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Prussia, Austria and Italy.

The Prussian monarch rules over o ma
ton composed Of Germans, with a sprink'
ling of Sclavonians and Lithuauiaus--
but not enough of the two last to disturb
the homogeniety of the mass There is
no State religion. but the LGoyernmenl
interferes impartially in the management
of the church concerns ofthe Protestants
and Catholics, regulating the pay o.
ministers, etc The peace establishment
of the Prussian army amounts to 23O,
900 men, and her landwehr or trained
militia, to about $50, 900. So that she
can, under emergency, bring into the
field nearly 10000 men Whether she
can maintain them there for any length
of time, is another question. But it, il
probable that the condition of her hnan
ces is as good as that of Austria, The
people of Prussia showed, under the
great Frederick, what they could do in
support of their nationality and although
afterwards they were stunned by the
heavy blows of Napoleon, they were in
the end, found with Blucher at their head
among the foremost, of the continental
nations in their efforts to crush the power
of the great conqueror
Francis Joseph, the reigning Emperor
of Austria, rules over some 35,oOO,0 200
of people, made up Of every variety OF
race and religion to be found on the con-
tinent of Europe. Out of this immense
population there are only about 7,oO0,-
600 Germans, the rest being made up OF
.Sclavonians, Magyars, Italians, Wal
lacks, and Jews--all more or less hos
tile to the government. The telegraph
informs us that Austria has 800, 600 men
in the field, and doubtless, she can raise
many more But it is noted fact that
she has never done any thing commen-
surate with the means at 'her disposal.
These Hapsburg emperors seem TO be
among those who were born to have
greatness thrust upon them. From be,
ing petty robber knights at one period Of
the middle ages, they have, by means OF
marriages with rich heiresses, and by the
arms OF their allies, extended their EN-
pire to its present dimension. What
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A National Platform.

Mr.. Raymond, of the New York Tig'es,
in lengthy speech in Congress on Mon
day, took occasion to lay down in a con
else form the policy by which the Fede-
raj Government should be administered
with reference to the people lately in re-
bellion and the States Of which they are
citizens. He said the President, by his
wisdom, had left little TO be done in the
way Of restoration yet seven months
had been wasted by Congress in eisputing
how that little was to be done. He ex-
pressed his belief that the true policy
was to be found in observing the follow
iue six points
First To accept the present status Of
the Southern States, and regard them as
having resumed their position Of self
government in the Union.
Second That the House should decide
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Congress on Forests.

1t appears from the following Wash
ingtou dispatch that the Government is
going into the forest business
The Congressional movement for pro
noting the growth Of forests on pu bic
lands seems to have attained practical
shape. The bill introduced by Represen-
tative Donnely has been changed by its
author, after consultation with Judge
Edmonds, of the General Land Office, so
that it fully conforms to the usages Of
that Office, and amply protects the Gov
erament from imposition. Under this
bill, Ottawa Indian University, in Kan
sas, has 200, 900 acres ofpublie lands, for
paying for the same in plants, cuttings
and seeds, to be distributed through the
West as Congress shall hereafter direct.
No title is given until 100 miles Of hedge
and 10000 acres Of forest are grown by
the University. Various sorts Of native
and exotic trees and plants are to be
tried, and annual reports are 10 be made
ofihe methods and results Of experiments
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seaton and webster .

