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POLITICAL.

We have already stated that By the general de-
sire, General 1ppfncnH will be candidate for
Secretary Of the Senate. Mr. Parks, editor OF the
A'tcn Telegraph, Ia a candidate for Po.tmasscr OF
the Senate. As yca we have not seen the name Of
any candidate for Clerk Of the House. Several
friends hare suggested to us the name Of A, s,
Thompson, Of Monmouth, for the place. Mr..
last session OF the Legsslatnrc and had tho gone
ri reputation Of beiug m excellent officer.
Tkc New York Ntrs, World. HeroII Sua. Ma.
fio'', and several other Copperhcad journals Of
that city. have declared themselves In hyor Of
uotace Greeley 70. United States Senator, as haye
also The Ktchmond {va.} Examiner, and rhilatel.
rhtn dDf, OF The same political stamp.
The johnson Department Club, at Washington.
o:catlized FAR thc purpose OF spying o.t and hav-
Ing dismissed from ottec CLERKS who would not
endorse tiny policy" is fast dwindling down into
nothinG. The members arc daily .e.t:.uync and
becoming client as regards politics.
II tlstatcd that every Republican In the State Of
Delaware has been tns1led ont of office, and uot
Republican newspaper In tho State receives dol
lars Sosh OF advertising or printing from The
Government. Everything has passed Into the
hands OF the salisbury Coppcrheads. The editor
Of the Wilmington Gazette. whose Office was mob
bed for reasonable utteranccs, Ia now the Uaited
States Marshal.
The Fourth Senatorial District Of this State, rep
resented BY Dr., D. r. Green, the aposta:e, gives
Republican majority Of str6nte<n hun5red. His
Republican constituents invited him to rcsiea be.
fsrc the election, and now they o:eE him another
chance 10 do IL
Mr. D,antcornb, the Radical candtdnte, has re-.
trcd the certificate Of election to the lower house
Of tie Missouri Legisla uEo from ST. Louis Frnpls
Eal1 WAS hts opponent, and nadca push 10 secure
the certificate Of elccllo., Notwithstanding be was
etateE b. the loyal votcre.
, 1866-11-23

Spirit OF The GcFnan.Amcracnn Press.
The Illinois Staots Z-if1ng, Of the I'D ult,
draws the following parallel between the political
situation In England and In the United Stales:
The political condition Of Ensland and Of our
Republic presents como striking analogies. In
Great Bitatn anil ireland. us in this country, the
people are busted with grea. questions ofrcform;
there, as here, the Ministry sets Itself IN opposl
ton 10 the spirit OF tie times, though with uk
1h'nes Lave gone 80 far that under the leadership
Of Andrew johnson, civil war Is not impossl-
bic.
''lhe English Ministry, as well a ours, il re-
acttonary. or, to use term which they are fond
of, conservative. Al Washington, as in London,
Cabinet meeting atttt Cabinet meeting Is held to
unloosc the Gordian knot: In both nations the
nnin Issue Is The extension of The right OF suf-
haEc. which the people demand, ard which The
Ministers refuse to grant, In England neither the
Queen or Parliament Is nllpowerful, but the ar
i:Iocrnc.; with us. an accidental President Is
striving to crush tic Legislative aud the
judicial Departments Of the Government,
that tic Executive may be nntramellcd by law, a
crime which brought Charles I. TO the sca,iold.
Iese, the snb}ugated South. without my cause,
CO nplane Of oppression; With our transatlantic
cousins, Ireland nttGrs the same cry but with the
Most perfect Justice. We havo the dethroned
slave barons and their projectors, tho President
and his clerks against US In the Geld; the people
OF England, Scotland and ireland arc warning
against the aristoczacy who are struggling to
maintain their dominion intact, and to continue
10 rule as they have done heretofore.
"uerc ard there arc wide spread agitation TO payc
the way to great reforms, Immense assemblies oi
the people and 1c-Aclionary journals calling the
movement mad and imp1acticable. In England
the end 10 to emauctpate The white elates by 4
healthy and profound reform; In America the
MN inv fS
, 1866-11-23
THE ADVANCE IN RATES OF Ky-
SUNAEEf;.

