• . . . CAPE MAY OCEAN WAVE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 186o. , ' 1 — -

She ©(tan itVarr, Cape Island, 0»pe May County, 3.J. I 8. It. MAGONAC.LE.

H'cdnr«d«y. Oct. 4, l*8». (For the Oresfi Wave.J J Sunday School .Asuociation. A public meeting of tb* friends of Son- j ' day Schools in Cape May ennnty, will be •eld al the Pirsl Baptist Church, Cape May Court Home, on Tueaday, Oct. loth, at 10 o'clock A. M.. to consider method* for giving greater efficiency tn the Habhath School, and forming a C' Utiiy Sunday .School Association. Soeivlie* of tbi* kind have he«n formed in all the other counties of tbia Stute, auxiliary to the State Sab- j bath School Aaaooiation, and have been j- ' foood very _0*eful. ani^it i«..eartestl h-ped J thai all interecled in til- religjpo* educa- ] tioo of our ahildren and youth, will ai fir u possible alteuil. lleea. James W. Mubbard. Cape Ijlhnd; Socrates Toaroacod. Cape May tAreotl ; h. N. Jencks, Court Hons*; W. A Brook*, j Seaeille: A Atwond. Case ,*'""d: l'araona Toansend. Cold Spring-. Robert 11. SuicWffe. CajM May Circuit; W. B. Oua- | bourne, Cape Mzy_ Circuit ; Moaea >Vil- j liumaou, Cold Spring. Laymen — A. II. Stevens, Cape May; T. H- Hughe*. Cape May ; A. Raa»», t'old j rspritig; J. B. llnfTman, Court llou-e; IC.'j Bat more. Goshen; l>r. Alexander Young, ; Goshen ; O. Ogdeo, Qoort llonae; K. 1). I Edmund", Cold Spring; Andrew II. Reeves, Cape May; J. 8. Leach. Cape Island j Geo. j \V. Smith, Cap* Island. The, Fenlaus and Iri-lantl. The progress of Peniaoian^haa eerioualy j ularmed her Majaaty'a Privy CWncil. The tpectacle of repablieao institutions. and a , hatred of Englnod baareanrrected tbeapirit | of '93, and the Emerald lale may bare to paaa through tbu ordeal of another bloody revolution. The Fenian Society in tbit country in widespread and incr«it"ing in j numerical and financial etreagtb. estimated i at two hundred thousaud men. all aworn to i rescue Ireland from-the tyranny of " per- j fldioua Albion." Two tbon*»nd American ' Fenians, -emissaries to their brethren in Ireland, bare already pot the ball in motion to lha otter eonrtetnnlion of the Irish ma- j gistrmey and Inndhdfding aristocracy, who I now look forward on the nminooa rumbling of the Tolcaoo, and realise ' hat "conscience doth make cowards of na all." * England ia aware and prepared for ihe | the emergency ; . b*r Handing army in Ire- ; land, including militia and constabulary, has been Increased Id seventy thousand ' mvn, whils a girdle of war-ahipe encircle ; . v tbe island to watch and intercept the lerri- J bte arma<<a of Fraiana who are expected , •I Etoaale ilarhnr, Bbtitty ltiy,-ur some j other of the Irish port*. The eiprer.moebf aefinment are inop»n ! defiance ol British law, the Celtic enthu- i sls-m ie once more a! it* teniih, and the . peaaaoiry look forward witli hrighl hopes to an Irish nationality. Bat the must . ■anguine expectations C"B' to s sudden end by some unforeseen •- vent, especisliy a rebel- ; Hon against tbe British Crown, whuee pan- : iahment is terrible and summary. What the grand finale of this movemeut will be is beyoud conjecture ; Ireland may possibly attain ber desired object, but if giniuccess- , ful ber shackles will be doubled, her son* expatriated, or doomed In the fate of the , lamented ^mnieit and other Irish patriots. j boanver, hmu rerrons. Presentation. ' A handsome silver tea set was presented ' to tbe KeT. Mr. Atwood. pastor of ihct'apa Island Mrlhodisi Church, on Tuesdayeveolag, 26lh inst. The set was a fac simile of j tbsl presented to Lieutenant (ienertd tir .nt by the citixeoa of Philadelphia, and was ! presented to the ladies of tbo Church by Mr. E. C. Knight, of the same city. The preaentstien speech was made by Mr. S. 1 1 B. Msgonagle, a bo spoke of the energy aod determination displayed by tbe Reverend gentleman lit erecting a parsonage aid t chapel, and in raising io eighteen months , over six thousand dollars to defray the ex. i pontes of the buildings. Mr. Atwuod re- 1 , plied thanking the members and friends , for tbe valuable aasietance rendered him io j | the enterprise, and feelingly allnded to Ihe < generous sympathy extended to bim io his < efforts. A beautiful album was at tbe tame time praaented to Mrs. Atwoo--, the presentation I speech being made by tbe Rev. "Mr. Hub- [ ' bard, of the Presbyterian church. j Refreshments, consisting of io# cream, ! cakes, fruit, 4c., bad beeD provided, and ; 1 after indulging in tbe same, the paity ad- ' jooroed to their homes, bt/.'ng passed a j ' pleasant evtniog. Large Onions. Mr. Daniel Coagrov* of the Lower towt - I ship, has placed upon onr table, two large j I onions, which would lake the preuiinm at j i any Agricultural Fair. Tbty were rai-ed ' j from the seed, and weighed respectively ene j pound, and one ponod and three ounces, i I Tlivy are a fine specimen of what can be ! does with Cape May soil. i I Appointment. | Major Henry W. Sawyer, of this eily, j boa been appointed keeper of ibe Life Bo t I Station House, located near tbe Steam boai 1 ' Landing, vice Andrew Beeves, removed. ff Henry Harper, 320 Arch St.. Pbila. I t (Read hit Card in this issue,) keep* a good \ ' stock of Fioe deaelry and Silver ware an i hand. Gore him a call. — The Alabama Coaveutioo bss provided j I by ordinance f t the Stole election* do the ! I fat Monday to N'orembor next. | I

