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INFAMOUS If TRUE.

We take the following from the New
York Weekly Magazine, July 9TH, pub
lshed by the American News Company
at has been discovered that the men
recently employed by the Government to
disinter the bodies of our dead soldiers
on the battle-felds near Richmond, after
having searched the bodies for money
and iewelry, pulled open the mouths OF
the corpses, punched out the teeth, ex-
amined if they were plugged, and II they
were. cracked the teeth TO pieces for the
sake of the gold filings. No insult that
the rebels have offered TO the loyal dead
can approach in atrocity this most IN
credible Dissertation.
Our worlds progressive. Who, with
California, Australia, and Pixies Peak
before their eyes, would think of digging
for gold around the Notifications of Rich
mond, but our progressionists? We may
hear of a patent powerful tooth-crusher,
invented expressly to separate the parti-
cles of gold from the teeth of the dead
world Why should not gold and dia-
monds be dug up from old unsghtly
graves after they had dropped from de-
cayed bosoms and fngers2 Have they
not been torn from the warm, fair, beat
ing breasts of the living? How much
worse to rob the ashes Of the dead We
trust that ii will not become common
sight, that OF men wandering through
the graves with pick AK and shovel,
prospecting for gold and diamonds,
and rubies and emeralds. Govern
ment employees may be slandered in
the extract we have quoted. We trust
that they are Our great and moral
Government should see to it that its rep
utation does not suffer in the keeping OF
those who, in the name of humanity,
civilization and religion, dig among the
dust and bones of the soldiers That an
examination into the facts of the charge
will be made is quite probable. 1t can
not be made too soon. Meantime the
rebels escape completely in the most
damnable charge ever brought against
the honor Of men-the charge of mining
for jewelry among the ashes of country
men and kinsmen, and punching out
teeth for the little particles of gold they
NAV chance TO contain.
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BEAUTY AND THE PRESS.

The editor of the Jackson Aississtpi
pian vindicaies the editorial fraternity
against the charge ofan Alabama paper
Hear how he sings in prose:
The editor of an Alabama journal has
succumbed to an attack of beauty
and don't underestimate An editor and
not understand beauty Don't you know
that from the day the fair HELEN aroused
all Greece to arms, and produced q fierce
contest which resulted in the destruc-
ton of Troy, from the period when
CLEOPATRA, the charming Queen of
Egypt, captivated ruler and involved
the Roman Empire in fractricidal war
beauty has reigned over the hearts Of
men, sometimes marking out their des-
tiny and exerting over them resistless
influence? Beauty, like the great lnmi-
nary of the heavens, dispenses IFS beams
far and wide over mankind, controlling,
moving, winning and charming the sup
posed lords of creation, and whose power
is known, felt, and acknowledged
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SETTING IT UP.
A Washington dispatch has this i'm

A Washington dispatch has this i'm
important intelligence:
Mai. Gen C. B.. FISK, Assistant Com
missioner of the Freedmen's Bureau and
military commander of Tennessee, in a
communication addressed to the Bureau,
states he has closed all the medical es-
adjustments Of the Bureau in that State
He intends to cease the issue OF ratlons
except in most urgent cases Of necessity,
and says he expects to set the State upon
its legs again before frost. 1l.4Vtt
No one who did not regard himself as
a sort of Grand Mogul could talk about
setting a State of this Union upon its
legs With BRowYIow, as Governor, and
such Legislature, how can Tennessee
be considered dornS FISK what music
in the name Is he the State of Tennes-
see? Is he its master? Why does not our
valiant Governor lock horns with him
Before frost What has frost to do with
the freedom Of this grand old common
wealth
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FROM NASHVILLE.
No Quorum in the House-senate Debate
ON Ratification of Constitutional Amend
ment-New Police Nominations.

