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Further Particulars Csncerniog NJ. Para
dolls Suicide.

WASHINGTON, July 2o.-lt appears, apart from
the testimony before the jury, that NJ Parado visit
ed Ssrees store alone yesterday evening aid bought
a secord pistol, saying to the clerk, "Fll take shh
one as to have q pair, they arc so handy;r and
putting his hands on his pantaoons pockets
"they are no more trouble to carry than pocket
knife" lie then paid Eve one-dollar notes, new
money, and left the store.
Upon purchasing the cartridges In tho morn
ing, Il was evident he felt that little Ammunition
ould accomplish his purpose. as he seemed disin.
lined &C FIRST TO purchase full box 81 ing that h
only wanted ten or twelve; but Oh bong informed
unbroken package The pistols were brcechoad.
ing Imitation Derringers.
One oil the foreign Ministers who, had for nurn-
Der vi years been DO. ON friend Of tie ccclsel,
In sous sing the sad event OF the death OF NJ Para
DOL stated that lie Nns ~ Ject 10 most unguverna-
bic fits uI temper, during whcn he entirely lost his
sefpossesso1, and committed acts OF which alter
ward be lad MT the iaintest recUl ection.
In the onii lon OF the minister referred to- II WI
doubtless H. one o. tie f:s tnat he committed the
act Of sel-des ructiOn. According 10 the u
tority he lett Parts under highly unfortunate rir
cumstauces. His friends nal beruno seriously
estranged from him on ascou1t of the pulhici
urscs which, until of late had been In warm op-
position to the Emperor. lie had as bosom
friends such men re- Tliers ard Favre,
whose nntngonisn 10 the war such ~ to
draw upon them the open hostility OF the French
the srme time AZ tire form Il declaration OF war
against Prussia had Tive effect OF arousng his SEN
sltive nature to the highest pitch Of excitement.
number OF causes of similar nature added
u the atirtion of ris mental system, until tho
oNersIained cords snapped asunder, and he sOusit
guiridp
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The War News.

Dispatches received up 70 midnight say
chat not gun has been fred by either
France or Prussia. The Duke DE dnA-
MONT has formally announced the dcclDra.
zion Of war to the Corps Legislatif, and the
North German Parliament, after listening to
The address of the King, have granted all the
money desired 30 carry on the war
Thcre is rumcr, apparently authentica
ted, Of secret treaty between France and
Denmark. Prussia has arrested o Swiss
General. and Switzerland complains that
King WILLIAM has made no response TO her
declaration Of neutrality. Meanwhile every
power in Europe seems TO be calling out her
reserves
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made. The executors introduced the celc-
brptcd matbematician, Prof PIERCE Of
Cambridge, 10 show that the odds orc
e,oGO,OO0. Coz. oCo ,O00so00o00 to 1 that hui
man being could not write us name three
times so exactly al Ike as the three alleged
Signatures of SYLVIA ASS 1fowLAND. Ex-
pcrts in wr ting and engraving testified by
the dozen that the two signatures to the du
Ilicatc decla, alton were actually cop ed from
tho gonuine signature by placing the latter
against q window pane, and writing Che
forgerics over it in pencil. and then tracing
the pencil marks in ink. Mr. JONI E. Will
IIAMs, President of the Metropolitan Bank
Of this city, said that he had no doubt of the
spuriousness Of the signatures, and other
witnesses were equally positive.
In rcbuttal of this formidable evidence
Mrs. QUEENS counsel brought forward
number Of instances in which confcsscdly
genuine signatures were ns nearly identical
in appearance as the three in dispute-among
them some of the late JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
Even genuine signatures of SYLVIA ANN
HowLxSD herself were shown, which, when
placed over one another, were ms nearly al Ike
as the alleged forgerios Prof. AGAssIz dc
clared that he had examined the latter with
the microscope, AMI could find no signs
of tracing or painting of ink over lead
pencil marks, Others, writing teachers and
cngravers, asserted their belief that the sig
natures were genuine
The Judges escaped the decision of this
pcrplcxing question by deciding that even If
the signatures were genuine, the agreement
TO which they were affixed was void. Mrs
GREEN had right to prosecute an appeal,
bh, she hal had enough Of tho litigation.
She withdrew her appeal on being paid her
expenses in bringing and conducting the
SUIT; and we shall probably hear no more
of SYLVIA HowLAND's will.
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An Italian professor has made researches
which lead him TO assert that vegetable perfumes
exercise healthful influence on the atmosphere,
converting its oxygen INTO ozone, and thus IN
increasing its oxdzing influence. The essences
that develop the largest quantity Of ozone are
those of cherry laurel paTmarosa, cloves, lavcn-
der, mint, juniper, lemons, fennI, and bergamot;
those that give it in less quantity are anisc. nut
meg, cajeput, and thyme. The flowers of the
narcissus, hyacinih, mignonettc heliotrope, and
lily Of the valley develop in closed vessels.
Flowers destitute of perfume do not develop it,
aud those which have but slight perfume develop
1t only in small quantities. As a corollary from
these facts, the professor recommends the use Of
flowers in marshy districts and in places infested
with animal emanatious, the powerful oxiiiz-
ing influence Of ozone may destroy them. The
inhabitants Of such regions should surround their
houses with beds OF the most odorous flowers
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The Incarceration Of the boy sheeban Ex-
planned.
fb IA, Editor Ar IN, "a,

