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into requisition, and one Of the broken
legs amputated; hut the other, and arm
were reset. During the operation the
patient was put under the Influence of
morphine, and after the effects had worn
off, reason returned He then explained
that after tea. he had boen much interes-
ted in reading an account ola couple Of
lovers, who, many years since, finding
strong paternal obstacles to their union,
repaired to the c,spot where he had been
found and committed suicide by jumping
into the abyss After retiring for the
night, he thinks he must have, in state
Of somnambulism (of which he was some
what afflicted), left his bed and, un
known to any one on the premises, pro-
ceeded to the historic Leap, and jump
ed in Mr.. Keswick lived only about
five hours after his return to concious-
ness, during which time he seemed to be
suffering from intense pain He was. 2
most estimable citizen, and his Suntimely
demise will be keenly felt byl those who
have known him most'intimately.i
This is most singular circumstance,
and has been the theme Of conversation
with the neighbors, ever since its occur
ence tt'f
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-07-02
The Literary "sets" of Boston.

This classification of the literary lions
of Boston comes to us via the Sacramen-
to Union, which has daring correspon-
dent in personalities
There are grades in literary society, as
in fashionable some two or three in num-
ber. The highest is obtained only by a
few--those who have won a worldwide
reputation as writers, and there are at
least half dozen of those among us.
Such men as George Ticknor, X. G.
Winthrop, whose literary labors have not
been equal, however, to his abilities or
his culture, and two or three others,
make up this upper circle. Then comes
the Atlantic clique" as it is called, of
which James I. Fields, the publisher, is
central figure. 1t embraces DR.. Holmes,
Emerson Or the latter may be said to
belong to any clique or faction, so in
dependant and self-poised is he), Long
fellow, to a certain extent, for he more
properly belongs to the upper circle (;
b. A. Wasson, Theodore Parker's sue
eessor, Gail Hamilton, j. 7. Trowbridge,
and few others. These people consti-
tute the staff of the Atlantic, hardly n
number of that periodical appearing that
does not contain an article from, one or
more of them. Mrs. Julia Ward Howe,
between whom and the Fields party there
is a deadly feud, arising from the fact
that Mrs. Fields code to the Great Or
gan" was accepted instead of Mrs.
Howe's, lead another, but small faction
James Russell Lowell stands alone, and
is not claimed by any party as mem
ber. He is man of eccentric habits,
and he writes but little nowadays
Nominally, one of the editors of the
North american Reriep, he writes very
little for 1.-THE bulk of tie labor being
done by his associate, Charles Eliot Nor
ton. Fields, the publisher, is a remark
able man. He entered the book store of
w. D. Ticknor & Co. nearly thirty years
ago, poor boy, and got his education
from his surroundings in the business.
Now he is esteemed one Of the best
read men in English literature in the
world. His fine taste and good judg
ment have given the house of Ticknor &
Fields their present high reputation as
publishers of books of a high character.
His wife is daughter of Rev. DR.. Nehe-
miah Adams, pastor of the Essex Street
(0rthodox) Church, who went South some
years ago, and coming back wrote book
called the South Side View Of Slavery, a
rose colored picture of Southern society.
Another of his daughters is n painter now
at Rome, whence she has just sent home
several pictures of the most exaggerated
style. Below the Atlantic
clique are several others, which II would
take too much space to speak Of particu-
larly-embracing men and women who
have just failed Of getting hearing in
the Atlantic, and who occasionally vent
their spite upon that magazine and its
writer's in the Commonwealth and other
papers An inside view of Boston htera-
~ society would present some very in
teresting features.
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One of the Wonders of the Age-A LIVING
Frog in the Centre Of Marble.

