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THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL. WILMINGTON, N. C., AUGUST 10, 1866, Massachusetts Bigotry. Of all tlie New England States, we believe that Massachusetts is universally regarded as toeing the most Woted and intolerant. It is the hot-bed of all kinds of isms isms political and isms reli gious. It arrogates to itself all the intellect and virtue of the country, and boasts of its unselfish charity and widespread philanthropy. It was in the prolific womb of that nursery of evil that abolitionism was engendered, fostered and en couraged, whose fruits are now seen in the ruin and desolation around us. In fact, there has scarcely ever been an element of discord in our national affairs but what originated generally in New England, and almost always in Massacnu setts. There is no State in the Union more hos tile to reconstruction, or more bitter towards the South, more inveterate in their prejudices against us. or who hate the entire Southern people (ex cept, of course, the negroes) with more venom than the State where Adams and Webster lived and died. We have been at a loss to account for this intense animosity, and even now we cannot comprehend it. We are not aware that the South has been guilty of any particular outrage upon their rights or properties ; on the contrary, we have a case in point, which we will submit, to prove the existence of the most friendly feeling and most active sympathy on our part, gen erally, and this city in particular, towards their people when in distress. In July, 1774, when the news of the passage by Par liament of the Boston port bill reached this State, the citizens of the town, this very town of Wil mington, assembled in public meeting and unani mously declared that the cause of Boston was the common cause of America. Their action did not stop there, but as an evidence of their sincerity, and as indicating their sympathy, they sent by Parker Quince, a member of one of the most prominent families on the Cape Fear, and who sacrificed nearly his entire estate, a very large one, for the cause of independence, a ship loaded with provisions for their suffering brethren in Boston. This was the course pursued by the South towards the North ; by North Carolina towards Massachu setts. And they were right in doing so. They did not stop to count the cost, or to estimate the conse quences; it was sufficient for them to know that a portion of the people of the country were threat ened with distress, it mattered not what section, to bring into active exercise their warmest sympa thies. Wo would not bo understood as claiming any merit for this action on the part of our people; wg only cite it as in striking contrast to the course pursued by our " northrenbrethren" towards us. If there has ever been the first expression of sym pathy, or the faintest evidence of regard exhib ited towards us, by that State in particular, since the formation of the government, wo have yet to see it. On the contrary, it has been the first to irritate every movement tending to our degreda tion. It hounded on John Brown in his murder ous raid upon the peaceful citizens of Harper s Ferry, and when that miscreantpaid the forfeit of his crimes with his life, it canonised him as a saint, and exalted him to the side of the Saviour of the world. And even now, when we are utter ly powerless and prostrate, unable to earn even bread sufficient for our starving people, and we simply ask for peace, the answer comes back, there shall be no peace except by our voluntary dishonor, and the evisceration of our manhood. Look on this picture and on that; contrast the ac tion of North Carolina in 1774 and Massachusetts in 18G6, and judge between the two, and say which exhibits the truest philanthrophy, the devout pu ritans of Plymouth Eock, or the barbarous slave owners of the South. Philadelphia. Convention. The delegates from the several Districts in this State, for the purpose of appointing delegates for the State at large to the Philadelphia Convention, will meet in the City of Kaleigh to-day, at 12 o'clock, M. Tho N. C. Railroad, and, we believe, all the rest, pass the delegates over the Boads for half price. The delegates to the Third or llaleigh District I Convention of the District will meet on the same day, at 11 o'clock, in the Court House, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Judge Gilliam. Hon. Lewis Ilanes. We admire consistency whereve we find it, even though it may bo displayed in opposition to a cause we advocate. We may think a man mistaken in his opinions, yet, when we are obliged to admit that he is hon est in them, we cannot withhold our respect from him. Our cotemporary of the Old North State has by his course since the war, shown that his course during the war was the result of an honest con viction of duty, and therefore while we have dif fered from him as widely as possible, we frankly admit that our feelings towards him personally are of the kindest nature such as candor, consis tency and ability must produce in every mind not entirely filled with prejudice. If other men of this State had pursued a like course, there would be far more good feeling ex isting between those who favored and those who opposed the war. The following extract from a late editorial of our cotemporary commends our especial admiration. WTe assure him that his course will command the respect of the people, not only of his district, but of the whole State. He says : Aaamfimher electof Consrresa, we will stay out for ever And if we cannot make a living by honest toiL we will throw ourself and our family upon the cold charities of the world, before we will ever consent to purcnase our rights by advising the adoption of that degrading propo sition the Howard Amendment. If wo can do nothing else for our constituents we intend that our course as their representative elect shall at least command their respect, while it shall preserve to us our self respect. If