sIR We have IN the Third Police Precinct large
vaSl! which Eas bnlt fYr the pressTyatlon o. books
OF Hndson City. ThR vault - We ventilated by q
register which placed In the base OF the walt and IN
the oonstant circulation OF air rendering this Vaut tho
most comfortable and COOL place m our entire lookup
Into this vault the boy pergan nnt hheehap. as your
fsp9Lter satesl was sonhnei i0I lhe pupo,s n Keep
his brother VINO bad positively stated that lie had seen
the stolen watch and chain In bis Drohcrs hands lie
was not detained ~ the vault until sgns ofexhauston
had begun 70 manifest themselves" but. on the con
treated 10 be taken back the vault, which he said
was cooler and more comfortable CAM Rob lnson n
man oil too much heart TO be guilty Of cruelty 70 any
81 me brute creation much less 70 one OF his fellow
creatures. W s. SHERMAN,
Marshal Thlrd Police Precinct, Jersey City.
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LATESI LABOR MEMS.

The Brooklyn Plasterers Union last might exDelet
s. memoers who were ia arrears.
Twelve Of the BROOKLYN bridge strikers were dis
missed and tie Others resumed work yesterday at tic
old rates
The places Of the men who struck wor, on the
nouevaTds, White lalns tor reduction VI time on
Saturday,, have been ed
The Newark Ilt makers gre on q strike FOR uni-
form rate Of wages. Three nrms have acced 70 the
demands OF the WprRm-n.
The saleswOmen's Ear'y Closing Association hav.
ing ceu disappointed In getting tie HAL last TUESDAY
eNeniI viii Get tuis mug In Phi pntnn llu ~
oclgcs. Those VIII have already Jlin.i. anI az les
vntc slaves OF New YORK are v tel 70 attend Net
ta"w he there to give INTO rnauon. AMI 40 llde ana
he hal
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Harptr's M0nt1Iy, always accep,abl

HarPer's Monthly, always acceptable, is os-
peeialy 30 in its August number. The opening
article "The Raquctte Club, is well-ilusrated aud
highly enjoyable sketch Of trip to the Adirondacks,
in which MI summer eKcursionists can more or less
sympathze Mr.. Conway continues his "south
coaei Sauntcrings Ia England" An illustrated
4" Visit TO Bangkok gives much entertaining infor.
nation about Siam. The life Of Frederick the
Great is continued Besides those leading articles
there arc numberless essays and stories and that
nevor-iAilins fountain Of fun the Editors Drawer
IL as lively as usual
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THE BILL And BIT.

To-day, Athletic of Brooklyn vs.. Chainp,on Of
Jersey CITY.
Tie Frien lship cub defeated the Yaudrrwltor
Club M Jersey CITY YESTERDAY nv Is 10
The Montauks paved exciting Pgme In Jersey
q yesterday Win the Enterprise Club HIn! by 10
" -.
Water Lily md the Silver star climbs or NrN io'E,
played N Hunters Pomt YESTERDAY the oruv N'unnL
bN
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Sylvia nowIand's VIII.

In July 1865, in the city of New Bed.
ford, State of Massachusetts, an elderly
maiden lady named SYLVIA ANN HowLAED
died, leaving behind her property to the
amount OF more than two millions Of dollars
9'he contest in the courts Tor the possession Of
this largo sum Of money has called public
stieution to one Of the strongest stories of
cupidty, and perhaps attempted fraud, that
were ever recorded elsewhere than in the
pages Of work OF fiction.
The ROWLAND family has alwavs been
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TIE FIRST IN THE FIGHr.
The Concentration OF tire French Army on
the Fronticr-The Plan Of the On mpsisn.

