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Cuban News.

NEW YORK, August u The Cuban
insurrectiOn is to be crushed, if we be-
lieve a dispatch sent by the Spanish
Government to its representative in
Washington, and telegraphed to the
New York papers from that city. The
dispatch is intended to give the inn
preston that renewed energy is to
characterize the war on the part of
the Spaniards, and that grand final
effort is to be made this winter to de-
strOy the insurgents. Twenty thou
sand additional troops are to be sent
over in September.
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Petition for the Pardon of Fenians-..Grant
will Give il hrs Attention,

ST. LOUIS, August 12.-During
the Presidents visit to the Merchants
Exchange to-day, Mayor Cole pre-
sented to him, on behalf of Irish and
American citizens, a petition for the
pardon of General O'Neil and other
Fenians now in prison for violation
of the neutrality laws. The President
received the petition and said he
would give it his consideration. The
appeal was signed by large num-
ber Of prominent Americans, as well
as Irish citizens.
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Disaster on Board tho Steamer RorWalk-
Eight Lives Lost.

NEW YORK, August 12.-As the
steamboat NOrwalk was steaming
from Conev Island with 1000 passen-
gers she collied with a sloOp. The
shock was great, shaking the steamer
from stem to stern and causing q
frighful panic among the passengers.
Several were knocked into the water,
among them two children who fell
from their mothers arms. 1t is sup
posed that at least eight lives were
lost, but neither the names or num-
ber lost can be ascertsined tonight.
A boat went to the rescue but picked
up only two men. The NOrwalk was
tOwed TO the Atlantic dock-yard
where she sunk.
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His ROyaI Hiahness Ulysses on his Travels.

ST. LOUIS, August l2.-President
Grant visited the Merchants Ex-
change at noon, and spent few mo-
ments with the merchants. A large
number of citizens were present, and
the gallaries of the hall were crowded
with ladies. The President will leave
for Chicago at ten o'clock tomorrow,
on special train, via Chicago, Alton
and st. Louis Railroad, and will ar
rive at Chicago in the evening. A
splendid new commissary car will be
attached to the train, and all the pre-
cautions taken for safe and speedy
trim.
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A Pifiahnrn Ranksr cnmmlts SnInide

PITTsBURG, PA, August 12.-Philip
r. Meatz, a well-known banker of
this city, committed suicide about 5
o'clock this morning, by shooting
himself through the heart. He was
found at O'Clock, seated in the wash
room of his bank, with his pistol on
the floor. He left a letter to his wife,
in which he states that owing to finan-
cial embarrassment he took his life.
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Saratoga Races.

SARATOGA, August 12.-At the
races to-day for the Kenner stakes Of
5000, two-mile heats, for three year
old colts, 40 pounds, fillies l07, En-
quirer was first; Hamburg second;
Telegram thirteenth. Remorseless
was distanced; time 3:4Si.
Summer handicap, q mile heats for
$1,000. Owing to heavy shower and
condition of the track, Helmbold was
Withdrawn. Mamie Douglas, 102
pounds, beat Tasmania, 50 pounds,
easily in 4:28l.
Purse of $4O0 for all ages, mile
heats, Lady Petrie first; Fecility see
Ond; Alta Vela third. Judge Curtis
was not in his place. Time l;24.
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BELGIUM.

ANTWERP, August 12.-Advices re-
ceived from the seat of war in France
state that a great battle is momenta-
rily expected.
BRUSSELS, August 12.-Last night
there was an enthusiastic popular
demonstration before the palace and
British Legation.
The Times this merning says the
pride of France and her prestige de-
mand that those who brought this on
her must suffer for it. To be victori-
GUS or discrowned is Napoleon's alter
native on the next battlefield.
Prussian accounts say nothing at
Konigratz could parallel the destruc-
ton of life at Woertz.
The Times accounts say it is be-
lieved that Napoleon was on the field
with Mcmahon.
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WASHINGTON, August 12.-Msyor
B. B. French died to-day aged 20
years.
c.. j, White, Professor of astronomy
and navigation at the naval academy,
has resigned.
The receipts of the government, in
Guiding the balance in the treasury,
for the three months ending June
thirtieth, were $23S, ,S11, ,4S3.
Secretary Robson has gone on a
visit
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caurfeZan Shni.

