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The Irish Churel question
WASHINGTON.


Foreign Postal Agent-Cuban Insur-
+, gents Against AhnexaflOn-POIftie
Affairs.
WASHINGTON, June Ex-senator Ram
ssy will leave for Europe with his family
by the steamship Cambria on the I'D ins (.
He has been designated by Postmaster
General Creswell as special commissioner
to negotiate with the French postal depart
ment the ba1s of new postal convention.
The friends Of the Cuban insurgents here
ststeshat this government has received in
formation from The leaders Of the Cuban
revolution that the latter are utterly OPP
posed 10 the annexation OF Cuba TO the
United States. The reception of.dhis in.
telligence, it is claimed, has aroused the
administration to make the arrests in New
York to-day of parties engaged in this
country ia aiding the revolutiOnists.
The Republicans Of the Second ward
held meeting tonight TO take measures
to denounce the recent election riots, but
found that,,the -eoored members present
we're not OF that way Of thinking, for they
opposed the adoption Of the resolutions
denounciBg those who instigated the riots,
and enc colored speaker declared that
COlOred men voting at the polls in opPosi-
ton 70 the wishes of the co10red race
ought to be killed. The resolutions were
tabled. a.-.. 30 -aa.r
The friends of General Hancock here
are quite active in q movement TO bring
him before the Democratic Convention Of
Pennsylvania as a candidate for Governor
Of that State.
The Sub Judiciary Committee in the
Judge Busted imp eachment case are
here, but will not decide on their evidence
until December, when the result will be
submitted to the full committee, and by
the latter 20 the House. ig
The drafts on the Treasury for The In
dian service are already quite heavy. The
War Department had a draft paid 20 day
for two millions, agoodly portion of which
was for military service on the plains.
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Stokes ILLUsTRATEn.

In bis speech at Knoxville, the labor
of Stokes was to satisfy the audience
that he was, by two years, better fran
chise man than Gov. Senter. Every man
who heard the discussion, in this city, on
Monday, will remember this fact. "A
change of atmosphere seems to have pro-
duced change Of policy on the part Of
Gen. Stokes. He grows brave as the
dangers diminish. He was cautious in
KnoxVille-in the shadow of Senator
Brownlew--but when he reached the
loyal people of Blount, he felt thas the
hero Of the Calf Killer could unbosom
himself He did no such thing at KNOX,
vile. He dared not talk in any such
way as he did at Maryville. We have
said, heretofore, that We intend to do
both these men (Senter and Stokes)
justice. Therefore it is proper that we
should give our readers the following true
report of the position Of Gen. Stokes on
the rights of the white people in this
country, as stated at Maryville. Speak.
ing of the rights of the white man, he
said !: .." a.lef .l @
"Fhe Congress of the United States is
not in favor Of universal suffrage neither
is the Republican party. Away with
your doctrine of universal suffrage
Said he: 81 stand here solid and square
against universal suffrage. Universal
suffrage is universal death and destruc~
ton. warn you, boys in blue, to flee
the wrath to come with rebel suffrage.
If Senter carries universal suffrage, you
will be universally destroyed"
We simply wish to put such utterances
as the foregoing on record Knoxville
Press and Herald, June II.
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PAYNE.
a New Fact About the Assassin Payne.