this be the true theory, and our cotemporary of the Old North State says, " we scarcely need say to our readers that the opinions enunciated in this letter, are those which we have ever main tained," we cannpt see how the Convention could get any authority from the people of North Caro lina. The election for delegates was held in Septem ber. Gov. Holden was "not relieved from duty until 23rd Dec, 1S65. The President's proclama tion, declaring the insurrection in North Caroli na to be at an end, was not issued until 2nd April, 1866. ; ' It is to be presumed the fact of the suppression of the insurrection in this State was published by the President as soon as it was certainly known by him, as he had previously, on 13th June, 1865, made a like declaration as to Tennessee ; and as .he declined, and so far as we know, yet declines, to do so in regard to Texas. The U. S. Constitution provides that the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended except when the public safety requires it, in cases of in vasion w lUttunection. The privilege of this writ was suspended, certainly, ;until the : Peace Proclamation. At what precise , time it was re stored, if ever it has been fully and practically, we do not know v As we can not suppose the President continued the suspension of the writ in palpable violation of the Constitution he had sworn solemnly to sup- Port, we must infer that he did not consider the insurrection at an end ; and according to Judge Curtis it was his province to decide that question. It appears, then, that the delegates to this so- called Convention were elected before the war had ceased, and Judge Curtis says the right of the people to form a government could " begin only when war has ceased." Here, then, we have this Convention claiming life from a source that, at the time, was incapable of giving any. The fount lin being dry, nothing could flow therefrom. And yet, the opinions of Judge Curtis are of great weight. Our cotemporary says of him ' As an able, if not the ablest Judsre on tho Snurvsje Court Bench at the time, and as the one who delivered the dissenting opinion in the Dred Scott case, his opimorns are entitled to their profonndeet reelect." The Drama. We strolled into the Theatre a lew evenings since, and while waiting for the performance to begin, memory carried us back to the days of our boyhood, when the old Thalian Association lived and flourished, and to witness whose performances in the old Theatre, was the crowning sheaf in our cup of happiness. Well do we remember the de light with which we would hurry off without wait ing for supper, and securing the best seat in the pit; would drink in with greedy eyes and ears, the shifting scenes of the play, believing most impli citly that all we saw and heard, was true as gos pel. The Association at that time was composed of gentlemen of great talent, and their represen tations far exceeded in ability any of the travel ing and most of the stock companies of the pre sent day. We can at this moment recall the names of but a few who were members, but they will bo sufficient to show the material of which the asso ciation was composed, viz : E. B. Dudley, Charles Wright, J. S. Green, W. H. Halsey, J. D. Jones, W. M. Green, Joseph A. Hill, W. B. Meares, and j others. Of these, Dudley, who identified him-! self with the cause of internal improvements in the State, giving to it his time, his talents and his wealth, was subsequently rewarded by the peo ple of North Carolina with the highest office in heir gift. Charles Wright seemed born for the stage. He trod the boards with a majesty and grace that Cooper might have envied even in his palmiest days. James S. Green, Treasurer cf the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad Company from its organization until his death in 1862, and uni versally esteemed both in his public and private character, was unequalled as a comedian, and un approachable in such characters as Sir Abel Handy and Sir Peter Teasle. Colonel J. D. Jones excelled in the personation of Hamlet. He possessed a highly cultivated intellect, with great powers of analysis, a close student, a courteous and high-toned gentleman. He represented the borough of Wilmington for' several years in the General Assembly of the State ; was Speaker of the House of Commons, discharging the duties of the position with dignity and ability. W. H. Halsey was a distinguished member of the bar, and regarded by his associates as a most sound and able lawyer. William B. Meares, distin guished for soundness of judgment and vigor of intellect, successful at the bar and as a planter, also won fame in the legislative halls. W. M. Green, now Bishop of Mis sissippi, distinguished for intelligence, suavity of manner, and for a beauty almost feminine, played with success the role of female characters. Joseph A. Hill shone upon the mimic as he did upon the actual stage of life with unfading lustre. With an intellect equal to the greates occasions and loftiest efforts, his amiability and ban hommie, disarmed the envy his brilliancy excited. Un selfish and unassuming, he alone was unconscious of the superiority universally conceded him. He died at a very early age, and in his death, the State lost one of its brightest jewels. Other names might be mentioned who were members of the association and rose to distinction, but we have said enough to show the high character of the society. We must confess to a weakness for the drama ; we like to see a good play well per formed. It is not only a pleasant way of passing an evening, but is at the same time instructive and edifying, and is particularly interesting where the parties engaged are our neighbors and friends. We think there is sufficient talent in our midst to organize an association that would reflect credit on our city. We believe that the presentation of well selected plays will have a tendency to elevate public taste ; that the sentiments of the masters of the English stage even from faltering lips will inculcate good morals, and that an association could be organized, the character of whose mem bers would be a sufficient guaranty that nothing would be offered that would shock the sensibility of the modest, or wound the piety of the devout. We throw out these suggestions, and shall wait with interest for any action that may be taken in the matter. Such an organization, properly con ducted, would not only be a source of pleasure to the public, but of great improvement to the par ties engaged ; it would excite emulation, develope talent and exercise a strong influence for good. We see that Mr. Speaker Colfax has been ma king a speech to his constituents in Indiana, the burden of which is the disloyalty of the South still to the general government. He charges that treason is still rampant ; that we are not to be trusted, and that we are no more loyal now than we were during the war. And he bases his opin ion upon two pregnant facts ; one is, and it seems to be the principal one, that we did not celebrate the fourth of July with enthusiasm, and the oth er, that having acknowledged the supremacy of the government and admitted the defeat of our cause, that we claim still to have rights which the government is bound to respect. Having been reduced to abject penury ; having been overrun and devastated as no other country on the face of the earth ever suffered before, it is required of us to shout hozannas in praise of our conquerers, to acknowledge ourselves as base bypocrits, and to dishonor the memories of our loved dead ones. We have done all that an honorable foe should demand of us ; have met every requirement made upon us in good faith and all sincerity, have taken an oath which no one dreams of violating- and we honestly believe the only wish of oar people is lo build up our ruined homesteads, to repair our shattered fortunes and strive to forget, if possi ble, the terrible scenes of the past It was the rallying cry throughout the entire North that the war was not a war of conquest or subjugation, but to restore the Union; that so soon as we would ac knowledge the supremacy of the government of the United States, hostilities should cease, and the beligerent States be restored to the Union with all their rights and priTfleges. ; This wa Mr. Lincoln's policy; and, indeed, he .went further than that, for he offered in addition to restoration, to pay $400,000,000 for the loss of our negroes. We are now called upon to acknowledge that we have no riglita which the conqueror ought to re cognize, and that we are dependent entirely for any politic! $iaius we may enjoy, solely upon the generosity of Congress. If this is not subjuga tion, them we are at a loss to understand the meaning of the word, and we present the anam olus spectacle of being in the Union and out of it at one and the same time ; of forming a part of the government, and yet being nothing but a conquered territory. We are taxed as other States re only a little more so, and yet have no voice in the making of laws by which those taxes are imposed. Having suffered and sacrificed so much ; having given every evidence of our sincerity in ac cepting the situation, sufficient we should think to satisfy any honorable mind, we are now required to exult over our own ruin, and kiss the hand that smites us still. This is asking too much for poor frail mortals to perform. We can do no more, but await in dignified silence the events of the fu ture, to mset whatever fate maybe in store for us, with the calm courage of men who ask no favors, and who shirk from no responsibilities. Having done all that men could do to appease the wrath of our enemies, we must submit to what ever the result may be, sustained and strength ened by the inward conviction of having faithful ly observed every obligation imposed upon us. This course of action is prompted by true patriot ism ; by a proper feeling of sel f-respect, and by the dictates of a sound philosophy. A Handsome Present. We understand that the esti mable wife of General John C. Breckenridge, at present x -1 t - - j-t a i i it - . temporarily remain in uuu&ua, presented uiin a, jew uaya since with twins. "The host of friends of the parties in Kentucky will be gratified to know they are doing well as could be expectetl. ijomsvtve vourier. There it is again. We took occasion some time ago to warn the Southern people against the per petration of such acts of folly as the above, and to impress upon them the important fact that in these times of suspicion and distrust, such things were "more honored in the breach than in the observance." We told them that to carry out that first law of nature to ' people and replenish the land," would be an additional evidence to the radi cals, and ' ' confirmation strong as proof of holy writ " of our continued disloyalty to the govern ment. TTiey will not consent that any more boy children shall be born at the South, for they regard them as rebels in embryo, a new crop of heretical traitors that may give trouble hereafter. And, yet, in spite of our warning, and in apparent defiance of the threats of the radicals, our people still continue in their ways, and the crop bids fair to be the largest ever known. We can overlook such things in the mass of our people, because we are charitable enough to suppose they err through lsruorance. but when the foremost man of our country set such a double example of disloyalty as in the present instance, we cannot find words strong enough to express our disapprobation. As a watchman upon the ramparts of the citadel, we have discharged our duty, and given timely warn ing, and if our people will not heed our voice, then is " Ephraim joined to his idols," and they must take the consequences of their folly. "Oh, woman, woman, thou ehouldsfc have few sins of thine own to answer for, thou'rt the cause of such a book of follies iu a man that it would take the pen of the recording Angel to blot the record out." However, we will not be hard upon the dear