The general advance in rates ofinsnrancc
By Tic Boards Of Underwriters in the various
large cities ofthc country, is attracting uni
Se5sal attention on the part Of policy-hold-
ers and in many places is meeting with
formidable opposition. In Buffalo, a call,
signed by over three hundred merchants,
has been Issued for public meetIu. to or
eanize Citizens Insurance Company, in on
position to the Board Of Underwriters. and
similar action has been taken In other quar-
tcrs. There is 10 law against the formation
ofncw insurance companies 10 tue most un-
limited extent, provided the incorporators
can furnish The requisite securities and COM
ply with the legal requirements, but before
inaneurating the business on very large
scale it will he well to examine the grounds
upon which the Underwriters have advanced
their rates.
Viewed from their tand-point, these
grounds arc substantially as follows: The
old rates were not adequate for the losses Of
ordipary fires, and in cases Of tho dcstrue.
tive col 0agrations, which for the past year
or two have BECOME epidemic, either the
companies having risks must go into liquf.
dation or the stockholders must submit Ia
heavy asscssments-a luxury which the
most benevolent stockholders arc not usually
anxious 10 enjoy. The total amount Of III.
, 1866-11-23

a Young Lady browns Herself In the
Canal.


from TIC Rochester, N, Y, Democrat, Nov. ao.l
Great excitement was caused In the upper
rArt Of the Fourth Ward and the lower part
Of the Twelfth last evening, BY the sudden
disappearance Of Miss Jennie Page, daugh-
ter OF Mr. James L. Paige, No. Howell
street. Miss Paige VAS about sixteen years Of
age, and had been cripple from infancy, be-
She had appeared to be as cheerful ns usual
during the day, and at tea time sat At the
table with the rest Of the family, seemingly
in good spirits. An hour later she WIS
missed, ana It was at first supposed that she
had gone out to call on some of the neigh
was expected, inquiries were made and It
was ascertained that no one could be found
who had seen her.
The alarm spread rapidly, and at length
nearly the whole population Of the vicinity
was aroused. 1t was asccrtained that Miss
Paige had worn neither shawl nor bonnet
when she LETT home, and fears began to be
entertained that she had committed suicide
Chief Of Police Sherman, hearing Of the af-
fair, joint III the search. Officer Hughes, OF
the day fnrce. who resides In the ueighbor-
hood, had been engaged In it almost from
the first. The conclusion 10 which the search
ers generally came was that the unfortunate
young lady had /. drowned herself in tho
canal, anu they searched 1t carefully
Street bridges Without fndine any trace
Of her. At last, rs party Of three were
crossing the small bridge leading from st.
Paul street to Crouch's steam eaw mill
they found her crutches. They were lying on
the bridge at the west end. and one ol them
was broken. This seemed to settle the qucs-
tiou Of suicide beyond doubt. Coroner
Robb was sent for and commenced rakinr
the canal to find the body. He was still EN-
ployed In the melancholy work at midnight.
THIS sad affair has thrown the family Of Mr..
Paige into the deepest mourning, and they
have the sympathy Of the whole ncighbor-
hood In their distress.
LATER.-The dead body Of Miss Paige was
found about one o'clock, floating on the sur
acc Of the wafer ut the First Lock in Brigh-
toE-a mile from the place where the crntches
were discovered.
, 1866-11-23

Il A Major J. Tarbcll, formerly Of the
Federal army, who has been cnltivatine d
plantation i'll the South since the war, writes
TO Northern friend:
.tGive the blacks the best State In the Union,
with teams, seed, grain, farming tools, years
supply OF all things, and xIU In money each,
With Government or their uwp, and they would
star,c 10 death the second year, and relapse Int
barbaEisni ib half d century"
This item is going the rounds of the Cop
pcrhcad papers. Who Is this fellow Tar
barely If the blacks would ''starve to death
the second year." how could dead negroes
s'Felapse into barbarism in half century 81
If the facts were known It would turn out,
first, that Tarbarcl is pro-slareFy Copper
head; second, that he undertook to cheat
the blacks who worked for him, ont Of their
wages; and, third. that he was hard, mean
ovcrsecr who wanted TO run the plantation
on the old ''patriarchnl systcm'' Of the CHI
valr,-of taking all the profits for himself.
Those who deal honestly aud fairly with the
blacks come to just the opposite conclusions
Of those expressed by this fellow,
, 1866-11-23
The Reported Attempt on tho Life OF
the Emperor.
Vienna tSovember :, correspondence Of the

AOHHGu 41mGa.I
But little is now said Of the atfertu report
Gu 20 nave been made on the Emperor while
~ ItaGuc. rs there is some reason to believe
thai. Slr. Palmer deceived himself when he
faneied he saw the tailor, .inthouy P.ls:, lerel
pistol at his Majesty as he was getting into
h,s s sarTlnSe: . Ile ultra Czcel papers profess
able passion for notoriety," has made u f,lse
charge against Pust- Tie gunpowler and
caps which were found are OF Belgian manu-
aetrre, and the pistol Is u mere toy, which
could not have cost more than thrcc or four
shllhnss. s g. The gentlemen who picked up
lying on the opposite side of the
imperial carriage to that Oh which Pust WAS
standing when he was seized by Palmer. As
TO the latter. he has declared that he is una
pc positively TO swear that Pust had pis-
tol in his hand when he held out his arm
toward the Emperor. The defendant is still
under examination, and he Is likely to re-
main so for some time to come, as the Aus
trtan Judges are decidedly slow. 1t II said
that the principal person concerned docs not
believe fust had any intention to make an
attempt on his lite, and that he expressed
himself to that effect before he left Prague.
tP1ague Correspondence Of the Vienna yater-
lAnd.i
The great subject Of conversation of the
moment is naturally the incident at the the
atrc on the evening Of the 9th OF October.
There are still doubts as to whether The man
arrested reilly meant to take the Lille of the
Emperor Tie Individual was iutcrrnsateu
on the following day, and i crim,ual prose-
cution is being prepared. OF course
nothing has Jet been made public as
to the result so far obtained by the inquiry,
but, rs We have remarked, the doubts rs to
the importance Of the event tend rather to
increase than to diminish. In the first place,
some information should be obtained re-
spcctinE. the English Captain Palmer who
struck down the hand Of the pretended
criminal, and AL opinion Is becoming morr
and more general that the whole affair was
plan carefully combined by this English
man to produce sensation. There moro
reason for that supposi1ion that the tailor
Antony Pust has hitherto borne IN ire
proachablc character, aud his antecrdents do
not authorize the belief that he was capable
OF such an act. I must remark that ut the
Police Office Pust denied all participation in
the crime. Captain Palmer cannot, besides,
swear that the object the Accused held in
his hand WAS really pistol, ind the more SO
that the arm, which BY the way is very
bad one, wns only found on the spot an hour
later.
, 1866-11-23

term fssrIics In the Eleventh Re9fnsns Maass~
eausctu Volunteers, nerM Witnessed or heard
grace my record You may publish me rs q cow
ard, b9t ny sesss, Of which thts tnelemcnt tterm
Two atraris and three commissions, which wore
received By me during the late sebcllion, 70. nj
service IN twenty ono battles a1d sEirm1shcs.
Will completely reiute the statement
In conclusion, will assert that your letter and
GGonGret do rot ndMfdate me In any degree.
M me occupy my post % editor, yuur ofac!1
as1s E1ll be examined, and shall have no ke1tsa~
uon IN expressing my vleus resarding them.
am, very respectfully.
HEHRT N. BLAKX.
, 1866-11-23

Il ebonld be held that The last named purpoAe VI.
unlawful. the demurrer muBt still be sns:aiucd.
u Judgment for taxes Is brought 40 this court,
pan Of which are ILLEGAL, Tho Judgment Will be
reversed. a. In the case Of Campbell The STATE
dccided At TIE present term. bocau c the Judgment
cpjotn The col]ectton OF ta1ea, the ground that
tncy arg IN pan Illegal. The BIZ, must SHOW to what
join only the illegal portion, OF else mus, show
hey arc so levied that 1t Ia impossible to dsc,im
fnasc bctv cen the oEal and illegal portion There
a,e no such allegations in this bill.
Wc rrrnark, IN conclusion. that taz1uuu for
similar purpose has been held valid by the Su.
premc Court OF Pt nnsy!sania In the case OF Spcer
September number, 1861. OF the Law Rtgister.
ard tn the Supreme Court of Connecticut, II
February number, 1910, Of the eaine magazine,
Decree affirmed.
, 1866-11-23
MELANCHOLY SUICIDE
A Young Woman II Deserted By her
Lover and DF0TnS AcT8tus d.
TErn.u The Milwaukee Seu1dnel1