Special Dispatch TO the Missouri Democrat
NASHVILLE, July 9-No quorum in
the House of Representatives to-day.
Two Copperheads, Brittle and Martin,
whose presence would have completed
the quorum, were known to be in the
city in the morning, but could not be
found when the door-keeper went after
them. The House adjourned. fa
In the Senate, John Trimbles joint
resolution for ratifying the constitutional
amendment was debated at some length.
Mr. Thompson, of Warren county, offered
a substitute that before the Legislature
decided the question of ratltying the
amendment it should be submitted TO the
people of the State. Laid on the table.
10 to9. Without coming TO vote on
the main question the Senate adjourned.
At the beginning of the Senate session
this morning, the Governor sent IN the
names of H. W. Stone and +. w. Sparl-
ing as commissioners for Nashville un-
der the Metropolitan Police bill. As the
message did not designate which was to
be experimenting and which clerical
commissioner, the message was returned
TO the Governor to have the fact deslg-
mated The Senate adjourned before the
document came back from the Governor,
but there is little doubt that the nomina-
tons will be confirmed Mr.. Sparkling is
one of those rejected by the Senate in
May. Captain Brown also rejected at
that time, would have been re-nominated,
but he positively declined.
John Baxter, one of the delegates for
the State at large to the l4th of August
Philadelphia Convention, is good spec
linen of the entire delegation. He ran
as a candidate for the rebel Congress in
the Knoxville district, and was beaten by
q fellow named Swan. He is also known
to have written letters during the war to
Langdon C. Haynes, Senator for Ten
nessee in the rebel Congress, in which
he complained that the Confederacy was
not pushing It's cause vigorously enough,
and proposing, if the Richmond Govern
ment would furnish him with half a mil
lion of dollars, to 60 North and substitute
in the interest of the rebellion the North
ern press. =,
The Constitutional amendment will
unquestionably be ratified as soon as the
House obtains quorum. This 1T will do
to- morrow, unless the two or three Cop
perheads present to-day bolt or hide.
Mr.. Richards, an able and popular
Representative, from Memphis, arrived
and took his seat to-day.
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EDUCATION AND LONGEVITY.

A writer in the Atlantic Monthly
proves by statistics that mans longevity
is in exact proportion to his educational
attainments, provided his health has not
been injured by over mental exertion
The best educated communities are the
longest lived, and the average length OF
life in Europe has been prolonged from
twenty-five years in the seventeenth cen.
fury 10 thirty-fve in the eighteenth, and
forty-fve in the nineteenth - Aissfs-
siPpian.
Did anybody ever see very old negro,
who had never been educated above ideas
of 'possrms, corn bread and small po-
sato patch? We are afraid that this
theory, if put into practice, will kill off
the ignorant people Of every color, by
creating IA thirst for knowledge that will
prove more fatal to life than ignorance
itself
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Foreign.

vienna, June 27.-Beesks passive at
titude is accounted for by his desire to
have the Federal troops form junction
with his army, and also to allow the
Prussians to advance into Bohemia, so
that he can cut off their retreat
There is discussion among the Hun
garian Liberals, the weak party being
opposed to insurrection unless the Aus
trians should suffer defeat, and the other
party favoring immediate insurrection.
FLORENCE, June 27.-The King of Italy
yesterday requested the assistance of
France against Austria; offering in ex-
exchange the island of Sardinia, in addl-
ton to important concessions upon the
Roman question. The King has ad-
dressed dispatch to the President OF
the Council, saying that the battle of the
oath was neither lost nor won, and adds,
. have ordered the concentration of all
our forces, to resume the campaign, and
our army is in excellent spirits aud anx-
ious to be led to battle.
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THE AMERICAN NAVY.

In 1883, the American navy consisted
Of four vessels, and in 1915, after the war
with England, it had grown to 276 yes
sells, carrying 1886 guns 1t was then
reduced to very small peace establish
ment At the close of the late rebellion
in 1865, however, it contained 6s4 vessels,
with 447f guns; many of the vessels be-
ing of enormous size or armor-clad, and
nearly all the guns Of heavy calibre 1t
has been once more very much reduced,
but is stiIl powerful, and, as far as the
character of the vessels is concerned,
the most effective in the world.
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THE LOST CAUSE. /"

N. A. PoLLABD writes that be finished
the last sheet Of The Lost Cause" on
the night of June Both. He says !:
Within twelve months / have written
more than three thousand pages Of manu-
script, examined an average of at least
two hundred references in different por-
tons of the narrative, and analysed and
annotated some four or FIVE hundred let.
tiers from Confederate Generals and poll
tieians Ibelieve that l have composed
a work that will live and be possession
forever for my countrymen."
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Hesse Darmstadt, 2O,5OO, and Schleswig-
Holstein, $4,000; making a total OF
l,l99, $50 men, On the other side is
Prussia, with TAI ,37l men, and a number
of minor German powers. Italy, which
is virtually an ally Of Prussia, has an
army of 100000 men. Behind the CON-
batants stand other great powers that
NAV be drawn into the war Russia is
at the back of Austria, and France at
the back of Italy; Turkey will almost
certainly be involved; and England
seems to be the only great power that
can keep out of the war.
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The Prussian Alliance with Northern
GERMANY.

