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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
'-.Ti" For Convention.
" ;yy E want business men and working men .who 4
. v the interest of the btate at Heart, to represent
g bi the Convention shortly tOjconvene,
O. G. PARSLEX, S Esq.,
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T. J- ARMSTRONG,
-jriU ''be .supported by
MANY VOTERSj
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A Card.
i-T7 ,.tf,'.r tr tiift community the name ' of
4. Vl)M EM HE, Esq:, as a' candidate to repre
sent New Hanover County, in -the approaching
MflK Convention. ; The magnitude of the interests
laiivcd, demands the selection of men, who are
not cov-nitted to past party politics, and whose
jBtc'TftV, capaCUY auu uipw wutc mc uuuuuureu.
These qualifications belong Indn eminent degree
to Mr Empie ; so that all honest men can be as
sured of a" representative, whose Intelligence and
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experience Will tlltWC UC JMi ui wuuiuu,;aua
rhose nerve will unoouoteaiy execute-, me ue
eUions of ins judgment, without fear or affection t
, MANY VOTERS.
Wilmington, N. C, July 31st " 128-lni 4"
RAILROADS.
Wilmington and Manchester Railroad;
Office Gex. Scrt. Wil. Man. R. R.5, )
Wilmington, X. C, Aug. 2Gtb, 185. 5 $
ON and alter Sunday, Aug. 27th, daily ttains
for passengers affd freight,' will run over the
Wilmington and .Mauchtestcr Railroad as follows ;
U'.iveAVjlminirton daily at-6.00 A.M.
Kmgsviile ' 7.35 P. M. V ':
Arrive at Wilmington 'dally at 3.05 KM. f
. KingsvUle . 1.25 A. M. '
Tlie.se traius connect with trains on North Eas
tern Kail lload lor Charleston, the Cheraw & Dar
lington, Railroad a0d WiL & Wei. R. R. There
Is iLiilv stac communication between Kingsville
and Columbia, S. C, connecting with these trains.
There is also a line of stages b: "een Camden and
Sumter (on Wit fc Man. Railroad.) The boat
connecting with these trains .leaves and arrives at
Wil. Weldon Railroad wharf, The freight of
Ike of the Company will be at A. 11 VanBokke-cn'-
wharf, on the premises recently occupied by
A k llallL and bV steamer North Carolina in run-
in " to Fayctteville. All freight will be received
and delivered at this point. Passenger business is
done f. om' Wil. & Weldon Railroad wharf and
frcigln business from above wharf.
HENRY M. DRANE, '
0 I Gen. Sup't.
Aug. 2.0th , i 151
" Wilmington and Weldon Railroad.
OFFICE W. & W. R. R. CO., )
Secuetart's Office, ;
Wilmington, N. C, Augl ltth, 1865. ': )
rfHERE will in1, a meeting of the Board Of Di
X rectors of this Company, on Friday, the'lst
of September next,, for the purpose of electing a
General Superintendent. Applications may be
handed to the President or Secretary. y-'
J. .W. THOMPSON, Secretary.
Ansr. 12th ' 1 13941s
Kaieigh Standard copy.
Wilmington and Manchester Railraid
Office Gen. 8vvt. W. & M. R. R. )
Wilmington, N. C, Aug. 25, lbba. $
ON and aier Monday, Aug. 28th, the Wilming
ton.. V: Manchester Railroad will receive
freight at Wiliuingtod for depots along its line and
at.i!eot.-i for Wilmington or other points. 1
Freight Warehouse lis on A. H. VanBokkclen's
Avharf,'"ieing premises5 recently. Occupied by A. E.
Hall, and also used by FayctteviJW Steamer North
Carolina. - HfM. DRANE,
j lien. Sup t.
Aug. :Ji'th
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Wilmington and Weldon Railroad,
Wilmington & WELfk)N R. R. Co. )
Wn.mNOTON, Aug. 29, 1865. $
I ISSKNGEll XI1AINS SCUKIJI,E.
i'. '-'UM. this date Trains on this Road will run
" Lwive" Wihning on at 4 00 P. M. :
Arrive at WeldcKi at 8 00 A. M.
Leave Weldon at 2 00 P, M.
Arrive at Wilmington at 5 40 A. M. ;
Connecting at Weldon both ways with trains to
ami from Petersburg, by Gaston Ferry, and on
direct to Norfolk and Washington ; connects at
doldsboro' with trains to Raleigh and Newbern.
S. L. FREMONT, (
AImi n. meets at Wilminirton with the Wilmington
it Manchester Railroad south to Charleston, Co
lumbia, Atlanta; Savannah, Montgomery, &c.
Aug. 30, !.. 154. . , Eng, & Sup t
THE V iDIiXUTON HERALD.
WILMINGTON,
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AUGUST 31
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
Auction Sale.
Attention is directed to the extensive saleby,
auction, of merchandize, by Cronly & Morris,
rtomr.rrow morning 10 o'clock. Dealerp, ho
ol kecpovs, and others will find this an admira
ble opportuuity for replenishing their stocks at
"low rates.' - i
mayor's Court, Commissioner Shackle
ford, Mayor pro tern., presiding, August
30th. ' f
Avery few cases came up' before his honor
this morning mostly for disorderly conduct and
drunkeness. Frederic Howell 8nd Ch'arles Birch
were'each fined fieveraily $5 and $10. '
: '. A colored individual of the masculine gender
was arrested Tuesday night by captain McGreai
in au apparent statebf iusmity, he was placed in
the' : lock-up where he kjpt up a continual dolor
ous horling through the .night, lie was so
. hard, to -deal with and till so.looney yesterday
morniog tha't it was not deemeoVnecessary to bring
him before .the mayor, especially as he net
know his own name. It being discoverd that
he was a soldier he was sent to the provost roar-r
Bhal's oiaee.
Whitewasued. Our market house has gone
Mirough the process -of being whitewashed, not
before it needed-it, in our haimble opinion.
I'When county and city have at last made a l the
ypubhc buildings more cleanly places of businea?,
then Wilmi.gton will be- the geographical insti
tution we want it to b and which she ought to
2)0. We live ih hopes. j " I v j
w-,CotJSTt J Alii -The military authorities have
torned over to the proper civil officers the charge
t the cwinty jailV; jit is found very much out
of repair, and ja very nnsafe place at present for .
the accommodation" of delinquent and crimi
nals who may be invited to board and lodge at
I he general cost, but the county officers are very
busily occupied in putting it in order, and In a
couple or weeks every security will be nadfor
offenders, and they may rely on the best care
an4 attention, - .
,Dogs. It is worthy notice that dogs, not
long since the great est nuisarice that infested
our streets, htre in a great measure disappear
ed. What has become of our ca.nin tprm w
don't know ; but they certainly have conferred
a greai lator on the community, by taking some
back seat whence only ai intervals we hear the
howl, bark and yell. We trust since they appa
rently see the uecessity and fitness ot their pres
ent absence tbey will remain in their retiracy
and not oblige the authorities to pass a law for
bidding them the freedom of the city. ' v
Befo&k Jdstice Cokoley. SeYeral important
state cases were called for yesterday on Justice
Conoley's docket. The first a charge against
W. T. Bray. for markirig and defacing certain
hog belonging to Mr. Nicholas N. Nixon was
disposed of by discharging Mr. Bray on the
evidence. Another charge against him is still
before the court, and the hearing will be con
tinued to-day. Owing to the lateness of the
hour no further business was attended to yes
terday Two companies of the Second Massachusetts
heavy artillery went down the river this morn
ing on the steamer Christopher, to join the bal
ane of their regiment at Srauhville? and Fort
Fisher, where they will be mustered out of ser
vice. They appeared very much pleased at the
prospect of once agtin becoming citizens, and
of meeting their distant relatives, from whom
they have been necessarily parted for four
years doing their duty in their country's service
THEwhATHER has been decidedly hot for the
past two days, and the showers of yesterday
morning and afternoon do not appear to have
ameliorated the state of the atmosphere, but a
glance at our advertising columns will convey
the pleasing intelligence that Messrs. A. H.
Gage & Co., our old ice merchants, have just
received a cargo from Boston, and are prepared
to dispense it at their old place of business on
Dock street.
Enoch Morgan's Sons. Attention is called
to the advertisement of this long established
house which will be found in to-davs issue.
Partias in want of articles in their line would
do well to give them a dall.
Obliged. Mr. Cuffee, of the Adams Express
Company, -will please' accept eur acknowledg
ments for late southern papers.
From Yesterday Afternoon's Edition.
ARIEL'S LETTER.
News from ITIississppi Negro Suffrage
The Radicals Discouraged -Ketclmm
: and Jenkins Four Millions Stolen
Woman Burned Alive-The City dull
The Theatres -Southerners Settling? n
New , York The Evening Exchange
Closed The Markets, &c, &c.
Our New York Correspondence.
New York, Aug. 26, 18C5.
The news has just been published here that
the constitutional convention of Mississippi has
finished its work and adjourned. It adopted an
ordinance prohibiting slavery and nullifying all
legislative acts inconsistent with the constitu
t.oa of the' United States: but said nothing:
abeut negro suffrage, one way or the other, A
dispatch from president Johnson wasead in the
convention, promising the restoration of the ha
beas corpus and the withdrawal of the soldiers as
soon as possible and congratulating the conven
tion upon its progress. r
You may have received this news by tele
graph ; but I repeat it here iu order to tell you
how greatly it has encouraged the friends of
president Johnson and discouraged the radicals.
It is one of the ripest fruits of the policy of the
administration, which has been S3 vehemently
attacked by the Wendell Phillips agitators and
so constantly sneered at by the Tribune. If the
states of the south will only go one step further
and permit negro suffrage under property and
educational qualifications such as are in force
in this state and. in Massachusetts, the radica s
will be entirely killed off. Such negro suffrage
would admit but a few dozen Africans to the
baUotrbox ; but its moral effect would be over
whelming in crushing out sectionalism and rad-.
icalism. ;.,,:- -'
lieing on the spot, you know much better than
I do what course your people are' likely to adopt
in regard to this most important matter, But;
here it is generally conceded that if the south is
fully alive to her own iuerest she will follow
the line of policy I have just described. Mis
sissippi has done well ; but cannot North Caro
lina do better?
New York is still disturbed by the Ketchum
and other defalcationsTBe;' hereabouts of
Ketchum have not yet beenascertained ; but in
vestigations have disclosed the fact that the lia
bilities of his firm are over four millions of dol
lars. This immense sum has been squandered
in all sorts of stock speculations. That was
Ketchum's dissipation. He seems to have been
a quiet, respectable sort of a person, who did
not drink much, did not run after the pretty
waiter-girls, went to church, waid his prayers,
treated his wife nicely and behaved himself with
I all the social proprieties, riot ai an ujb aor- .
man that Jenkins was, you see. Jenkins ropaea
order to supply his mistress with funds; but
in
Ketchum took money in order to make more
S:3I,lSfr.tM FEET 1MDEB LAKE MCH-
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ed Jenkins waiter-girl, bat letained her loverK
Sam. Davis, in custody. Thai's queer justice,
too.
The reporters are crazy abont this defalcation
business. They insist npon having a' defaulter
to dish up every morning. If they can't find
one they invent one and I don't know but that
the moral is about as gool iu the one case as in
the other. This morning, to my surprise. I
find no defalcations in the papers, but it is be
cause the spice is occupied with accounts of
rapes, railroad accidents, murders and a fire in
John street in which a poor woman was burned
lo a crisp. Her body lay at ihe station bouse
unreeogaized for some hours. Then iu came a
man who took one of her bands, looked at the
wedding ring, cried, "itis my wife," and faint
ed dead awav. The couple had only been mar
ried a few months. "
The city is very dull. People-are just coming
home from the watering places, aui the ladies
are obliged to get their ne v dresses made
before they will venture out. The sun-mer
seasons at the theatres end to-night. The Keans
open at the Broadway on Monday-. The other
theatre", with the exception of Niblo's, wilViiCt
re-open till a week or two from "Monday. There
are more southerners in the city than ever.
Many of them declare their intentions of set
tling here. I know several who came to New
York to embark for Europe to leave this country
forever, but after staying in the metropolis a
week or two they have changed their minds and
will go into business. These men came from
Louisiana and Georgia, and they say lhat those
states are ruined by the war. I hope not. M in-
ufactures will revive again in the south before
these men are established in New York.
Gold is.at ,143. The Herald has sW up the
Evening Exchange by a few scathing articles.
The board of brokers passed a resolution for-
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bidding any of their number to atUnd. This
will materially check speculation, and the Herald
deserves the thanks of the community for its
missionary work. Now it is turning its batte
ries upon the curb-stone brokers, and' perhaps
it may get rid of them also. The flour market
is fairly active; 8,000 b-rrcls of southern1 were
sold yesterday under an improved demand.