On Friday last d young German woman
named Mary Wnhl, about twenty-five years
OF age, who was employed by family IN the
town OF Lake as q servant. suddenly disap-
pcared, and no trace could be found Of her.
II was supposed that she had gene home to
County, but on Saturday q girl haudeda note
to her employer which was as follows:
~ am mad and don't want to live. Twas
solappy last week but Heicirich says now he
WON'T make me his wife. Tell mother was
miserable and could not help it. ALRT.n
THIS note told the whole tale, and search
was at once instituted for her but with no
avail up to Saturday evening, when some
men discovered dress and crinollne lying
on the banks of the kinnickinnick River.
The river was dragged and her body was
found. She had tied sercral stones In her
clothing to prevent herself from rising to the
surface.
The poor unfortunate who has thus fallen
Victim to tic perfi1fy OF lover. Is said to
have been wn1mhearfed, Intelligent and In
dust<ious girl, always ready to help others
, 1866-11-23

Senator Doo'ittle's voyage to Louisiana and
Texas Is nys1cry TO the untnitiascd. The Wis
c. nsln paIets autss that he goes for the purpose
OF seeEtue homo IN That part OF lie unrccnn-
stsue;cd GLion, especially as ho has offered his
property in that STATE for sale.
tererul Dix. Ii IL eaid, will not 1eare the United
States urtll Mr.. Seward can receive tiltnys from
General Sherman az 10 the actual condition vf AT.
fairs III Mexico.
Jutsc Alexander Walker, formerly editor Of
,hc Cincinnati Enquirer. and now residing In New
t:lcars Las jus. chained verdict for SIS QUO in
lie latter city, us fec for saving s,sD baes of
cotton tor arebel widow.
, 1866-11-23
DUELING.
Interesting Correspondence Between
General MeuSher aud Captain Blake,
OF mnnk0nU.

interesting correspondence Between
General Meagher aud Captain Blake,
OF Montana.
From the Boston Transcript, November 16l
Many Of our readers will remember Cap
tain Henry N. Blake, of the Eleventh Afassa-
chusetts Infantry. and his outspokcn book,
Three Years in the Army ofthe Potomac."
This gentleman not long since went to the
Of the Montana Poa, published in Virginia
City. Thomas Francis Neagher Is he Terri
torial Secretary, and Captain Blake telt him
self called upon TO say something in his pro.
that belligerent and irascib1e 1rishman-who
has sullied what fame he gained during the
war by committing himself to the policy Of
Andrew johnson and the CopPerheads.
heaghcr evidently considered himself in
suited. got mad, and thought he could auni-
ence which We give below. Captain Blake
deserves the thanks Of the editorial frater-
nifty for the stand he has taken, and every
right-minded pe1sou-will endorse all he says
ofthe barbarous method Of settling misun-
deEstand3ngs 1e.Tecn pseTd2 Esl gentlemen; q 1s;s
To Captain Henry A. Blake:
ST.: ~ sals a gtsfn 70 understand xthia Tie
f!iend. 6aens, I'D with you tts other day rris- ~
and published against me In the Montana Potf OF
October 9, and In order that such nisitcatlons
may be at once md completely rsf1ted, NJ friend ID
Dr.. Daems nov cslls upon you to publish, In the
next number Of that PAPER, m ample apology,
that 10 make immediate arransem=nts With him
for aGord1ng nc that Satisfaction which, nom
your recent association wi:h gentlemen In mill
1a3 y % ss1essRss entirely for
have tbs honor to be, sir,
Your most obtdtent servant,
TuoxAs FEAsc1s NEAGnE1-
FmGus1A C1Ir, u. T., October -, 1856
date herewith has been duly. received You ns-
Enme that wrote and published the article e
you consider that hare been gui}tr -of eircula-
ting tae asgsd f4lslaeafons ia rcFard to my H.
demands which roy hare made. As editor Of
The Mon'ana Hst It l. my right and duty to crld-.
Is ho Of Rqs n
il you are negligent in the performance Of youS
tasks q tho Secretary ot cur Territory, you c:n-
The citizens concerning 5oarsei1 and an not
thai Is published = the columns whichi super
which my errors are pointed out, it will be pnb-
lished with pleasure. Ii you decline 10 adopt ills
method, The Law and courts Will Afford yon eom-
understand. without ary, explanations, yqor
designs. nntify Jo4 formally, ~ stated 70 Dr.
] deIer: thaf Il miscailed code II bouor Is relic
O; haT1srizm and lsrorance; that !. Is contrary
10 the spirit Of our republican Institutions, and
that cou,d not stnltify myself BY attempting to
takt tho l{c Of man against wnoa hare no
chaf1cpge. although you kpcw that could rot
aud would not aeceptls. I ap astonished that
whose chici task Is the execution Of the staiates
should try to Inci,o me to nj: the capital o.
fence OF murder 1 shrink with awe ut the Tread
nj possibility that should ever b. compelled to
she'd The blood of any Individual. .-
Iou Lludot 10 my military hse. During my
, 1866-11-23

