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FOREIGN MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

The government OF st. Gall has awarded gold
watch TO Q man who saved tho lives Of eignty per.
sons during the inundation I'm the RhenthaI.
Count Bismarck enjoys salary Of $4,000 as Chan
cellor OF the Northern German Confederation ana n
similar sum as Prussian Minister OF Foreign Aairs
The small town OF Pont Anthon, France was re-
Gently saved from destruction by Ore, through an
alarm gwen by tame raven. Unfortunately the
watchful bird persisted In the flames.
Count Charles waewskl has brought back from
Greece numerous vine cuttings from the plants or
Corinfh and cyprus, which the Empress IL about to
palace OF st. Cloud
The seals have Just been taken or the property OF
sue lrincess Ba2locch The family papers have been
brought W the Emperor, and among them are said
70 DC forynve different volumes containing notes
made Dy Napoleon !. at 81. Helena Tho Princess
besides her property IN brittany, possessed an estate
~ kIIieste, wnicn produces revenue Of $2J,J00
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arr as It crosses gardens ana business in that quar-
ter has never existed. The Boulevard Haussmnol
has cost from sixty to eighty millions the Pace
Monge-it is so fortunate NJ Thiers did aude TO this
street. as II has always been puzzle to your cor
respondent--the Rue Monge Is situated thirty or
forty feet above the level OF the pavement People
VINO inhaoit this suspended street have to get home
exercise, however pure the air they can never be
enjoyed BY such nvads as the paraytic 1t was half
past SIX when proceedings closed with NJ. Thiers,
speech; he, as usnal sat up all night at the printing
ONCE correcting the proofs OF his discourse. which
was to appear IN the Journal ONcfes.
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Hartman Commits Suicide.
indianapolis March 10Y despatch to Cincinnati Ca

AT seven O'Clock this morning Sas Hartman, the
Drothcr 0f Mira. Glen, committed suicide In his cell
IN the county jail by cutting his throat with
Abi aiis who Is indicted with him. and slept In the
same CELL was awakened by the means Of the dying
man. lie gave tho alarm, and In less than minute
the turnkey was In the cell. Hartman was still
alive, but died without speaking. lie severed tho
luauar vein and artery the side Of his neck. The
Coroner returned a verdict that no came TO hlo
death by his own hands Mrs. Clcm " frantic with
grief but 81 Hartman sent g00dby message TO his
family yesterday IL IL supposed she was aware OF hia
denlan<
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Z U q o r e.

Tle correspondence received by the last mail from
our special correspondents will be found highly
interesting giving brief bur concise outline OF the
leading topics OF the day.
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vERRfL Is DISCHARGED.
Armed with this confession the counsel for verrIl
moved for new trial, on the ground of newly dts
covered evidence. In resisting claim tue Attorney
General declared tnat ria snould DC granted
he would enter no.te D,vseQut ana abandon the
Alter IulI hearing Judge Dckerson delivered
an efaboEate and learned opinion upon the points
raised Which ~ incorporated INTO the Maine Reports
granting tue motion lOr "A Iew TRIAL lhereupon the
case was abandoned by the government, anu kerril
went Iortn free man. Since tnat time narris has
Again reversed MS statement and declared tIat or
ri ~ gully. HIS pfeyarication aad pegyury nave
been sucn mat tue community Is certalu only OF ms
own quit and low down moral sense.
THE DAY OF EXECUTION APPoISrED, AND A RE-
PkIEvB GRANTED.
In January Governor chamberlain issued his war.
rant to MI T. B. Grose, SnefiH oi Knox counly
commanding him " execute iiarris on tie lzln Gay
OF February. knowledge of tue lact produced
great excitement among the opponents OF oapi.aI
punishment, anu much uLscussivn VI the matter
ensucd through the press the most innuentli por-
tlun VI winch supports the Governor. Ine House Of
Representatives passed resolution requesting the
Governor 10 reprieve Harris for Jnirty days wnlcn
was done. Meantime efforts were made 10 uet
through The Legislature a bill aDoii-ning capital
punlshnents; but IL facd. Pcrceiyng Inc deter.
mnation OF Governor Chamberlain TO put Gus on the
way this monster vi depravty, and the puDllc sont-
ment by winch he ls sustained Ia SO doug all oppo-
stlon was Withdrawn, aud Harris lett TO aus deserved
fate.
THE LAST PREVIOUS EXECUTION.
The latest execution, Dy State authority, previous
to that OF Harris was of man named Spencer 4
native of FRANKFORT IN Waldo county, VINO, willie
IMPRISONED Tor homicide STABBED and Killed Warien
Tinker. Convicted Of tins crime, he was sentenced
TO death by Governor Coney and executed In the
summer OF 1865.
CONFESSION.
The day appointed for the execution OF the negro
murderer Harris was bright and pleasant one con.
trastlng with the soemnty Of the proceedings At tho
STATE PRISON. ON Wednesday Harris made confes.
sion 70 nev. Mr.. Mason, rciteratlna all he had
SAID In the trial concerning yerrrs rullt
Ne said that veri oriGlnaiAd aha rohS~sv
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the YOUxc MURDER II INDIANA.