Cotton was rather active ycstor-i-iy. The de
mand lor Spirits turpentine is good, but at lower
rates, the market being depressed by recent
heavy receipts. Crude is in request and prices
firm. Rosins active with an upward tendency.
Pitch was moderately active and nrai. In to
bacco the demand was moderate, but the prices
very firm, Oo the whole there is a goo'l selling
market. ARIEL.
A Reminiscence of John C. Calhoun His
Heath ISed.
A correspondent of the St. Louis Democrat
writes :
A gentleman who spent an afternoon with
Calhoun at hit chamber in Washington some
time before his death, mentions tint, among
other passages of Scripture discussed by them,
he quoted th'J precept ol Puter, "llou ,r all
men." "W. at sir! ' Mr. Calhoun exclaim-jd,
"Honor all men! Is that in the Bible ? "Cer
tainly, sir," was the reply. "Sir," said he,
"God does not require that. Honor all men !
What! the fellow in the White IIousr and
the mass of such being3 as I meet every day
yonder in the Capitol? Oh, no! I cannoi
honor them; God does not command it."
His friend explained that the passage claimed
for every man hon'r as a man, and because
he is a man, until he sh ill forfeit his right by
crime. "Sir," he replied, '-that is right, and
I do honor c-11 men who deserve it. 1 honor
my slaves who deserve it, but such men as I
have to do with in Washington neither God
nor man can lfonor." '
The dying statesmen continued in the same
frame of mind to the last. Ju.-t before the
tiolemn closing scene the Chaplain of the
Senate called and was announced by afriend.
Supposing him, from his name, to be his Con
gressional colleague, Judge Butler, Mr. Cal
houn slid, 'Why did yu n&t admit him r"
Being told that it the Rev. "Mr. Butler,
whofclt it his duty to converse with him--';The
Rev. Mr. Butler !" he said, '-what does
he want? He. a young man, to call at this
time to speak to me on a subject upon which
I have thought all my life I t Tell him he can-
y
not be admitted "
OoIJ 5a Virginia Mining in Fluvanna
and. Goochland. Counties.
The following facts are from tlie editor! il
correspondence of the Richmond Republic:
" Gold mining is now being revived in Flu
vanna and Buckingham on a large scale Mr.
Grant is working twenty five hands in Flu
vanna county, using five rockersand obtain
ing an averse of from tjfiy t sixty penny
w eights of fine jrold. a day.iiMessrAp r
son, Staples & Co , are employing machinery
at the Bucking am ra nei, and will require at
h-ast twenty bauds, and Messrs. Hughes & Co.
are at woik at he Waller mine, in Gp ;chl nd
county, with a lar.e foce. Besides the e,
many" ual. paities are working, washing sur
face g Id, and obtaining handsome returns
I b-arn t!iit the copper mines in Buckingham
county are to be reopened in a fey d ys by i
northern party, who intend: to drive atunnel
into the main vein near the b se ot the h li.
It will , be recollected that this mine was in
successful operation just hefore the war, and
many tons of ore liad beer. hip pea to tsaiti
tnure for smelting, where it sold readily for
eighty dollars a ton.''
Sale of Western Wool.
Nev;xokk, Aug. 23.
The ofiering of 300,000 pounds Ohioleece
wool to-day was not a success,, Oaiy 60,t0.)
pounds were sld at 42 a a BUi for unwashed,
The washed averaged 63ic7( Tlie owriers re
fused to duplicate any. The 560I w'a? In ill
condition and undesirable, ; jThere was a yer
good attendance but not mdeh ppirit. .
Government Worics Closed.
- Fortress MpsaoE, Aujr. 22.
The government machine shops at N rfolk
have all been discontinued, and the hands dh
charged, by orders fi cm Washington, ,
A Ride .in the Chicago Lake Tunel.
The Chicago 77t?f of Thursday the
fo'iowing racy sketch of a Visit to the great
Like tunnel by number of distinguished
jnilitary gentTomen and others who accoinna-
me I Gi. Grant or hh visit to that city. The
General himself, being unwell, was unable tv
join the excursion
THE COSTUMING PROCESS.
Wh-nevcri person goes into the Take tun
pel hi must pirnare fJr the work before him.
