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UNITED STATES DISTRICT Coua1-camSA CALENDAR.
yhe Eighth street Distillery Case-Sentence ON
the Outstanding Convict.


the Outstanding Convict.
BY Judge BlatchfOrd.
Yesterday morning George Strausse one OF the four
defendants who were convicted last week OF having
defrauded and conspired to defraud the United
States in the dstirery in Eighth street, came in TO
the District Attorneys Office and voluntarily surren-
deIed himself. The other three, Sulsberger Hart
man and Eluischemer were sentenced last week, and
this day Strausse submitted to the law MI. Fuller
ton and Mr.. D. c. Birdsal who conducted the de-
fence at the trial. submitted aidavits and testimo
nias as to the character and responsibility Of the
prisoner, and prayed the Court for mitigation OF
punishment The Judge listened with patience and
clemency to the prayer urged by counsel and
mildly expressed his belief in the verify Of
the statements advanced in bearing testimony
70 the responsibility Of character the defendant
bore but, unfortunately he had entered deliberately
into system Of decentralization which prevailed to
great extent in the country, and those who did 50
should be taught that they could not proceed in an
organized system OF defrauding the government OF
The United States with IMMUNITY. The offence was
not denied by him and the trial proved him
guilty II was quite clear that the government had
been defrauded by such means to very large
amount, and the offence was of frequent occurrence
Ill over the country. People must be taught that
the law shall be respected The act OF Congress pro-
ytded heavy penalties for crimes such as that OF
imprisonment and $4,000 fine were the penalties
prescribed by the statute by which, aso dlscre-
tionary power to mitigate those was vested In the
Court. In taking all the circumstances of the case
into consideration IN reference to mitigation in
this case he should also have regard to the admins
tratiOn and maintenance OF the law. The sentence,
however, would be comparatively light-a fine Of
$4,000 and ten days. Imprisonment and to be further
held in confinement until the fine Is PAID The prls
OneT was then removed In custody.
=, Renewal of RecOgnizances.
/Mr. Bell, United States Assistant District Attorney
moved that his Honor would issue an order that all
the recognizances entered into and returnabe this
term should be renewed and be IN force until next
term, In November Judge Bla'chlOrd granted the
order and directed the entry to be made accord
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the court room and informed Judge Cardozo, who
had not yet left the BENCH that 'sOme OF them would
klleach other out there, and II onehaf Of what Is
promised to be developed is actually disclosed this
anticipation was not wholly groundess, for the case
is desperate one for somebody.
Order was restored in about f1ve minutes and the
parties left and to-day policeman will be on hand
20 check any further manifestation of turbulence.
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contempt only and directing that they be fined in the
sum Of $1Q each and to stand committed until the fine
is paid.
With reference u the two last named directors
Judge Barnard bad not as vet, he said arrived at
any final conclusion, and he had been judcially In
formed that proceedings in contempt would yet be
had against Daniel Drew. Judgment was therefore
reserved with reference to these parties.
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SUPREME CuUD1-cHaMeESs.
The Erie Contempt Cases.
Before Judge Barnard.

~, g,0plc. d., IS. Digep, Ddrts Skid1ore, Laae,
psoR, gldri0ge Fpsb ana Go,1d, Directors or
ne Eytc RoH,roy Compapy.-Ths is The old con-
tempt proceeding against ihese parties. who we're
charged with violating injunction in the suit OF
Riclard sciioll agains' the Erie Railway Company.
Judge Barnard yesterday announced MS decision
"a INC .aocp - sly ~ sBe dofendants first named
sbcvc bo dine fba' iEey we're guilty. II v technical
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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

ALLEGED FELoN1ous AsstufTs.-willism Brandt
was yesterday committed by Judge Mansfield, OF the
ESSEX Market Police Court, 10 await The resul OF in
mrsa The rosplt, az is alleged. Of relonops Assuil
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CITY INTELLIGENCE.

The WEATHER YEsTERDAY.-The following record
will show the changes in the temperature for the past
twentyfour hours, as indicated by the thermometer
at Hudnut's pharmacy 2ls Broadway, HERALD
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COURT CALENDARS TINS GAY.