A New Fact About the Assassin Payne.
A correspondent of the Chicago ITi-
GuRe writes as follows: '#i..'..''
"Some time ago a friend introduced
me to Frederick, Stone, of Port TObac.
co Qndian POtOcapG). on the lower
Potomac, who was counsel to Mr.. Mudd,
the surgeon of John Wilkes Booth.
Stone is now member Of Congress from
the fifth district of Maryland, and is a
modest, semi-literary lawyer. He went
in his professional capacity to See Payne
or Powell, the attempted assassin Of
VIM. H Seward, and returned to my
introducer with this statement:
"'That fellow is the most extraordi-
nary and irredeemable ruffisn in Chris
tendon. He is built like gigantic saw
age, has no idea of fear, possesses no
sensibilities, and wants to die with
promptitude. , .,t ~ .- q I'd
"He said to me, 4 don't want trial.
l deserve to be hanged, and expected it.
/ don't want to be led out into court
every day with chains on my legs and a
daily hurrah. l meant to kill that old
Seward, and how failed / can't imagine.
] believe I was right in trying to kill him,
and all l regret is that l didn't kill him.
First l went at him with knife, and
then with my pistol butt-if l had pos
sessed anything else l should have fin
ished him. IS
"Stone asked him the extent and ma
ture of the conspiracy. l
"Tt was plan to carry off Lincoln and
give him up to the Confederates,' said
Payne; but when that failed, Booth, who
was the only one in earnest, proposed to
kill Lincoln and all the Cabinet. All the
rest backed out, and scattered like lot
Of beggars. We never heard Of Surratt,
of Arnold, or any of them again. I told
Booth that would go in with him, and
he preferred to kill Lincoln, while l was
set upon Seward /. If Atzeredt or Harold
were in the matter they ware mere
hangers on. I deserve to be killed, and
so does Booth. The rest were women
and babies.' etb
| Among the peculiarities of thst time
OF assassination may be mentioned the fact
that poet who recently figured in some
of the floral decoration ceremonies o
this vicinity had been invited by Wilkes
Booth to come to his room on the night
Of the murder. While on his way there
he heard of the assassination at Ford's
theater, and to his CONSERVATION, heard
the name of his Anticipated host men
toned in connection with the crime. y
| 81 dare say" he said frequently after.
Aard, that if l had left my card a
Booths room that night, l should hav'
been sent to the Dry Tortugas.' Ston
is grandson of signer Of the Declare
| ton of Independence from Maryland
and great>great>grandson of Lord Bal
timore's famous Protestant Virginia.
Governor of the same commonwealth
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One of the most powerful labor orgsri~
cations in this country has been formed
by the journeymen shoemakers of Mas
sachusetts, under the title of the Knights
of st. Crispin. The guild now comprises
about fifty thousand members, forty
thousand Of whom are employed in the
loot and shoe producing towns of the
Bay State. The object Of the association,
as set forth in the preamble to the Cris>
pin constitution, is ''to protect its mems
bers from injurious competition, and Sc
cure Thorough unity Of action among all
workers in boots and shoes in every sec
ton of the country" The principal ar
ticle of the constitution forbids members
to teach any part of boot and shoe max
ing without permission of the lodge, ex-
pressed by three-fourths vote, though a
father is allowed to teach his own son.
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IDEAS PRom EUROPE

A Dresden correspondent of the Journal
Of Commerce, writing last month, says
"There are no fields, as with us--nC
enclosures Of fence or hedge; but one
crop is cultivated up to another, and to
the edge Of the roadway. No ground is
lost in stone walls or zigzag fences on any
farm land on the continent, so far as my
travels ever extended. Cattle are nc
where seen without an attendant, except
in Holland, where the canals are sufii-
cient barrier
Again he says: "The popular use Of
beer among the Germans has almost overN
come the habit of drunkenness which
was once so common. 1t is to be hoped
that the prohibitionists in our country
will not prevent reformation so practic-
able and so much needed in America"
Another idea is suggested thus: "One
is hardly every annoyed here by mosqui-
toes, flies or any other flying insect, and
perhaps the universal protection of birds
has something to do with this fact"
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TAX ON COTTON BROKERs.

Commissioner Delano made his de-
cision upon the question submitted to
him few days since by the Board of
Cotton Brokers Of New York as to their
liability to pay the tax of one-twentieth
of one per cent. upon sums received by
them for negotiating sales. He decides
that they are liable, as commission mer-
chants, on all sales in excess Of 10000
made by or for them at the rate Of enc
dollar on each thousand, except on those
made through other wholesale dealers
as such, and sell on commission, and are
consequently liable on sales made
through commercial brokers, and that
commercial brokers are also liable upon
all sales negotiated by them at the rate
of fifty cents on each thousand dollars,
except those made by or through another
hroker
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BEAUTIES or TENNEssEE LoYALl

