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STONEWALL JACKSON. IA
What Caused his Death-LctIer from
DIR. Hunter McGuire.

Dr. hunter UCNHulre.
To the Editors Of the Old Dominion:
RICHMOND, VA, March Z, 1S70.-I
have Just received your letter asking me
to give you some information inregard to
the last wound of Gen. Jackson, that you
may correct the statement published in
some Northern magazines by Gen. De
Peyster and Col. Clifford Thompson.
The former, you say, claims that Gen.
Jackson was shot by the First Massachu-
sets Infantry, and the latter that he was
killed by a canister shot from Pleasanton's
artillery.
You viii find en- accurate account of
Dabney's 'Iife of Jackson" or in the
account l wrote and published several
years ago.
The facts are briefly these:
Gen. Jackson made the attack May 2,
with his army in three lines of battle.
Rhodes division occupied the front line,
COlstOn's division the second line,' and
Hill, with part of his division in line
and part in column, the third line. Du-
ring the attack and rapid pursuit of the
enemy, Rhodes and Colston's divisions
confused mass. Rhodes, finding how dis
ordered the troops were, asked Jackson to
send Hill forward to take the advance,
and permit the first and second lines to be
reformed. While this was being done,
Jackson, accompanied by some officers
and couriers, rode forward to reconnoiter.
| He advanced as far as the Federal pickets,
| and then turned to come back to his own
line, when his party, mistaken for Fed.
eral cavalry, were fired into by the
Confederate line of battle. The fire
was probably from troops who had
| just been placed in position, and
who did not know that jackson
and his party were in front OF
them. / think this. was the General:
impression in speaking of it afterwards.
Several of his party were killed and
wounded by this fire, but the General es
capped, and turning to his left entered the
forest and continued to approach his OWL
line. When within thirty or forty yard:
of it a second volley was fired, which
wounded him in three places. One Of
the wounds was in the right hand, Thu
other two in his left arm. 1t was rounC
0all, such as was used for the smooth
bore Springfield muskets. The wounds
in the left arm were believed to hav,
been made by the same kind of bullets
The Confederate troops who fired the vol
leys at the General and his escort were
armed with smooth-bore muskets.
will add that Gen. Jackson did not die
from these wounds. His death was the
result of pneumonia, and occurred eighf
days after the wounds were received.
Yours, very respectfully,
HUNTER MoGUIRE,
Late Chief Surgeon Jackson's Com'd.
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SPRING.
The EquInoctiaI Days.

We may now be said to have entered
fairly upon the opening of spring, as the
season has approached when when steadily
increasing warm weather may be reason
ably and confidently expected. Yesterday
and to-day are the days of the equinox, at
which time spfing may properly be said to
commence. Equinox, from the Latin
equ,ts (equalD and noe might signifies the
time when the suns center crosses the
equator, the vernal equinox commencing
March 20, and the autumnal Sept. p.
The equinoctial line is the name sometimes
given to the equator. The equinoctial
points in the celestial equator are the
points at which the suns path crosses
the equator of the earth. The equi-
noctial colure is a celestial meridian
passing through the equiuoctial points.
In our hemisphere spring is considered as
commencing with this vernal equinox and
ends at the summer solstice on the 2lst OF
June, the longest day in the year, as the
autumn ends with the autumnal solstlee
on the 21st of December, the short
est day IN the year Though we
count the months of March, April and
May as our spring months, we really, as
general thing, have little settled growing
spring weather till after this equinox AS
the name indicates, the days and nights
with us are now equal, condition which
occurs but twice each year. This passage
of the equinoctial line then, although at
tended with storms and looked forward to
with dread and foreboding by the mariner
and the seafaring man as the most perilous
season of navigation, is the departure Of
winter and wintry weather, and the advent
of the season Of planting, flowers, birds,
and buds and blossoms, whom the grass
will grow green and sparkle in the sweet
dews Of morning and the piaintive "voice
of the turtle will be heard in the land.
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CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