The Concentration OF tire French Army on
the Frontier-The Plan Of the On mpsizu.
Lospos. July 9o.-The following highly inpor-
tsnt ske,ch Of the French campaign has been Oh
tanned from reliable sourcet
The French army Is concentrating in the north
eastern part Of the country within quadri lateral
formed by the towns Of Nancy, 1hionville, stras-
bourv, and Mayence. South of strosbourg. on the
-nme meridian, ia on en'rencled camn at Belfont,
where corps d'armec r. nov taking mp It's position
N form the right OF toe French army. Another
corps will be In reserve at Cnalon-Surmarne.
The enuse army will be composed OF eight corps,
each consisting OF three or four divisions ofnhntry
and from six to eight regiments Of cavalry. Each
division will have three batteries OF artillery. one
company Of en- zineers, and will comprise from ten
10 twelve thousand men. The commanders Of the
eorps are iolows,
First Corps.-Msrshul Mcmahon, Duke dc ma
genta. n
Third Corps Marshal Bazline.
Fourth Cojps-Count Ladmorault, General OF d.
vision.
run Corps.-De Faillv, General OF Division. .
SirA C0fps-MareChel Canrobert
SeUenM CofIs.-Felix Douay, General OF Divlsou.
NJ jor. General OF the Army. Gen. Edmund Le-
boeuf.
Comman der.in Chief Of Engineers, Gen. Conln-
ieres do Norveck.
The Army OF the Moselle will ne commanded By
Ndrechal Biziine, AMI conpOsed of the Second,
Third, and Fourth corps. The headquarters OF the
respective corps will DO at ~. Avoid. Moz, and
Thionville. .
An examination Of tho map will show that In an
probability this army will meet the nr5t shock OF
var.
The army OF the Rhine, OF which Marshal MIC
Nahon will have command. will be composed OF tho
Tirst. Firth, and Seventh Corps, with bendqdfters
respectively at Strisbourg, Bilclie, and IL font.
The corps under Gen. de Failiey posted around
Bilche will unite the two armies
The reserve corps In camp at Chaons sur. Ma-no
under Marshal Canrobert, win be coinpnsed Of
troops OF the line rein orcel reserves OF all kinds
The Garde Mobile is preparing Tor service, and
there Is great activity throughout France. Within
three days all tue battalions will have left loi
Ikalons.
battery OF mitrailleuses will be attache to each
corps d'armec
Three hundred lIanovcrians have volunteered In
body for the French service.
Turkey offers Fra ce contingent of 10000 sol.
diers for pay.
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The ignorance displayed by so many of
those who undertake to discuss the question of
Papal infallibility appear in full force in the
following extract from the Chicago Tribune:
The Pore having been declared infallibe by the
Gcumeuicll Council, why do not the statesmen OF
Europe refer the outstanding differences between
France and Prussia to Ills Holiness, and thereby
save the enormous outlay OF blood and treasure
which will be entniled by war VIA IA the use
OF having IN ininidble parsonage ct Kome II His
inallibility cannot be turned 70 account In great
emergencesf'
The infallibility Of the Pope has no reference
whatever TO temporal affairs. lie is declared to
be infable not rs an individual man, but as
the chief Bishop of the Roman Church,
claiming to be the vicegerent Of Christ
on earth. That the Church is the deposit
tory of divine inspiration Is doctrine which has
long been professed by the Roman Catholic COM
munion, and Il Is not strange even to some Prot
estant churches. This inspiration Of the Church,
however, relates exclusively to spiritual concerns,
and has no connection with business of state
war, finance, or other worldly matters. What
the Gcumcnical Council have now done is to de-
clare that this iufalblity respecting things Of
faith and rules of morals, which has always
been regarded as belonging to the Church, hence
forth attaches to the head of the Church, to the
Pope. Whenever he speaks in that capacity
upon religious and moral subjects, he is inialli-
bic; but any suggestion of bringing the divine
powers which are benceforth attributed to him
into the settlement of the difference between
France and Prussia must be regarded as absurd,
even by those who do not consider il blasphe.
nous Possibly, however, the Tribune intend
ed only to utter sarcasm against infallibil-
ity, and had no serious idea Of calling in the
Pope for the purpose which il mentions.
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CURIOsIIIES or CRIME.

j. Cross Nelson Was committed yesterday for
having H. he possession two t5l0O United States bonds
that had been stolen nom Morrison. Son III CHI nson
Glitter, w, Ihomas was con United yesterday in
default Of ESQ 900 bal on the charge O stealing sG2 90
Eorth OF Kansas PHciAc bonds nom Dabncy, Morgan
q Co. in April last.
Last evening wholesale dealer "a tie queer,
John Brown, hhas Hrnwden was nabh,-i NJ NJ Grand
ana Wooster streets over 800 IN counterfeit cur.
rencY was found On BrOWaen, wIth o., ~ In good
money.
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The Erie Eai,ro.d Lenses,