Col. Gowan ki ejs constantly on hand a Urge
variety of tunnel costumes,' of the most ele
gant and subterranean designs,- and of th
latest" sty e. He marched his gueMs to
the clothing room, and, showing them the col
lection, hade them make choice of the apparal,
sijpuU.iug thai howeter fascinated they might
b&cuihfc wik its fit, and their own figure
when attitcvi, they must on no account wear
away a siriglo artnle, nor take a single shred
homw with them .-is a relic of the visit.
This being arranged, the Majo Generals
we. e first given their choice of garments. -Gn.
Ord, who is a tall six footer and rather
elim, pick ea. out a cordur.y j icket, which
came tluwn as far as his hipsand there paused.
It set admiribly, the sleeves being a little
shorter than hi arms, which Colonel Gowan
assurel him was all the rae. Napoleon hav
ing worn a similar coat on a recent visit to
the greit Mont Cenis tunnel under the Alps.
Quite -'Napoleonic looked the General when
attired, and he was cheered for his success in
f:ish:onabl3 drape-y. Next his military hat
went by the Uaid, and a chapoau of a very
stouchy appearance took its place. Rolling
up hi-, trowsers he declared himself ready for
a vi-it to China or any where else.
General Wilcox iext fixed up, in a very
long coat, beiiig a ijjodertely short man.
Hits was a.sa n;et garment, very threadbare
from long "acquaintance with tlie tunnvl, and
lojngcrw'nh the world. The General looked
like tanner Slofiiim just come to town vviih a
load ot vegetables. A palm leaf hat sat iaun
iiy on his. caput, giving him a decided Yan
kee air.
General Williams borrowed a c-at from a
miuer, because ho thought the coat miycht know
more nb ut the tunnel than any other, aud
and he wu.uKl he 'e-s likely to go astray from
the rest oT the party. A dilapidated tile
finished his out lit, and he stood before thf
admiring spectators . n veritable diamond
miner
Sen tor Chandler is a tall man ; very tall.
l-ew old cubits wnl ht him; tew new ont-s do
lie was more las! id ous in his taste than the
ic t of the party, ami consequently fared
Worse. A very ragged coat and a very rag
ged hat hnally got adjusted on him ; in what
manner iiereaiier loiiows: ine coat wae
turjved wiside out, hecau-e the Serator began
to pur ii i n a i ins wrong enn, una Dec t use
noLo.lv to'ul him J'io.v f went o.. His hat
was caved in, and appcae,d lo h.ivc a brick
in, it, and had a cons-tant svd inpxidic.ible
tendency to gr.ivit-ite earthwird. Ilow it
served him. tliis veaajious history will here-ai"tcrrecoi-d.
Suprvintendent Rice, of the Michigan Cen
tral Railroad, got on a ve y narrow httie cap,
something on the clerical style His coat was
once bvoadc'oth, but that was before Chicago
was a city. When it was cut there was not a
railroad in Amciica; lichee thj very grotes
que appearance ol a ruilroad man. in such a
garment-
The remaining members of ihe pirty attired
themselves in whatever was at hand, tome
turning iheir cots inside out and tying hand
kerchiefs over their heads. All" in all, ii more
novel srroup of explorers, was never seen. The
men in buckram were eclipsed. -
the cars. '
Colonel Gowa i had prepared"; three e irth
ea'rs lor. tho' voyage under th2 'lak i hese
vehicles are about throe teet long and two
feet wide, and when used lor canying p assent
gers, are expected to hold four person-. On
this occasion they were upholstered with
b ankeis and buffalo robes, and were quite
comfortable to travel in. There was not the
slightest chance of lulling out, because the.!
sides come up to -the pas-engers' heads when
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seated upon the bottom.
DESCEXDiNG THE SHAFJ.
The cars were now brought fo ward,, placed
upn the e'evator, and f ur persons, got into
e.ch one. As fast as they were filled they
descended into the slnfi; ihe exjiloicrs' bid
ding adieu to those behind as their heads
went down out of siiht. When the ears were
lowered to tlie bottom of the shaft they were
roiled off into the tu ine! proper, as tli. y came
down, and coupled to each o her, like a rail-
i i -
i way train, on a genuine iracic ex:enang tbe
whole length ol the tore hey cveryibinc
w.ts in re di; c-s or, as Superintended Rice
said, when the train was ma le up, a diminu-
t ve mu'e w;.s at' ached, ;mda miner with a
little lamp on his hat' drew reinorjBr him, gave
a -brill whistle, and tbe train moved off into
the sabtir . m m darkness.
