stomach WIS the fnnae
iiatc cu:lec or his dcath. The Dftnofrnt ea5s {
hr. Holmes, thai he was born in Fairfax, We
mont, Hay I'D, 1877. Al 1hr arc Of twenty
came 10 this coEnfy md commenced the studs
law viii, Judge Bellows. of rittsto'd, and was q
1nittcd 10 practice III 1880. lie moved to Brock
ISL and psaclccd law mill he "
in Congress, to which position he was
elected in 1876 he 1naaivd iu the year IS
thc daughter oi Ilicl B.ockway, the founder
Brockpoft, ard had three children, two sons ii
adaug.l.cr, tie 1sttes, Nss. Sidney L. stesene,
ti.i= city. Ira Holmes, unc OF Tie sons. Cashier
The Third National Bank Of Chicago, and rcccn1
1nar1,ed, II now on hfs wedding tour In Eurol
IT, 4 x.y@f
for his public spirit and nrtl,r participation
every e,te.,tisc calculated to 1scurflt tho couau
n;y, 1nati OF the etIicte.t Integrity, full OF Hy
ppthy for The needy, with GENEROSITY ever rcn
70 supply their wants. his loss will be deeply
By lie community In which be 80 long Ersidcd.
On Tie lit instant Tho noundkcc;,er at E
Twenty. .Eltl4 street had been At work fur about
weeks and lad drowpcd thilty-tix hundred de
-urc h,,dl.l a day The largest proportion
the H1sincps WIS done In the Beginning The d
ecason Tie pound was opened on the 1sti
dune.
The Richmond {va.) Dispatch, Of the 1st insta
ssss he board of Trade Of that cisy on the dny
lore raised. BY subscription, the amount nccess
to procure u comfortable chair for Jefferson Da
The Uasisateh Gays thc e:,ats will be bought
forwarded 10 hin Immediately.
A vcry important bill has been introdncct
Canadian Parliament referring to education
lowcr Causd.- The object Is so fully to pro-
ar3 define THE rights Of The Protestant u,lno
undcr the coming CONFEDERATION, as ehall
1eGve room for any misunderstanding. Thi.
the hill which has been promised by the Cor
Ecnt.
\ The Prince Of Wales appeared in the c.it
Held at Sanurgl4alu. the otAer dag. for The
time slEce lie lett oxford. lie WAS speedily bos
ont by Mr. Wright. with round . for Bis ecor
A correspondent 4: Newport dcsoibcs cha
1cr thus: He is shrerd, Intelligent, obacrran
ct1fk FH71A AnFf ft -
power among bis tnetes. lie suffers when I
1ng, aud is Responsible for The following stor,
himself: aThrn In farfs, some ycnsn siucc, be .
into bird store TO purchase parrot Aecos
he attendant, q gsun, bnrls old chap, In wig
faihts, he said: -ns.zuy frs'ud. w-w-war
E~scl a pa:rot-'' "uerc Is orc. sir" replies
saleran--"a regular heants+" B-b-br
w.wvont w-p-wouc that ocean talk c-c~cau
w-*-u1uc tt-ta,ks'' '41a'kl / rather gues
csn- Ii lc couldn't talk better ihsn you can
cut his a-d head tf.~ .lr:-- bonght The
rot, and GENEROUSLY distributes photographs {
bird among h1* f1itndA.
The large trEnn built for the magnificent {
oral at Geneva, st. retcr'e. was inausuraled
mus5cnl festival tn The 9Th, 18th aud aNh Of ,
Orgaulsts not only from nsl parts of swItxer
hut from rarie and Cologne, were Invited tt
the instrument. and nany celebrated artists
promised tier services.
-LastSatu1daS hight, Z. Newport, Rhode Ii
butcher, hanker, lawJcc, q commercial
e1ler. end Journalist Eat themselves nbout
hogany taGlr with the i1tent1ou Of tsstIp,
which the banker swoFr was good-ahe quail
horse lest1-a4 food. The meat WIS cook
~teaks, a. ribs, a. hash. as roast, and was
der, juicy and delightful.
- FeR'e Incorporation Of the Cincinnati Enc
Ii, csper Company WAS admitted to rex
t., .oe;ty Recorders osaee yesterday. The
A's aafca t 81 aN go r.sa1N - aauae
1a,n ~ y 1 afe 'Ssshingt@, Mclean. S. B. Y
Aa0 u James ]. Fazan. "