creatures, they are an admirable invention, and, as a friend observes, are one of the most con venient things in the world in a family. Th Laird W Lve." The August number of this interesting Magazine, edited by General D. H. Hill, Charlotte, North Carolina, has been received. It eontaius the following interesting articles : Education ; Acceptation by Mrs. Margaret J. Preston ; Snow Bound ; The Woolly Head ; or, Out in the Cold ; General Cleburne's Report of the Battle of Chickamauga ; Lines Dedicated to those who have been Southern Soldiers ; Jload-side Stories ; The Tenth of May by Mrs. M. B. Clarke; Adele St. Maur by A. B. 11. ; An Instructive Fact ; Lieutenant General fi. B. Forrest by VV. H. B. ; Farewell Address to the People of Louisiana ; Prison Life of Jefferson Davis; Social IleminisceuceH of the lion. George E. Badger; Scraps; The Haversack by D. H. H. ; A Few Words on Fruit Culture ; The Best Wino Grapes ; Review Notices ; Editorial. Tilting hoops havo not yet reached Sanda Hill. Albany Argus. Owing to its elevated location, and the natural delicacy of the sex. Albany Journal. We have not seen a "tilt hoop" in reusacola Ourt young ladies have so many natural, innocent little align, of hand ways of attracting attention to their gaiters, that the article would be superfluous here. Observer. We presume not. We doubt whether any one ever saw a tilt hoop in the street. The Observer must be verdant, not to know that "tilt hoops," when in use, are, like the atmosphere, not in tended to be seen, but simply to enable other things to be seen. By Last Night's Mall Additional Kcliction ile- turns. RATIFICATION Alamance 139 Warren 6 Cumberland 132 Cabarrus 353 Mecklenburg 277 Lincoln 397 Guilford 500 Rockingham 55 Wake 637 Rutheford (in part) 400 Franklin 18 Harnett 120 Greene 70 Nash 79 Orange 392 Carteret 327 REJECTION. 429 402 304 304 144 lti 428 358 317 2 525 2G 126 319 494 40 majority 95 Granville Majority for Rejection as far as heard from is 1,070. Seizure or Tobacco, &c, by thk Colu:ctoii of Inteb nal Revenue. The Deputy Collector of Internal Reve nue, for this District, on yesterday proceeded to the sales rooms of our merchants and seized a quantity of Tobacco, found unstamped, and a quantityof liquor and other articles which were also found without the prescribed stamp. In instances where property was thus seized a receipt was given specifying the quantity of the article, ad setting forth that tbe seizure was made for violation of the Uni ted States Internal Revenue Law. .Thia action on the part of the Collector has given riBe to some discussion as to the justice of the course. It is asserted on the part of some of the merchants that the law states that all Tobacco manufactured prior to August, 1MJ5, is exempt from taxation. In one instance where Tobacco was thus seized we are informed that it was man ufactured prior to the war, but the Collector gave as his reason for the seizure that it did not bear the stamp pre scribed in such cases, that is it should be branded, by the Collector of the District wherei n it was manufactured, thus : " No duty in late insurrectionary States." The Collector was assured that a certificate could be, procured in confirmation of this fact, bat it was asserted by him that this would have no effect in procuring a re lease of the articles taken possession of. We are not sufficiently posted in tbe law to argue the justice of the case, but presume that it will be fully inves tigated by the parties interested. We have no doubt but that justice would be done, if tho Collector was convinced that he had misconstrued the law. The Ektobcemest or Tax Nxw Quarantine Regula tion The new Quarantine Regulation embraced within an order, published in yesterday's issue, from the Medi cal Director of the Department of the Carolkuas, was on yesterday enforced by the Commandant of this poet. Several vessels arrived from New York and were immedi ately placed in Quarantine. . ' i A a measure tending to - preserve the health of the residents pf the cornmunity, we are pleased to see it enforced, but we can but regret the prevalence of ft disease which renders this step necessary, affect ing so nearly as " it ; doea the commercial prosperity of our City. As we stated in yesterday's issue, the busi ness interests of the place are almost wholly commercial, and such being the case the Quarantine will have the af- feet of retarding our prosperity. . Life, however, ia dearer than riches; and if we are afibrded health, and the means upon which to exist, wo will have no occasion to mur mur. .'''''. . Hohb Cotton Stalk. The . different journals of the State have from time to time published communications and extracts, boasting of the prosperous growth of the cotton crop in their several sections, and giving descrip tions of specimens, which were no doubt worthy of note, but which will sink into insignificance when compared with that given in the following communication, from one of our Duplin county friends : Kenansviixe, N. Cm August 7tb, 186G. Messrs. Editors : During the past week I saw in an issue of your daily paper a communication from some farmer of this county, stating that he had a cotton stalk, growing on his farm, bearing one humdred and sixty boles and forms, which he challenges any one to beat. I, therefore, take pleasure in informing him, through your columns, that I have a stalk now growing on my farm bearing three hundred and fifty four boles and forms. Mr. Jacob Smith and Mr. Chancey Smith, two &i reliable gentlemen as there are in the coun ty, can substantiate this assertion. Verv respectfully, "WALTER R. BRYAN. Fire. The Cape Fear Steam Flour and Grain Mills, the property of Mr. Alex. Oldham, situated on the corner of North Water and Walnut streets, caught fire about 5 o'clock Saturday morning, and, together with contents, were in a short time entirely consumed. The fire com municated itself to a small wooden tenement opposite the Mills, which was also destroyed. Fortunately, there was