, 1869-08-21

nEnEA COLLEGE, KEs7CCKY.-Tt i5 well Known
to those who wero earnestly engaged II tho anti
slavery Cause, that this institution Is an ortgrowth
Of tho self-sacr11ciDg labor Of Rev. John G. Fee
and others In the central part Of Kentucky, several
years before tho war. Mr.. Fee, the 6on OF q
wealthy STAKEHOLDER, imbioed anu-ssayery yiews
while studying theology IN Lane Seminary, and
consccraied hts Life to them when but youth
(not being OF age when be went to tho seminary.
for which he was dtsluheriiel BY bis father, and
for which he WIS repeatedly mobbed. In t1oso
dark trying t4meH.
AT otc t1ue his family md ten others vera
dtAv1a poro@ Into t:1le, heoause of to alt.
slavery tnduence OF tnl5 echOol.
At the close Of tho war tho school was rcorgan-
lied, and Is now chartered college, having a
a preparatory department, and other coltses
adapted 10 the wants Of the people.
It has now IN attendance Two hundred
Students, about onc-nalf white, tho other
colored. It Is doing grent work for tho poor
loyal white % wcD Is for the colored men Of tho
State. IL very ahort time It Is expected to naro
two hundred students, spending the lod4 vacation
teaching echool IN the surrounding country. Tho
State now haa System q free school for three
months IN the year. and TIC good this college will
do, In Furnishing teachersf for the public schools
csnnot be computed They viii carry With them
q truly loyal influence. Owing to the central po-
sitlons and tho commanding ,nnucnco Of this in-
ssitution over the thousanda OF loyal Monntalu-
GERS and freedmen Of Kcn:ucky, It ls very dcslra-
bic that 1t should bc well furnished With facilities
for doing its Increasing WORK. TO this end 1t
nccda. immediate aud generous help. And for
this purpose It's financial agent Rcr. Geo Candco,
Is In the city soliciting nd. He proposes TO cal
upon sone Of the known friends OF the college,
and would be glad to hear from any others, at %
Lombard Block.
MISCELLANEOUS.
1t "a officially Etatcd that tho total number OF
persons Killed by tho coal mine accident near
Dresden . a69.
In San Francisco, during the past year. there
wcro II murder5 80 suicides and 81 fatal hccl-
dents.
AT tFtunkfort-ou-the-Ma!n, tourneyn4n tailor
lately married. who had been pctrothed to his bt1de
for tMrtJ. SIX Jca.s- Tho bridegroom was e5 m
the bride q years old.
II ARrTel having spoken dlSredpcctfuny OF tn.
New York 4 New Haven Aailroad In tho Htars
end Hnrae, that paper ls ban,shcd from tho trains
anu Stations on that tine.
While Stephen Tierre, OF Caldwell, n. j., VAS
wal1nY home with young lady from church, on
Sunday night, the co1plc wcrc prostTAtea By
naah Of lightning. from the enects Of which tho
lady recovered, bot which mArglcd her compan-
ion beyond recognition. Two hrothcra OF his had
been killed By lightning, previously.
The United States agent sent 10 settle tho Con.
sular accounts in Europe writes thai the Is day
travelling expenses allowed him Ii TOO small, aud
he cries aloud for enough to give him at least Sec
ond-c.ass sccomm odations On the route,
The letter OF Commissioner Sargent 10 Collector
Gnnncn At New York. In raference to the ilegality
OF Slate taIes on commercc Aboltshes all fees ex.
cept the following imposed y the Cr!ted States.
tax OF thirty cents per toa annually ca vessels,
payable to the Collectors OF Customs for the iner-
ent ports where thoy belong, as well as fees for
Necessary papers and United States Hospital
money. TIM following are mentioned as among
the fees abolished: Hatbor tonnage tax, pilot
license and half r!lotage Laws, Port Warden fec
laws, oyster tonnage tax lAws, State head
money fee laws, State Hospital tax laws, one per
cent groEs amount Of freight l1nB and quarantine
fec laws Eacer this ruling, Georgetown, D. C.,
must refund s15.oOo, and Alexandria, Va, $40 eco.
The Ac1oEnt 10 bc refunded II New York must be
something fabulous.
The judicial commission appointed to lnyest1-
gate the case OF the imprisoned nun at C1acow.
commenced their 1cecafcnes On July ., by going
over the convent In company with au escort OF
police In passing through the rriectory trey dts
according to the Ke1j, OF Cracow, &C.
sEct chamber containing Whole collection OF
MEDIEVAL instruments OF torture. Among these
are RIO huge crDs5es weighing eighty pounds
each, which guilty uun7 had to wear On their
oacks as punishment two heavy stones OF mr.
bic to be placed on tho chest, and q number Of
" c1owns OF ihorus," with long and sharp iron
naus. Thezr were also seTefl gtlulcs, also ntscd
with nala pointing tnwards, which, It Is said, were
worn ne1f The skin hy peniteats, and there Vas
sort Of fnout fos 1oEg.ug the Refractory.
Al ATcaehon, France, On the Bay OF D!scay, the |
muddy shorc Is at low water tho resort for 1nnu-
netable eels, which our7 themselves IN the ai.ue
LII the retur1 Of the tide. The excessive heat, By
d1Jlog up the mud, md killing them IN thousands,
md the s1neL Of thets dead bodies, washed mp |
and down By the TIDE, was beginning to spread
tcyer II the ue!Ehborhood- a large number Of |
16hclmeu we're therefore engaged IN collecting ]
them In heaps on the beach, whence they were !
;azted tnlaEd and buried. The total amount thus |
disposed Of IVES oycr 100 csrt loads
The following Is s4td TO lie m incomplete list OF |
hese labor organizations at present existing In
he EptteN States: