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" tnS Heuuol OF kk5kCOA A MAR ydER,
OF New York, N. T., ,executrix Of Robert March,
er, oecessed praying for the extension OF patent
srsnted g the said kobertJ Arrcher the 23d day
OF 1ay les, for an improvement In reol for oroov-
ing nouldip1, for seven years from the expiration
o. e9a Istest- which tekes place on the "a day
ordered that the ssid petition b. heard .s the
Patent Once on MONDAY. the slst day Of Decem-
Der next ~ II O'Clock M; and all psrsons ere not-
neg to sIpesr and show eslse ~ any hsT have, shy
Persons opposias the extension required 20
ME IN the Patent 06ee their objections specially
day OF bearing; all testimony died BY sither party
70 ee used ~ the ssid bearing must Be taken end
Once. which win be furnished on appifossion.
timopy must be filed IN fhe once twenty days be-
tors s ,hs ID day Of sssring: the .rexne.ts, n sns,
Ordered also that this notice be ppklisbed 70 the
kepgblican and the InteIieencer, yaehfngtoa,
ID. c., and 10 the Atias. New York. N. Y, once
. week for three suecessfve vssks: The arst OF
:aia IIblest,on. 70 be ~ esss sixty f.y, grsysess
" W.wsW Acting Commissioner sf Pstsasa
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OFFICIAL.
LIST OF LETTERS,
ReDsisins In the washingssa City Pest
Office, Friday, July IA, Isss.
OFFICIAL.

GTe obtain Apy Of these letters the spolioanf
NUT call Tor Advertised Letters, sivins tbe dsss
1n not called for within one month thar v,u n.
sent 70 the Dead Letter Once
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JoHS RUSSELL You've, of the Tr5une, wrote
the platform for the Syracuse Convention.
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CASES OF sUN.sfROKE IN BALTI.
MORE.
BALTIMORE, July 1.-THE American pub.
fishes list Of thiriy.two cases OF sun n.stroke
yesterday, twenty .one Of which proved fatal.
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DEATHS FROM SUNSTROKE.
PHILADELPHIA, July H.-Thirteen deaths
are reported from the heat, during the last q
hours. ~
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EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

MEMBER OF CoSeREss MIssISs-FouL PLAY
FKARKD.-HoR. Isaac j. Lash, member OF Con-
gress elect from the 5th North Carolina Dis
trict, left home four weeks ago to come to
Washing gton, and has not been seen since. His
mail has been coming here since the time OF mis-
leaving home, but no one has heard from him
either here or al hIs home in North Carolina
His friends fear tnat ne has been fouiiy dealt
with bu' for what purpose and by whom does
not seem apparent. as he vas a man of correct
habits and personally popular wherever
known. An active search has been entered
upon 20 as certain his fate.
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Gevernment Secarties

Government SecRrties.
WASHINGTON, July IL, lS6s.-Jay Cooke 4
20. furnish the following quotations Of Gov.
eminent securities:
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DEATH OF COLONEL SCOrT.-Colonel Geo
T.. Scott, U. ;. A, who, for some time past, has
been IN charge of the Enrollmeat Bureau OF
the Anjutant Generals Olice, War Depart.
ment, died suddenly yesterday afternoon OF
apOplexy, II his residence on Indiana avenue.
HIS remains We're taken to New York this
morning on the O'Clock train, with an escort
Of eight commissioned officers, under COM
mand Of Brevet Major John H. Donovan.
Colonel scott was an old army officer, and
much esteemed by a large number OF friends.
ORDERED TO WAsHISGroN-Special Orders,
No. To-, Just issued from the headquarters OF
the army, directs that the commanding Gene
raj of the First Military District order Battery
=, 5th United States artillery, now If Rich.
mond, Va, to Washington, u. c., 10 report to
the commanding General of the Department of
Washington; said order to take effect from and
after September 1, le6e.
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w sQUARg end . rRlGHf PIANOS. -
Also GsteysdG9. SPAELoR QRdANsl
see ss, .SL0Dx1SnS: .d1,,: Tor sale snd r.n, cpsuSN
octave PIANOS, By Chick erfRg, Load, and other
%.ss. lsSn S IA RiSG e ale II: NIL nSnth
tore. No. lss llth street. mar n N
IMPAIRMENT OF TIE INTERIOR,
u UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,
N WARRINGTON, n lay Is. 1873
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ACTING FIRST ASSISTANT ExoISExR JOHN
T. MCKAY has been detached from dutv in
the Bureau Of Steam Engineering at the Nav
department, and placed on leave .prior to dis.
charge.
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IKTKRxAL REvKSrE-The receipts TO-DAY
from thi. source were s4se,l5'.s,
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,NER Of the General Land
The Treaty with China

Mr.. CATTELL's temporary loan per cen
certificates bill has pas sed the Senate.
Middletown transcript., 1868-04-11
Delaware Affairs.