little or no wind at the time, otherwise the result would have been much more disastrous. The Mills are situated in a thickly settled portion of the city, and if the fire had been in the least influenced by the wind, a groat portion of the vicinity must have been laid in ashes. Adjoining the tenement alluded to, which was destroy ed, is the fire-proof brick warehouse of Messrs. Wallace & Southerland, wherein a large quantity of Spirits Turpen tine was stored. This building rendered no little assis tance by ith fire-proof qualities in arresting the further progress of the destructive element. The most accurate conclusion arrived at in regard to the origin of tho fire, is that it was caused by the exces sive heat of the furnace, which communicated this pro perty to the smoke stack, the mills having been in opera tion day and night for some time past, and at the time tho fire occurred were running. The roof through which tho smoke-stack had an outlet, wss shingled, but in the im mediate vicinity of the stack a tin covering ha3 been placed. The roof had been recently painted, in fact suf ficient time had not elapsed for it to become perfectly dry. A considerable quantity of oil had been used in the pre- Earation of the paint, and this becoming ignited by the eat of thrt smoke-stack rolled down upon the roof in a stream of lire. As a matter of course the roof was almost instantly enveloped in a sheet of flame, and hence the dis astrous consequences. The Iobs is estimated at about $20,000. No insurance. Brutal Murder. Passengers by the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad report the murder of a young white man named John Cutchin, at Whitaker's Turnout, Hali fax County, on the night of tho 9th inst. The deceased was in the habit of sleeping in his store at that place, and on the morning following the murder several neighbors having occasion to visit his store, waited until the usual time of opening, and thinking perhaps the deceased had overslept himself, endeavored to arouse him by knocking on the door. After waiting some time and making several unsuccessful attempts to awaken him, they naturally be gan to entertain apprehensions that some accident had befallen him, knowing that it was his cua tonio to sleep in the store alone. They finally concluded to effect an entrance by force, and breaking down the door entered the room where ho slept and found the deceased weltering in his own blood upon the floor. Upon an examination of tho body it was discovered that the deceased had be?n murdered, and that his skull was dreadfully fractured, and bore signs which led them to believe that the weapon used in t ho perpetration of the deed was evidently a hammer. There has been as yet no positive clue discovered which would lead to the apprehension of the. murderer, but sus picion is directed to oue Virgil Ousby, a freedmau, who was employed on the plantation of the father of the deceased, a lew nii'ea from the place where the murder was committed. The only cir cumstance which appears to warrant this suspicion id that the freedman mentioned above suddenly disappeared on the night the murder was committed, and ha gone none no whither. Other facts regarding th eae will perhaps cuiuf to light in a few days, and we may then bo enabled to give a more detailed and accurate account of tho whole trans action. The FikssT or the Season. We have received horn Messrs. Northrop k dimming, a fine, large cotton bole;, which has ripened and shed its contents, l'hia bolo was grown on the plantation of Mr. N. S. Barnes, near Stan tonburg, Edgecombe county. The fibre appears to bo rather short, but is very fine, soft and silky. This, we believe is the first of the season, or at least the first we liave heard of. FOREIGN DETAIL!!. The Pence of EuropeA Review ol" Preliminary Arrangements Between Pruxtin. ami Austria, Action of Louis Napoleon Tlic Cholera in Rng land Particulars of the Reform Riot at Ilytle Park, London. By the steamer Gerniauia, with European ad vices to the 25th ult., we have the following addi tional news : PEACE THE AltMISTICE, XC. From the London Standard, July 25th. Scarcely had wre heard that the five days' armis tice between the armies of Austria and Prussia had been arranged by the pacific intervention of the Emperor of the .t rench when the more impor tant news followed of the provisional acceptance by Austria of the preliminaries of peace. Italy, though more tardily, is now said to have agreed to them in principle. These terms of peace had been proposed by Prussia, in concert with France, and the concessions required of Austria are be lieved to be less humiliating than those which Prussia was at first inclined to demand after the victory of Koniggratz. Prussia wishes to be left alone to extend her influence in Northern Ger many. Her ambition does not at present extend beyond the line of the Maine, one is content to leave Bavaria, Wurtemberg, and Baden to their own devices, to form a confederation of their own if they please, to unite with Austria or not, as they may find convenient. All Germany as far as the Maine and the Bohemian frontiers is to be formed into a close federation, of which Prussia shall be the head, and from which Austria is to be exclud ed. As Prussia is absolutely to annex a large por tion of this country or, at it-as the Danish Duch-, ies, half of Hanover, and Electoral Hesse and is to have supreme control of the military resources of the rest, the North German Confederation will be a Prussian empire in everything except the name. ,Jt lias been supposed that the great ob stacle to the formation of such an empire would be found in the very natural objection entertained by l ranee to the consolidation on her Rhine fron tier of a powerful state which, if ill-affected to wards her, might at any time place her interests in jeopardy, or even threaten her existence. It is a phenomenon which deserves to be no ticed in passing, that the French Emperor has. to all appearance, done his best to bring about the very state of things which it was fancied he would regard as so objectionable. If France is willing, as she seemed to be, that the rule of Berlin should extend unchallenged from the Rhine to the Vis tula, and from the Maine to the Konigsau, and to tnrow the wnole oi Uentral .Europe into the arms of a possible rival, the countries which have noth ing to fear from Prussia will not grudge her the aggrandizement The development of a strong Germany is a fact upon which we in England have every reason to congratulate ourselves and our satisfaction will be enhaneetl by the knowledge that it is also acceptable to France. The division of Northern from Southern Germany, ihough it has been brought about by violence; is in itself an eminently natural and proper arrangement xne very antagonism between Austria and Prussia which has existed for vears. but onlv iust ploded in war; is a reason whv thev Khnnld 1 separated by some sort of geographical limit That two such rivals should be associated in a common form of cravernment was a cmmmstannR which, had it been suffered to continue, ; would only have remained the inevitable seed of future discord tho occasion of other wars. Any treaty which shall permanently sunder these two - deadly antagonists must be acceptable to the rest of Europe as a promise of peace, v?: ; ?' -We think Austria has done wisely in accepting Ihis plan as the basis of peace.-; She will not after all be much the worse for such a sacrifice. It is trao that she will forfeit her position as nominal chief of the Confederation, her title to the first place in the German Diet. This, however, was but an empty honor, and carried with it no advan tage of a substantial kind. The hegemony which Austria has always coveted has been of a more un selfih kind than that which Prussia desires to as sert. Austria would have left to the minor States the most complete independence ; Prussia aims at absorbing them into herself. Which is for the greater advantage of the German people we need not now discuss. It is sufficient to point out that Austria, in losing the headship in Germany, has lost a position which was far more onerous than profitable, while Prussia, in gaining it, has reaped with it certain tangible advantages for which she has chosen to stipulate in her own behoof. Aus tria has only lost in xosition. Prussia has gained territory, population, and material resources. Austria will be still able to ally herself with the States of Southern Germany, if she thinks it worth while. She will be cautious, however, for the fu ture, not to entangle herself needlessly with obli gations on which her allies have put such a one sided interpretation. She lias received no help in this war from her federal friends, whose sym pathy was a cause of weakness to her rather than of strength. Austria will lose Venetia, and it is reported that she will be called upon to pay the expenses of the war, amounting to a sum of eight millions ster ling. With these drawbacks, and that of tho seeming humiliation of being driven to terms by a defeat, the Austrian Empire will not, after all, be materially modified. She will recede from a position which she cannot pretend to occupy with dignity, and make a concession demanded of her by the public opinion of Europe. As Venice has been a source of expense rather than a profit to her, she will not lose by the sacrifice in a pecuni ary point of view. The Italian government also has agreed to the suspension of hostilities. We may presume that it has been to some extent in fluenced by the wise counsels of Prince Napoleon, who has been sent to it by the Emperor on a spe cial mission regarding this armistice and negotia tions for peace, and that now it will not pretend to stand in the way of a consummation which all Europe desires. THE NAVAL BATTLE 3N THE ADRIATIC. Vienna, July 22. An engagement between Italian and Austrian fleets took place on the 20th of this month, at 11 o'clock in the morning. The official reports are of course contradicting each other. After all, the real truth seems to be the following : The Italian fleet attacked the forts of Fara, which are on the Island of Lissa, and suc ceeded the second day so far as to silence them, when at once, on the 20th, in the morning, the Austrian fleet appeared, much inferior in num bers to the Italians. However, Admiral Tegethof the same who commanded the naval engage ment against the Danes offered fight, and Ad miral Persano commenced the engagement by a furious assault. His flag was hoisted on the iron ram Affondatore, and the engagement commenced. The beautiful new iron-clad lie dTtalia, built in New York, was sunk in tho engagement with the Austrian frigate Schwarzenberg. The iron-clad gunboat Palestro caught fire ; the men and officers did not leave the vessel, and un der cries of " Evvivct Ikdio ! Evvivael lie!" the vessel exploded. All tho lives of the creAvs on the.se two steamers have been lost, except a few men of the Ke dTtalia vho were picked up by tho Vittorio Emmanuele. Tho most brilliant deeds were performed by the line-of -battle .ship Kaiser. Surrounded by four iron-clads, she ran down ono of them and defeated the other three entirely. The iron-clad Ke dTtalia was sunk by tho frigato Ferdinand Max. The Italians retired to Ancona, the Austriaus remained in Lissa. The battle will be called St. George, the port of Lissa having that name. No doubt the Italians behaved gallantly, but the laurels belong entirely to Austria. The Austrian line-of-battlo ship Kaiser lost twenty-seven killed and seventy-five wounded ; her bowsprit and foremast are entirely ruined or damaged. Except this vessel, the other Austrian ships did not sustain much damage. Tho Aus trian naval artillery has proved itself far superior to the Italian. THE tiKEAT RIOT IX LONDON. The London journals of tho 21th and 2oth of July give full particulars of the reform riots in Hyde Park, London the first intelligence of which was received here by the Atlantic cable, last