SENAlE
WASHINGTON, March 22.-Mr. Harlan,
from the Committee on Indian Affairs,
reported bill to promote the civilization
of the Indians and prepare them for the
rights and duties of citizenship.
Annexation Treaties.
Mr.. Sumner from the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, reported adversely on the
proposed amendment to the rules allowing
treaties for annexation of the entire domin-
ion of any foreign power to be discussed
in open session.
MIR. Sumner reported bill for the relief
of ]. Ross Browne, late minister to China
Indemnity.
The joint resolution directing the Secre-
tary of State to pay out ofthe Japanese in
demnity fund, damages TO the steamer
Monitor, fired into by the marines of Mi
kado in 1864. Passed.
The resolution instructing the Judiciary
Committee to inquire into the propriety of
providing for the payment by law of the ex-
penses of claimants in suits for soldiers
bounties, was passed.
Cairo and Fulton Railroad
Mr. Rice introduced joint resolution
extending the time for the completion of
the first section of the Cairo and Fulton
railroad.
Legal Reserves.
Mr.. Sherman, from Finance Committee,
reported Summers bill, to strengthen legal
reserves on banks, ETC., with a recommends
ton that it be indefinitely postponed, which
was agreed to.
Decline of American Commerce.
In the House a resolution, for the print
ing of IL, 600 copies of the report of the
Committee on the decline of American
Commerce, came up. Mr.. Chandler strenu-
ously opposed the conclusions of the Com
mittee, but the resolution was adopted.
Amcs' Citizenship.
The report of the Judiciary Committee
on the case of Gen. Ames, Senator elect
from Mississippi, was discussed.
Mr.. Conkling supported the report,
though in all personal kindness to Gen.
Ames, considering he was constitutionally
ineligible to take seat from Mississippi,
for the essential requisite of voluntary resi-
dence was lacking
Mr.. Rice gave his reasons from dissent
ing from the report of the majority of the
Judiciary Committee. Gen. Ames had
chosen Mississippi as his place of residence,
and declared to various persons his irten-
ton of becoming citizen, and was there
fore citizen under the general provision
of the State Constitution. Messrs. Howard
and Thayer argued to similar effect,
and claimed that Ames should have the
benefit of his declared intention.
Mr.. Thurman commended as nothing b ut
a vague and conditional intention on fhe
part of Ames to become "A citizen, and
while he remained subject to the order of
the Government to go anywhere on the
face of the globe, he could not acquire
voluntary residence.
Without action, the Senate at i:40 ad-
ioUrned
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MACON COUNTY MEET
ING,

ING.
At a meeting of the citizens of Macon
county, held at Oglesby's mill, in said
county, the 10th inst, the following pro-
ceedings were had, tO-Wit: Frank 5.
Ayres was calledto the chair and Thomas
Alexander was appointed Secretary, when
the object of the meeting was appropri-
ately explained by the Chairman, and
thereupon the following resolutions were
offered and unanimously adopted:
Whereas, The county of Macon was not
entitled to a direct representative in the
recent State Constitutional Convention as
sembled at Nashville, but was represented
by the Hon. George E. Seay, of Sumner
county, who was selected by the expressed
wish of majority of the people of this
county to represent them as tlOatcr in said
Convention; and,
Whereas, We have witnessed with
plcaure and satisfaction the faithful man
ner in which he represented the interests
of our county and district and his patri-
otto and CONSTANT course in the discharge
of his duties as delegate to that body;
therefore,
Resolved, That we most fully and
heartily indOrse the course pursued by the
Hon. George E. Seay in said Convention,
and accord to him with sincere pleasure,
our thanks for his energy and zeal in the
performance of his duties as our repre-
sentative in that body, and that we will
most cheerfully support the new Consti-
tuition submitted by said Convention to
the people of Tennessee for their ratifica-
| ton.
Be it further resolved, That we take
this occasion also to tender our thanks to
| the Hon. Geo. M Everett, our Represen-
tative in the Lower House of the General
Assembly, for his patriotic and manly
course in that body, and indorse and COM
mend him as faithful public servant.
Be it further resolved, That a copy of
these proceedings he forwarded by the
Secretary to Messrs Seay and Everett.
f. S. AYREs, Chairman.
THos. ALEXANDER, Sec'y.
TIE ''maidcn speech" of the Ethiopian
Senator for Mississippi is said to have been
s'as able and eloquent as anything deliv-
cred in Congress for some time. This
NAV be easily believed If it had not
been as able and as eloquent as anything
delivered in Congress for some time, il
would have proven that the Legislature OF
Mississippi chose very inferior Niger
for Senator. Chicago Times.
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MOBILE.

opening oil the magnolia Races.
MOBILE, March 22.-The spring meeting
of the Magnolia course commenced to-day.
In the hurdle race, two miles, Lobelia beat
Mitchell in $3.50.
The mile dash, for two years old, was
won by Jack Mcdonald, beating the geld
ing. by Daniel Boon, in l:j0.
Mile heats won 10y Lobelia, beating Fan
nv and Combination. Time, l:52 and
I.J0.
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FRANCE.
Napoleon to OIIivier-COHstitutiO
Government.