"Now we -re uuder Lake Michican," sail
Colonel Gowan. and the mule was given
the whip. Off went the cars ar a breakneck
?peed, into the, darkness, into the bowels 01
mo ber earth, under ne water? 01 the laKd
The rapid motion caused a current of air,
which relieed the damp si nsa tione of ihe
place. Imagine a :uie, i.e;ny a mile in
length, and the size of a carriage wh el,
bunt of solid mas nry. Through it a tra not
hule cars are iMidius, each one n hnr up ih
v-n ire space of the tube. Each ear is tilled
with four pjr.-ei 8 mai'r gone rails, colone's.
senators, ic. The only ii ht is a dim lamp
... . . , . ...
in tlie 1'i.nJs ol tne driver, ana a sin ilar ne
on the en
ine, or mule. "Nobody but the
ot the passengers (.Color el Gowan)
ule, have any i tea , where t'ley
1 i . 1 -.
driverone
and thri mul
are going) what they widun agamsf, or
where they will feti b up. This will give a
little idea'of this sujjterra.ineous and subma-
ririejonTn:y. ' " f
The cars sned alon? at a remarkablv ranid
D5iCe.V Gen. Ord inquired of Sup rintend-ni
Rice if be did not t .ink that CoL Gown' un
ilergrodad r ailway compart. d fayi r bly with
tbe Michigan Central both as regatde4 tpe"d
ventiliativ and convinien o lMr.R"cud-
milted iTiatshe Michigan C-ntral was Ibo xheitf
but suirgesied that the only thing he. feared
was meeting a;down train. .He also remind
e l Conductor Gowan thai itwa qulio nu 9 a
pa.M through and ako uj tickets. -
Col. Gown wpl ed that the rm? rou"d
he paying W large dividfod annually to Ihe
cit:ieis ofChicro, and that ther all owned
stock in iti " - .r"
JtRIlVAL At Tirfe EXTREME Xt OF lUt TC?XCL.
After a journey of fifteen minutos ihroagh
a stribt, idaik rosd. ' at a cantrriuc fpeeil.
the train euereI mio tn'e1ataniWr.3tvbi.
iigiuoi uy innumeraoie a43
miners locked U wiUUred at lic strange ad
venti and laughed outright as the Attics 5b?H
ped from jthe cars .and shook Uim-ieiyes.
Colonel Goan announce! that tber hdabuut
lour nundred leet lurtuer ; lraver?e on loot,
before the y got to the extreme end of tie tun
nel. Inkihgn lamp he led the way. liw
long meiwin the fity doubled Uemelvea up
and followel, and thoishort men, bnt tjbeix.
heals very low. Tramp, tramp iramp
until back and legs ached, and aV length I ho.
extreme end of tlse tunnel was rvachd. About
twe'.Te feet was dug into the solid VI iy. and
the mine.s, wbo stood alKHit the weird plnco
like so manr swarthy spectrf,,were engaged
in bricklaying ni cementiiijj, , C A. Gowan
announced that th parly were t!un 3 JMX fi?t
under Lake
ce Michigan Bits of claf ere
pocketed as trophies, ahl the
tarty retraced
their htepsj - i
The rar were taken at . the first cbntnberr r
where the party left thcin, and olf went tho
train in direction of the shaft, at the jatjr ot
2 40 per minute. The mule, which h 4 ou
no breeching or back str ap, t-urtdenly pa'u-ed
when thf train was at it gietvst spiect! The "
cars ran upon the animal's heels and those ,
in the former cir had the pleasure of revX-iv-H.
ing him into their "laps, nearly frightened .out
of his mulish wits. Colonel Gowan, the con- .
ductor of the trjin, got out and ve:t nh ad lb
sea what hj.d frightened the "locomotive.'' A
shout told the party tnatsome jok was in
store for ticm. He returned to the cars with
Senator Ch.indhr'a f hat, which hud . been
bl .wn off and left on hc tra-k during the
outward voyage. The mule was not used to
such a strange sight, a.d nearly causedTiu
accident tp the pas.-eupers.
The party soon merged into the light of
open day land congratulated each other on the
success of the trip, disrobed, and put u their
usual habiliments.
Cireat Rritain.
The London Tifitts editorially expatiates on
the advaijtagis a fiee trade ivdiey would
financially secure both to the UiiiteJ Stated;
and Canada, and the article winds up with tlie
following remarks on a proposition recently
put forth by the New York Chamber of Com
merce : ; ' . - , .