A few days ago It became expedient
for ex- President Johnson to register as
voter, but the present lilliputian Conn
missioner of Registration for GreeneVills
required him to prove his loyalty by
parole testimony. His belief that he
could thus infict humiliation on the great
man represents very accurately the limit
of his capacity. While Andrew john
son was rolling back the wave of seces>
sion in East Tennessee in 1861, this small
officer was Rebel, yet he was one with
out the virtue Of principle, for he after>
ward entered the federal army. He
shall not, with our consent, attain the
distinction of having been named in these
eolumns.-[ Bristol News.
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ENGLAND
Further ACOBsfderatfOn OF the Irish

| H0TtueF GOBStUeFHtlOn OF Aue EftSN
90, =. Church BtII.s ~ 20
LoNDoN, June 1S.-In the House o
Lords tO-nighs the Earl of Kimberly de
| Tended the principle and detail of The
abandonment OF the bill. he believed
that concurrent endowment was inexue.
dent and impoiitic, and that total discs
tablishment and yuisendowment was the
only measure which could remove the
grievances complained Of The Opposition
contended that land and, not the church
was the real grievance. IL was unfair to
remove one grievance because another ex-
listed which might hereafter be legislased
upon. .sse a'.a' D fr ~. ~. =.
The Bishop of ,RipeOn opposed the bill.
The Duke OF Cleveland supported it, II
amendments could be made. .i
Lord Rsdesole opposed the bill, esps-
eialIy the clause depriving Irish bishops
of their seats in the House of Lofds.
Rather than reject them, the Episcopal
Church would consent to admit Romanish
prelates TO sit with them. ai essl ma
After further debate, the House of
Lords at lilo A. M, sdjOurned without
any action on the bill. ~ tt.a.N
The debate in the House Of Lords last
evening, on the Irish Church bill, was con-
tinued long after midnight. After Lord
Redesale's speech, in opposition, and the
Duke Of DeVonshire's, in favor of the
measure, the Marquis Of Salisbury took
the floor and spoke at considerable length.
He said while be intended TO vote for the
second reading of the bill, he did not wish
10 commit himself to all the details of the
measure.
The Press this morning iafers from the
tone of the debate in the Hou of Lords
that the passage Of the Irish Church bill
is certain. The Times says disestsblish-
ment Is foredoome1. The extent and mode
of proceedings remains TO be settled.
Notifications of the bill are now sdmissi-
bic. ~ - ~ 20
The excitement over The debate in the
House Of Lords on the Irish church bill
increases. The benches, Hobbies and gal
leries were crowded again tonight. Earl
Russell was the first Speaker. He said,
many illustrious statesmen, animated by
feelings of justice and generosity for
Ireland, had endeaVored to settle the
church question, but their efforts were
made in vain. The fact that but small
proportion Of the people of Ireland be-
longed TO the church establishes the JUS
tice as we'll as the necessity of dealing
with the question. The creation of the
Irish Church was wise thing, but the re-
suit of three centuries made an alteration
necessary. The act of union was too sol
emn a compact to be interfered with save
in great crisis, but now great crisis
was at hand. He reviewed former prom
Uses Of concession which Mr. Pitt, If he
had opportunity, would have accom-
plished.
He also traced the history OF the abpli-
ton OF prelacy in Scotland, but said Ire
land had never been in the Position TO i'm
itaie Scotland.
She had been oppressed by penal tax
es and disabilities, notwithstanding the
promises of relief, he believed concurrent
endowments were preferable, 10. the pre-
sent measure, but Catholics ref1sed to ac-
CepL He held the tories were respou-
sible for the present state of IrelsLd
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A PATIEST DENoTsE Deacon B., Of
Ohio, very pious man, was noted for his
long prayers, especially in his family.
One Monday morning the Deacon and
his wife wers alone, and, as was his GUS
tom, after breakfast prayer was offered.
There being an unusual amount of work
that day, the Deacon's prayer was short,
and Selling his hat and milk pail he
started for the barn. His wife, being
deaf, did not not notice his absence, but
supposed him to be still engaged in
prayer. On his return from milking he
was surprised to find her still kneeling.
He stepped up to her and shouted
"Amen," when she immediately arose
and went about her work as if nothing
had happened.
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AND ACCIDENT.