NEW York, July "a telegram from
Berlin says it is officially announced that
Prussian alliance has been accepted by
all the North German States, with the
exception of Saxony, Hanover, Hesse
and Nassau.
Hungarian deserters have come into
the Prussian outposts, with their horses
and aecoutrements. A department has
been formed of them at Googan, Hun
garian officers are expected to arrive in
order to organize them.
The Meclenberg and Aldenberg ar
mics have been modified. They will
form a reserve corps with the other
troops Of Northern Germany, near La
vagan.
A telegram from Florence, June "a,
says Baron Reasoli received populations
to-day Of citizens of Triesta and Ishia,
who presented addresses expressing the
wish of those populations to be united
with Italy.
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Prom New York.

New gYoRK, July l0-Five cases Of
cholera occurred in Brooklynon Sunday,
and two here. sg0lG41 7a ifW sst 1867
A Vera Cruz letter of the 18th ult says
that Gen. Lsgora had taken Tichnon by
storm, and Tobasco, only forty miles
distant from the city of Mexico, is in
danger of capture.
A French gunboat was disabled at To-
basco by the Liberals while attempting
to'goup the river. hda ~"
Tampico is also in danger, and French
reinforcements are to be sent there.
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ON THE PREMISES,

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crib, and ali necessary out houses. Altogether,
it is one of the most desirable places that has
been offered or is likely to be for sale this
season. The title is indispuiable. Sale posi-
tive, as the owner intends to move to Kentucky.
and we are authorized to sell regard ess of
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An Omnibus will leave Irving Block at 90
o'clock, to take all who wish to attend the sale
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Italians held out the longest, and at the
close of the engagement, at five pm,
they also carried the position Of Gus
tozza, a spot fatal to Italian arms in
their encounter with Radetsi in July,
lS4s THE Italian and Austrian dis
patches do not differ materially about
the engagement. No estimate can yet
be formed of the losses.
The times also believes this a favora-
BILE moment for a diplomatic settlement
of the war with Italy, and intimates that
Austria would be willing to .cede Venetia
for sum of money, now that her militia
ry honor is satisfied. -ass-. ,.sa-.,-.a....s- ~
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THE WAR IN EUROPE.
Summary of the situatiOn-The Defeat of
Victor Emanuel.

Victor Emanuel.
New YORK, July 9.-The London Times
gives the following summary of the
movements in Venetis. nE aa
The Italian army is divided into three
corps and reserve, making force Of
from eighty to ninety thousand combat
ants. After crossing the Mincio at Carlo
aud other points on Saturday afternoon,
and sending accommodating parties to-
wards Peschiera and Verona, eneamped
for the night beyond Roverbello, equi-
distant from the two iortresses
On the ensuing morning an attempt
was made upon those high positions Of
Soma Somma, Campagno, and Santa
6iustina, which commands the fifteen
miles railway line, joining the two strong
hold positions which played a con
spieuous part in the campaign Of lS4s
The object Of the Italians was eyi-
IDENTIFY TO take possession Of the rail-
way, so as to isolate Peschiera aud
secures basis Of operation against YER
ona- The Austrians, however, who we're
masse1 IN great force at Verona, sailed
forth from the place at dsybreak, and
anticipating the Italian movement, took
up their position upon those hills, which
are now everywhere bristling with bas-
tons and redoubts, and may be looked
upon as mere outworks Of the two cit
adels, extending from the gates Of one to
those Of the other After a severe and
bloody, or::as the Italians callit, desperate
struggle, which lasted nearly All day-that
longest Of summer days-the Imperial
army was victorious along the whole line
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ia The last advices from Mexico
state that MACMILLAN is far from pre-
pairing to evacuate his dominions, and
that, on the contrary, he has ordered a
CONSUMPTION in the empire, to take place
on the 10Th Of July, which, with the aid
of FIVE hundred thousand francs per
month from France, will be sufficient to
keep him awhile longer.
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REVOLUTION IN CUBA.
Insurgents Joined by Spanish Soldier
Landing of CHILEAN Troops on the Islam

