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NEWS SUMMARY.

The tornado did severe damage in
Buffalo yesterday. Two persons are
reported killed, and several wounded
byit.
The annual Masonic pilgrimage to
Mount Vernon took place yesterday,
The services at the tomb were of very
interesting character.
In the House yesterday Ger. Banks
stated that he had reason to believe that
steps had been taken by our Govern
mcnt to ask Great Britain to release the
Feniau prisoners.
In the New York Common Council
yesterday,.a a Joint Special Committee
reported against celebrating Indepen-
dence Day, on the grounds that there
are no available funds for the purpose.
An Austrian officer has arrived at
Mobile, empowered to offer positions in
the Austrian army to ex Confederates.
tits thought that quite a number will
avail themselves Of the opportunity to
plunge again into the exciting scenes
of war.
The New Orleans papers of the Goth
lust, were received in New York by
mail and distributed at the post Office
yesterday morning, being only four
days and a.half from New Orleans.
This is the quickest time on record.
On the sixteenth inst, wagon train
valued at three million dollars, and be.
longing to the Mexican Imperialists, was
captured by the Liberals near Camargo.
1t had guard of sixteen hundred In.
perialists and the attacking party Of
Liberals numbered four thousand, com.
manded 6y Escobedo. One regiment
of Mexican Imperialists went over to
the Liberals at the beginning of the
fight. The rest were killed or captured.
The story comes direct from Escobedo's
headquarters, and is confirmed by I'm.
PeriaI adVices, The loss of the. train
is severe one and will probably compel
the French to abandon the whole line of
Northern Mexico and fall back on the
Saltillo line.-Eric Dispatch, 27h
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mercc would increase with rapid strides.
The war against Denmark was provoked
in great measure by this desire on the
part of Prussia, but in that movement
Austria was associated, and when the
Duchies were detached from Denmark
the former stepped in and prevented
the full fruiting of The Prussian scheme.
From that time Oay be dated the
estrangement of the two leading Ger.
man powers Prussia then learned that
Austria was determined to cross her
path towards maritime and commercial
supremacy among the German states,
and France saw the door through which
to pour the waters of discord and weak
en- her ancient enemies. Both Prussia
and France at once commenced to agi.
tate the Italian question. In fulfill.
ment of this purpose the Italian people
have been aroused, and Garibaldi is
heading an ardent and excitable volun.
teer force, eager to tear down the Aus
trian colors from the turrets Of st.
Marks and free Venetia and Lombardy
from Austrian rule. This is the pres.
ent aspect of the controversy In Europe,
and it is no marvel that Austria hesi.
tates before drawing the sworo aud
throwing away the scabbard. The
movements on the military and political
chessboard are against her, and war
once fact the end no man can see.-
PhTa Aqe.
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sD~Two years ago, some of our read
ers may remember the fact, J. f. Boil
meyer, editor of the Dayton CO., Empire
was brutally murdered by an Abolition
sndb. But some of the same clique, not
content with the murder of their victim,
go to work and despoil the monument
erected over the tomb of this martyr to
Free Speech by his friends and coadju-
tors. We nov eandidly, honestly and
conscientiously ask, Is this not disgrace
iul sacrilegc? Il it BOT, We ask, the
worst possible specimen of unmitigated
cowardice that has ever come to light +?
Though BoLLMEYER, has gone to that
f." bourne from whence no traveller re-
turns" yet the principles he gave up
his life for will be an enduring light for
the youth of our land to be guided by
in after and present years TRUTH AT
ALL TIMES.
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affairs in Europe.