Napoleon to OIIivier-COHstitutiO
Government.
PARIS. March 22.-The Journal O6lcSd
publishes a letter from the Emperor to
Prime Minister Olivier. lie says: ''It
would be expedient in the present condi-
ton of affairs to adopt all the reforms
which will restore constitutional govern
ment to France, in order to put an end to
that immoderate desire for change which
possesses certain spirits who disturb the
public mind by their belief of instability
of the present regime.
Among the reforms which he has inSti-
tuted, the Emperor places in the first rank
those which touch the constitution and
prerogatives of the Senate. He urges OIL
iivier to concert with his colleagues for sub
mission to him (the Emperor) of a project
for the Senate's constitution, which will fix
invariably the fundamental provisions
growing out of the plebiscitum of 1852,
divide the Legislative power between the
two Chambers and restore to the nation
part of the representatives over which he
had heretofore been delegated.
Another Strike at La CrcuzOL
The workmen of La Creuzot are again on
q strike. No disorders are reported.
Testimony On the BOnaparfe Trial
Tours, March 22.-In the High Court
the first witness examined was NJ Milliere,
who came into court between two gen
darmes. He gave his testimony with
firmness, but made no attempt at display.
He said the letter sent by Prince Benaparte
to Rochefort was not provocation, but an
insult Being asked why he wore arms, he
replied he lived in district outside the
city, and going home late at night was
obliged to carry arms for self protection.
He incidentally blamed the Government
for delay in the arrest of the Prince after
the shooting, whereupon he was repri.
manded by the President of the Court.
The Prince rose excitedly and declared
that Milliere and Groussett hadboth sworn
they would yet shoot him. This the wit
ness positively denied. The audience
seemed inclined to hiss the Prince.
The Procureur General insisted that the
witness should DO remanded to prison and
the lawyers for the prosecution demanded
that he remain and give the remainder OF
his testimony. The court decided that the
witness should remain, and he concluded
his testimony. Several servants of the &C
cused were placed on the stand and sworn
and his personal friends examined. The
latter damaged the defence by displaying
too much zeal.
The defence attempted to prove that the
Prince did not shoot until Foubille had
drawn pistol; and also that plot had
been formed against the life of the Prince
before the affair of the Rue D'Antoine but
the evidence failed to sustain either of the
allegations
1t is expected that RochefOrt will be ex-
amined tomorrow.
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A PHYSICIAN, residing in Andover,
Mass, gives the following instance of
canine sagacity: con Wednesday of this
week was called to see patient living
some distance from town. During my
visit daughter of the sick woman drove
up, whereupon her husband exclaimed,
'The dog did reach her after all On
asking for an explanation, he told me that,
having no one to send for his daughter,
he had sent off at noon on that same day
his little black and tan terrier dog, with a
note fastened to his neck, simply saying.
Go, sir, to Elmira's.' At 8 O'Clock the
little fellow arrived at the daughters
house, having Travelled Substance of seven
miles over an exceedingly tortuous route.
The daughter recognized the dog, read
the note, and reached her mothers house
at 6 O'Clock.
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ENGLAND.
Another sea-Dog.