week. We have already described the origin of the disturbance, namely, an order issued on the 18th ultimo by Sir Iiichard Mayne, commissioner of police in London, foil .bidding the use of Hyde Park for a mass meetiner called by the Keform League, which order was defied by the officers of the League, who insisted upon the righf of the people to meet in a public park. On Monday evening, July 29, accordingly, a large procession was formed and marched towards Hyde Park in an orderly manner. Around tho park an immense crowd of spectators had assem bled, but the gates had been closed by order of Sir Richard Mayne, and a strong force of mount ed police wa3 on duty within the enclosure. The procession did not enter the park, but tho popu lace, indignaut at their exclusion, made a SHdden sweep against the iron railings, wrenched them from their fastenings, tore down one whole side, and then swept into the park in a tremendous tide, to which the police could oppose only a fee ble resistance. Then a body of the Life Guards came up and charged the crowd. Tho mounted police and the military together made many ar rests, and the people were finally dispersed. The Times, in its account of the affair says : Stones were thrown at Sir Bichard Mayne, who, as well as his men, was much hooted. Between forty and fifty persons were taken into custody in the vicinity of the Marble Arch, and about as many more at the other approaches. Many of the leaders of the crowd exerted themselves to prevent a breach of the peace, and Mr. Bradlaugh got con siderably hustled for so doing, falling under sus picion of being a government spy. About 8 o'clock a company of the Grenadier Guards and a troop of the Life Guards entered the Park, but it was then too late to prevent the influx of people, for though the gates were still zealously guarded, breaches had be&i effected in every direction in the palings, and the military, who were loudlv cheered by the crowd, confined themselves to manoeuvres, the only effect of which was to oblige the mob occasionally to shift their position. xne numoersm tne l'arK were by this time verv large, and although of course there were a consid erable number of " roughs," who look on the po lice as their natural enemies, many of the persons present appeared to be quiet and respectably dress ed people, who had simply been attracted by cu riosity, and showed no uproarious or even any po litical proclivities. Speeches were made at vari ous spots, one of the orators being a Miss Harriet Laws, who delived a very fervid address on the political and social rights of the people. At one of the meetings held near the Marble Arch, the following resolution was passed : xnat inis meeting condemns, in the most em phatic and unqualified terms the attempt on the part of the ministers to rule the country by force, and their recklessness in compromising the digni ty of the country by wantonly provoking a colli sion between the people and the officers appointed to keep the peace, and resolves that a deputation of not more than six persons wait on her Majesty with a petition signed by the Chairman, in the name of the meeting, requesting the dismissal of Earl Derby and his colleagues, and the appoint ment of a ministry who have a better appreciation of the value of the lives of her Majesty's subjects, and of what is due to their own hijrh office " None of the speakers male or female, were in terrupted by the police. By this time darkness was drawing on, and the crowd rapidly thinned, until at (about 10 o'clock only a very few persons remained in the park. HOW THE TARK LOOKED THE DAY AFTER THE RIOT. From the London Time, 25th. Yesterday morning Hyde Park presented along its eastern extremity a pitiable spectacle. Be tween the Marble Arch and Grosvenor gate the railings were entirely demolished, and the flower beds were ruined. , Between the Grosvenor and the Stanhope gates, moreover, not a railing re mained erect, those not actually loreled being forced considerably "out of tho perpendicular. This naa Deen done out of mere wantonness, after ingress had been effected at other points, as wa3 evident frora the fact of. the flowers .and shrubs haying escaped damage. On the north and south side of tho Park much damage had also been done, the railings havin been overturned in numerous places. In many cases the masonry had given way, and was still attached to tho iron work, while in others the rails had been forced from their sockets, and one could not but reflect what appalling results might havo ensued had the mob used them as weapons. The trees and shrubs were greatly injured, and in fact the appearance of the northeastern portion of the Park was as if it had been overrun by an in vading army. Wagons were engaged yesterday in removing the broken railings and shattered masonry, and a considerable sum will certainly bo required to restore tho Park to its original condi tion. HEALTH Or GARIBALDI. The Opiniorie Nationale says that the health of General Garibaldi is very bad. It remarks : 44 His legs are so thin and weak that it is pain ful to see them. He is pale, and bears on hi3 countenance the traces of suffering. His rheu matic pains have returned at the very time he got his second wound. He can only move about in a carriage, and is only sustained by the energy o his will. All this explains the slowness of the op. erations of the volunteers." A dispatch from Nice announces the death of Michelo Garibaldi, brother of the General. The Kentucky Election. The election of. Judge Duvall as clerk of the CJ " V 4. I l-i Court of Appeals, which is an important State of flee, and of some pecuniary profit, means, as we understand it, no more than that a largo majority of the people have thought proper to avengo, through him, an outraged committed during tin; war, of using the military power of tho govern ment to prevent the people from casting their bal lots for him when a condidate for State judge. It is just one of thoso cases where the majority of vo ters, whenever the opportunity occurs, will take it upon themselves to right the wrongs of their fellow-citizens. We have seen such cases often be fore, and shall witness them many times hereaf ter. That Judge Duval is a constitutional, law-loving Union citizen no one doubts. That he was one, even when self-banishment was imposed bv tho strong arm of the military power upon him, is no doubt true. Still more is this true of his opponent, Gen. Hobson, who is a democrat ; w ho took part in the war, and who was supported iv men of the character of Governor Bramlette anil Senator Guthrie, and others of equal prominence. Under other circumstances the majority would, n doubt, have cast their suffrages for the latter. The radicals will, of course, cry out against Ids election, which, however, proves no more than the fact that perhaps. 