A notice by Charles Lannan, in the
Round Table, of June 22d, Of the late
VIM. w. Seaton includes the following:
Perhaps the most intimate friend that
Daniel Webster had in Washington was
Mr.. Seaton. There was no one, out of
his own family to whom the great states
man was so warmly attached. A part of
almost every evening. when not engaged
at home or elsewhere, was spent by him
in the family sitting room of Mr.. Seaton,
with the ladies of his family, or tete-a-
tete with him in the winter at the fire.
side, or in evening strolls in the summer.
The letters and familiar notes that
passed between them are numerous and
interesting; and, as the eyes of the
world are at this moment especially fixed
upon Austria, we may with propriety
give the following incident The day
before the famous Hulsemenn letter
was transmitted to Congress Mr..
Webster sent it to Mr.. Seaton to read
After it was returned, and on the morn
ing it was to be sent to the Senate 1t oc-
CURED to Mr.. Seaton that the word patch,
as applied to a great empire, would ap-
pear rather undiplomatic or beneath the
dignity of such state paper, and like
an attempt to belittle an adversary gov
ernment, and therefore he dispatched a
note to Mr.. Webster suggesting, if not
too late, the substitution of another
word He received by his messenger the
following reply: ~,
I DEAR Col: The deed was done be-
fore got your note; but patch means a
small piece of ground-ride Webster,
oide Shakespeare, in Hamlet 49,
d. W"
The lives and correspondence of Gales
and Seaton, when they come to be pub
lished in full, will be interesting and ysL
liable beyond anything of the kind ever
Issued in this country. .. -
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Arabian Laughing Plant.

In Palgrave's Central and Eastern
Arabia" some particulars are given in re-
gard to curious kind of a narcotic plant.
Its seeds, in which the active. princi-
pie seems chiefly to reside, when
pounded and administered in a small
dose, produces effects much like those
ascribed to SIR Humphrey Davy's laugh
ing gas; the patient dances, sings, and
performs thousand extrayaganzas, till
after an hour Of great excitement to him
self, and amusement 10 the bystanders,
he falls asleep and on awakening has
lost all memory of what he said or did
while under the influence of the drug.
To put pinch Of this fine powder in
to the coffee OF some unsuspecting in
dividual is not an uncommon joke, nor
is it said that it is ever followed By Sc
rious consequences, though an over
quantity might, perhaps, be dangerous.
The author tried it on two individuals,
but in proportions, if not absolutely ho-
mmpathic, still, sufficiently minute to
keep on the safe side, and witnessed its
operations, laughable enough, but very
harmless The plant that bears these
berries hardly attains, in kasseem, the
hight of six inches above the ground.
But in 0bian were seen bushes OF it three
or four feet in growth, and wide spread
ing.
The stems are woody and Of yellow
tinge when baked the.ienf is Of green
color aud pinnated, with about twenty
leaflets on either side the stalks are
smooth and shining; the flowers are yell
low and grow in tnfis; the anthers are
numerous the fruit is capulse stuffed
with greenish padding in which lie EN-
bedded two or three black seeds, in size
and shape much like French beans, their
taste sweetish, but with a apecuhar opiAte
flavor, the smell heavy and almost siekiy.
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Lonpstreet.

The Shreveport SoUtkrestern gives
the following moroccan Of gossip Gen
James Longstreet, who is on a business
visit to this city, on sitting down to din
ner the other day at the Commercial
Hotel, caused, By his presence, the with
drawal from the table Of two gentlemen
Of Federal persuasion, perhtps on the
ground that the presence Of q rebel
General might eontaminatea loyal saint
But be that as 10 may, one cf .he genilss
men in company with the General, OBJ
serving the gentlemen's unexpected
" change Of base" remarked, General,
that IS not the FIRST time you have made
the Yankees leave" "
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MEMPHIS TENNESSEE, FRIDAY EVENING. JUNE 90 1866

on the admission Of Representatives by
districts, admitting none but loyal men
who can take the oath prescribed
q Third To provide by law for giving
the freedmen Of the South the right OF
citizens in courts of law and elsewhere
20 Fourth. To exclude from Federal Off
ces the leading actors in the conspiracy
which led to the rebellion in each State.
Fifth. To adopt such amendments to
thA Constitution as may seem wise to
Congress- and the States, freely and with
out coercion.
- Sixth To take such measures, by the
disposition Of military forces, as will pre-
serve order and prevent the overthrow,
by usurpation or otherwise, Of govern
ment in any State.
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CLOSING SCENES.