LONDON, March o. The steamer Sauna.
ria reports, though her signals of distress
were flying, they were utterly ignored by
the steamer Manhattan.
Heavy Receipts of Wheat.
The receipts of wheat from the United
States are aggregated at 8, 800, 600 bushels.
More than any other previous year.
Mrs, O,DonOvan Rossa,
Wife Of O'Donovan Rosa, commenced a
series of readings at Limerick last night.
Her elocution is very fine. The enthusl-
asm of her audience was exuberant.
Tampering with the Telegraph.
In the House of Commons Marquis, Of
Harrington, the Postmaster General, re-
Piled TO the question relative to delays In
the Geographic service. lie explained that
the delays were now chiefly confined to
Ireland. Tolls were cheap. consequently
the wires were crowded. This was especi-
ally the case in North Ireland. In. the
Southern counties the lines had been
cut maliciously. The Sub Marine
cable connecting Wexford with Havreford,
West Wales, had also been cut, ten miles
away from the Irish coast, and under such
circumstances delays were inevitable, but
he hoped soon to be able to announce that
delays occur only in exceptional cases.
The discussion on the bill was then re-
sumed
Reconstruction.
A bill for the enforcement of the laws in
Ireland was taken up and debated.
MIR. Moore, member for Mayo, attacked
the Ministry for the inconsistency of their
conduct toward Ireland.
Mr.. Eewdegate, member for North War
wickshire, defended the land bill.
Canadian Independence.
The Right Hon. VIM. Moisell,' under
Secretary for the Colonial Department, ex-
planned that the knighthood offered Mr..
Gait, recently, was totally unconnected
with the question of Canadian lndepend-
ence.
The Irish Land Tenure.
Mr. Gladstone said he hoped to get
meeting of the committee on the Irish Land
Bill on Tuesday, in order that the ques-
ton might be disposed of, in time to re-
ceive the budget before Easter.
The Consul bill then came up, was de-
bated freely and passed.
Mr.. Pallep, member from North Lanca-
shire, spoke IN favor of the bill before the
House, but denounced the administration
for its culpable hardness in bringing it for
ward.
The Solicitor General of Ireland depre-
Gated cavil and hoped the House of Com
mons would give the bill moral force OF
unanimity in its support.
Mr.. Bagwell, member for Clonmell, oh
jected to the arbitrary powers given to jus
tees of the peace, which, he said, were
equivalent to allowing them to hang pris-
oners first and try them afterward. He
predicted the bill would prove unpopular
in Ireland.
A desultoFy- discussion followed, in
which Lord Claude Hamilton and Messrs.
Stackpole, Mcguire, Ball, HOrseman, and
others, took part.
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FORTRESS MONROE.

FInarant RcbcIIiOn-2OO Armed Ne
crocs Put TO Flight "a sheriff and
Posse of 30 Wen.
FORTRESS MONROE, March 22.-Yesterday
morning Deputy Sheriff, of Elizabeth City
county. went out to Celey Smiths farm,
three miles from Hampton, to put the man
who had bought it in possession, but was
resisted 10y colored squatters. To-day
Sheriff Tillow with a posse of fifty men,
went to get the negroes. He found two
hundred men and women well armed and
concluded it was folly TO attack them, and
retired toward Hampton, but was followed
and fred upon by the squatters, several OF
the shots passing close to the Sheriff but he
fortunately escaped unhurt. The Sheriff
has called on the Governor for assistance.
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CONDENSED KILOGRAMS.

The Republicans of the Toledo District,
Ohio, have nominated Z. d. Peck, for Con-
gress, to fill Hoags vacancy.
Fire at New York last night at Nos. 63,
Go and 81 Crosby street. Loss $500, 900.
The New York Police Bill, New Charter
and new Supervisors Bills were all killed
in the General Assembly yesterday after a
warm debate, disclosing great want of
unanimity on the part of the majority.
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SPAIN.
Topetc--GibraItcr for Spain.

TOpetc--GibraIter for Spain.
MADRID, March 22.-The resignation of
Admiral Topete as Minister of Marine, has
been accepted.
The Iberia has dispatches from Malaga,
which asserts that John Bright will under
take to secure the restoration of Gibralter
to Spain.
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THE Galcna 0ll) Gazette narratcs how
three young men, who ascertained that a
certain young lady had engaged herself to
each of them, iiercely quarreled about 1t
for several months, and then agreed to
wait upon the girl in body and ask her
TO take her choice. But the girl quietly
informed them that it was a quarrel OF
their own, in which she was not particu-
larly interested, and that they must settle
it among themselves. Whereupon they
retired and settled the difficulty by draw
ing lots, and the winner married the girl
last week The bride declares that she
gotth one that was her choice from the
first,
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POTTSVILLE.