Although Prussia occupies Holstein,
war has yet not actually commenced.
Austria contents herself with protesting
that the entry of Prussian troops into
the Duchies is violation of the Gas.
tein Convention. But this protest does
not alter the determination or move.
ments of Prussia. Baron Scheel Pies
sen has been appointed President of
Schleswig Holstein, and the King of
Prussia has declared that he intends, in
conformity with the principles of the
unity of both Duchies, to convoke the
Estates and have the matter settled in
that manner. A proclamation has been
issued by the President of the Duchies,
stating that the Prussian authorities
will not permit the execution of any law,
ordinance, or decree, issued by the for
mer government, which they think
illegal or prejudicial to the peace and
unity of the Duchies. This is a bold
movement, and shows that Prussia is in
earnest in her determination to keep
the ground just occupied at all hazards.
Austria is endeavoring by diplomacy
to detach the small German States from
Prussia, and unite them in favor of a
modified confederation. In Bavaria
this feeling has been exhibited in an
open manner. The ultramontane party
are desirous that Bavaria shall take part
with Austria, and an effort is being
made to cause the King to change the
ministry, who maintain the policy of de
claring against the power that shall
commence the war. But even with this
feeling it is not certain that Austria can
obtain any useful support from Bavaria.
The House of Hapsburg is not popular
with the people, and the German ele-
ment is strong in favor of Prussia. This
same feeling gives Prussia a decided
advantage in all the States forming the
German Confederation. The war is
looked upon as likely to affect the rights
of the Confederation and the territorial
limits aud governmental privileges of
the States forming the same, and hence
the Germans are anxious that the leader
of the column shall be in full sympa-
thy with them, and willing to insist u2.
on their supremacy when the day of
settlement comes. Austria is not es-
sentially German, and hence the lean
ing OF the masses in both the larger and
smaller German states in favor of Prus-
sia. The distress prevalent throughout
Hungary, and the constant secret ad-
dresses circulated among the peasantry
from Koc7uth and other exiles, will
arouse the people in that province and
make them willing to aid in any move.
ment intended to weaken the power of
Austria and give them hold upon the
Throat of the tyrant who for years hes
trampled upon their rights and insulteG
their nationality. The poles and Ital.
ians also have 10 reason to love Austria,
nor will they miss an opportunity to
strike for injuries long endured and
keenly felt.
The material issue urging Prussia TO
this contest is undoubtedly the posses
sion and opening of seaports on the
Baltic and North Seas. Her navy is
now in a good condition, and with suit
able and convenient ports her com.
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MARRIED..

On the 10Th inst, at the residence
of the brides father, at White Hall, by
the Rev. j. Philip Bishop, Mr.. EZRA
P, DICKINSON of Ridgway Elk county
Pa, to Miss JENNIE OvERHoLTzER of
White Hall, Cumberland county Pa.
The happy couple will please
accept our congratulations. May they
have long lease Of the fitful span 3"
and never get old, is the ardent wish of
the Printer.
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subject came to hand too late lot our
last paper, and by some mismanagemeLt
has been mislaid, consequently we can
lot publish it. Will our correspondent
transmit il to US again?
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Marriage.

Marriage is to woman at once the
happiest and saddest event of her life, II
is the promise of future bliss raised on
the death of present enjoyment She
quits her home and her parents, her com
panions, her amusements-everyth on
which she has hitherto depended for com
fort, for affection, for kindness, and for
pleasure The parents by whose advice
she has been guided-the sister to whom
she has dared to impart the embryo
thought and feeling-the brother who
has played with her, by turns the coun-
sellor, and the younger children to whom
she has hitherto been the mother and
playmate-are all TO be forsaken at one
fell stroke-every former tie is loosened
the spring of action is changed, and
she flies with joy in the untrodden paths
before her; buoyed up by the confidence
of requited love. she bids fond and
grateful adeu to the life that is past,
and turns with excited hopes and joyous
anticipation to the happiness to come.
Then woe to the man who can blight such
fair hopes-who can treacherously lure
such heart from its peaceful enjoy
ments and watchful protection of home
who can, coward-like, break the illu-
sions which have won her, and destroy
the confidence which love had inspired
Woe to him who has too early Withdrawn
the tender plant from the props and stays
of moral discipline in which she has been
nurtured, and yet makes no effort to sup
ply their places, for him is the response
bility of her errors-on him who first
taught her, by example, to grow careless
of her duty and then exposed her, with a
weakened spirit and unsatiated heart, to
the wild storms and the willy temptations
of sinful world.
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Perils of a Sleeping Car.

A correspondent thus describes the
tribula;ions of an elderly lady in a
sleeping car
She occupied berth just opposite to
mine, and her ludicrous attempts to
"turn ia turned out to be very amusing.
She first undertook to get in head fore
most, but after deal of turning, backed
out. saying she didn't see how on airth
folks could ever get used to sleeping on
them ere shelves" Her next attempt
was feet foremost, but with no better re-
suit. After several unsuccessful attempts
she finally succeeded in attaining q hori-
zontal position, declaring she would
rather sit up all night than go through
with another such a sweat" In the
morning a lady asked her if she had
rested we'll Rested, said she, with
heavy sigh, / never passed snch a night
in ali my born days, and I'm nigh pom
eighty years old. Inever closed my eyes
all night long, and had to hold on with
both hands, expecting every moment to
be pitched ont on the floor, or that We
would run off the track aud be smashed
TO pieces These ere roads is awful
rough"
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MEMPHIS. TENNESSEE. TUESDAY EVENING. JUNE 26 1866