The casket having been brought 10 the
grave, and placed within the outer shell,
it was lowered iato the sarcophagns pre-.
pared for it. The Presbyterian burial
service was then read by Rev. DIR. Duf-
field, after which the sublime ceremo-
MES of the Masonic order were per.
formed by the Grand, Masters =. Cot.
fnbury, assisted by p g. NJ Baxter and
Grand Chaplain A. G Hibbard. a
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drawn by six black horses, mournfally
eaparisoned with Grape decorations and
jetty plumes draping from their brides
The pall-bearers on the occasion were
Judges wilkins. Witherell, Conapt,
Hand, Ex-Governor Robert McClefland,
General Casey and Messrs. A. Chapoton
and John Owen. ~ -. { a~.f~
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pusLic DIRECTORY.

7 U
u,HIRD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH COR.
i Chelsea and Sixth streets.
fIOOF, PHILLIPS q CIRoDE, WHOLE
i sale Grocers and Cotton Factors, a6 Front
street. mIo-lm
THRUST DEEDS FOR SALE Low All THIS
Il ofhce. - :
nlOBACCO AND CIGARS-A LARGE AND
II superior stock at Ihurmond. Foster * Co.. 3,
1obacconists, 34s Main street. le6-lm
EASURER-WILLIAM BRIDGES. En-
1 change Building.
TI0KUDEAC, f. Y, DEALER IN WATCH ES
| JeweIry. ete.. Madison street. iel6-lm
TINTED STATES CLERK-A. 5. MITCH
u eli. 3O3 Main street. up stairs.
IT'S. DISTRICT ATTORNEY--J0HN l..
u williamson. 1913 Main street. up stairs.
NESEY, W., DEALER IN BKANDIES.
Y Wines. etc.. 800 Bank avenue. m23 3ni
NAM. C. ELLIS CARRIAGESHOP, cox
w ner Second and Gayoso SITS. mylo-3m
WT WTHARFMASTER-J. j. BUTLER..MEM-
VI. phis and ST, Louis Packets Mhariboat.
MHlTMURE BROTHERS,. STEAM JOB
w Printers. l3 Madison street.
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Born september 3. l7s2,
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cERrxoyfrs AT rus REsfDExcr.

Shortly before 2 o'clock the vicinity
Of the Generals late residence was
densely crowded with spectators; but,
owing 70 the well arranged programme
Of the police, no inconvenience was ex-
perienced, aud solemn religious services
East Saginaw courier., 1866-04-25
sHERIFFs SALE.

DY VIRTUE Of writ Of Jferi facias issued
ID out OF the Circuit Court for the County OF
Saginaw, State Of Michigan, and 10 me directed
and delivered against the goods aud chattels.
lands and tenemonts Of George l. Davis did
on the 2zd day of March, A. ID. 1906, levy upon
and take all tho right, title and interest Of said
George l.. Davis, In and TO the following described
pisces or parccf % land situated IN the County
Of Saginaw, and State Of Michigan, and known
and described as follows, to wit; Compromising
at tho Northwest corner cf section t6), In town
Ql) North, Of range 9 East, thence running
South ~ degrees on town line 1853 feet TO the
centre Of the Saginaw and Bad River Plank Road,
thence South 80 degrees 80 minutes East slong
the centre Of said Road 474 feet, thence North
90 degrees 80 minutes East 9l9t feet, thchce
North ID degrees AZ minutes East 500 feet TO the
North line Of said section (6), thence So degrees
bO minutes West along the North line Of said
section 1920 feet TO the place Of beginning con-
tanning Is acres and hfty-three ono hundreths
also the following piece Of land. TO wit All that
part Of the North part Of the North East frac
tional, OF section u in town III North Of
range kast, commencing at the center OF the
creek running across the Saginaw and Bad River
Plank Road in said North part of said section,
and running thence South East along the East
side OF said Road 10 the section line on the East
line oil said section 70 the center Of said creek.
thence South West on straight line 10 the place OF
beginning, all situated In the County Of Saginaw
and State Of Michigan" all which shall expose
for sale at public auction vendue 10 the highest
bidder or bidders at the front door Of the sagi-
nav County Court House. In the city Of Saginaw
Saginaw County, Michigan, on Saturday the 18th
day Of May, A. d. 1866, at 10 o'clock A. M of
that day, to satisfy the amount of said execution
with costs and expenses Of sale In accordance
with the statutes in such case made and provided
JESSE II. QUACKENBUsH,
Shsrif Of SAGINAW County, Mich.
Saginaw, March 23, 1866 n347-7w
East Saginaw courier., 1866-04-25