LOUISVILLE, August ia young
man named Alfred Powers went to a
house Of prostitution on lafayette
street at noon to-day and shot Annie
RabOurne, the prOprietress. She is
slightly wounded.
Some months since Powers brother
was shot and killed in house kept by
this woman, and that is why he shot
her.
Four miles from the city, at noon
to-day, an affray occurred in which
knives and pistols were freely nsed.
One Walker was fatally cut, and three
men, names unknown, were slightly
shot.
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nThs Dark and Bloody Ground. "

CINCINNATI, August ia band
of Ku-Klux made a descent on Yer
seilIes, KY, Wednesday night, killing
a negro preacher named Surpen and
another cOlored. man. A military
company is preparing to go from
Frankfort to keep the peace.
A man named Faulkner, at Rough
and Ready, in Anderson county, was
killed by a man named White. White
had guarded Faulkner at Lawrence
burg when under arrest. The latter
paid his fine and told White he wegld
kin him. Afterward he went to
Whites house, who, seeing him APP
proach in a threatening manner,
saizad his 0un and shot him,
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ENGLAND.

LONDON, August 1.-THE special
correspondent Of the New York Tri-
bltle, at Metz, writes that he was ar
rested at that place on Sunday, to-
gether with Simpson, of the London
illustrated Nelos, and Henry Mathew,
as Prussian spies, and mObbed by the
town people, and it was with difficult
ty that they were protected by the
soldiers. They were repeatedly ex-
amixed by the military authorities,
released and rearrested, their papers
taken away, and they were finally
carried before General Changarnier,
commanding in Metz, who threatened
them with death. After some delay
! they were finally released and ordered
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Robbery of a IeweIry Store.

CLEVELAND, o., August 12.-About
noon to-day two men entered Critten-
den's jewelry store, and one of them
expressed a desire to look at some
silver-ware, and while thus engaged
the other crawled under the counter
and distracted diamonds and other
iewelry valued at about $4,000. Both
men made good their eScaDe,
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Snain.

MADRID, August ia manifesto
issued by the leaders of the Republi-
can party demands a cOnvocation of
the COrtes and revision of the mon
archical portion of the Constitution.
The manifesto cOunsels calmness and
subOrdinatiOn as the only guarantee
of et1aaass
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The Red River Prisoners,

OTTOwA, August 12.-Tbe Govern
ment organ says the Canadian Gov
eminent has not applied to the Impe-
rial authorities for amnesty to persons
concerned in the disturbances in the
Northwest, but it is believed that if
any amnesty is proclaimed, those per-
sons actually concerned in the murder
of Scott will be specially excepted.
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Wyoming Democracy.

CHEYENNE, August 1.-THE DEM
Ocrats met at the theater this after
noon, and elected six delegates TO the
territorial Convention, to be held at
Bryant, August p. The meeting
was harmonious. The weather Is
cold, and il is raining.
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MARKETS.
IBY LEGRA APH.l
New York.

New York.
NEW YORK, August l2.-Cetton quiet: sales
SlS bales; middling uplands, l95ze. Flour un-
SIS 1905 so. Whisky lower, g@971zc Wheat, No
spring, 81 %; winter red and amber, 81 659
10 Corn, mixed, 9l992&c. Coffee quiet
Sugar quiet; sales 500 hhds at S5@g10Ac for
Cuba; molasses dull; rice firm at S19991ze
Dry Goods-Business has not yet opened
with any degree of activity, and although
prices are unchanged to-day, the market is
lacking in buoyancy. The best makes OF
heavy brown sheettngs, good Southern
brands, are steady at l31<9l4e; Augusta A,
ings, NC; Maxwell 40-inch, l9c; Manadnock
S0-4 sheetings, Sic; Pepperill S-4, SOC; Andres
coggin l0-4 bleached do, 421zc; Bay Mills mus
Inns, lSc; Boalt b, l31$c; White Rock huseys,
2lc; Black Rock do, zoe; LOnsdale paper cam
brics, 9Sl0c, for common and high cOlors.
Wall Street
NEW YORK, August I2.-The Stock Exchange
Is generally quiet The news of the suspen-
sion of the Bank of France had been antiei-
pated, and produced no effect. The gold mar
ket is strong and higher; price advanced TO
llS4, due 10 the large amount going out by
steamers tomorrow. Thus far the engage
ments amount to 81, $4,000 The price opened
at III, and closed at llS@llS1s. Carrying rates
per cent, and for borrowing fiat at l-64.
Clearanees, S., zoo, 600. Money easy at S@4c on
call. with exceptions at &c. Sterling dull and
unchanged. Governments dull and weak.
State bonds quiet; old Tennessees, 62i new do,
6I2.
New UfieanS.
NEW ORLEANS, August 12.-Corn duh and
lower; mixed, 81 05; white, 81 ~. Bran,
81 0O. All others unchanged. Cotton, better
grades firmer; sales of 500 bales middlings at
l7s4c; low middlings, l61Se; good ordinary,
l414@l5c; receipts 203 bales; no exports.
Weeks sales, H00 bales; receipts, 99i bales;
exports TO Liverpool, 1919 balesi Vera Cruz
2l6 bales; coastwise, Sol5 bales; stock, SO ,254.
Sterling, S015c. Sight, q prem. Gold, I71z9
Is4c.
lcaIsviIse.
LOUISVILLE. August l2.-Bagging dull al
2014930c. Cotton dull at lSc. Flour quiet; ex.
ira family, SIS IS. Wheat, 81 209l 80. Corn
81 o.. Provisions inactive. Mess pork. $50 90
Bacon, lS9lS9lsc. Bulk meats, l49l7918c
Lard, H1Sc. Hams, sugar cured, sc. Whis-
Ky, raw, S5c. Tobacco, sales lilo hhds al
5@6s4c for trashy to lugs; 7@l7szc for low Il
CIncInHat!.
CINCINNATI, August l2.-Flour dull; family
So 25@6 so; nominal. Wheat fair; red al 81 il
al "a Corn dun and lower, at 75(a78e. Rye
S09S5e. Cotton unchanged. Tobacco: sales
100 hhds at s5 30 to SIS 20 Whisky 94a95c
Provisions unsettled. Mess pork SO. Bulk
meats, iS@l5c; bacon shoulders, I41Sc; aide.
nA9lsc. Lard, Ice. Butter. a6@3Oc. Eggs, i
@llc.
ST. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, August 2-Tobaceo unchanged
begging unchanged, Flour dull; super, 81 s.
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Pleasure Rnat Sunk

Boston, August 12.-The steam
pleasure boat Grace Irving, with a
party of fifty on board, struck a rock
off Fort Warren yesterday afternoon,
and Immediately sunk. All on board
were saved.
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DENVER, Col, August 1.-Two
and quarter miles were laid on the
Arkansas and Pacific railroad to-day;
fourteen miles only to be laid to COM
plete the road.
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ST. LOUIS, August 12.-ColoneI
Downing, president of the Cherokee
Nation, and Colonel Van and Samuel
Smith, members of the Council, who
have been to Washington on business
connected with their people, arrived
here yesterday on their way home.
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little Rock and Hot Springs

HLOSE connections are made at DsVallis
" Blum with steamers for Augusta. DesArc,
Jaeksonport, Batesville and all points on
White river; and at Little Rock with stages
for the Hot Springs, Camden, Washington
and all points in south and Southwestern
Arkansas and Texas; and with steamers for
Pine Blut. Dardanelle, Van Buren, Fort
Smith and all points on Arkansas river; and
at Fort Smith with stages for Shs rnan,
Texas; and at Huntersville with Little ROck
and Fort Smith Railroad
Ferry boat leaves foot of Union street daily
at am.
Baggage checked on ferryboat through to
Little Rock
Tickets for sale at cOmpany's oflce, No. 81
South Court street, Memphis, and at Hope
neid Depot B. ID. WILLIAM,
General superintendent.
B. p. ROBSON, Asst Superintendent. aulU
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BALTIMORE, August 12.-ThOmas
Sewell, ID. D., of the Methodist Epis-
cOpal Church, died last night, aged
fifty years.
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DIED.

GREEN NWOOD-Yesterday morning, at 10
O'Clock, at 10. 81 Linden street, EDDIE NJ.
GREENWOOD, only son of T. and ~ ]. Green
wood, aged years, ? months and q DAYS.
The funeral VIII take place this CsATUR-
DAY morning at 10 o'clock, from the resi-
dence Of the family. The friends Of the fam
lily are respectfully invited to attend. Ser
vices by Rev. DR.. Hines. Carriages in attend
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attachment Notica-

In the First Circuit Court of Shelby county,
Tannessees-E. 3. PIummer vs. MoultOH,
Benedict & Co.
IN this cause an attachment having been
sued out under section 1856 OF the code and
returned Into court, levied upon personal
property OF defendant. and affidavit having
been made that the defendants are indebted
to plaintiffs In the sum OF SlH SO by account,
and that the defendants are non-residents oi
the State of Tennessee:
1t is therefore ordered, That they make
their personal appearance herein, before the
Judge OF the First Circuit Court OF Shelby
county. on the third N onday in September
next, and defend said attachment suit.
within the time prescribed by law or the
same will be proceeded with exparte: and
that copy of this order be published once &
week, for four consecutive weeks, In the
Memphis Appeal.
Done at oftfce, this 18th day of July. 1870.
FRANK TAFT, Clerk.
By B. Z. COLEMAN, Deputy Clerk.
MarYe q TrezeYant, attorneys for pitt tYll
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GENERAL SUMMARY.
New Cotton.