COW. He did not do so and was relieved
Gen. Hood, true and spirited soldier,
taking his place--but the opportunity
was then gone; and to this delay, more
than to any other cause, the Southern
people will attribute their overthrow,
whenever history comes to be truly writ
ten Bragg's victory over Rosecrans at
Chickamauga, Mr., Davis regarded as
one of the most brilliant achievements of
the war, considering the disparity of the
forces The subsequent concentration
Of Grant and Hooker with Rosecrans,
and the victory of their combined forces
at Lookout Mountain, was the result Of
an audacity of desperation which no
military prudence could have foreseeD.
SO confident was Bragg in the impregna-
bility of his position, that Immediately
after Chickamauga he detached Long
street, with 900 men--abeut third Of
his entire force-to make a demonstra-
ton against Knoxville, thus indirectly
threatening Grants communications with
Nashville Braggs position was finally
carried by the overwhelming numbers OF
the enemy. The opponents of his admin
istration censured Bragg for detachiDg
Longstreet, but the subsequent events
which made that movement unfortunate
we're of character which no prudence
could have foreseen, no military calcu-
lation taken into view as probable. ALI
such reflections were idle, however, con-
cluded Mr. Davis, and he must not be
again betrayed into their indulgence.
Success is virtue and defeat crime.
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brought in contact with the earth I'm
mediate contact with the patient, inha-
ling the air Of the sick room, washing
the dead body, nay, even dlssecting it, do
not communicate the disease l3. Not
every species of earth acts on the pro-
cess of decomposition in like manner,
and the capacity for spreading the con-
tagion in the manner above stated varies
in consequence with the composition
of the soil on which dwellings are built
On rocky foundation, granite or sand.
stone, cholera never becomes epidemic.
An alluvial soil, underlaid with lime or
clay, or any other cause which keeps the
ground moist, may become teeming
womb for cholera contagion. Ia The
cholera poison may be in person from
one to twenty eight days without mani
Testing itself This fact furnishes a
measure for the distance to which it may
be carried from one place TO another.
10. The disease which is not communi-
Gated by contact, is carried to the in
mates Of houses sleeping in rooms ex-
posed to the cholera poison as above
engendered. l6. If the cholera, as
proved in London, is more intense and
fatal on the plain than on the elevation,
it will on investigation be found that it
is owing to the better drainage, by
which filth is removed before it is de-
composed, or before it enters, as in damp
and wet soils. into process of fermenta-
ton. IL. To prevent contagion, the
stools Of cholera patients must be dlsin-
fected before they are emptied. ls. When
strangers from cholera districts are eX-
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The Everlastings.

In the interior of a railway carriage are
seated gentleman and a lady. The
gentleman is bronzed, apparently by long
residence in hot climate His hair and
whiskers are jet black, but the crow s
foot is visible at either temple. The
lady is attired in the hight of fashion,
in style suitable to youth and beauty.
Gent" Would you object to having
the window up2 Many years of Austria
lian life have made me very sensitive to
drafts
-(asiJe)-" That voice Ito
geutleman) "Oh, not in the least v
aside again 1t is Eustace."
Gent-(emphatically)-" Thank you T.
aside Those accents
Lady" Did you speak ?"
Gent" beg your pardon. Your voice
recalled recollections of fifty years ago.
II reminded me of one who in other
times, but-no matter. Your features,
too, are strangely like hers-only, if you
will allow me to say So the complexion
is even more brilliant"
Lady" Oh, might ask her name ;"
Gent" Her name was Rose.
Lady" 1t is my own.
VENT is IL pUsslDit lHHt 4 am spehh
ing to her daughter
Lady" You are speaking to herself
Gent" Heavens Why, no No,
surely"
Lady" Yes, indeed
Gent" But that fresh-excuse my
rudeness--that youthful color
Lady" That raven hair
Cent II be candid with you. Ii is
a wig--the gentleman real head of hair,
or invisible peruke-warranted to defy
detection"
Lady" Eustace, will return your
confidence l owe this bloom to the art
of Madame Esther"
Gent" Enameled love- My Rose,
my own lost Rose found My Rose I'M
faded /"
Lady" Your Rose will fade no more
She has been rendered beautiful.
Gent-"Oh, how beautiful Let me
fold thee in my arms
(They embrace as well as they can.
The dye of his whiskers blackens her
face, and the paint of her cheeks comes
off on the end of his nose.)
Gent" Beautiful
Lady" Beautiful for ever
railway guard appears at the win
dow
Guard" Change here for Dovedale."
They hobble OUT
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LOSSES ADJUSTED AND PAID durins the
year 1860, in a very marked and striking man
ner exhibits the solid. substantial, and faithful
as its ability to pass through seasons prolific of
confagrations, with honor and profit TO those
most interested.
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INSURANCE.
100000 DOLLARS
OF PROPERTY
Destroyed by Fire.
Within the limits of the United States.
DURING THE YEAR 1865.

CHoULD SUGGEST THE NECESSITY OF
- good insurance 10 every man who desires TO
protect himself against the loss which follows in
the wake Of fire. Ff
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