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sroNEwALL JAoKsoN.-A military biography,
with protrait and maps. By John Esten Cooke.
formerly of Gen. Stuarts staff, New York D.
Appleton & Co., Philadelphia, Smith, English &
Company.
Perhaps the greatest man the South produced in
the late war the subject of the present volume.
Certainly no one achieved a wider reputation, not
only in this country, but throughout the civilized
world. There were elements in his character which
stamped him as true hero. He was possessed of
the highest order of military genius. He was a
christian gentleman, and never stained his sword
with single act of cruelty or dishonor. The
involuntary tribute which was paid to his memory
when the news of his death reached the North
showed the high appreciation in which he was
held by the people against whom he had fought
The author of the pages before us was evidently u
warm personal adnhrer of his hero, and has inter
spersed his narrative Of campaigns and battles
with many personal incidents which gives his bool
apecnlar charm. The mannerin which the work
Is issued deserves especial commentator. 1t il
beautifully printed and chastely bound. more
fascinating biography has rarely come under oul
observation, and we bespeak for it liberal
patronage.
Such is the opinion of the Philadelphia Age upon
the virtues and genius of the lustrious Southerner.
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field. The Irish bonds ordered by the Fenian
Congress are to be ready next week. After re-
questing the Senators TO make an investigation Of
the affairs of the organization, President Roberts
thus speaks of the probability of taking the field
-, We are using every effort to take the field. We
will be supplied with the means to enable us t %
make good our promises, and, with renewed
well.
Since the Pittsburg Congress we have done
wonders, everything considered. More has been
done by US in the way OF accumulation of war
materials and organizing an army in six weeks.
u was accomplished by the Fenian Brotherhood
IN SIX years, previously
ne adds: g am pledged to action before GER
tain time, or to surrender nv office, and / appeal
to your honorable body to enable me to keep my
Pledge and save our honor. Some of you, also,
are oeePly compromised for action.n
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TUBULAR BoILERs.-The last number Of the
Scientific American contains the following remarks
on tubular boilers:
1t is not the point of wisdom to denounce tuou-
lar boilers because some passengers leave the
boats fitted with them. As well nigh. every one ne
tubular boilers of much more dangerous :"
type than those which have, exploded. Tubular
boilers make steam so much cheaper and more
ranid,y than common return-fne or cylinder boil
ers that they should be used everywhere when
thew can be. In all places where fuel is scarce we
find them in all cities, in railways, in steamers,
steam fire engines and fac!orles-wherever, in
short steam is used as motive power.
It ia too late in the day to decry them, and they
will eventually find their way into general use on
the Mississippi river as they have in all other coun-
tres In the steam freengines are tubular boil
ers where the tubes are only three.fourths of an
inch in diameter, and the space between one
fourth of an inch and the fire is so forced by the
draft and exhaust that the blaze comes out at the
top. One hundred and eighty. two hundred and
much higher working pressure are carried. ani
they are in use all over the country every day fo
hours at time. They don't explode unless neg
lected. 4...f 4.sf. 81 5.
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WHAT WE HAVE TO PAY.-1n a discussion in the
House of Representatives lately, Mr.. Schofeld
stated very explicitly what we have to pay and
when, in the following words taken from the
Globe
What is the amount of indebtedness to be met,
and when must it be met? To this question in.
vite the careful and earnest attention of the House.
| shall give the official statement of the amount of
our total Indebtedness, also of that portion soon
to become due. The amount of our public debt
on the first day of this month 50 Iii 100000.
Less than half of this amount is funded Within
the next three years. l,60O 100000 of this debt
will fall DUE and will be presented at the counter
of the Treasury department for payment. That
payment must be promptly made, or our paper
goes to protest and our credit is broken. hold
in my hand an official table showing the amount of
our indebtedness that natures each half year for
the next two years, which, after word of explain
alton, will read.
There was, on the last day of February 1866,
portion of our debt in the form of temporary
loan to the amount of sl9,s35, 1914 so, payable at
the option of the lender after ten days notice. 1t
would hardly be fair to reckon that whole amount
| as payable within the first six months, yet as it
may be called for at any time, and is the least
valuable form of loan, it must be added to the
statement of Indebtedness soon to be met. With
this explanation, and supposing the payment OF
this loan to be demanded within the next six
months, call attention to the facts exhibited in
the table
Between this day and the 3Oth day of June
next, we must pay, in addition to the regular eX-
pg nrinn of the government slSSe4 q az sg
we must pay 1866 900. During the six mont s
ennaing June 80, 1867, we must pay sS,4il 900
puflng the six months ending December 81, 1867
we must pay $3.50 100000. During the six months
ending June 30, 1868, we must pay $3.50 AIS $50
uarlng the six months ending December 81 1865
we must pay S2s7 ,564 ,492. So that between th
ana the assembling of the next Congress, ther
mus mus. ee pad over the counter of the treasury be
81, POI ,s9O,6O7 g. VI 'n' so'''A''"'
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OF the said family had raised band of fifty
mounted men for the sole purpose of pursuing
Cortina to the DEATH
We had here last Sunday night great storm of
thunder and lightning and rain. At Bagdad gale
accompanied the Storm tearing ships and steamers
away from their moorngs, destroying number Of
frame houses, and blowing down a portion of the
barracks, killing one soldier and wounding several
others. 1t was another heavy blow upon unfortu
nate Bagdad. l. G.
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MATTERS IN ARKANsAs.-The following is from
tha Fort Smith Herald.