25,000 more voters gave their suffrages for one who was insulted and ontraged during the war, rather than for one who was more conspicuous upon the side of the government. N. Y. Express. A Singular Case. Mr. Chas. T. Chamblm, a the time he was wounded, a lieutenant in tho 8th Virginia regiment, coughed from his throat a few days since, a minnie ball that had been lodged there for more than four years. He was shot ut "Seven Pines," June 1, 1SG2, tho ball entering the side of tho nose just below tho left eye. It was probed four inches, and found to have passed near perpendiculary in, scarcely missing the brain. It disabled him for duty, and has ever since caused much pain m damp weather, frequently rendering it almost impossible to swallow at all. When coughed up on Tuesday evening last, it seemed to have como from just below the right ear, under the jawbone, and caused but little pain, and was followed by no blood. It was an ounce mimie. not mashed out of its original shape, although much dented by concussion with the bones in tho face. The coming forth of the ball caused a sore ness in the throat and a giddiness in the head for a day or two, but nothing more. Lceaburff ( Va.) Mirror. A Victim of Cholera. A Paris letter of the 20th ult says : "Several cases of cholera have recently occurred in Paris. One awful instance has greatly afflicted American residents. Miss Harback, a young lady from New York, who, on Wednesday evening, w;is riding in the Bois de Boulogne full of health nud spirits, was seized with cholera in the course o! the night, at the Hotel Wagram, in the Ruo do Kivoli. Drs. Trousseau and Beylard were caLVd in, but in spito of their efforts the patient died in twenty-four hours. She was engaged to be mar- riep to a M. Lockwood, who is now in St Feters- ,hurg, and can only know his loss by telegraph. - lhG funeral took place to day. A vast number o American residents. including Mrs. Bigelow, attended." Cliolei'u. Pork in the Louisville Market. On Friday or Saturday of last week a drovo of hogs was started for this market from somewhere above Stanford, Ivy. Wo aro informed that forty or fifty of them died on the road to Stanford of hog cholera or frichina, our informant could not say which. At Stanford about fifty moro died iu the pens before they were shipped. A great man y more died on the cars between that point and this city, although the owner hurried them on iu gre.if haste lest he should have none left for sale. Wlm slaughtered the remainder of the drove? A more interesting question is, Who ato tho pork? Courier. Devth of a Giantess. A negro woman, naml Sarah Miller, of remarkable proportions, died on Friday last at her abode, No. 42 Wooster street, New York, from inflammation of tho bowels. The deceased was five feet eight inches in height, and measured five feet across her chest, llor weight was seven hundred and ninptv-pifrlit pounds, and it required the muscular efforts o? six strong men to remove the body from the uppe r tcucuiciii in which sne died to u v hallway where she was to be coffined. The re mains were buried under the direction of the Commissioners of Charities and Correctic ,ua. xne conin, being of unusual size, had to b spo- ciuny maue i or ner. Insane Negroes at the South. The New York Herald's Washington correspondent saj stho sudden transition from slavery to freedonct, to gether with the immense amount of sufferij ig in cident thereto, has filled to overflowing the lunah'f asylums of tho South. A dispatch was received to-day at the Freedmen's Bureau here from Gov. Humphrey, of Mississippi, in answer to an in quiry whether he could insane colored people, that all the asylums were full ; but that the State would take immediate- steps to increase the facilities for providing for many as possible of that unfortunate class. as Had Hiji There. A nice vounc man in this town walked to church last Sunday with a very pious young lady. Arrived at the church door worldly-minded young man declined entering. Whereuponthe pious young lady seized his hat, and placing it under her en. tniUA rlmroh. leaving worldly-minded young man standing at the door, minus his hat. The last heard of worldly-minded young man, he' was seen wending hi way up the church aisle as demurely as if nothing hitd happpened. Selma Times. A juror's name was called bv the clerk. Tltf man advanced to tho judge's desk, and said : "Judge, I should like to be excused." "It is impossible, said the judge, decidedly "J?! ludgo lf yu knew my reasons." Vell, sir, what are they ? " "Sir, the fact is and the man hesitated. "Proceed, continned the judge. "Well, judge, if I must say it, I've got the itch The judge being a sedate one turned to the clerk and said: Mr. Clerk, for justice sake scratch that man's namo out, sooner than immediately, and let him go and use sulphur until next term. A Quarter of Twelve. "Ben, why s. Jou out so late last night?" . "It wasn't so. very late only a quarter of twelve 1" "How (Jaro you sit there and tell me that? I was awake when you came, and looked at my wat& It was three o'clock." "Well, isn't three a ouarter o twelver
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