Confession or Mrs. Clem's Brother-A re.
mnrkablo Storv-An0ther Chapter In tho
Trngcdy-suicidc Of Hartman.
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Der IN the Gladstone Cabinet, and when the crisis
comes he Will DO found wanting.
Honorable Discharge of nm American Banker
In London.

dou0TuDle discourage oil I'M American Banker
In London.
From the Anglo American Times Feb 2ol
After rigid examination In the Court OF Bank
nnptcy Mr.. b. Il. Keith OF the late f1rm OF Bcldng
quilted on Thursday, February Is, Of any particins
tlon in the events which SO Unexpectedly wrecked
that house We were not aware that such charges had
ever been brought against HIM as we Thought that
the extraordinary circumstances which destroyed
the business were known to have been caused Dy
IN London and which eventually led him into sui.
eide. The assignees opposed on the grounds OF ex-
cesslve expenditure rash and hazardous specula-
lions anu contracting debts without reasonable ex-
pectation OF payment, but Mr. Commissioner Bacon
not only acquitted Mr.: Keith OF these charges,
on one item i' Of expense EXT % for ne entertaining nns
customers that 1t was the ordinary and
wen known practice Of al large mercantile houses IN
sudden departure in so unlocked for q manner OF
Mr.. Beidng the business might have gone on. In
been marked success had 1t not been for the unfor
,,nate intrmty Mr.. Belding is supposed to have In
split We now aude 70 ony %
Keith 10 whom louie on we consider to be due to MI:
the astoundiDa ntelos6le written on the receipt OF
did injustice and gave ns s suse Hrr 9! sas sas nl aha
and had acquitted himself in the tha
and OF his creditors with credit to hfmseh,e. ~ an
order was granted for an allowance TO him out Of
favorable was the impression left on the Commis-
siOner's mind.
The Irish Railway Question and the Govern
ment.
from the London Globe Feb. ISL
II seems that the government has another little
Irish difficulty In store which 1t will not be easy to
surm0unt. The tone OF the speeches at the confer
ence OF peers and members Of the House Of Commons
yesterday shows that 1t Is intended to insist upon the
government carrying out the recommendation Of
the Royal Commissioners for the purchase OF the
Irish railways. Lord Derby issued the commission
for the purpose Of ascertaining its practicabnty,
and now that this has been proved the Irish repre-
sentatives are in no mood to be cajoled with the
bugbear Of sentimental grievance into acquies-
cence in the p0etp0nement Of matter calculated to
produce them substantial advantages. At yester-
days conference it was stated that several COM
panies had been refused further assistance in the
shape Of loans and were unable to procure money in
the market. II was assumed that the Chancellor Of
the Exchequer was adverse to the project and his
name Is said to have been used 'in no very kind
way" Traficking as he has done In Irish stariev-
ances Mr. Gladstone is morally bound to carry out
the recommendations ofthe Railway Commissioners;
but his ministry has directly declined to do it. We
shall soon see what change little Irish coercion
may effect In his policy on this question.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-07-13
Huuting i'm China,