Insurgents Joined by Spanish Soldiers
Landing of CHILEAN Troops on the Island.
BALTIMORE, July 9.-The Sun publishes
an account Of a rumor of revolt in
Cuba, brought by the captainof steamer
which arrived from Havana on the 4th.
The revoltis said to have occurred at
Porto Principe, news of which caused
intense excitement in Havana.
The authorities at Havana paid no
attention TO the rumors of the revolt un
til news came that q portion of the pop
ulation had declared for the indepen-
dence of Cuba and; a separation from
the Spanish Government
On the lst instant, a military force,
consisting of five companies, stationed
at Porto Principe, was sent against the
insurgents to bring them to order. A
eight ensued, in which the Colonel was
killed and two other officers MORALLY
wounded, while three companies Of the
Spanish soldiers went over 10 the insur-
GEMS
The latter reinforced, and numbering
now 1000 men, proceeded to the noun
tain region. The moment this news was
known IN havana three steamers were
dispatched with troops to the place of re-
volt, but before they we're fairly on their
way, which was on the Sd, stirring intel
ligence arrived that four steamers with
1000 troops on board made their appear
ance near Chieves, bearing the Gillian
flag and effected landing v1t
MIN the vicinity all the Disconnected
therenpou proceeded to the place of rem
dezyous, and il is believed that the re-
volt has its ramifcation throughout the
whole island Among those who left
Porto Principe were about 1000 negroes,
who, it is asserted, were armed by their
owners to join the insurgents. The whole
affair was looked upon as a general rev.
olution of the natives to free themselves
from the Spanish rule.
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ARAnIcAL ARGUMENT.

The Radical papers quote as an unan-
swerable argument the following from a
speech Of Hon. r. W CLARKE, member
OF Congress from the Cermont Ohio
District:
II Georgia can leave the Union, may
not the Union leave Georgia. And, if
the Union cannot compel Georgia to
stay in. can Georgia compel the Union
to admit her Rolens, rolenS. Surely in
compact, rights are mutual among the
parties. Ii one State can leave thirty
four. may not thirty-four leave one?
If this is the Radical doctrine, and we
think It is, the theory Of secession is ad-
miitei. Certainly if Georgia can leave
the Union, the Union can leave Georgia,
and the facts prove one or the other
Georgia IS certainly not now State
IN the Union. She either seeded from
the Union. or the Union seeded from
her. In either event, according to all
authorities, she is a free State, or a con-
quered province If the first, she is not
a State in the Union; if the last, she is
simply q dependency. Admitting that
she is not in the Union, is she rightfully
out? The question Of right, in matters
Of government, follows might If Geor-
gia is out, politically considered, she is
rightfully out, as the only power that can
restore her practical relations 10 the
Union admits Out of the Union,
what does the Government pro-
pose to do with her? Congress, one
department of it, is intent on keeping
her out. The Executive Department
recognizes her as in, or wrongfully thrust
out The other department, the Judi
ciary, is mixed, and decides cases only.
Suppose Georgia accepts the situation,
and declines TO send members to Con-
gress that will reject them. Suppose,
again, that, being. committed to military
government only, she claims to be free
State, on the ground either that secession
was legal on her part, or that the Union
has Withdrawn from her. In either case
she would be wrongly held in SUGGESTION.
If a State can be conquered, as foreign
nation may be, the property, both pub
lie and private, is at the disposition Of
the conqueror. In such case, would not
Georgia have the right to assert her in
dependence without committing treason
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M EDIcAL.
HELMBOLD'S
FLUID EXTRACT BUCHU