From the Louisville Courier.l
On last Thursday, June 18th, as the
masons were preparing the largest stones
for the door-cills Of the banking house
being erected by the McElroys & Co,
in Springfield, Kentucky, they came
upon living frog in the middle Of a
large stone, walled about with solid stone
on all sides 4t.H iIgi.,{ 10 2HR
The stone came from the quarry on
the farm of Mr.. Mulligan, near Spring
field, about ten feet below the surface.
Immediately above the strata, from
which this block came, are two stratas,
one thirteen and the other ten inches in
thickness. This block is about ten inches
when dressed. AS it lay upon the bench
it was FIVE feet long and three feet wide.
The workmen cut it perpendicularly the
long way, and in dressing one of the in.
side edges they broke through into q
small aperture near the middle each way
and discovered something in it, Fif
teen or twenty citizens we're called
around and Witnessed the dressing off OF
the stone and the liberation of the frog
from his old stone habitation.
He began to give signs Of life as soon
as the breaking Of the rock let in the air..
In n short time he seemed sprightly and
wide awake, but soon began 10 show signs
of excitement and pain He was then
placed in small glass jar which was
loosely corked. In this place he lived
until Sunday night, June !. lt
That this frog was taken from the sol
id stone, and that it lived as above stated,
can be proven by fifteen or twenty Of
the best citizens of Springfield, among
them Messrs. Hugh McElroy, Charles
McElroy, Albert Berill, DR.. Dan. Palm,
Mr.. Madden, superintendent ofthis work,
and divers others. ! r.t } ii
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Imnortant order.

The following important order, issued
by Secretary McCulloch, sweeps from the
market the last outstanding certificates of
Indebtedness, which amount 10 about
$50, 100000;
Notice is hereby given TO holders Of
certificates ofindebtedness issued under
acts ofCongress approved March Island
18th. 1862, that the Secretary of the
Treasury, in accordance with said acts
and the tenor of said certificates, is pre-
pared to redeem, before maturity, all
certificates of Indebtedness falling due
after August 3lst, 1866. with accrued
interest thereon, if presented for redemp-
ton ON July 18th, 1866, and that there
after such certificates will cease 10 bear
interests, aud will be paid on presenta-
ton at this Department with interests
only to the 18th Of July next
h MoCULLOcH,
L.-t t. Secretary Treasury.
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The Lash" in Massachusetts.

Our columns have containedwithin the
last day or two some brief references TO
on affair of very nnplea1ant character,
which lately occurred in one Of thu pub
lie schools of Cambridge. The state
ment is that o girl in the sehool--ahe is
termed a child, but il appears that she
has entered upon her seventeenth year
having been detected in whispering, was
taken in hand for pnni5hment by one Of
the assistant teachers, and refused 70
submit. After consultation with the
principal, two assistants then undertook
to administer the punishment the girl
resisted, and scuffie ensued; with the
assistance of the principal she was
held until dozen or twenty
stripes had been administered with q
leather strap made for such purposes
and recommended by the principal Tor
general use in place Of ordinary rattan:
As for the incidents oC the scuffie and
the manner in which the girl was held
while being punished, the accounts natu-
rally enough differ. 1t seems that the
pupils in the principal schoolroom we're
set TO marching to the music of piano
while the punishment was going on but
it is denied, we believe. that this was
done to drown the girls screams. OF
course, too, there is a material difference
as TO the severity Of the punishment in
flicted, the master insisting that his strap
would not kill good-sized mosquito,
and the other side averring that the girl
bore the marks Of the affair for some
days sfterward.-BOstOR Advertiser.
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~ Tilting Hoops.
From he New York Express.


A correspondent sends the following
alleged incident which is given without
vouching for its truth:
Six handsome and styl lish young ladies,
on their way, apparently from the post
office, were noticed standing, this beauti-
ful afternoon, on the corner of Broadway
and Liberty street, waiting for Madison
avenue stage So presently one came
along, and, as the street was crowded
with vehicles, it was very important that
they should get into the vehicle as fast
as possible. As the first young lady,
about eighteen summers entered the
narrow stage door, out sprang her i'm
mepse "tilter, and the second young
lady, with most charming little
"Stella" on her bewitching frizzied hair
(not head) in her great haste to follow,
ran up under the hoops and was dragged
forward, while the third young lady got
enveloped in like manner and so on un-
til all had rushed in, pell mel, under
each others hoops, in less time Than it
takes to tell it. The horses having
started suddenly, precipitated them all
like so many bricks, one knocking the
other over. 1t was, indeed, ludicrous
sight. But as the ladies were all alone,
they did not seem to be embarrassed at
their situation, and were extricating
themselves, until by their loud shouting
they excited the suspicion of two watchr
ful policemen, who mounted the steps,
thinking that they had big haul of
pretty pickpockets. At the sight of the
policemen, the young lady of the "Stella"
hat having extricated herself, soreameds !
two men are coming in, whereupon
there began such a futter and such
screaming that the gallant officers gew
weak in the knees and were quite power
less. BY this time the stage had got
opposite the Howard House, and was
lost to view by the intervening vehicles.
1t was ascertaiued afterwards, however,
from the policemen, that the ladies sue
ceeded in disentangling themselves with
out serious injury
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Finished