"The Nw York Chambcrof Commcrcehave
thro vn out a 'suggestion which khows how
great a change has come over the minds of
men on another subject. They suggest that
th-i Imperial Government should guarantco to
ihe North American provinces tho liberty to
preserve a strict neutnflity l.rtvU foreign wurs
in which they have no 'interest, rn winch casej
they may c uut on perpe ual trauqudify and
uninterrupted commercial relations with the
United Slates.
On our part there would be no diQiculty
iu obtaining such ag iarantee, nor d Wc think
there could be any doubt as to its observance.
As the weaker party on the North American
continent we should cleat ly have an interest
in observinjr sucli neutralit-v. for iiottnnar
would be, more absurd than to i.: ague an in
vaMon ot the Unit'e l States froui Canada or
honor, America might he quite tuie :!iat our
tu erest would bind us to itsvb-ervanec. But
these very considerations of' interest m.keit
ejually un ikely that the neutrality we shoultl
be ready t guarantee would be als rQo.teq
by the t inted btates.
' Is ,t l.kcly that in t c anger und CaCiIp-
mert of a great w r, thn United Slates would
forbear from attacking a point vo vulnerable,
vvhere th?y could hirdly fail, of one of two
things -cither lowering this country in the
eyes ot loreign rations by exhtuiting it as
unable t det.nd its own colouies, or compeil-
ihg those colonics, in order to avoid immediate
ru.n and devastation, to annex themselve? to
the American Union V Tnis expedient ot 'an
nexation would work exceedingly well only
uidil it was wanted; it wou'd then infallibly
It. I. A A 1 . I. . -f t 1
oieaii uwu, iiu must iureiore ue rescrveu
for those happier times when S.ates and indi
viduals can be trusted to adncic to, tluir
jlromibe while every psion md every inter
.st loudly calls uposi them to violate it."
.
Generals ivlutered out of Service.
The following important-order was issued
from the War Department Fr.day :
-W ar Depahtment, j
: Adjutant Ges's OmcE,
Washington,' Aug. Y4, 1BC5 S
Qneral Orders No. 135. .
By direction of the rresident, the following
named general ofticers of the United States
volunteers are hereby honor lbli
out of thje ssrvice of the United S
service being' no longr needed :
ly mustered
States, their
Mai. Generals '-Naili'l P Banks. Pan'l But-
te.fieid, Silas Casey, Ahner Doubl,-d;y, Geo
Li llaitsua, oam 1 r lleiinzman John J
retJ
k. : . . :
Brevet Major Ger.eraU Edward M Ferrcro.
A Ai othi,GL A:.di'ns, W WBc;ki.ap, C
Crub, J 15 Cafr, W F Citrlin, J L Chimte.-
lm, T A Davica, E S Dehni, C Gr, ver, R
; Grant, S G Gr bin, (i,Jl Gordon, Jos Haye.,
N J Jackson, Nathan .IU nball, J ii K:i:lytJ
AleAriuui o V Mofg n, J F Miller, B U
Fierce, J C Robinson, T Seymour, FSjlpmon,
G4 &:amard, Al x Staler. E B Ty.er; J C
YeateP, W Vand.-ver, W . X Wanl, W C
Wbitaker.
Brijadler Gtnerals--Richard Ar old, S A
Men dithy Napoie n u Baton 1, Win II Morris,
Maon Bray man, Go P McGinnis, Henry
Baxter, Thomas 1 11 Neiil, William Btrney
Jon M Oliver, Cirus .Bussey, Win A Pile,
rj . 1 j x' ai "n - - 1 n .1. . 1.
Edward S Brag, E W, Rice, J Gook, S 1
S r,is, 11 B Camngon J 11 &tl,eS, C I
Campbell, J P bbugnj P Clayton, E P Sam :
mohy A N Duffie, A J Stcmmer, E J Davis, T
bW-&eeiW. & o rry. A &chenmei:lnni-. L
l lOraiiam, J W SpraguW E H din, S
- Thoma-?. J R Hawley. D Ullman, 11 M Judah,
II V V ar.' Cieve, J r Kiiipe, t li, ari en, 11
U Lockwpod, G D Wagner, J G L ;uaian, J
A Williams, T J McKeunf V- - j
By crder of the S?crt tary of .War :
I- ' 4E. D. TowNSEXn.r
- Assistant Aujut&nt Geuerl.
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