the Fort Smith Herald:
Farmers at WorS.-We learn from a gentleman
who came up on the J. S. Hall, on Thursday, that
the farmers all along the river are hard at work.
He was in Franklin county, south of the river and
saw many of the old settler farmers, who told him
that if there was good season and nothing to in.
terfere with them, that they would make good
crops of corn and cotton.
We have fattering news of the industry of the
farmers of Washington county, ana their deter
mination to make good crops. There is very little
destitution in that county, compared to the coun
ties south of the river.
In Scott county the news is favorable, and all
the farmers are hard at work preparing for a large
crop.
In this county our farmers are not behind theil
neighbors. They will have plenty in the fall. The
news is cheering to commence the planting season
Our neighbors, the Indians, are also hard al
work putting in large crops of corn.
MWder.-We understand that a man by. the
name of Sweeney was found murdered, some
where on Poteau Valley, a few days ago. A mar
came to his house pretending to be a cousin of his
wife. She went off with him, and Sweeney followed
and was found murdered not far from his home
near the road. We understand parties have gone
in pursuit of the man and woman.
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GoGK THAT WOULDN'T CRow.-George Frede.
TICK Cooke once yielded to the entreaties of his
10 nsT who hsa taste for tragedy be permitted
70 pay ua'esoy to the great actors Richard.
tent scene, but rushing on the stage at Gloster's
challenge of Who's there % he WAS so bewildereS
that he stood transixed, and then stammering out,
ms !; my Lord, the early village cock" stuck
GROW, then?n N'A '''
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, In connection with Edwin Booths great success
in New York now. in Buwer's play OF "Riche-
lieu" says exchange, it is singular fact that
the family of Bulwer Lytton inherited their pres
ent home. Knebworth Manor, of the family OF
Booth, and in one of the old rooms the Lytton
arms are quartered with those of Booth The
families were connected by marriage,
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-16

An article in New Orleans paper, on the
"Rogues' Gallery" reminds US of an early in
stance of the application Of this aid to Justice
negro that had robbed q smoke house was tracked
owing to the circumstance of his having lost one
of his toes in a steel trap. He was detected by
means Of his toe-graph.-GJacks Clarion.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-16

The Countess of Castlenau has announced to the
Paris Academy of Sciences that the cause of
cholera is {" winged leech," of microscopic size,
originating in marshy ground and she offers to
produce q few specimens Of it.
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Virginia,

ihh Fhkz1AEss CELEBRATION IN RrCHMoSD--rTs
AoRAL-THE POLICE PROTECT THE PROCESSION
FINANCIAL coNDtTIoN-RELIC HCsTERs-BATTLE.
y FIELDS AROUND RICHHoNp-wgsp ytparyrA
LABOR ON TIE ROADS, NEW HgXyprr pRoY rup
wAR--THE vAGIAsT AcT-sUsPEysIos or NEWS
PAPERs-Ex-GOy. WISE, ETC.
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The End of II Defaulter.