A Leavenworth dispatch Of the 2sth
says: The last rail Of the Missouri Pa
ci6c Railroad, connecting st. Louis with
Leavenworth, was laid this evening Mr.
Garrison announces that the road has
now reached its terminus Leavenworth
sends greetings to ST. Louis, and con-
graduates her npon the completion of
this great thoroughfare, for which so
much is due to the liberality and public
spirit of her citizens 81 ba-i+@a at
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The Berlin correspondent Of the Lon
don Times says: The Russian force
concentrated in Southern Poland is now
slowly advancing in the direction Of the
Silesian frontier, and it is surmised that
Austrian-P Poland will take up such po
sition as to eventually be at the disposal
of the Gear. 1t was positively stated at
Copenhagen that Sweden, Norway and
Denmark had concluded an offensive and
defensive treaty ofalliance. s.
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craven's Book.

The Richmond Examiner gives the
following account OF DR.. Craven, the
author Of the Prison Life OF Jefferson
Davis
We have to thank DR. Craven for a
book which, though the interest it ex
cites is deeply painful, is yet a valuable
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The NObra,kn Lseislature Democratic. {:

From the Nebraska CITY News, June p
Although the Radical authorities at
Omaha maiutain a most studied silence
upon the official returns Of the vote cast
at the recent election in Nebraska,
enough has been found ont by the people
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I'll

An average annual cash dividend to Stock
holders Of fourteen per cent. upon Ia, capita
stock, since its incorporation portrays the great
success and stability Of this eminent, lnstitu,,
ton, the superior financial accuracy displayed
the management Of the sPHGNIx is IN the
hands of those who know how. successfully, TO
Conduct Da9o~ ti''4 ieHD' o. ti-4 4H4
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JTCOMBINEs STRENTH WITH RAPID
Il ity Of adjustment TO bales Of any size. re-
hale Of cotton.
IL being now well known 10 all the dealers In
rope for bailing cotton, that only a Very small
crop Of hemp was made the past yssr. and that
in consequence the price win rule very high.
and that q supply cannot be relied on Al any
price In confederation ofthese facts. all deal
ers, and those requiring ties. will do we'll to put
in their orders for this tie soon. thereby securing
a supply for the season. The Indications now,
80 far as We have learned, are. that the demand
for this tie will be very large, hence the neces-
sity Of making early orders. sniehs addressed
10 Tue manu- BEARD L BRO, St. Louis.
STONE A MURPHY. or
NJ. ]. SMITH A CO., New Orleans.
LACY A McGHEE, Memphis.
VIII meet With prompt attention.
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DURING TIN YpAR 1865. I

CHoULD sudoE5TTHE NEcEssITY OF
- GOOD inetlranca To every man who desires Il
protect himself against thslosswhich foilcwrin'
fhe wake Of FIRE. flEL 1865 frfa
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-02-09
Mexican News

New ORLEANS, January S.-Arrived, the
steamer Cassandris, from Boston. Saiiedi
the steamers Etna, Hermann, Boston and
Matamoras for New York.
The steamer Marion spoke the brig Va
lentia on the 2sth bound for Boston. She
was out Of provisions and the Marion sup
piled her.
At the city of Mexico q diplomatic body
lately waited on Macmillan and the En-
press with a message Of condolences on the
death of the Empress father, King Leopold.
Macmillan in his reply alluded to the
kindness with which the Empress had
been received on her tour to and from Yu-
catan, without an armed escort. He went
on 10 say, As to myself gentlemen, you
have been witnesses of my labors. have
thrown aside those theories which lead only
10 snarchy. IhaYe devoted all my efforts
to regulating and administering the public
affairs, developing the elements Of public
wealth and the solution Of the great questions
that have chiefly occupied public attention.
In this difficult task have sought to resist
the impatient and cheer the faint hearted.
A day cannot heal the gaping wounds pro-
6u.ed by fifty years Of civil war. But
have firm confidence in the result, and will
proceed to my proposed end with indefsti-
gable perseverance, BIy strength may fail
me, but my earnest determi nation, never.
have especially determined not to alter
the democratic habits and manners national
because am convinced they conduee tC
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Foreign News.

New YoRK, February s-The following Il
additional news by the Peruvian. Zee
The Times correspondent says that Hapo-
leon never does anything without some good
and substantial reason. What that reason
is, in the present instance, in sending an
envoy to Mexico with only verbal instrue-
ton, he himself, only knows.
The Times observes that the conflicting
nature of the estimate Of the probable sup
ply Of cotton to be received from America,
this year are still remarkable.
Il states that General Sherman who has
Just been down the Mississippi to Arkansas
in letter dated st. Louis, January 2, TO q
friend in London, says:
"fon need not beunder any apprehension
as TO cotton, for / saw enough 70 satisfy me
that nearly all the cotton land is clear and
ready for the plow, and will be growing cot
ton this year" tel
The publication of the full notes Of Cor
don's trial in Jamaica caused great indigna-
ton, Many journals proclaim that the law
was violated and Gordon murdered. Even
the Times says that the evidence causes it
to regret that Gordon was not indicted in
the regular form and tried according to the
forms Of law by judge and jury.
Another disastrous coal mine explosion
had occurred near Wigan, resultingin loss
Of 80 lives.
Fenian trials and convictions continue
daily. e
Virginia 6s have paid an improvement Of
one dollar. :
Atlantic L Great Western shares, steady.
SPAIS-A Madrid telegram says Tho
news of General Prinl's entry into Portugal
has not been confirmed by the Spanish AM
bassador at Lisbon. There appears to be
undoubted confirmation from other sources.
TIE LONDON MARKET.
Funds were steady and rather firmer.
The discount rate of the Bank Of England
continued at 8 per cent. na"
The supply of money in the discount
market continues comparatively large.
LoEDoS, January 26.-The cattle disease
is increasing. The number of cases in the
weekly returns for the fist time exceeds TO-
am
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-02-09
THE ExECTTION To.DAY.

Before the close of this day John w.
Hughes will have paid the penalty of his
crime upon the scafold. So far as human
law can, it will have given another proof
of its power to punish, and another warn
ing against the commission Of a capital
crime. By the exercise of this just ven
geanee, society, which has had one Of its
members cut down, will be securer by the
removal of at least one dangerous anemy.
Debauchees and drunkGrds will be brought
face to face with the terrible results of
their practices. The lessen this day teach
es to such, is, that the Passions must be
controlled. Human Passions are like
fiery horses; If Judgment holds them
well in hand, making them obedient,
they give to life, action and grace and
power; but relax wstchfulness--give
them their eourse--and the end soon
comes in wreck. Hughes was man of
more than ordinary culture, generally,
and from all accounts of no mean attain
ments in his particular profession-medi-
cine and surgery. But he was weak and
lacking moral principle, criminal. During
and since his trial all sides of his character
have been turned to the view, and it has
not appeared that the man was ever con-
troiIed by considerations higher than the
promptings of impulse and passion. He
seems to have totally lacked moral ballast
Hisl depravity was not of recent date,
and he was therefore as capable Of perps-
trating crimS at almost any period of his
former life as hS was when he did the act
for which he forfeited his life. Nature
endowed him with some abilities, which,
however, have been exaggerated, and
education gave him some accomplish
ments, which he has never termed to
mach account. He preferred the present
pleasures which spring from the indui-
gence of passion, and-this is his end. In
education, wealth, and ability, he was
different from ths most of criminals, and
therefore his case seems to stand out
more clearly as an example. A natural
curiosity has been felt to see him and hear
him in his imprisonment by certain
class but sympathy, other than that real
sorrow which is caused by seeing degra-
dation under any circumstances, has not
been aroused.
The wisdom of the law which provides
against public executions, must be -ae-
knoWledged by all. The terrible act is veiled
from the gaze of all but few whose duty
oompels them to be witnesses. The ends
of justice are answered without permitting
a morbid curiosity to crafty itself.
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THE NEW 8.
GO1D closed last night at l4O..