Correspondence San Francisco Alta.J
When about two hundred miles to the
northeast of Foo Chow we became nearly
involved in the partisan warfare so COM
mon in the neighborhood of their large
cities; but, by making retrogade
movement and wide circuit, we avoided
ENHANCEMENT, and had distant view of
battle or melee, but could not determine
which was ths successful party. At Ku-
kutu, where we took sedan conveyance
across a neck of land, around which the
Hoang Ho flowed, and was too hilly for
the short cut of canal, we met a large
hunting party, armed with ancient match
locks, spears, ETC., having several fetahs
in lcash--they are about the size OF q
California lion, but are more catlike In
their. build and movements. As the
leader of the party-a person apparently
of note-ssw my curiosity was excited by
the inquiries / made relative to the use
of the animal in hunting, he courteously
invited US to join his party at lunch, aud
afterwards join in the batteau. To this
arrangement we consented, as the ante
lope would be driven directly across our
course. Before we sat down to eat the
nobeman expressed desire to have bis
cook taught the method by which we pre-
pared our food; Chung Wo directing, the
ckef de cuisine was soon Initiated into
the mysteries OF antelope steaks, outlets,
fricasee, and other. dishes, of which he
was an able expounder, having served in
the hongs as q practical cook. By this
reverse action our entertainer became our
well pleased guest, charging his cook to
retain the information in memory as be
valued his head. After our meal, seeing
his attention attracted to our Henry rifles
aud revolvers, | explained their eonstruc-
ton, and promised to show their eject
should an antelope afford INC the oppor-
tunity; aud as we now heard the hongs
of the outlying drivers, we we're furnished
with horses, and proceeded to the glade
where the game was expected TO break
cover, the fetahs and attendants keeping
in the rear Of the horsemen. The native
of Southern China rarely mounts horss.
aud when in the saddle looks more like
Jocko, the circus baboon of the menage.
rie, than a human biped; imagine nv
surprise to find that lhOss natives Of Kur.
iurka are net only expert, but graceful
riders, managing their animals with all
the ease Of the Mexican vsq1ero.
Before we reached the copse the ante
lope came bounding toward US with all
the speed OF startled tinidity. Finding
themselves enclosed, they huddled to-
geiher, 50 that ! was able to make my
rusty skill count, Notwithstanding the
distance, which was greater than | de-
sired undsF criticism that VAS ready 10
balance judgment aud praise between
rife and riaeman; but ! banged away
with rapid aim, ct the venture OF wounding
my unfortunste quaFries in the stern quar-
ters, where, Vith ny last California ride
shot, / surprised lean griszly, who,
-, Z summer rsticns, was basily en-
rared. age with heal and fore paw, beneath ii
lbe surface, intent upon q forced inyestl-
cation Of 3 Santa CruE squ'rrsfs noun
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Squire Dobson's youngest daughter, Sal,
about three months ago. Mark, as he
walked up the broad aisle, trotted along
as if he was stepping on eggs; but Maria
struck bold gait, and was the admired
of all spectators. Altogether the march
up the aisle was success. Joe Crocker,
son of the candy peddler, and John Simp-
son, known as the "gsy boy with glass
eye" acted as ushers, and slung them
selves with a perfect looseness in per-
forming their duties. For downright
style, Joe and John can wear the belt.
Our reporter, who was present, dressed
in a brass coat and blue buttons and
carrying bingham umbrella, noted
down the names and harness of some of
the persons present, which we give as a
matter of special interest:
"Mrs. Job Tuttle wore braided straw
hat made for the occasion by Mrs. Jones,
milliner; and it is not too much to say
that the latter can make the best mil.
linery of any woman in the business.
Mrs. Tuttle's dress was striped gingham.
with an outside garment of the same ma
terial. She was the observed of all OBJ
servers.
. Lucy johnson had on green berege
dress, with pautalettes of nankeen edged
with two-cent edging, and made a very
fine appearance. Her psntalettes in par
ticular fitted remarkably we'll around the
ankles. and displayed her shoe-strings to
good advantage.
Mrs John Baldwin looked exceed
ingly pretty in large plaid silk, which,
we understand, was cut over from a
dress worn by her sister Emma, de-
ceased. For cut-over dress, it was one
of the best we ever saw.
Lydia Rose had on low-necked,
sorrel-colored alpaca, frizzed with
brown ribbon and her sister Jane wore
a low-necked, yellow print, with good
deal of tucking. Lew necks become
this family.
ave have the names Of several others,
but want of space compels US to omit
them. After the ceremony the newly
married couple returned to the home of
the bride, and one who was present in
forms us that the way mince pies and
cider suffered during the evening was a
caution to dyspeptics. Only one Incl
dent occurred to mar the pleasure of
the occasion. John Somets, who is
courting sister of the bride, got a wal
nut meat in his windpipe, and nearly
sufocated before relief was obtained.
Barring this mistaken swallow, the re-
ception was success.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-07-13