WILMINGTON CARRIAGES. Wilmington,
Delaware, has now taken the first place in
the country as Carriage manufacturing
city. From Maine to Texas and from New
York to Kansas the fame of Wilmington
made carriages has extended, and orders
are being received daily from all parts of
the country. At the head Of the manufac
turing interest in the city stands the well
known firm Of McLcar q Kendall, who, in
their fine new shop, with their immense
facilities for manufacturing, have taken the
lead as the largest manufacturers in the
country, and their carriages for rare beauty
and unequalled workmanship are second to
none in the United States. Their large
store and showroom filled with choice car
riages of every kind, combining all that is
stylish, elegant and desirable, will challenge
competition on this or the other side of the
Atlantic. We would suggest that all per-
sons visiting the beautiful city of Whining
ton, Del. in need Of good, strong, substan-
tial carriages, would do well to call upon
these gentlemen at their manufactory, cor
ner of Ninth and King streets, as they are
always happy to show their work.-Dela-
icGrean.
Middletown transcript., 1868-04-11

Thaddeus Stephens gained his early
political notoriety as the father of Anti
Masonry. This was in 1884, when he
was member of the lower house of the
Pennsylvania Legislature, from Adams
county. He succeeded in raising COM
mittee of investigation on the subject in
that body, and was empowered to send
for persons and papers. Over one hun
dred witnesses were summoned. The ex-
citement was curious and nearly akin to
that of the Salem witchcraft, and in Mr..
Stevens relation of the testimony there
were accounts of strange ceremonies and
of sacramental cups made Of human skulls.
In attacking an institution consecrated by
time and the best affections of virtuous
men, he developed the bad fierce temper
which has made his old age hideous.
Middletown transcript., 1868-04-11
Items or news. VS.


Thirteen colored men, residents of Wash
lngton, were drowned in the Potomac, off
Beasley q Thompson's fish wharf. four
miles from Aqua Creek, on Sunday morn
ing. The men were employed as fisher
men. The disaster was caused by the men
attempting to get in boat which had
been sent out to take them off the seine
boat, causing the upsetting and swamping
Of the boat. A heavy gale was prevailing
Captain Thomas Garnett, of Cbicaoo
proposes to cross the Atlantic in a smsli
poa., twenty feet in length, five feet and
half breadth of beam, and two feet six in
ches depth from keel to gunwale, and con.
structed on the life-boat principle. He
Will start in the middle of June. po;no
down the st. Lawrence, and takin1 f,r
company only Newfoundland dog
hungarian troops are hereafter to o,rr;u
son Hungary, and in this and other mems
ures which have been taken to conciliate
that country, Austria shows the greatest
wisdom. Hungary, once rcbellious, is now
believed to be quite firmly allied to Aus
trla-a judiciOus attention to the wishes of
her people having changed hatred to low
atty.
DEATH FROM EATING CHrcKENs.-Ou
March 29th, Geo. Benson died at his resi-
dence, near Kingston, Somerset county.
Md. from eating the meat Of chickens that
had been attacked with the chicken cbol-
era. There have been several such deaths
recently.
From Havana we learn that fresh con-
spiracy has been discovered in Mexico.
and that the attempts made by the Juarez
Government to pacify the troubles in
Yucatan and Sinaloa have met with but
little success.
A colored alderman in New Orleans has
sued the Convent of the Sacred Heart, of
that city, for $40, 900 damages for ,leny-
ing its privileges to one Of his family
Mr.. James b. Wells, recently from Elk
ton, Cecil county, has leased the Smedly
House in Towsontown, and will in the
future conduct the same.
George p. Westcott, ESQ. has been
chosen president of Washington College,
near Chestcrtown, Md. vice DR.. Wroth,
resigned.
Reports of the condition of the crops
in all parts of Illinois and Southern Wis
consin are without exception, highly fa-
vorable.
jerome Bonapart, son of Madame Bona
part, of Baltimore, has been appointed Or
dcrly to the Emperor Napoleon.
The new Methodist Church to be built
in Washington will be an elegant Gothic
cdifice, costing 5000, 900.
The corn, cotton and fruit crops in Ala
bama were damaged by severe frost on
Tuesday. night.
The fruit crop in Tennessee was bligh-
ted by heavy frost on Wednesday morn
ing.
Middletown transcript., 1868-04-11

Jay Cooke, at the beginning of the war
was banker clerk in a small town out in
Ohio, and lived on small salary. After
becoming agent of the Government to sell
its bonds, he made about twenty million Of
dallars in about three years. Of course
the country was taxed for it.
A eve on the farm of Joseph Walls, Sr.
about two miles from Crumpton, Queen
Anne's county, Md. lately yeaned six
lambs, five of which died soon after.
A Washington despatch to the Age Of
yesterday says The Radical patchwork
applied to the Constitution of the United
States during the past four years is not
guile satisfactory to Mr.. Sumner, who yes
terday introduced a resolution providing
for another amendment rendering the
President and Vice-President ineligible
for reelection to either office. Sumner
must have an idea that his party will not
be able to ride into power again in Novem-
ber next.
Generals Sherman, Hancock and Thorn
as (Secretary of War dd inte,ini), and
Hon. Edgar Cowan, of Pennsylvania, had
lHleTftcNs MIIil luc IcSlucHb UO-uay
General Hancock has completed the as
sgnmept of his staff and other officers,
and fairly entered upon his new command
He visits the President nearly every day,
but holds no intercourse, official or other
wise, with the individual who styles him
self . Secretary of War"
John p. Howard, a MANNED ex-Confed-
crate soldier, was shot from his horse and
instantly killed on Thursday evening on
the huntsville road, four miles from Sci.
ma, Alabama. What makes this murder
the more remarkable is that it is tim fifth
that has been perpetrated in that immc.
diate vicinity, since the close of the war
all of the victims being white men.
There has been no official announcement
made as yet of the vote in Arkansas OF
the Constitution. The body calling itselt
the Arkansas Legislature, which is still in
session at Little Rock, is repudiated by
General Gillem, who says, however, he
has no authority to dissolve it and will moi
interfere unless it shall undertake to deaI
with matters with which it has no concern
A medallion carpet, from the Paris ex.
position is to be put down on the parlor OF
lady residing on Filth avenue, New
York, who paid 81, 200 for it.
Middletown transcript., 1868-04-11
Thomas D,Arey McGse,

This gentleman was -assassinated in OF
tawa, Canada West, at half-past two o.
clock on the morning of the 9Th, as he was
entering his lodgings, after having left the
House of Commons. Mr.. McGee was
born in Carlingford, Ireland, on the 18th
of April, 1925, and received his early edu-
cation in Wexford, where his father held
an office in the Customs. In 1912 he en-
igrated to this country and landed in Bos-
ton, where he was for some time connec-
ted with, the press. Subsequently, he re-
turned to Ireland and joined the editorial
staff of the Dublin Nation. In 1S47, he
called meeting at the Rotunda, in Dub
lin, to oppose the later policy of O'Con-
nell: In 1S49, becoming compromised by
the part he took in political matters, he
again came to the United States and pub
lisherf the Nation in New York. Offended
at the Know-Nothing movement, he short
ly after went to Montreal, and in 1857 he
was elected to represent that city in the
Canadian Parliament. From 1864 to 1867
he was President of the Executive Coun-
Gil in Canada, was Chief Commissioner to
the Paris Exposition in 1855, and to the
Dublin Exposition in 1864, and was del
egate to all the conferences held to pro-
mote the union of the British North Amer
lean colonies. AT the time of his decease
he was member of the Canadian govern
ment, holding the position of Minister of
Agriculture, Mr.. McGee was vigorous
writer and popular orator. He was the
author of number of works, among which
may be mentioned "Lives of Irish wri-
ters," +" Irish Letters" Canadian Bal
lads" and a.'s Popular History of Ire
land"
Middletown transcript., 1868-04-11
THE MrcuroAs VERDICT ON SUFFRAGE

The MICHIGAN VERDICT ON SUFFRAGE.
Every Northern State, radical or con-
scrvative, to whom the question of negro
suffrage has been submitted has ovcrwhcl-
mingly rejected it, but the Michigan cleo
ton, on Monday last, on the adoption of
"a new constitution, is the most significant
and decp-toned rcprobation of this policy
that has yet been uttered. In this stanch
radical State the opportunity afforded by
the formation of new constitution was
availed of by the leaders of the radical par
ty to compel the people to endorse such
suffrage by making it part of the consti-
tuition, and thus leaving them no alterna-
tive but to adopt it or lose all the benefits
of an instrument which is said to have
been otherwise very desirable for some
great reforms introduced into it, and other
advantages for local purposes. But the
people of Michigan did not hesitate mo-
ment in making their choice, and a large
majority gave up the constitution, from
which they had expected such benefits,
rather than permit negro suffrage in .M1::"h-
igan, although there are only few colorcd
men in that State The etlrontery shown
by their leaders in putting this plank in
tile Constitution, not vouchsafng honestly
to submit it in separate article, was very
emphaticslly rebuked by the people. Their
rejection of the new constitution, notwith-
standing the expense and trouble incurred
in the revision of the organic law, indi-
Gates how determined they are not to sub
nit to that which their representatives 80
readily enforce elsewhere-in the District
of Columbia and the whole South-by
wholesale, while even in the infuitesimal
dose it is emphatically refused at home =
Bait. Sun.
Middletown transcript., 1868-04-11