Boiler ExpIOsiOn-Thrce Boys Killed
and Several Persons Injured.
PoTrsv1LLE, Pa, March 22.-This morn
ing the boiler of the coal-breaker of the
Wolf Creek Diamond Coal Company, near
Minesville, exploded The building was
demolished and the boiler carried over 100
wards. Three boys named VIM. Cook,
Richard Hunnegy and John Kelly were in
stantly killed, and ten persons injured.
The boiler was in good condition before
the explosion. A coroner's investigation
is undressing.
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HOUSE

MIR. Brooks, OF Massachusetts, made q
report from the subcommittee on Elec-
tons that Mr.. Booker was entitled to a
seat from the fourth Virginia district. He
said he would call it up for action on the
3lst.
Mr. Poland gave notice of a substitute
for the resolution declaring Mr.. Booker
disqualified by acts in support of the rebel
lion.
The Niger and the Mormon.
After the presentation of some resolutions,
including one by Mr.. Cox, favoring a di-
version from the fund appropriated for the
freemen of $50, 600 for the Wilberforce
University of Ohio, the House proceeded
to the consideration of the Utah poligamy
bill as the special order.
Mr.. Ward, of N. Y, spoke in support of
the bill
Mr.. Schenck was in favor Of the post
ponement of this bill as the subject of
present consideration and discussion be-
fore the House. He proposed, therefore,
to move its postponement.
Mr.. Butler, of Massachusetts,, suggested
the discussion should go on, with short
speeches, and the bill be voted on to-day or
tomorrow and sent to the Senate.
Mr.. Schenck moved its postponement
for three weeks.
Mr. johnson moved TO lay it on the ta-
bic.
The latter motion was rejected, 40 to -.
Mr.. Schneck withdrew his motion for
postponement
The discussion of the bill was continued,
with the understanding that the final vote
would be taken tomorrow.
Mr.. Blair made an argument in favor of
the bill, during which he alluded to the re-
port that Brigham Young, is now select
| ing a new location for the Mormons in Ari-
IONA.
Mr.. Hooper, delegate from Utah, ex-
planned Brigham Young's trip to Arizona
as simply usual trip he makes to outlying
settlements. Brigham Young, he said,
would be home in six or eight weeks, aper-
manent citizen of Salt Lake city.
| Mr.. Davis objected to the section pro-
viding for the selection of jurors, which
| gave the control of the matter to the Uni
ted States Marshal, and offered amend
ments to that section which were adopted,
which require the Marshal to summon one
hundred jurors instead of thirty-nine, and
| out of the number to select thirty-nine,
who are to serve as grand and petit jurors
| Mr. Cox explained that the vote of him
self and other members to-day to lay the
bill on the table, was not intended as an
apology for polygamy, but because they
believed, or at least he did, that all meas
ures of persecution always defeated their
object He said he preferred to stangle
polygamy by another process, to which
Blair replied, he hoped that the General
would not attempt to strangle it by en-
braces, occasioning laughter.
Mr.. Pomeroy advocated the bill of Mr.
Hooper, of Utah. He protested against
the passage of the bill, which was designed
to violate the dearest rights of the people
of Utah, and was fraught with evil.
And then the House adjourned.
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THE astronomers are just now turning
their glasses in the direction of the sun,
that luminary having lately broken out in
a perfect rash of spots, some of them OF
enormous size. Noless than eight groups
of spots are visible, and the largest single
spot covers superficial area of not less
than one thousand four hundred and fifty
eight millions of square miles, or seven
times the superfces of the terraqueous
globe.
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Late Chief Surgeon Jackson's Com'd

The present Duke of Sutherland is fond
of engineering, and has taken an active
part in extending railways to the remotest
part of Scotland. He is also conspicu-
Gus member of the Amateur Fire Brigade,
and is reported to have fre-bell which
rings in his room, and summons him to
amy interesting fire which may be going
on.
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SKUYLKILL.

COIIiery Explosion = SeVerai Meh
KiIIcd-HOuse Blown TO Atoms
PHILADELPHIA, March pa terrible
explosion occurred last night at the collie
nv of W. G. Anderson, in Skuylkill county.
The large boiler attached to the mine,
blew up and killed several men, and badly
wounding number of others. The en-
CINE house was blown to atoms.
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STUTTGARDT.
L HIiniStcriaICrisis.

STUTTGARDT, March 22.-The ministers
have rendered their designations because of
the Kings resistance to proposed reduction
of the army. The King celebrates before
accepting any designations.
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supply of cotton on the 18th instant, an
I,339,73T

Showing an excess in visible supply this
year over same time last year of 211, 1856
bales. Stock of cotton held by Man
chester spinners at the mills now 10000
bales; same time 1869, 10000 bales.