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WARRINGTON, July ia person sign
ing himself J. T. Pickett, a Confederate
States diplomatic agent near the Govern
mpnt of Mexico, publishes long letter in
exclamation of his connection with a
transaction whereby the United States
paid SO, 900. Pickett claims to have acted
merely as an attorney. He says: 1.-THE
documents consist of the entire archives of
the Department of State of the Confeder-
ate States, nothing more or less, without
the abstraction of a single piece. The Sc
cret service vouchers, by which many per
sons, Of little note, however, this side of
the lines, might have been compromised,
did not leave Richmond with the more
public papers, but were faithfully and
honorabIy destroyed by Mr.. Benjamin the
day of the evacuation. Had any such pa
Ders come into my possession, | should
have been burned at the stake sooner than
deliver them over to the common Govern
ment. Thus [ do not perceive that any
body is hurt, and there is but one paper
the perusal of which gave me any pain
the Hon Jacob ThOmpSOn's report of OPP
eratious on the frontier, &C., the existence
of which was unknown to me until the
officer with whom l lately went to Cana
da found if, as he would testify if called
unon. It was then too late to Iecede, nor
could l have been induced to falsify his
story by destroying it"
And here follows a curious episode:
s. Knowing that the document eXhib ited
the fact that Mr.. Thompson had Il very
LARGE amount of Confederate States gold in
his possession at the time of the collapse,
which gold has gone where the wood
bine twineth,' / went long journey last
summer to see him, and out of abundant
kindness told him of the fact that such pa
perS were still eXtant. He would not be
Int .l,oI
told him everything of the kind had been
DESTROYED; and | dare say he was so in
formed and believed, this being mani
testify the cue of that Hebrew, in order
so share the plumber aforesaid. Now, in
asnuch as the Confederate Government
was indebted to the writer in the amount
of at least $50, 600 of that gold on liqui-
dated account, he (the writer felt virtu-
ausly indignant that Messrs II. and b.
should have gobbIed it all. By the per-
mission of Mr.. Thompson, L afterwards
addressed him on the subject, in the hope
that he would make an effort TO secure
the entire mass of documents; but he
treated my letter with offensive silence.
Now the publication of his report will
doubtless cause him, with Jefferson Davis
and J. p. Benjamin, TO feel uncomfortable
fer q little while: but, as [ expect to go TO
neither of them when die, my sympathy
olltll 1ADL DC Vi a utiIk-ItlIdAAS
especially rs they have all three treated
me badly enough in my time. And thus,
albeit unintentioDalIy, | am the instTu-
ment for the execution of a sort of poetic
justice upon Them"
Tammany has ratified Greeley and
Brown.
TERRE HAUTE, IND, July 19-Voorhees in
addressing his constituents upon accepting
the Congressional nomination gave hear
ty adhesion to the action of the Baltimore
Convention.
SARATOGA. July 19.-The first race for
sweepstallea of fifty dollar each, and one
thousand dollar added by the association,
for fiIliies foaled in 1869, / mile; Minnie
led WOOdbine one length on entering the
the mile, but as they passed the stand the
race was won by WOOdbine, beating Min
ME 10y a nose, with Nema trailing i'll bad
third, and Sue Ryder worse fourth, but
were placed second and third respectively,
Minnie being ruled out on account of cross
ing from the extreme outside, impeding
WOodbine on the stretch at the start time,
2:06i. Woodbine is backed at two to one
against tho others.
The second race purse was one thousand |
dollars for all ages, three miles. Bassett |
led for two and half miles with LittletOn !
tapping him for most of the distance, when |
he opened two clear lengths as they passed |
the half mile pole, which LittletOn closed |
up again in the last turn and challenged |
Bassett for the lead as they came up the |
home stretch, Bassett answering gallant
jy and winning by a couple of lengths;
time 5:43l.
The third race purse was six hundred |
dollars, for all ages, one mile and a quarter. |
Tubman won, beating Gray Planet four |
lengths, with Fadladeen third, one length |
behind; time 2:173.
John Harper says, should Longfellow |
fully recover and be fit to race again, he |
would not let him start in another race if |
re were certain Of winning a hundred |
thousand dollars.
RALEIGH, n. c., July 29.-The trial of |
ShaddOck Jones, coIored chorcod with tho
intimidation of Simon Cravam coIorad q |
Liberal Republican, came off before tba |
United States Commissioner. Rest TO-DAY |
Six witnesses were examined. Mucb in.
terest and feeling was exhibited nv both
political parties. The counsel closed tho
argument tonight. The Commissioner
reserves his decision till the opening of
court tomorrow.
-Four arrests were made in the cOnspira-
cy against the colored man, Cross. The
trial commences at 10 o'clock tomorrow.
1t is generally believed all the negroes will
be convicted under the enforcement act.
ROCHESTER,, n. Y, July ia collision
occurred on the Auburn branch of the Cen
trail Railroad to-day. The following are
the killed and wounded: Mrs. Miles Cut
ting. of Railroad Mills, +. 3. Smith, of
Detroit, killed; J. Hawley and +. III. Har-
ris, of Canandaigua, fatally wounded.
Several others were injured.