l CURIOUS STORY OF NEW YORK FINANCIAL
OPERATION
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FRUM CHlCAGU.
= CHICAGO, April 1O-There has been great
freshet the Cedar river, Iowa. The track of the
Iowa division of the Chicago and Northwestern
railroad. between Cedar rapids and Bertram, has
been covered by two or three feet of water, delay
ing trains. The water has now subsidized and the
railroad is again all right.
In Woodford county, Illinois, the smallpox is
prevailing to an alarming extent.
gentleman from Lake Superior county asserts
that snow has Fallen there the past season, by
actual measurement, to a total depth of seventy
feet.
1t has been raining and showing here, alternately,
for the past twelve hours.
TRENTON, N. j., ELECTION.
TRENTON, N. j., April lO.-Franklin s. Wells,
Democrat, for mayor, and the whole Democratic
ticket, was elected yesterday, by an average ma
jority of 300.
| RELEASE OF THE INDIANA CoNsPIRATORs.
| COLUMBUS, Ohio April l0.-Wil!iam A. Bowles
| Lambden P. Miiligan aud Stephen Horsey, the
| Indian conspirators who were convicted by a mill
tary commission sentenced to be hung, and com
muted by President Lincoln to imprisonment fol
life, were to day released from the Ohio peniten
tiary by order of the President
Miligan is Democratic candidate in Indiana fol
United States Senator, and was released on habeas
corpus before the order for discharge arrived.
THE FENIANs-ADDREss FROM PRESIDENT ROBERTS
ALLUSIONS TO THE MYSTERIOUS ACTIVITY.
J NEW YORK, April 10, ls66.-The Fenian Senate
| has been convened in this city by Presiden
| Roberts, An address he has issued is mainly de
voted to the condemnation Of the O'Mahony fac
ton, promise OF hostility made in the state men
that Gen. Sweeny has been dong good work as
speaker, but must now give up the rosrum for tn
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-16

The attractOnS OF The Datte HeldS surrounding
Richmond the sights of Libby, Belle Isle and the
rebel capital, are to American eyes of more i'm
portance than the "publie buildings of Rome"
which, as some rural tourist remarked, are sadly
out of repair" Nor are the visitors to this section
from the North alone, but from England France
and Canada, and they all agree that before having
seen the immense Notifications which corrugate
the service OF the country, they had no adequate
conception of the colossal magnitude OF the war
Relics are disappearing rapidly. although the sup
ply is almost inexhaus tible. MIME balls bayonets
pieces of shell, broken muskets snd fragments OF
all sorts of accoutremelts have been carried away
Bricks from Libby and Castle Thunder, aud rocks
from Belle Isle have been taken North and all over
the world; but the supply is never ending, aud
plenty of tokens are yet to be found.
No enterprisng publisher has as yet furnished
| the world of visitors with printed guide, and
consequently the Jehus are the oracles-most
their widest flights of personal "reminiscences. 1t
| has been suggested that two books will be re.
quired; one for each side OF the story to suit the
prejndices of the reader for the discrepancies
are perfectly irreconcilable. Where McClellal
| fought with 80 900 men, as we have it, your ex
rebel soldier recoets distinctly that he heard Gen
Lee say there were at least 200 900, and we'uns
| had only 10000. suppose that you were in the
battle yourself, or have the official reports
with you, it makes no difference to the narrator,
| for his narrative is unquestionabe, and he make.
you feel Inundated if for moment you doubt the
veracity Of his wonderful tales. He was there
himself. Behind this very tree he had blazed
away at nearly every general in our army. and his
brigade charged over thai hill, capturing any
number OF prisoners. Ten chances to one ne i
the only living member of his old company, which
was raised just as the match was put to the gun
which was fired at the Star of the West or at Fort
Sumter itself, and he was the last man 70 sur
render at Appomattox Courthouse. 1t may be
that he took an ria EXCURSION at the explosion Of
the Petersburg mine; and if SO. h,s fight on that
occasion did not reach one-half the altitnde %.
tanned by his fancy and imagination before you
get through with your sightseeing, although he
went out Of sight, aud perhaps landed in the rear
, of the /" Yankee camps" He has been prisoner
of COURSE and suffered or not just as he pleases
to tell ou.-sccording to the humor he is in.
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Southern Railroad conveu.ion