PmLADELPHIA, Pa, July 20.-An election was
held to-day by the stockholders OF the Erie ,rusI
to approve tie new lease OF the road by the Penn
sylvania Hailroad Company Prior TO the election .
protest was presented on behalf of the Cleveland.
Plainyillc and AsLtaIula Railroad against allowing
the Pennsylvania Railroad to vot on nearly forty
thousand shares Owhet BY that Company. on the
ground tl4t tie new tease IL In favor OF tie Com
pauy, and that thc Company should not be permitted
Dy it, own vote TO discharge them elves rom tho
Obligations OF the former lease. Si1,y-three thoa-
sand one hundred and sixsy-eight votes In
favor and .277 agas, deciding the question VI the
now lease
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RAILROAD dCCIDENTS.

The 8 A. NJ. New Haven train arrive here an
hour and bali late sc trrday morning, w NJ " an
accident IN Stamford. No one wa lnJuref.
Thomas Boyian i?] iIoyt street, BROOKLYN, was
run over yesterday Nv aergen Zee, Auu fatally
injured. Terence IN, tue driVef, arrested.
Warrants are cat against Henry j. Statues and
Andrew Grant conductor and eueIncer Of VI
cOnmldaUon train, anu e'Tge W. RarDes conductor
or the nail tr'n on Tue Northern Railroad acc. ins
them OF manslauEhts. By o,usl " the death on rl
"; Ozark. engineer OIL the nan Lain Al Canaan y ~,
4
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LONG ISLAND.

The dOuble-scull bogts Il hot and Unknown werv
prl'Ci t'rdgy by G.. EugClhar and W. k1rth aud
" kei,v. aul j. Johnson Tor the cnadl. luhshlp OF
kcW'lNn CresS
Patrick Fitzgerald, ALA, John Wild Of Canada,
and .on Parcel ran ten miles on ne Fashion C9yIe
for tsoO. Al the mn IA mile Farrell gave out VIA
being quarter oil u mile ahead Tan -, @ minutes
The championship OF NewtOwn creek VAS dis
puted yesterday afternoon hy the Elliott AMI the q
Known. IN seventeen feet loub e.tcu boatS he ~
bot was rowed ty Englehtr and Knouth, ana The In
known ~ holse! aud johnson. tn! Elliott wol lhe
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NO4H DITIS'S DILEMMA.
Whnt AboHt BaiIey's Bondsmen e-Ditto
All at Blatchiord-WHi Judge Davis
ss-arci, tue Dusty Piacen-H sIes Of his