From the New York Times, sth.l
What the Eronautic Society of Lon
don has been for years trying and trying
in vain to accomplish, some San Fran
cisco mechanic, as yet unknown to fame,
has very quietly pushed to at least par
tal success. For, talk as we please about
the "Avitor's" coming to New York, If
the telegraphic news of what her model
has done is correct, the problem of erisl
navigation is in fair way of being solved.
What, however, are the admitted facts
of the San Francisco experiment? ? The
ship rose in the air, and was propelled
backward and forward, and guided in any
desired direction by the steering ap-
paratus; the engine and boiler weigh less
than one hundred pounds" Here, at
least, we have the germs of success at
all events. Such machine, for example,
might conceivably be used, eves in its
present imperfect shape, for establishing
communication in case of shipwreck, and
so on; and experiment in the same d.
rection will add lightness to the ma.
chnery and increase the steering power.
But it must not be understood that we
look upon this as complete success.
On the contrary, the great difficulty in
arial navigation has been the inability to
steer against the winds; and it appears
that this difficulty was not overcome but
only avoided in the present instance by
having the performance under cover.
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tain larder, but with better success and
less danger, for the bear, on receiving
my bullet, turned, on the second, with
the speed of lesnness and the smart of
my stern salutation, calling forth from
my pot-bellied mule rate of speed that
quite surprised me, as the coaxing of
my cudgel had not for the entire day en-
couraged him beyond the speed of lazy
walk. / afterwards improved on the
speed developed by bear inspiration,
much to his sorrow and my comfort.
After eight successful shots, at my
request, the fetahs were loosed, un-
hooded, and their attention directed to
the game, now paralyzed and helpless,
around their dead companions. AS they
caught sight of their prey nervous
twitching commenced beneath their
glossy skins, which from time to time
corrugated with spasmodic action of the
muscles, the tail swaying and curving as
though it acted as the pendulum for fe-
line calculation and desire, accompanied
with the short, abrupt purr, the muscular
opening, spreading and closing of the
claws as though an innate inventory was
in progress to determine the condition of
each department required in the on
slaught; but as those of the opposite party
were now bounding to the attack, these
preliminaries were cut short, and the
twenty leopards were soon engaged in the
.hro.tling carnage suited to their natures,
with an occasional by-play of scratch
and bite among themselves, as the less
ening numbers brought two or more in
contact over victim.
After this closing scene of the hunt,
the united company escorted US across the
isthmus to our boat, which we found in
waiting Their curiosity was greatly ex-
cited with our improved firearms, COM
pass, aud other instruments, especially
the Photographic apparatus that l brought
from San Francisco. We took several
views of them grouped with their hunting
leopards and game, with Buddhist
monastery in the background. Present.
ing them with copies, we bid them fare
well, promising o visit on our return as
we descended the Hoangho.
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In recent session of the Spanish Cor
tes, Senior Orense having declared that
"if the republic should be established the
world would go on much as usual-the
sun rising and setting, women bringing
forth their children, and Spain, as the
only new thing, rejoicing in a good and
cheap government "--sn angry mon
archical member, Senior Si!vela, rose and
replied: "Senor Orense says that our
women will still give proof Of their fer.
tility; ! believe him but they will do
worse for there will be such terror and
turbulence in Spain that many will bring
forth before the time,p We humbly sug-
gest that if senor Silyela's notion of the
effect Of politics upon population be cor
rect, it may serve to account iar the rapid
increase Of steriliiy In Massachusetts
since SumueF began to wave that ancient
Commonwealth into fits with his ensau-
guined garment.
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MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. TUESDAY EVENING JULY l3. 1869
To the General Public:

We makea
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The goods will all be
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BILL OF
WELLS & COLL, 267 Main Street
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The English Interviewer" unlike
the America animal OF the same class,
. &c, rushes off to the telegraph Office or
reporters room, writes down the result
of his interview in 9 diary, from which
it may lie exhumed in twenty or a hun
dred years. One of this industrious
class, Mr.. II. Crsbb Robinson, had q
conversation with our Fulton, which he
now publishes. At dinner ona day they
talked of the Perpetual Peace" Of
Kant, aud Fulton said that be believed
in the Perpetual Peace" for the
mechanism of war would become so
complete and its powers Of distraction
so great, that nations would no longer
think Of war, myself" said the
great engineer, "could make a machine
which would destroy hundfed thou
sand men in few miuuieA Mr.. Robin
son adds that Fnkon once ofsred, in the
iHterests OF Ronaparte, to destroy the
English feet by explosives.
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sides the public store and general order
carting, the labor contract, and anything
else that could be worked to advantage.
The firm are now besieging Collector
Grinnell, while the head of the concern
remains in Washington, to arrange mat
ters with the Treasury Department
How much success 30 far has been at
tanned we are unable to state, but we
would advise them to make one more ad-
dition to the firm, either Judge Patterson
or some other member of President john
sons family, as the long familiarity OF
that family with Custom House jobs
would be of service to Dent, although b the
acquisition would render necessary a
further division of the spoils.
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Oue Of the Russian regiments has a
Colonel four months old. The infant is
the Cars grandson. That baby is "in
arms more ways than one,
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ItlEeRApHIC NEWS ITEMS.

Orchard Marley one OF the oldest Odd Fellows IN
the United States, died In baltimore on Friday.
A reconsideration OF the vote refusing the liauor
bill o third reading was carried In the Massschu.
sets Senate yesterday by vote Of 10 20 TO-
The supreme Court OF Massachusetts has granted
80 Mary Eliza Jones divorce from her husband
George Jones, alias Count Johannes, for alleged
desertion and non-support.
The long pending lawsuit. involving the title TO
the Barnum City Hotel property, In Baltimore was
decided on Friday In the Circuit Court, Under the
pecree OF the court the property will be sold
meeting OF the stockholders OF the Lake shore
Naroad was held In Cleveland, Ohio yesterday.
lThe contract for consolidation with the Michigan
OF the stock.
George Walker, President OF the Third National
$ank OF Boston, has been appointed by Governor
Clanin special Commissioner TO negotiate the Massa
9husetts state loan In England. Mr. Walker will sal
Eom New YORK on the 10th inst, In company will
1f. Motley.
meeting OF the journeymen harness makers O
Newark, n. D.. has adopted resolutions IA renre
sentattvcs OF the workingmen OF that cIty wormI,
spplaudng Senator Sprague "a their CHAMPION ans
leader. Thee also resolved 10 serenade NJ friend
Pet Halstead.