Asconvention Of the Presidents and
Snperintendents of the railroad and
steamboat lines betweed Baltimore
and New Orleans, was held in Rich
mond, Va, on the 18th instant, and
Col. VIM. Johnston, President of the
Charlotte and South Carolina Rail
road, was called to the chair.
The chairman stated the object of
the meeting to be to form schedules
of time and through tickets, with the
yicw Of making connections between
all the Southern roads, in considcra-
ton Of the completion of the Cataw-
ba bridge, on the Charlotte and South
Carolina Road, and the completion
of all the roads throughout the,South-
ern States. 1874 miles of railroad
were represented. Committees on
schedules and through tickets were
appointed, and it is thought that
these matters will be satisfactorily
arranged in short time.
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The BUREAU. The Richmond
Times has the following editorial
paragraph in relation to the mission
Of the officers appointed by the Pre-
sident to investigate the Freedmen's
Bureau at the South:
Gems. Steedman and Fullerton have
proceeded to South Carolina for the
purpose of investigating the condi-
tion OF the Frecdmen's Bureau in
that State. The further these com
mlssioners get from Washington, the
more fragrant become the rascalities
Of The Bureau. In Virginia, they
founu the condition of the Bureau
bad, although Colonel Brown is an
honest gentleman; in North Carolina,
they found the Bureau disgrace to
the Governments; and it is now as
serted that in South Carolina and in
other Southern States matters are in
hnltely worse. There was, it seems.
one official in North Carolina who
was doing his duty, whereas it is con
fidently predicted that, like Dioge-
nesc, the commissioners will seek in
vain for single honest agent further
South. These precious guardians Of
the freedmen are, it seems, very
ravenous wolves in sleeps clothing,
who are practicing in the far South
frauds and crimes at which humanity
shudders. 1t is sincerely to be re
GREETED that Generals Steedman and
Fullerton are not clothed with plenary
power to hang or send these wretches
to the penitentiaries of the various
States i'll which their crimes have
been committed
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The Veto Message. s ,,I;,.,..

We present this morning the mes
sage Of the President vetoing the bill
for the admission. of Colorado. AS
was anticipated, it makes strong
point of the small number of people
in that political community. "But
what is most conclusive" we quote
the National Mteligence'', sis it's
striking antagonism to the repuls e
and utterly indefensible idea that
when eleven States, with many mil
lions of white population, are ex-
cluded from representation in Con-
gress, the trihing population of
$4,000 in some other line of latitude
shall have power in one branch Of
Congress equal sto a State having
1900, 900 of white people"
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local Ite1na.

Doors AND Shoes -Messrs. J. & A. Oliver
are on Main street once more. Look out
for the neat little rough-cast building,
above Blanding street, if you want any
thing in their line.
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ANOTHER RICHMoND IN THE FIELD.-Col.
SILVER will furnish a capital lunch to his
patrons to-day. The lovers Of good things
will not fail to attend.
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Gen. Howard on Gen. Stcedmnn-Ne
DOn.G Believe the Commissioners.