CINCINNATI. June Yesterday eve
ming Lanis Sect, aged sixty years, was
killed instantly by a hogshead Of tobacco
rolling over his body while being unloaded
from dray. ... H r.-
The Joint Committees of Council, OF
Board Of Trade and Chamber of Commerce,
arranged yesterday to have csnnons fred,
bells rung and bands playing on the 26Ih,
when the vote on the ten million appropri-
alton for the Southern railroad will be
taken.
COPENHAGEN, June 1S-A meeting Of
the National Rifemen's Association was
held here yesterday. The King visited
the meeting, and addressed the rihemen
In the course Of his speech the King ex-
pressed his heartfelt and confident hope for
a reunion with those who are lingering 10
be returned to the mother country. ..
PrTTsBURG, June lS.-Eforts are now
being made to provide connections for the
Pitlsburg and Conceivable railroad,
through this city with Northern and West
| ern roads.
An unknown man, about forty years Of
age, committed suicide this evening, by
jumping into the river from ferry boa
while in motion.
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BOSTON.
A woman Sentenced 90 be Hanged
Suspicious Vessels

A woman Sentenced 90 be Hanged
Suspicious Vessels.
BOsTON, June lS-The court has refused
10 grant new trial in the case of Mrs.
Nancy p. Madden, convicted of the MUIR
der Of her ron in-law, Jones, OF Canton,
so July last, and sentenced her TO be
hanged.
Information is lodged with the United
States Attorney that the schooner Isouisi-
ana was laden with great guns, shells and
other ammunition, bound for the West
Indies, and the informers wished her
libelled, but United States Attorney Hill
lard, after a personal inspection ofthe yes
sci refused 90 detain her, as her proceed
ipes we're not in violation Of law.
The Cusiom-houfe authorities state that
the clearance and departure of the steamer
Delphine was strictly legal, and no ground
for her detention existed. There seems
however, little doubt Of her war-Iik,
character.
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Wheat IN SOUTHWESTERN Virginia.
The Roanoke (Va) Times asserts
with confidence that the yield Of wheat
in that county will be unprecedentedly
large. Its almost ready for the reaper.
The editor Of the same paper states that
he has lately passed, by private convey
ance, through the counties Of Smyth.
Wythe, Pulaski and Montgomery, and
had an opportunity to see the crops in
all those counties. He found them gen.
orally excellent. There are no excep>
tons to the wheat, it being unusually
fine. The Fineastle Herald says har-
vesting will commence in a very short
time. But few complaints are made o.
rust, and the majority Of farmers are
more than satisfied with the prospect.
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A MAN recently made the tour of Olm-
stead county, Wisconsin, pretending to
be travelling agent for the sale of agri-
cultural machinery. He procured the
names of several farmers on slips of
paper, pretending that he wanted to use
them as references. Subsequently he
filled up the blanks preceding the names
of the confding farmers with notes of
hand, got them discounted, and then dis
appeared.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-06-19

New CoTToN.-In some of our ex-
changes we notice mention Of new cot
ton called bNbug 1t is now being ex-
tensively cultivated in the Philippine
Islands, through the exertions ola mis-
sionary, Father Rivas. The tree which
produces it is of very large size; it
begins to yield in its fourth year. Its
pods measure from three to four inches
"a hundred Of them will make up three
pounds of cotton.
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THE Tuskegee (Ala.) Ne,Os says ::
''Three OF our citizens have raised crops
Of wheat this year, on inferior piney
woods soil, ranging from fifteen to twenty
bushels to the acre. A fair quantity Of
manure and careful preparation of the
ground is the only secret Of it.
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THE Grand Masonic Ledge Of New
Hampshire, at its late session in Concord,
adopted new constitution, to take ef-
feet at once. 1t increases the minimu m
fee for becoming master mason fro m
fifteen to twenty-five dollars, the Grand
Lodge to have two dollars for each initia-
ton, and the fee for a charter from fifty
to seyenty-fve dollars allows only the
Grand Master to grant. dispensations ;
directs the Grand Lecturers to visit and
instruct each lodge annually and pro-
yides that all applicants for degrees must
have resided in the State a year, and the
same length of time within the jurisdic-
ton of the lodge they wish to join.
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THE KNOXVILLE IMBROGLfo