: RARE LUcK.-Lemuel Jones, a lad
about sixteen years of age, recently met
with extraordinary good fortune. He was
engaged in the task of walking from Erie
to Chicago, being venturesome lad, and
having SOME vague plan of seeking his for
tune in the latter, city. Between Euclid
and Cleveland he picked up wallet tight
ly tied with piece of red tape. Upon
opening the wallet So. 900 in greenbacks
were disclosed to the glistening eyes of the
boy, who had not expected to find his for
tune in so so short time after leaving
home. There were no papers in the wal
let indicating to whom it belonged, and it
is possible that the boy will remain in un-
disputed possession Of the money. The
wallet had been exposed to the weather,
and was considerably damaged some of
the greenbacks, too, were somewhat in
jured from wet, but not enough to affect
the value of ofthem.-Cleoeland Plaindcaler.
Middletown transcript., 1868-04-11
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

RAIL Roar MATrERs.-The proceedings
of the meeting at Sassafras, ON Saturday
last, have not been officially reported to us,
but we understand that at the meeting of
the Board of Directors of the Kent Co.
Railroad, held at Chestertown, on the day
previous, the response to the friends of
the Sassafras, Warwick, and Middletown
route, was " MORE MONEY" According
ly, additional subscriptions are being Sc
cured, we understand. The friends of the
above route say that $S4, 900 have been
subscribed from Massey's to Middletown,
and but $54, 900 from Massey's to Deep
Landing.
The Queen Anne's and Kent County
Rail Road Company met at Centreville on
Thursday, and the work, we understand,
is progressing finely. The board met
their monthly assessment; fixed the sala-
ry of the President at 5000, per annum,
Secretary at $500, and Treasurer at
$1,000. The board also passed the fol-
lowing resolution
Resolced, That the Queen Anne's and
Kent County Rail Road Company will
connect with the Delaware Rail Road Co.
at or near Massey's Cross Roads.
Middletown transcript., 1868-04-11
SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL II, 1868.
Ths Imnssshm.n, rr,ai.

q.
The impeachment trial Of the President
was resumed Thursday with large crowd
in attendance, and the usual formalities.
Two more witnesses were called for the
prosecution--one to show that the Pres
ident, in 1856, declined to appoint him to
an Office he was seeking because he agreed
in political opinion with Congress. Anoth-
er, Georgia postmaster, testified that he
was suspended from Office by the Presi-
dent-at which point Mr.. Butler said he
would prove that no notice of the suspen-
sion had ever been sent to the Senate, in
accordance with the tenure rc-of-ofice act.
Judge Curtis then commenced very
elaborate legal and constitutional argu-
ment for defence, after which the evidence
for the defence will be presented. 1t is
understood that Messrs, Evarts and Stan
berry will make the closing arguments for
the defence, and Messrs. Bingham and
Boutwell, for the managers ~, 4 ~
There is a considerable difference, even
in radical circles, as to whether the case
has been made out by the prosecution.
The New York Times maintains the neg
alive emphatically. 1t says: =.
T" The testimony has been fiat, stale and
Improbable. Where special circumstan-
ces indicative of the purpose the managers
wished to fasten upon him were attempted
to be proved, the failure, as are are sure
epcry La,eyer soM admit, ,cas complete.
For the charge of conspiracy, or anything
approaching conspiracy, not an item Of
eridence was found. For the charge of a
forcible attempt to seize the war office,
nothing but the most preposterous proof
vas adduced. For the charge of attemp-
ting to obtain illegal control of the public
funds, the managers offered no testimony
that had a feathers weight. If. they sue
ceeded in proving anything, it was during
the last two days, in regard to the authen-
ticity of the Presidents speeches against
Congress. We thought that the Prcsi-
dents counsel weakened their replication
by making an issue on this point, and the
very elaborate testimony which the man.
ayers brought forward showed that they
were able, in this matter at least, to make
out very good case. 1t seemed exceed
ingly unfair to attempt to hold the Presi-
dent responsible for the foolish language
Of General Thomas, and to convey the i'm
preston that Thomas threats of force
were uttered by the direction or privity Of
Mr.. johnson, and yet, when we were able
to see the whole evidence on the point, we
were better able to form a judgement as to
its bearing and value"
Middletown transcript., 1868-04-11
Adjournment OF the supreme Court.