MONTGOMERY, Ala, August 12.-
The second bale of new cotton was
sold to-day for 36E cents.
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SEPARATING coTT0N-GIR.
THE COTTON CROP OF 1870

GAN be gathered in the boll-hulls, leaves,
u stems and all. The drop cotton and un-
opened bolls can be saved.
THE SEPARATING CoTToN-GIS will save all,
and gin it out cleaner, less cut and less
mapped lint, than can be made from the same
1lsld In the usual way, BY the best gins now
In use.
Gs- Send for circular.
DoWDALL., PAGE a CO., stgI.ouis, No,
iyle Sole Makers.
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Admiral Earrauut Becomlnu Weaker.
The Arkansas Pacific RalIrnad.

PORTSMOUTH, n. H., August r.
Admiral Farragut is still alive, but
gradually becoming weaker.
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GEORGIA.

The Attorney General Speaks-The Present
State Constitution NaIid-Ths Election
Must be HsId-lmportsBt kews-PrOIon
uatien BiIl Defested.
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ST. AGNES ACADEMY
FOR YOUNG LADIES.

THIS Institution, conducted by the sisters
4 OF st. Dominic, Is delightfully."- situated In
a healthy and retired part of the city oi Mem
phis, Tenn. The buildings are ample and
eomrnOdlous standing in the center OF ex-
tensive and highly approved grounds, shaded
by forest trees, and laid out and set with rare
plants and shuboery.
THE course of studies comprises all tbs
branches, Useful and Ornamental, that ara
The Acedemie Year consists OF two Sessions
Of I'VE months each; the first commencing
on the FIRST OF SKPTEMBKR. the second on
the FIRST MONDAY IN FKBRUARY.
TERMS PER SESSION,
Payable half yearly, Invariably in advance
For board and tuition In any Of the follow
ing branches: Reading, Arithmetic. ~ es9n ~.
Grammar, Geography, HlssSly, ~ ~ st1rSf s1-S,-f
Com poeifion Criticism, Principle o. = S.e.s4
PSilasonhv, Chemistry and Botany. MensaA
and Moral Philosophy Eiztn Sss5.s, ,9s, =, -.
ins etc. SIS, $50, $50 and 500 aceora1ns 70 We
e,s 81 ~ ne class Of the pupil = =. =
49, nav scholars Tuition 80. ~ - an0
ess sa...sessdIna TO age or class as above
- - - es,rSl1sf information, apply OF adoEae4
the n 4 Ssnss - a ss-3srnv
jya d4w = = '>''''s'
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THIS town IL situated on the Memphis and
Il Little Rock Railroad, half way between
Memphis and Little Rock, fifteen miles north
Of Clarendon, thtrty-three south Of Augusta,
nfty-nve south Of Jaeksonport, and elgnt
from Cotton Plant
1t Is surrounded by 9 very fine country and
Immediately In the Pine Region one OF the
finest bodies OF pine In the state. ,.,,..
and st. Francis rivers. and Is considered tne
very healfhiest sections OF Arkansas
This place Is destined 70 ce one oL me
largest shippinR points on the Memphis and
Little Rock railroad .A,S
Trains will carry passengers q nal1 fafe.
Terms made known on day OF sale.
- B. d. WILLIAMS.
tyal General sup't and Land Agent.
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THE WAR.
Excitement In France About PrussIan
Spies-The Tribune Correspond.
emf 0Yerhsuled.
Reported Capture of MeMshon's Treasure
Chsst-The Emperor Declared to
have been In the Late Battle
The Report Confirmed.

Prusslan Statistics Of the Killed and
Wounded at The Battle Of WOertz-
Their Mortality Greater than
at Koenlggralz.
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DEREMPrORY sale OF ninety-oDs acres
Il first quality farm land, covered with the
finest timber; together with two large never
falling springs OF pure water. supplying the
premises with abundance Of stock water.
The estimated quantity OF wood on the land
Is 100 cords to the acre. Five miles north of
Memphis, directly on the Mississippi River
railroad and the Big Creek plankroad, in the
neighborhood of DIR. Pryor's, and well known
as the best land in Shelby county; being en-
ttrely tree from overflow, and laying high
and healthy. Any person wanting home,
or wishing to make money, can never ind a
better chance than we now offer. We will
sell t,nis land, without reserve, on
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-02-01
THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT.