DRUNKENNESS IN THR SEsArE.-The
Radicals are demanding the expulsion
of Mr.. McDougal, of California, from
the Senate, on the ground that his in
temperate habits unfit him to dis
charge the duties of Senator. Will
they also ask, for the same reason,
that Chandler and Wade and Howard
and Nye and Jim Lane and Yates and
Sprague be expelledP Will the news
papers in this State, which are vehe-
mently indignant over the alleged
misconduct Of McDougal, sxpostulate
with Governor Oglesby9 We make
no defense of drunkenness in Demo-
cratic Senators, but We want Aboli,
tionists to clean their own door. stsps
before making asclamor of what Il
unsightly in others. VIII they 10
buke their own whisky-bloatsd parti-
zan leadersP- Chicago Nw9t
East Saginaw courier., 1866-04-25
THE ELIMINATION.

The final achme of depravity has
been reached. We predicted and
charged upon the republican men,
bers Of the Common Council that one
of their main objects in deposing the
Controller was to make place for one
Of themselves; this, after some show
Of resistance, to blind the eyes Of
the public, has been verified. AL
derman Allardt has been appointed
Controller; how long he will hold
the situation is question for the
courts to determine, but nevertheless
it has been done, and we can only
say that if this man Allardt is so lost
to all shame and decency as to ac-
cept the position under all the cir
cumstances which surround this case,
he is even lower in the scale of
being than we supposed; it must be
apparent to to any one who has paid
any attention to this matter, that AL
derman Allardt, as chairman of the
finance Committee of the Common
Council, connived in all shapes to in
jure Mr.. LETTERS, the Controller, while
protesting to be his friend, that it was
the province of this committee to ex-
anime and report upon the hooks and
accounts Of the Controller, that all
his reports in regard to that office,
were, if not absolutely false, so colored
as to prejdice the public against him.
The motive for all this is now appar-
ent, he wanted the place and has got
it, and the men that lent themselves
to this piece Of rascality and fraud
are equally culpable with him, and
should be held np to public scorn.--
We AeoIucu lOu Tic uouoruOio uuu
high-minded gentleman who repre-
sents the Third Ward that the Con-
troller was the chief financial officer
of the city, created and appointed ex-
pressly to guard and protect its in
terests. This being the case we can
only hope that the individual appoint
ed on Tuesday evening last viii take
good care of the finances Of the city,
and that he win guard and protect its
interests. Any reasonable grounds
for such hope, however, Il is..left sole
y for the future to furnish.
East Saginaw courier., 1866-04-25


The New York Commercial Adper-
tisr moderate Republican journal,
has the following remarks on the Civil
Rights Bill, vetoed by the President,
and passed over the veto by Congress.
Whatever construction may be
placed upon the sections Of the bill
which bear upon the functions of the
States, 1t is evident that the measure
itself is a stride towards centraliza-
ton, and is, therefore, hostile to the
spirit and plan of our government
Against this manifest tendency Of
majority Of Congress, both willful
and ignorant, the President sets him
self like rock. His sturdy opposi-
ton must make itself felt in the end,
and he will succeed in indoctrinating
the people with ideas by no means
unfamiliar to them, but which have
been covered up and partially oblite-
rated by the hurricane of war"
Truthful and sensible.
East Saginaw courier., 1866-04-25

ALWAYS Best TO TAKE TINE BY THE
FoRELocK.-The people of the West
seem determined to believe that the
cholera will visit us during the ensuing
summer, and hence the reason they
had better prepare themselves with an
antidote. After testing it for fifteen
years, in probably a thousand cases,
we suggest to our readers to at once
procure from the druggist the follow
ing simple mixture: laudanum, 2 o.;
spirits Of camphor, 2 o.; tincture of
capsicum, ! o.; tincture Of ginger, l
o.; essence Of peppermint, 2 or; Hoff-
mans anodyne, 2 OF. If the anodyne
cannot be readily obtained, substitute
sulphuric acid. Mix thoroughly and
shake we'll every time II Is used
Give or take from ten to twenty-five
drops, according to age, condition and
violence Of the attack. Repeat every
twenty minutes till relief is obtained.
In desperate case take a tablespoon
full at once. Take it ~ an equal
quantity Of water, and lie on tho back
quietly or in an easy sitting posture,
with the back supported, till it has
full opportunity to work. Garry .
small phial in the pocket, with few
Jumps of white sugar upon which to
drop it, to be used in sudden smer-
gencies. -
First and foremost, always Use
plenty of soap and EEeA~~ys
East Saginaw courier., 1866-04-25

A cool robbery was perpetrated in
Wallace street. Philadelphia, on
Wednesday night, by climbing over q
shed and jumping through a back
window. A lot Of forks, spoons, cloth
ing, &C., were stolen. The burglars
displayed great audacity. They en-
tered the sleeping apartment of the
proprietor and took his watch and
pocket-book from his pocket They
went to the kitchen, where they spread
a table, made a hearty repast, and
decamped with their plumber before
any alarm was given.
East Saginaw courier., 1866-04-25
The Ladies' Hats.

The New Orleans correspondent Of
the Mobile Register thus pokes fun at
the ladies' hats:
This morning every body and his
wife, as they say, is out of doors
Confined for five days to their houses,
ladies have gotten behind hand in
their shopping, and this morning the
streets are thronged with them
Spring colors are displayed for the
first time this season, and notice the
new-fashioned hats out in abundance.
Such q fashion! Women say that
men make sport of all these fashions
when new, but that they gradually
come round and finally advocate them
as much as any body. To this charge
/ can plead "not guilty" 1 have
never yet laughed at single style or
fashion, no matter how much wags
might have cracked their jokes at it,
or smart comic papers made sarcastic
pictures about it; but have taken them
all as a matter Of course, and as no
manner Of business Of mine--but now
/ am struck with amazement at what
seems to me to be the most stupid
thing ever worn upon the feminine
head. 1t is utterly beyond my powers
of description, but the latest style Of
hat demands a passing notice, and l
am at loss how to write about it
intelligibly. 1t is sumner. Take
half sheet Of ordinary note paper and
fasten two broad ribbon strings to the
ends, bring this down over the top of
the head, allowing a portion Of the
sheet to 1aunt out over the waterfall;
trim the whole with roses, flowers,
birds and grasses, and you have the
present style. As I have said, this is
the first fashion that ever struck me
particularly, but l had to laugh out
right at the simple goose / saw wear
ing one yesterday-it was so ridicu-
lous. There was really nothing of it.
In French bookstore down town
there are some pictures from Charipars,
one of which represents little girl
holding a doll with one hand, and
wiping away the tears from her eyes
with the other. At glass stands a
woman-the mother-putting on a
little hat, and Ia pere enters "What
is the matter, little one; you are cry
ing? ?" Yes, papa,' she says, Sob
bingly, mamma has taken my dolls
hat to 90 out to promenade" i can
understand the force of the illusion
after seeing the new style. Oh! this
is too absurd. The coal-scuttle that
adorns the head of fair ancestress of
mine, who lived some centuries ago,
is o far more respectable sight. What
will they not invent nextp They say
o gentleman is well-dressed when he
attracts general attention for his neat
appearance, and when no one can tell
what article of dress It is which at
tracts the most. The rule could not
be applied to the other sex now, for
the first remark is, Goodness! what a
hat !" These little cockle-shells are
plentiful to-day, and as they have
come on with the New York recon-
mehdation, ] dare say they will be-
come popular. N