To-day is the last of the present term Of
the Supreme Court, when it will adjourn
until the first Monday in December next.
The Court will announce to-day all the
decisions made at this term not hitherto
promulgated, except in the McCardle case,
which unfortunately for the reputation Of
the Court itself, mas Secp postponed till the
next term. This action of the Court can
but occasion the deepest regret and disap-
pointment in all parts of the country. 1t
has elected in various quarters expressions
similar to the following from the Spring
field (Mass. Republican, Grad y
1t must be confessed that the course of
the Supreme Court in the McCardle case,
and its final disposal, or rather evasion, of
it, have not been creditable to that body
as the embodiment of the highest judicial
authority of the nation. Justice Grier,
whose home is in Pennsylvania, seems to
have been especially sensitive to the unfa-
vorable effect the action of the Court, in
postponing its decision, would have on its
reputation and influence, and when the
case was called up on Monday, read brief
document, strongly phrased, expressing
his sense of the shame and dishonor which
the Court had incurred. National Intel
ligencer, april l.
Middletown transcript., 1868-04-11
New Masonic Lodge Room.

A few days ago We had the pleasure OIL
viewing the new Lodge Room, fitted up
by the Free Mssons of this town and Vi
cinity. 1t is situated on the third floor
of the new town hall, and is furnished in
manner almost regardless of expense.
The walls are papered with most elegant
blue and stone colored panel paper, re-
lieved by crimson and gold moulding
around the room are platforms on which
the seats are placed, while the middle of
the floor is covered by an English Brussels
are hung with blue curtains, caught by
loops, and ornamented at the top with
handsome jet brackets. The furniture is
of white ash, trimmed with blue and richly
carved and ornamented. Although it is
not yet completely furnished, some of the
finest things not having arrived, it is un-
doubtedly the finest and prettiest Lodge
Room in the State. When completed the
cost of furnishing will have amounted to
about thousand dollars. 1t reflects great
credit upon our Masonic friends to secure
such elegant surroundings for the service
of their mystic rites. We trust their DOS
terity may never decline.
Upon the 22d of this month the Ma.
sons will have Banquet, to be partici-
pated in by the female relatives of the
members, and a few other invited guests.
Upon that occasion they propose to confer
the degrees of the Order of the % Eastern
Star" upon all the ladies present who de-
sire it. As those degrees are very pop
ular, they will doubtless be much pleased
with the evenings entertainment
Mr.. John E. Brown, the gentlemanly
Tyler, will show the Lodge Room to ali
who desire to see it.-Ceca Wing.
Middletown transcript., 1868-04-11
Connecticut ELECTION.

Complete returns from the Connecticut
election, which took place on Monday last,
make English's democratic majority for
Governor, ,735, in total vote of SO, 1923.
The following are the comments of the
Hartford Times upon the late election in
Connecticut:
Never did the wires speed more glorious
news from State to State, than was sent
from Connecticut last Monday night. Con-
necticut, true to the Union-stcadfast in
her adherence to the Consttution-un-
swerVing in her opposition to military des-
potism, negro suffrage, the usurpations of
Congress, and the squandering of public
money-Connecticut has again recorded
her verdict. 1t is for the Constitution
and the right.
The issues were clearly made, viz:
/. General Grant for President. He
was defeated by larger majority than
swamped Hawley last spring.
z. The unconstitutional acts of Con-
gress. They are rebuked.
.. The impeachment of the President.
@S PSoPiS Va SOhhCCliCub lTOWu upon u.
4. Military despotism at the South.
As in the Revolutionary struggle, Con-
necticut puts her foot upon tyrants.
5. Negro suffrage, by Congressional
usurpation, or constitutional amendment
at me,-defeated emphatically.
q. The great Presidential contest of
next fall, which was brought boldly into
the contest by the Radicals; in this cleo
ticn, has been decided against them
Z. The corruptions Of Congrcss-the
unjust expenditures of the public money
--the standing armies to oppress the peo-
ple-the increase of the public debt-all
these wrongs haye received the eondem-
nation of the people of Connecticut
What noble triumph! A triumph Of
principle over tyranny, corruption, usur-
patton! 1t is a victory as significant as
it is valuable to the cause of Justice and
the Union.