Senator Morton aYows his intention, as
soon as the Senate has disposed of the
financial question, to introduce and press
to its passage bill providing for the pun
ishment of those persons holding office
in violation of the Fourteenth Amend
ment. 1t is said by well informed per
SONS that such an act will unseat more
than half the off1ce-holders in Kentucky,
including about fifty members of the
present Legislature, among them Mr.. Les
lie, the recently elected Speaker of the
Senate, and acting Leutenat Governor of
the State. 1t is known here that in 1868
he declined a race for Congress in the
Third District, on the ground, as pub
lished by himself at the time, that he
could not take the test oath.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
The Infirmities of Acc.

Decrepitude is the natural accompaniment of
old age, but it may be ameliorated and the period
of entire helplessness long postponed by the Ju-
dicious of healthful stimulant Physicians
fully aware of tlds fact, usually recommend mod
crate stimulation when the strength and vigor of
maturity have been suspended by the feebleness
and prostitution which the inevitable results Of
declining years. Port wine, gin, brandy and other
liquors are often prescribed by medical men for
aged persons, but the impulse which fermented
and distilled liquors give to the circulation and the
energy they seem to impart, are transtory, unless
the alcoholic principle is modified and qualified by
the presence Of medicinal tonics and invigorants.
OF all the combinations of difusive stimuli with
the Juices Of herbs roots and barks that have ever
been administered to the aged and infrIn, with
the view Of sustaining their waning strength,
cheering their dropping spirits and relieving the
aches and pains to which they are subjected, none
has been found so eficacious, go agreeable and so
permanent in its effects as Hostetters Stomach
Bitters The difference between the effect Of the
Bitters and that Of mere exeitant however pure,
is the same as between the effect of a sudden and
momentary application of excessive force to
given purpose, and the result of steady,
continuous application of exactly the requisite
amount OF force to the same end. The mere
spirit OF physical energy produced by dram (and
which is always succeeded by corresponding de-
pression) never yet benefited any man or woman
suffering from physical decay. cordial like Hos
letters Bitters at soothing and inVigorstingr
is the remedial agent required.
feb1-deod1w&wlt
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TIE PILLOW ASSASSINATION.

We learn from the Tuscumbia Ala-
6dmidn, that two young men named
Phillips, and another whose name it had
not been able to obtain, had confessed to
the killing of the Pillows. The three, it
says, left the county before they could be
arrested. Their statement as to the cause
of their action is thus related: 4 few
weeks before the occurrence, at a party
in the neighborhood, one Of the young
men named Phillips and William Pillow
had a difficulty, during which Pillow drew
his pistol on Phillips, but was prevented
from using it by persons present. Shortly
after this, Phillips went out into the yard,
and Wilde out there was fired at by some
person. Phillips then said he intended to
kill the person who shot at him, as soon
as he found out who did It. A few days be-
fore the killing, he stated to parties that
he had learned who shot at him. 1t is
said several parties are on the look out for
them,
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Voice from the State Capital.

Testimonials from Ohio Senators, Representatives
and others, regarding the excellence of DIR.
Jas. g. kerr's Great System Reno
VAtOr.
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DAWES.

The Cincinnati Commercial says: Mr..
Dawes is earning for himself the appel,
lation which was given to Mr.. Wash,
burne, of Illinois, when he was in Con,
gress. He is spoken of as 'the watch
dog of the Treasury" and the vigilance
he displays makes it appropriate. Gen.
Buffers insinuation that Mr.. Dawes criti-
cisms of the economical management of
the administration are prompted by feel
ings Of luminosity, is not warranted. The
best friend Of the administration, and of
the Republican party, is he who can in
fuence it TO put some restraint upon ex-
peditures and cut the appropriations to
the lowest practicable figures.
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OLD VIRGINIA.

Mack writes to the Cincinnati Enquirer
that he has not heard a better definition
of the condition of Virginia under the
new reconstruction act than that given in
conversation by an old navy officer, whom
Mack had known during the war in the
gunboat service, who was at Donelson and
Vicksburg, and who, from the views he
used to entertain, was expected to applaud
the Radicals:
"Well, Captain" said I, "did you
think it would come to this when you
were firing the big guns on the Missis-
sippi2 "
'No." said he 81 didn't. It's pretty
hard on the poor fellows down South.
Poor old Virginia; they're got her
bucked and gagged and pat IN double
irons"
There has not been a speech made or
an editorial written since the war that
better tells the story of preserving the
Union" or the Congressional plan than
these few words of the navy Captain
''bucked and gagged, and put in double
irons" And to extend the smile a little
further, it is worth while to add that a
ship of state with half her crew in that
condition is not apt to make a prosperous
voyage,