SUPREME CouRr-CHAMBERs.-Nos. ITO, la, las,
146 2ls, PAT, 249, 264, 292.
MARINE COURT-TRIAL TERA.-NOs 1885, 1919,
1884, 1856, 1858, 1908, 1901, 1866, 1852 1891.
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r,reworks ON the Fourth Of July.

The Joint committee OF the Common Council hav'
ing charge Of the public celebration OF the coming
anniversary Of the national independence met yes
terdsy in the committee room Of the Board of Alder.
men, with Alderman Edward Cuddy in the chair
The meeting was held simply for the purpose
of deciding where the fireworks should be located
on saturday evening next and the following places
park. Tompkins parade ground Marion square, Of
the junction OF Marion, Elm and Spring streets;
East Broadway and Grand street, Thirty-fourth
street near Tenth avenue: seventh avenue, between
rifty-seventh aud Fiftyeighth streetsi Liberty
square, ct the intersection OF forty-ninth street and
Lexington avenues Mount Morris square, schools
house green. 1O6th street and broadway; Hamers.
lev square. az the junction OF West Houston and
Bedford streets: Fort Washington and jackson
square, at the junction OF Thirteenh street. Green-
witch and Eighth avenues.
II was especially decided that the display at each
OF the points named would be under the direction VI
the Alderman OF the district.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-02-19
War With England.

A special telegraphic dispatch from
Wasningto to the New York World
of Saturday referringto the controversy
involving the Alabama claims, says:
The tergiversation of secretary
Seward is of avail no more. Another
and higher authority has determined
upon the course which is to be pursued
in respect to the claims of the United
States Government upon Great Britain.
| am authorized to state, most conf
dentiallyand decisively, that the legiti-
mate demands which have been too
meekly urged by the Secretary of State
upon the British Cabinet, are to be en-
forced at whatever hazard. The new
British Minister, Mr.. Thornton, will
probably be presented to President
johnson Tuesday. Although the ad-
dresses that are to be exchanged be-
tween the President and Minister
Thornton may be guarded and serene,
the fact yet remains that a speedy and
satisfactory response must be made by
the British Government to the ultima
tum of the Executive of the United
States, or else a declaration of war
against Great Britain must inevitably
result.
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The Supreme Court.

Our alvices from Washington an.
nounce that the Supreme Court of the
United States has itself decided that
1t has no jnrisdirtion.over thepolitica
acts OF Congress affecting the recon
struction Of the Southern States, and
has dismissed the Mississippi and
Alabama cases brought to test the con.
stitutionality of those acts. We re.
joice at this indication that the Supreme
Court is disposed to confne itself tc
its proper sphere, and respect the
political and legislative functions of q
coordinate branch of the Government
This is in accordance with the view.
OF all the leading statesmen of the Re-
public, and with the accepted tenets Of
the Democratic party. Judge Taney's
decision in the bred Scot case embrac.
ed two points. The one full of danger
was not that "the negro had no rights
which a white man was bound to re.
spect," but that the Supreme Court is
the highest political and legislative
branch of the Government. II the
Court hls authoritatively suppressed
this latter hcresy, then its ermine has
become stainless. As a judicial tri-
bunal it will enjoy respect which
would only be overthrnwn by usurp.
ing political powers.-Tib,,ns.
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ed man, and also called him wicked
names, anl the next day-the very
next niorning-that boys mother died
of iniiammatOry rheumatism, and his
sister broke OUT with humors.
Bill, he cried, when the doctor held
him by the shirt collar, but he winked
at the boys when Ne came away, and
then wrote IN piece of paper, and
threw it over to me, that he thought
the doctor was nothing but "a blower" ."
and that he darsen't hit a boy of his
size.
want some new books very much,
about ten of them, and they will cost
about eight dollars. Don't send the
books, TO- the Doctor likes US to buy
them here.
| don't want any money for taffy or
marbles, for don't care about them
hut be sure not to send anything but
the money for the books.
| am in good health. l was taken
sick last week, aud had a sore eye for
a few days, but it is now well.
We was playing mumble-peg out on
the grass, aud Bill Ferguson, he grabb-
ed my knife. l told him he had bet
ter give that knife up or would tell
You, and get you 10 lick him when YOU
come down, and he said he could lick
You and dozen like YOU, and then he
dared me to knotk a chip off of his
shoulder.
And Jake McGinnis, he pushed me
right against Bill, and that knocked
the chip off his shoulder, and Bill he
struck me over the nose three or four
times, and said he'd "bust me on the
snoot" if l didn't dry up, for
couldn't help crying, and l was taken
sick, and l couldn't go to school all
that day.
Please send the money; and believe
ne your atfectionate son.
II. NJ. WILKINS.
p. S.-Don't forget to send the
money for those books.
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Senatorial Aneiiltles,