1 OOLD elObeO ldeS N NJ ~ A1V4s
ABUREAU of the Treasury Department is
about to be established expressly for the re-
redemption of mutilstsd currency. l
A RAILROAD accident happened yesterday
near Bloomfield N. J., csused by rotten
bridge. One man was killed and several
more or less hurt.
In the Court of Oyer and Terminer, n.
Y, yesterday, the case of A. 7. Stewart vs..
Golburn, newspaper correspondent, waI
called. The Court room was densely
crowded. 2
THE reply of the eolored delegation to
Presidents Johnson's remarks-preparsd
after their interview with him-Will be
found in our Washington dispatches.
Ex-PREsIDENr Pierce made brief ad-
address at the N. H. Democratic State
Convention on Wednesday last, which is
reported in New York dispatch this morn
ing.
MISS Kate Bateman, the actress, appeared
in New York Court yesterday, as de-
fendant in a suit brought.by Mr.. Daily to
recover s4IO for literary services rendered
her, She plead the Infancy" act, and the
suit was withdrawn.
The bushwhackers ofIndspsndence, of Mo-,
gathered yesterday, in a crowd outs ids the
town, to release one of their number from
jail. Troops have been sent froB Leaven-
worth to preserve the peace.
a NOTE from the telegraph operator, re-
eeivsd at A. NJ. this morning, says "salt
Lake City and New York have been work
ing direct via Omaha, Chicago, Cleveland
and Buffalo, by the aid eff Hicks repeater,
since ten o'clock. The lines are working
well, and business transmitted with the
the usual rspidity, in which messages are
transmitted over single circuit"
As there was good deal of speculation
yesterday on the probabilities of DR.. Hughes
committing suicide last night, it may be
of some interest to state that up to 2 o'clock
this morning, at which time the wstchmsn
made the report to our informant, he had
slept soundly and made no attempt of the
kind.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-02-09

The manner In which our military he
roes are let down to their, original level
on their return home, is sometimes more
amusing to the lOokers-en than hattsring
to the subject. A ease in point; General
Sam 81. went cut in regiment from the
Badger State as Captain. Before he left
the rendezvous he was promoted to Col
onel; and for gallant conduct in the field
was breyetted Brigadier General On his
retirement to civil life he told friend
'thsy let him down easy" At Washing-
ton it was General H.. at Madison, Col
onel H.; st the town where he organised
his company 1t was "How are you, Cap
tain T. and when he got up to s., where
he resides, every boy with frscklea nose
was shouting, GHalloo, SamW -r
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-02-09
Washington News.

WAsH1SeroS, Feb. s.-The following is the
published reply of the colored delegation to
President johnson, prepared after they had
the interview with him yesterday:
Mr.. PRESIDENT: I'm consideration offs del
icate sense of propriety as we'll as your own
repeated intimations of indispOsition to dis
cuss or listen to reply to views and opin-
ions you were pleased to express to US IN
your elaborate speech to-day, and the un-
dersigned would respectfully take this
method of replying. Believing as we do,
the opinions expressed that address are
entirely unsound and preiudicial 70 the
highest interest of our race, as we'll as OF
our country, we cannot do otherwise than
expose the same and as far as may be IN our
power, arrest their dangerousinhuence- II
is not necessary at this time to call at
tention to more than two or three features