NhcM yen euppo1t itby the TACT thatAnd.ew John
son is shc only SOLITARY fnuiridu. J. OF the thirty
i've millions O. sonls comprised In that land who
eould possibly rralizc amy inturcs, Or bencai from
The petpeitation oE this decd, and thai Loo b WAS
not captn1ed alive. - lae unquesuona'ly could
ble ere ne v holly reject th1s. Dead men tell 40
ta1cs. and the wuntonly haahtd voice Of this I'M
lhappy uan leaves behind his bloody tragedy 4
fcaI1ul my ystcIy.
, 1866-11-23

In anything. Her life had been uuaxcep-
tionablc, and abe had made many friends eyen
in social circles higher than the one In which
she belonged. Her body was taken to
Washington County by private conYeyauce.
where it will hc inferrcd
, 1866-11-23

rev club has bctn formed In New York ca'l,t
tic 7taLaRe Clu0. II has at present about thirty
or for1y members, many Of them known to fame,
ard lhtlr mou.hiy diuners are said to lc very
pleasant gatherings. Horace Greeley, George
William Curtis, Bayard Taylor, Theodore Til,on,
Alice ard PhGte Carey. Edmund Clarence Sted-
max, George Ripley, and n.ny Of the r.sln: young
men. ard seScsal literary women Of bsill!aacy aul
reputation, are either active OF honorary rnem
ben1
, 1866-11-23

Prince Ernest H., Of IsentM -Birstein, has juzt
died at tho age or stzty-eight- He u succeeded
by his nephew, who married IN Aschduohets of
AUstria, Princess OF Tuse11y,
, 1866-11-23
French Seml-Of1eial View of the ALA.
cU1lUgl.
IEfOfu the I0ntn4t dcs Dahafn N.rog.h..
SpaIn's Offer 10 the Pope.
lPar1s tNovemheE 81 Correspondence OF t.s Io1.
irvn

Uun Times.
nm assured that the otter really made by
Qneen Isabella to the Pope, in the event Of
his being forced to quit Rome, is not the
placing under his temporal Sovereignty
province Of Spain. which she has no po*cr
TO ALLEVIATE, but simply residence Ia the
city Of Grenada; md that the Spanish vcs-
sells at Civita Vecchia are placed At his dis
Posal IN case of snch emergency. 1t would
&c curious to see the ancieut capital of the
Moorish kingdom in Spain become the seat
Of papacy.
, 1866-11-23
EUROPEAN NEWS.
SCANDlNAVlA,
A Political and Military Alliance BE-
tween the Two Scandinavian King.