~ e ~ r e Il 4 y
Meeting OF the steekheiders ofl On.
are Said 90 Demandsf .I 49,
A meeting of stockholders of the
Knoxville Whtg was held yesterday
morning at the residence of Senator
Brownlow. The seven-twelfth's interest
present in the meeting were in favor Of
changing the political character Of the
paper and hoisting the name of W., b.
Stokes as candidate for Governor, instead
of u. w. C. Senter, now advocated by
that journal. To effect this change the
seven-twelfth's Stokes interest proposed,
as the first measure in view, to remove
Thos. ii. Pearne from the editorial
charge Of the paper, or at least it was
evident this was the Interior object of
the majority of stockholders.
The fve-twelfth's Senter interest pres
ens objected to this summary proceeding,
and suggested that the legal papers af-
fecting the partnership of the stock.
holders should be produced and exam
ined. This suggestion was accordingly
adopted, and upon examination of the
papers it was discovered that no deed of
conveyance had ever been made by
Brownlow Il Haws, former proprietors,
to the individual stockholders, and that
the legal title of the property still re-
manned with Brownlow & Haws
This discovery naturally created com
siderable CONSERVATION among the
stockholders, which was Immediately
followed by the assurances of Senator
Brownlow and Mr. 7. Haws, that the
conveyance would be duly and immedi.
ately executed in accordance with prin.
ciples Of equity and justice With this
understanding, the meeting adjourned
until tomorrow friday morning.
This gave Mr.. 4. II. Pearne, the editor,
two days of grace in which to prepare
his line Of conduct. We regret to be
compelled by our duty, as a public
journalist, to record such scenes Of dis
sension and strife among the stockhold-
ers of @Brownlow's Knoxville Wing and
Rebel ventillator" Our pen is eager to
record the healing Of strife among the
brethren = Knoxville Press and Herald,
June IT. ai'f ~a- 81 ..-t '- -'''-a.i
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A THEFT of five dollars is a peniten-
tiary offence in Indiana. a man in Union
county recently stole a bag of wheat
which was proved to be worth 81 SO 7-l2.
This being only petit larceny, he was
sentenced to Jail for sixty days. Five>
twelfths of cent more would have sent
him to the penitentiary,
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THE NEGROES AND THE LEAGUE,

The Charleston Courier illustrates the
influence Of the Union League in that
city as follows:
Messrs. Black Il Johnson, some time
since, advertised for two hundred hands
to work on the Brunswick Railroad .
Inducements were offered that were
amply sufficient to warrant an immedi-
ate supply of labor, but Notwithstanding
that, over three hundred idle negroes
may be seen daily, loafing around and
in the Courthouse, Only twelve men
responded to the call The reluctance
seems to spring from the absurd rumOr
that was circulated, to the effect that the
advertisement was designed as means
of carrying off colored men, and SO
breaking up the Union League in the
city. Alas, poor Cufee
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CLEbKs MUSTN'T SPEAK THE Truth
.ABoUT THE PREsIpENr-A clerk Of ere-
ditable standing in the Treasury Depart
ment, says a Washington letter, was dis
charged few days ago upon a charg e
that he had said General Grant had beef
proved to be a liar in the Johnson G rant
imbrOgliO. The clerk protests that all he
ever said on the subject was that the
weight of testimony was upon President
JohnsOn's side, the latter being, as it
were, plaintiff, Grant defendant, and the
witnesses all testifying in favor of plain
tiff. The explanation was not satisfies
tory, and the clerk was decapitated.
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Hon. A. Ii. STEPHENs.-The Greens,
bOro (Ga) Herald, Of the 10th inst =,
says; "We were yesterday shown letter
from this distinguished statesman to a
friend in this city, in which he says that
his health is improving that he can sit
up most Of the day and attend to busi-
ness"
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NORTHERN TEsTIMoNY-In the Rome,
(Ga.) Courier of the 18th inst, we find
card from several gentlemen from the
North, who have been on s prospecting
tour in that country. 1t concludes IS fol-
lows: eve have had abundant evidence
that a Northern man who respects the
opinions Of others will be welcomed as q
traveller, or citizen, and soon readily
enter into business relations with you.f
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A YOUNG PREACBER.-The Chatta-
hooche ga Mirror of Friday says:
A gentleman from Calhoun county, a
few days since, informed US that a
negro child was born in that county a
day or two previous, that spoke imme-
diately, and said that judgment day was
near at hand-then died.
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THE New York Times says De-
spite all the efforts of the Engli,h and
other nations to foster the growth Of cot
ton in India, Egypt, etc, the place Of
America has never really been filed
and returning industry at the South will
find plentiful demand for its produc
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/ GOOD news, says the Americas, (Ga.)
Courier, from almost every quarter of
Georgia within the last few days, with
reference to the changed condition ofcrop
prospects under the influence Of the late
warm weather and refreshing showers
Corn is doing finely and growing fast,
and the cotton has changed from sickly
languor to sturdy health and vigor.