Tor WEAKNESS ARISING FROM IN
II discretion. The exhausted powers of Ma
ture which are accompanied by SO many alarm
ing symptoms, among which will be found In
disposition to Exertion. Loss of Memory, Wake
fulness, Horror of Disease. or Forebodings of
Evil: in fact, universal Lassitude. Prostitution,
and inability to enter into the enjoyments OF
society.
The constitution, once affected with Organic
Weakness. requires the aid of medicine. TO
strengthen and invigorate the system, which
Hembold's Extract Buchu invariably does. II
no treatment is submitted to. Consumption or
Insanity cnsues.
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Extract Buchu
IS THE GREAT DIURETIC.
HELMBOLD's HIGHLY CONCENTRATED
Compound Fluid Extract sarsaparilla,

Compound Fluid Extract Sarsaparilla,
For uurifvinc the blood, removing all chronic
constitutional diseases arising from an impure
state OF the blood. and the only reliable and
effec,ual known remedy for the cure of Scrofula.
Scald Head. salt Rheum, PANS and Sweilings
Of The Rones liberation Of the Throat and Legs,
Blotchrs pimples on the race, letier, krysip-
elas and all scaly cruptiOns OF the SKIN.
AND BFAUTIFYIEG THE COMPLEXION.
Not n few of the worst disorders that affect
mankind arise from the corruption that accu-
mulates in the blood. OF all the discoveries
that have been made TO purge IL ont none can
equal in effect llelmb0d's Compound Extract
Sarsaparilla- ltcleanses and renOvates the blood
instils the yigor Of health into the system. and
purgcs out the humors which make disease. Ii
stimulates the healthy functions Of the body and
expels the disorders that grow and rankle in
the blood. such a remedy that could be relied
on on, has long been sought for, and now. for
the first time. the public have one on which they
can depend. Our space here does not admit OF
certificates 10 show its effects, but the trial Of
single bottle will how the sick that it has .vir-
tues surpa ever thing they have ever taken.
Two tablespoonful % the Extract Of Sarsapa-
rilla added 20 pint Of water e equal to the
Lisbon Dict Drink. and one bottle u iully equal
10 ? gallon Of the syrup OF Sarsaparilla, or the
detection as usually made.
az These Extracts have been admitted 10
use IN the United states army, aud are also IN
very general use in all the State hospitals and
public sanitary Institutions throughout the
land A. well a. ia private practices, and are
considered a. invaluable remedies.
See Medical properties OF Buchu. from Dis
pensatory Of the United States,
See Professor DoWcr's valuable works on the
Practice Of Physic.
See remarks made by the late celebrated DR..
physic, Of PHILADELPHIA.
See remarks made BY DR.. Erlraim NJ Dowell,
\ celebrated Physician and Member OF the
Royal College Of Surgeons. Ireland. and pub
lished IN the Transactions 81 the hing and
Queens Journal.
see Medico ChicurEical Review. nuhlishedb
BENJAMIN Travcrs, Fellow % Royal COLLEGE
currCons.
See most oftle late standard works Of medi
cine.
Extract Buchu, "Sarsararilla." Sold by all
druggists. Principal depot-heimholtis Drug
ud Chemical Marehouse, 81 broadway.
marl6-myl6-lyin
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TAI The County Court put an ex-
unguisher on the Metropolitan Police
yesterday. What is now to be done
The genius that contrived the measure
is probably prepared for the emergency.
What will the remedy hep
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By TELEGRAPH.
COTTON AND GOLD QUOTATIONS

NEw YORK, July IL, 1870 am.-Cot-
ton market nominally unchanged; gold,
494; sterling has advanced, l09f@ll04;
5-2O's, lO5@l06; coupons, lO6a@lO64
I'd and Sd series, lO5@AO58; lO-4Os, 9ss
@98l; 1905, lO3s@lO3f;; certs, 100.
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sT-A lady named MuRPHy, residing
in Tenema county, CAL, shot man
through the head with pistol to save
herself from being ravished. rI31.4t
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D1r New Orleans papers record the
sale Of the magnificent residence of Mr.
SHEPARD BRowS, Of that city. 1t was
the most expensive dwelling in the city
of New Orleans, having cost $40, 200 in
gold before the war, aud sold for So, 600
currency.
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sas- Mrs. ELIZA FRAxcEs GlLxER,
widow Of the late Gov. GEORGE R. Gil
xER, Of Georgia, died on the 2ls, inst
at the residence Of DR. g. W. Harris. in
GOOchland county, Va, in the 7Otb year
Of her age.