Revcrdy johnson in opening his re-
ply to Senator Morton's speech on re-
construction, paid him the following
compliment: "I proceed now to the
speech of the honorable member from
lndiona (Mr. Morton.) In common
with every member Of the Senate, I
listened to that speech not only with
pleasure, but with admiration. II
was courteous, logically argumentative,
and had the true spirit ofeloquence. It
was speech ofwhich the Senate has
cause to feel proud. 1t brought back
our debates, if they have wandered
from that standard, to the standard Of
former days, when no pers onal reaec-
tions were INDUCED in, when high ele-
waited principles guided the di .cussion
wnen the good Of the country alone
seemed to he considered, and not the
mere success of party"
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WOMEN AND MARRIAGE,

l have speculated a great deal or
matrimony. have seen young ant
beautiful women, the pride of the gay
circles, married as the world says
well. Some have moved in thril
costly houses, and their friends hav,
all come and looked at their furniture
and their splendid home for happi.
ness, and have gone away and com.
mitted them to their sunny hopes
cheerfllly and without fear. 1t i:
natural to be sanguine for them as the
young are sometimes carried away with
similar feelings.
love TO get unobserved into q
corner and watch the bride in her
white attire, and with her smiling
face and soft eyes meeting Inc in the
pride of life; weaving waking
dream OF future happiness, and per-
suade myself it will be tr,ie, I think
how they will sit upon the luxuriant
sofa as the twilight falls, and build
gay hopes, and murmur in low tones
the not now forbidden tenderness
and how thrilling the allowed kiss and
beautiful endearments of welded life
will make even their parting joys
and how gladly they will come bacl,
from the crowdedand empty mirth
Of the gay to eachcther's quiet COM
pany.
| picture to myself that young crea-
ture, who bushes even now at his
hesitating caress, listening eagerly for
his footsteps as the night steals on,
wishing he would come, and when he
enters at last, and with an affection as
undying as his pulse, folds her to his
bosom. / can feel the tide that goes
flowing through the heart, and gaze
with him on the graceful form US she
moves about in the kind Offices of at
fiction, soothing all his unquiet cares,
and making him forget even himself
in her young and unshadowed beauty
| go forward for years, and see her
luxuriant hair put sobcrly away from
her brow, and her girlish graces re.
signed into dignity and loveliness,
chastened with the gentle meekness OF
maternal affection. Her husband looks
on with a proud eye and shows the
same fervent love and delicate at
tention which first won her, and her
fair children are grown about them
and they go on, full of honor and un-
troubled years, and are remembered
when they die Washington Irving.
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VOL. al.
VOL M WAyNESBlRG, PA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1865

instead of on the rock of Freedom.
Those prisoners who had first come III
had built tents of logs and clay.
Other later ones who were fortunate
enough to retain their blankets, had
put them up for shelter from the sun
and rain. Many, however came in
with nothing but a suit of clothes.
These were compelled to lie down on
the sand, exposed by day to the sun
and rain, and at night to the cold dew
But they never remained long with
us. Death soon took them away.
At the time | entered there were
eighteen thousand men in the prison.
Immediately after going in, went to
the brook for drink. 1t was crowd
ed with men getting water close to the
dead line. Seeing the water clearer
next the fence, I was about to step
over the rail, when comrade pulled
me back, and pointing to the sentinel,
who stood 'cM gun ready, told me
that was the dead line. / then hunted
mp the boys of my company who had
gone in at the South gate. Found
them "pitching their tent" on a pile
of sand that had been thrown ont from
Il well ; | Joined in, and among us we
had two blankets f RI tent, one to lie
on, and one to cover us. The next
day we took in with us three more
from our regiment.
In the evening we drew rations.
Part ofthc prisoners received raw ra-
tions, part cooked ones, our detach-
ment drew unsiftei corn-and-cob
meal and raw meat, very small portions,
too, of each. The others drew mush
brought in in pine boxes that gave it
such a flavor of turpontine that only
starving men would have eaten it
But it was greedily devourcl, even.
fought over. They also received a bit
of meat, and some corn bread baked
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Terms of Advertising