Onicce
Judge Noah Davis, the successor OF District
Attorney Pierrepont took toe oath Of ONCE yester-
day before Judge Blatehord. He then appointed
Mr Henry L. Davies, Jr., son OF Judge Davies his
A. st assistant, in place OF VIM. Stanley, resigned
WREN he entered his once he received the rcsisna.
tons OF Con. Jackson, the Hon. A. II. Purdy, Mr. b
h. Phelrs. and Hr. SimonF, the Assistant District
Attorneys under Mr.. Pierrcroat. He will name
tier successors in a DAY or two.
Judge Noah Davis Is In an awkward dilemma.
His law partner, Mr.. Hcnry r. Davies, was one Of
The sure es Of Tx Cole ctor Bailey, who abscon
tue bond being for $4,000. For some uneNPlsino cd
reason the name OF Mr.. Davies. Omitted two
weeks ago from the oficul list OF Brilcy's bon L..
mon. hut the records OF tho District Attorneys
Office show that he one OF the surptirs. This "
oTe OF the bonds that Judge Noah Davis will un-
doubleday prosecute IN tue course Of bis Official du-
ties.
Among the cases which demand his attention are
the following:
william Watson selling counterfeit currency.
john Foster ugsE ing cOun crclt notes.
John Gwynne. dchaudns the Government Of the tax
J. bright. selling counterfeit s'omps.
james Jones, passing counterfeit bank notes.
Guaymnres, the diamond smusgIer, who offered $40 900
10 settle us case.
J. Larson, c0untcrfciting.
7 u swift, the broadway lawyer, accused, the TWEEN.
ueth tine OF rChhins poor soldier named Cosgrovc
of poTton OF hs bounty.
owen keenan, Charlie Leopold, and James Baelcy,
d'TSuding the Government OF the lax on whskey.
II ia due TO Col Bagiey to add that he says he Is
entirely innocent of the charge.
These, with the more important cases of Batch
ford. the drawback thief. Donnng. the cmbezzlor AZ
others, viii occupy az least year OF the time OF
Judge Noah DavIs--il indeed they are ever tried
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Tho practice Of granting free passes on
railroads to legislators and judges is not
only vicious and corrupting, but it is indie
f'nsibe on any ground Of policy, public or
private. That one should pay for ever, thing
that he obtains from another, whether a com.
modify or valuable service, is a sefevident pro.
position. And 1t is equally plain that legislator
public officer of any KIND cannot make proper
compensation, render a legitimate return,
for the favor OF a free ride on a railroad
Especially, the relations between judicial officers
and railroad companies are of such nature tina.
a dcadhead ticket should be regarded as an
afront. By accepting such a favor. a Judge
places himscifu under an obligation that cannot be
honestly discharged. Tie prefer implies sus-
piciou that a hign-mindcd Judge would repe
With indignation. Such q man would feel
III at ease with q free pass in his pocket
The case is equally strong where legislators
are subsidized by these corporations; and the
mischief is far-reaching -incaculable, in fact
Take, by way Of illustration, the Legis-
laturo of Connecticut recently in session
The members, including the Assembly and SEN
ate, are some two huadrcd and fifty in number.
Every Of them has pass on the dozen
more railroads that traverse the State in all d.
rections, or at least upon such as give him ac-
cess to the place where the Legislature meets.
They can all reach home in season for supper,
and the adjournment is timed to suit their con-
vencnce so that not one out often Of them has
NAMED in New Haven over night. The conse-
qucnce is, that the session has been extended far
beyond the time necessary for the transaction Of
the business of the State, and all because the
members can 70 to their homes and return with
out costing them cent Looking at the qucs-
ton from economical point of view, the peo
pie Of Connecticut will be required to pay at
least csc, 900 for the qualification Of their repre-
tentatives. But this is not the grayest aspect of
the question. That will suggest itself to the mind
Of every man Of ordinary intelligence and OBJ
seryation.
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A French Fleet in the Mediterranean.

The English journals call attention TO the fact
that great Prussan squadron has for some time
past been In the Mediterranean, that all The spanish
ports are omen 10 H. and that when the war seriously
neilns the combined PrussiRn and Spanish fleets
will be formidable even to France
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STATEN ISLAND.

The cook OF Mr.. Watson, of New Brighton, at
tempted suicide yesterday.
Chauncey Edridse, New York mail carrier had
z well contested walking match Yesterday with one
Lynch OF New Jersey, Ion 400 side. The walk was
rom the foot Of Jersey street to Poit Richmond. IA
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The Coiored Cndet Don't Ketrnct-ue WcI-
comes the Congress- L Ommittec of Inycs-

tt2utiOn.
The following letter from the colored cadet,
James W. Smith, was written IN answer to q gentle
man who, fearing the Congressional invest igation
would come pretty hard on the white cadets WHO
have prosecuted the oolorel boy, desired him to
mako certain retractions or qualifications to his
former letter in The SUN:
CANT GEORGE II. THOMAS
WEST PoISr, July Is, 1870. I
DEAR SIN: Your fayor Of the 18th lust came TO
hand last evening,
nave noted the contents and would say In reply,
that inasmuch my guardian has carried tho matter
so far II would be improper for me 10 retract what
have said. Moreover, my enemies would say that
my statements were false and could not bear an ex
animation. Although | would not desire to have
any one suffer On my account Yet II this matter is
Investigated II Will settle the question L. the
coored cadet TO have justice ana protection 2"
We're TO give no the contest now we would re-
lapse into the old state OF Affairs. and ii would be
almost impossible to arouse again the nations guar
dians to protect her honor. so, upon the whole
have decided to let the matter t0ke its course and
abide by tue consequences. slah be Glad 70 near
ff0m you again at your convenience.
Respectfully yours, J, W. SMITH.
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II is announced from Europe that the
horses OF NAPOLEON III. have been sent to the
frontier for his use in the war but how no is
going to ride them is another question. Those
who have lately seen him lifted into his carriage
will, we presume, hardly be able to believe that
he seriously proposes to mount on horseback. If
he should undertake it, he will run the risk OF
coming into worse danger than at Magenta, where
he so narrowly escaped being captured BY the
AnAtriAnA
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The Late Murder In Providence,

The widow, three children, and the man SER
want OF the late William p. Angel, OF whose murder
they have been accused, haze been discharged the
complainant with drawing.