rchs 1AONVnI(t On SIen. StccOnln n-fkc
Done Believe the Commissioners.
The following letter of Gen. O. o.
Howard, head of the Freedmen's Bu-
reau, to one Rev. George Whipple,
is published. 1t will be seen that
though 81 hare not tie f;tcts as to
NORTH Carolina, you and your friends
may rest assured Mat erery shaelor Of
accusation Of completely IN crime on
tie part Of those obicers there is merly
arihomt .foundhiom." This is the letter:
"7He Rec. George HAipple:
''My DEAR SIR: When I saw the
article you cullcd from tho Herald,
written by correspondent from
Washington of May 7, / cut it from
the paper and enclosed it to Gen.
Whittlesey. have not yet received
a reply. You will notice my letter,
published in the Herald of the next
day. Now, the Rev. Horace James is
the same who was Captain James, A.
Q. NJ, man who has ever lived
above reproach in all matters. AS to
these gentlemen owning plantations,
l do not doubt it. There is no specu-
lation in the matter. 1t is true that
many officers, all through the South,
and not confined to the Freedmen's s
Bureau, have invested what little
money they could in this way.
have never found any cases of the
prostitution of official position for
private gain. Our volunteer officers
are soon to leave the service, and,
like provident men generally, they
seek to secure some livelihood. Gen
Whittlesey has worked hard in his
official capacity, and I believe he has
never been charged with using his
time other than for the Government.
encourage the setting all idlers at
work. The people cried, The ne
groes will not work, therefore
urged the renting and running OF
plantations to afford practical exam
pie, to encourage joint companies.
The same malcontents who raised the
false alarm that the negroes will not
work in freedom now seek to blacken
the reputation of every man who has
shown the falsity Of their theories by
practical demonstration and declare
that official position is used to rol
them of their hands. We had large
accumulations of poor people, and
we did set them at work.
81 have not the facts as to North
Carolina, but you and your friends
may rest assured that every shadow o1
accusation of completely in crime
on the part of those officers there is
utterly without foundation.
81 expect denmciation of this Bu
reau, but the same denunciatiol
could be made against the Treasury
Department, or any other Depart
ment, and the Government, Will
equal show of justice The Bureau
does not do enough to secure the
rights of the negro, L will admit, bu
1t does not burn negro churches ant
school-houses; it does not reject ne
gro testimony. 1t will endeavor te
prevent starvation until the next crol
comes in. 1t will always keep its lc
gitimatc objects clearly in view O
promoting industry, education ant
justice. Very respectfully,
go. q. HOWARD,
'MajorGcncral Commanding.
"NEw YORK May s, 1866"
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III the case OF Chief of Police Green,
charged with killing freedman named
John Brown, on Friday last the Military
Commission acquitted him of all blame.
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in suffering, is devoted to the Consti-
tuition and laws, but will never con-
sent to lay her sovereignty at the feet
OF Federal encroachments, party vio-
lence, or factious usurpation.
The f'civil rights bil' has been
passed upon by a great constitutional
lawyer, statesman and patriot, An
drew johnson. He speaks like the
fathers; he decided it unconstitution-
al, and vetoed it, us President of the
United States. | am of the same
mind, and believe it to be unconsti-
tutional-not binding on this court.
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FIRE INSURANCE Attention is invited to
the card of~Messrs. Gibbes " Higgins, in
this mornings paper. These gentlemen
are agents for number of tirst-class com
panies, and offer Inducements to those
dcsrous of insuring.
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Some OF the colored people of Bos-
ton having been excluded from cor
tain of the theatres because Of their
color, petitioned the Legislature for
law to protect them in their rights
a bill was reported to punish by fine
every rejection Of persons on account
of color or race from any licensed
inn, public place of amusement, pub
lie conveyance, or public meeting;
but it was defeated in the Senate.
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General Grant, in 4 letter nrging
an increase of the army, says that Il
small military force is required in the
States heretofore in rebellion; and it
can not be foreseen that this force
will not be necessary to enforce the
laws; but difference of sentiment,
engcndered by the war, renders the
presence of the military necessary to
give a feeling of security to the peo-
pie. He thinks that all the peaceably
disposed classes of the Southern pco-
pie will concur in this view.
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MILITARY CoMMIssIoSs.-W are pleased
to learn that an order has been received
at this post suspcndins the operations OF
tho "A1ilitary Commission" now convened
for the trial OF certain citizens Of Laurens
ard other Districts. We are credblv in
formed that the reign of military Com
missions" is over.