The Old Oaken Bucket was written
by Woodwofth while yet he was .
iourneyman printer working in an Of.
flee ON Chambers and Chatham,
streets New York. Near by, in Frank.
fort street, was a drinking house kept
by one named Mallory where Wood
worth and several particular friends
used to resort. One afternoon the
liquor was super-excellent. Wood
worth seemed inspired by it, for, after
taking a draught, he set his glass upon
the table, and, smacking his lips, de-
clared that Mallory's eau de rie was
superior to any thing be had ever tas-
ted.
mo-" said Mallory, "You are
mistaken there was one which in both
our estimations far surpassed this a. .
drink"
"What was that ?" asked Wood.
worth, obviously.
"The draughts of pure fresh spring
water, that we used to drink from the
old .oaken bucket that hung in the
well, IN our return from the field on .
sultry day in summer"
The tear drops glistened for a mo.
ment in Woodworth's eye. "Truest
true !'-he replied and shortly after
he Quilted the place. He immediately
returned to the Office, grasped pen
and in half an hour the "old oaken
bucket" one of the most delightful
compositions in our language, was
ready in manuscript to be cmbalmed
in the memories OF succeeding genera.
tinns.
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BY a PRISONER.

--"But that I am forbid
To tell the secrets nF my prisOn.houso,
! could tale unfold whose ligh est word
Would harrow up by soul; freeze thy young
blood
Make 'hy twn eyes, like stlrs, start from their
s.heres.'
-HamisL
1t is aot so much that | am forbid
to tell the story of my prison, as that
it is beyond the power ofmanto tell it
Alright. The pen of a Dlntc would
fail here. He went down into the hell
ofhis own imagination, and the wild
passions in his soul pictured thcscenes
of horror there. But here was an
Inferno upon earth, and one, too, in
which not spirits, but living men were
confined, and where the body as well
as the soul suffered torment. My first
thought on entering was, will never
live to be released from this place.
And here may give description of
the prison, poor though it will be. 1t
lay on either side ofa hollow through
which astream of water, that came from
u swamp, coursed its way. The water
was black, and tasted rankly of vege-
tation. Added to this, the cook house
was built just above the prison, and
the filthy grease from Il was constantly
fowing down. The whole was sur
rounded by stockade fence, about
twelve feet high, on the top of which
sentry boxes were erected at convent
ent distances. Inside this, and some
twelve feet away, a light single railing
ran, and this was the dead line. The
tents and huts had originally been
formed in regular streets, but the
prison was now so full that all trace of
these was lost, save one on each side.
On the North side of the stream a
swamp extended some distance, cover
ing, suppose, four acres. One who
has never seen a southern swamp can
have just conception oft. A black,
rotten bog of decaying logs, and filed
with lizards and snakes. 1 have seen
men sink down ia it to the middle.
(Wasthis a good place fora pestilence p
All through the prison wells had been
dug, that yielded a half supply of
water. / afterwards helped to dig
one. The ground was sand forssix
feet down, then o strata of clay, then
sand, sand on down, no doubt, to
China, or at least to an intervening
place. In fact, the whole Confederacy
was built on the sand-of Slavery.
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Ncyer Idle.

The farmer connot be a loafer, and
yet thrive. Pruning, draining, kill
ing weeds, making walls, getting out
muck, preparing the manure heep,
cutting bushes and cleaning up around
the walls; battening up the cracks of
the old barn to keep the cattle and
horses from freezing; giving the swine
a warm pen, allowing no leaks, if q
shingle can be found, and no broken
panes for the ornamental work of old
hats and rags, ifa square of glass can
be obtained, are few of the fair
weather jobs which claim his attention
.uring the recess Of the harvest sea-
son. The foul weather jobs are near.
ly as numerous, and their claims a.
urgent on the attention Of every tidy.
thriving farmer.
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WASHINGTON, D. c., February II
lS6S.-Althou..h the President ha,
endravored to keep the fact grea
secret, it has nevertheless leaked on
that he has rendered the mission tc
England to Gen. Mcclellan, and onl,
waits his acceptance by cable to senc
his name to the Senate for confirmation
The tender was made ten days sine,
but no reply has been received.
The deficiency appropriation bill
becamea law to-day without the Prcsi
dents signature, tile constitutional ter
days having expired since it was pre-.
sente,l to him.
An important conflict has arisen he.
tween the military officials in the en-.
lorcemcnt of the reconstruction laws
by virtue Of tie act of Congress Of
july last, General Grant has taken a
stan regarding the approval of an
order issue by General ancocls re-
co5nizing the City Councils Of New
Orleans. He yesterday teleyraphed
to General Hancock to revoke his
order relating to the councils. Gcn'l
Hancock replies by telegraph that il
General Grant insists on his order OF
revocation that he (Hancock) respect,
fully asks to be relieved of the Fifth
Military District. General Grants
reply is not known, but it is believed
that he will maintain his disapproval
OF Hancoct's order. The whole mat
ter has lcen te!eyraphed back to the
President, who would doubtless de-
cline to relieve Hancock.
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The Feeling In tho 8outh.