APolitics1 and Military Alliance BE-
tween the Two Scandinavian KinR.
DOM Proposed
1t Is well known that tn. fifth article Of
the treaty Of Prague provides for the retro
cetsion Of North Schleswig to Denmark- If
the people Of that district should freely cx-
press their wish to that effect. As Prussfa
shows no inclination to fulfil this article Of
the treaty Of peace, there Is some anxiety
manifested, not only in Denmark, but also
in Sweden. The Dda11dd<t, Of Copenhagen,
says about it /:
~. The prompt and satisfactory solution of
TINS affair Is for Denmark vital question.
y nor only involves the liberation OF 800 900
p1nnes, ~ mi n'so the application Of the psinei-
may be heard bS other nations. who. imthe
name o. Justice and Of their sympathies.
clalm that separation should be acco1ded to
ing WAL . |4'"sp'A
paper at Stockholm, Sweden, the IT;on5iatiet
saxs; !,,;,
ton can only be this: Rctsoccssiou hv prns
@ s!a to hsnmark OF North schleswiy; political
and military confederation OF The ihree
northern Dingdonls, (Swedep, Norway aud
Dcnnlark), that Is, a common system Of
10refgn policy and home defence, with the
maintenance Of the existing dynastles. And.
finally, good understanding with North
ngninst Russia.''
French Seml-OMefal View of the Ay1o.
cNalug1.
From the journal dcs Debats Of November g.,
The event Of the day Is the Pontitca, Al
locution upon the affairs Of Italy, OF, rather.
the affairs in The whole of Europe. Since
the encyclical and the Syllabus, the Court Of
Rome has not pronounced words 50 disefully
significant. We believe that this Allocutio1
Z NnS 1far3
duce worse effects than the documents above
mentioned. The defenders of the syllabus
could say that It WAS q mere doctrinal and
! abstract exposition, which old not demand a
rigorous and Immediate application to the
guage Is not applicable today. This last
Attention Is a summons to Italy, AID, in
effect, to all the Catholic Powers 10 put in
I practice the principles Of the SylEabus-
principles purely speculative.
, 1866-11-23

1uEaE ....,.---..s.. ........-..UI 1,GgY
The Qualifications Of Curnpaity were mounted
with fity.six pieces Of cannon and defended BIZ
fourteen ba'ralfons; The attacking forces COM
pk1sed eighteen thousand men. half Bsnz1liau half
Argentine.
, 1866-11-23


the there Of glowing recital IN the Northern jore
nals-w!:o eonad h.pe 10 escape conviction, with
such . communication npon that very memorabIe
Impossible that Booth may have met M1. johnson
In that lower circle t!er were both known 10 fte-
gnsnl, and II tins have formed an istimaey which
borne in mind. has been for many yeare past.
an almost fscpzied asp1rant for the Presidency:
brain Of he INSCRIPTIONS dcn,aeosue could in.
vent and employ have been c.hau.tca to attain
Ibis goal OF hts audacious ambition Amer
Sonlh. including bis owr, had separated them
selves from all poiinc1l connection viii tl!e Sorih
did tc reseh the position OF second civil officer
OF the Government Then the pT1zr. 60 long daz-
zlfng bis vision. seemed within his grasp. like
ludoyieo. he touch bis brow in anticipation OF
Hnl fne ilIas1on was sho,t.l:vcd, for the public
that most d,s:zaceta1 scene q March sth, aas
xat,on Of his lons-cheIsshcd aspirations, and "a
move farther, 1t not forever, from his grasp the
gli.,c1lng prize. II ctsmsoned hlssh Of inaie-
tadors, senator's. tuk1tess and the J. seer dlEnia-
lies that Witnessed The Disgusting scene, while
'hat Of Aershsn Lincoln, Who, ii Is said,
isancarasson hsi', declined 10 seeoenizs him.
foes Of President 1.ireoln--asccEaed to heaven
thai his tfe might he preserved, and thus spare
,hrn hd The snal'iatton o. hsytng sseh n;an to
passed unnoticcd by andrew johnson, and il not,
Is his the ratnre to hartor no rescntments1 That
q srasiaelnsated. tGe T. dE dsfE WofEtn:s s Il @ the
tnman heart gives Us fca1ful instances when an-
bi'ion, Interest and revenge have tmpelled men 10
fss1tni Gfciosure 10 the sorroNtai W and halisu. & @
pcc1ing son Of the pauieh monarch.
s given ont that sleeping IN NJ tathcs's
iarkly .5nssd; 5nt EaoE iho1 noble W youth, an TIC