Notwithstanding we are told day af.
ter day by leading Democratic papers
that the South is loyal and peacefully
inclined, and that there is no need for
military rule within its borders, we
occasionally find that the passions and
aniniostes engendered by the rebel
lion are still carefully cherished and
that it is really a difficult matter for
traitor of 1865 to become n patriot in
1868. The Richmond Inquirer said Of
the Reconstruction Conventions (:
"These illegal, grotesque and mon-
strous bodies would not be permitted
to exist for day, if they were not
upheld by Federal soldiery. 1t 10
important to our reputation that man.
kind should know that the white
men Of Virginia do not intend to per.
nit the work of these debased wretches
to stand one moment longer than the
soldierby his presence is able to up.
hold it."
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Will somebody be kind enough to
tell Us what measure has been under
taken for the maintenance of the Gov
erhment that was not pronounced by
inc m Democracy Unconstitutional b
Htyrannous" and "usurping% They
thus stigmatized the first call for
troops the emancipation proclamation,
the abolition amendment, the law for
the enlistment of negro soldiers, the
freedmen's bureau bill, the first recon-
struetIon act. Everything tending to
enforce loyalty and obedience excites
their opposition it is only respecting
the designs of traitors they have no
complaints to make.
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Justice and Mercy.

No obligation to justice does force a
man to be cruel or to use the sharpest
sentence. A just man does justice to
every man and to everything; and
then, if he be also wise, he knows there
is debt of mercy and compassion due
to the infrmities of mans nature; and
that is to be paid and he that is cruel
and ungentle to SHINING person, and
does the worst to him, dies in his debt,
and is unjust. Pity, and forbearance,
and long suffering, and fair interpre.
tation, and excusing our brother, and
taking in the best sense, and passing
the gentest tence, are as certainly
our duty, land as owing to every person
that does offend and can repent, as
calling to account can he owing to the
law, and are first to be paid ; and he
that doe, not do so is an unjust per.
ann.
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A sCHOOLBOY's LETTER.
BIRcHTowN ACADEMY. Sent. :

BIRcHTowN ACADEMY, Sept 2.
DEAR PAP Il am getting along
frstrate at the school, and | like it
very much, all except Whacks, the
assistant-"Old Beeswax," we call
him, and we are down on him like a
pile-driver, all us boys, for he's igno-
rant. Why, he's so ignorant he don't
know blackboard from dark night,
no, he don't, and Bill Ferguson, he
put a torpedo under each leg OF old
Beesey's chair yesterday, and when he
sat down you see he sits down like he
had ballust into him. why the torpe-
does they exploded, and like to blow
him through the roof. Golly. but
wasn't he scared He looked at the
Almanac to make sure it wasn't the
18th of July, and then he came down,
looking mad, and licked Bill like
blazes. But Bill said he didn't care a
cent, and the next time he would
sprinkle gunpowder in his hair, and
bust the old irontispiece off of him.
DR.. Goggles, he's nice old feller,
only he will set and chew gum-drops
right before us boys, and never say
"will you take some" once.
He wears green specs, and Bill Fer
guson, he called him "old four eyes,"
one day, which the doctor, he heard
of him when he said it, and he nailed
Bill and dragged him up to the desk,
and then ne gave us q lecture, and
said that there was once boy he
knew, and he was Just abont Bills
size, and he insulted an old grayhead-