Our Ptailaitrlphtii Hnrk-Ilot. ■ I f Piiii.Atu.. Sept. 30, '63. DkaX my last I gave the j ladies a short rjoopoi* of tht coming fash- ' I i estop t» which I edfi tbe following a* grand . j climax. Toilettes, tbts f«ll.#ni Ao.iA of l one, or, al the otmos', of tyro colore. — ' j These colors should harmonise, with each ] oitier, and also with tbe complexion of the \ j wearer. Sea-grr.-n, trimmed with crimson. , ie very .rich nod effective. Violet, trimmed j with black, will a'»o rank high with the ^ , I ton. A-d hero 1 will, say to tbe ladies, try : not to display your dry good*, bni to en. | banco your, own charms— \f guy and pretty , { color* soil yourcom|ilexi(in. invest, in them; , if not, buy those " liich do. be they ever so sombre. Young lasses with trim ankle* I und pretty feet, will be particularly inAr- , e«t«d in keepiug up the style of wearing Ihe dresses looped. A# a natural eonse. j j .ifUrnce, criusiiieruble ol woman's adorning I | skill will be lavished upon (jie petticual ; regarding wbicb, a wnur in tbe Naw Yorit r Citi-en remarks : "Nothing could be worae .1 or more mnl-apro/tii thaa trimming a petti- . J coat wilb tiuling— a petticoat, a thing of to . { much soilness and sentiment, ttimniiog it ; , j with anything so regular, td luimovable, so ' | and expression."- Tbe tightening or half ; . • (illirig basques or palrlaU will be tbo re- j ! ceived oot-door garment for the fall and i ' : winter. "The "Fru3a" Basque, the^qjwust ] ■1J fashion out, is minus a sleeve, and | trimmed with an epaulette at tbe slfualder. j j tidies ere rapidly approaching tbTMexi- j : can style of weariug only a sliaw hat auil { . j pair of spurs. | No locals this week worthy of mention ; j j tbo weather is delightful, and the prumeoa- i ^ j der« have taken Chestnut Street by storm, j ^ i The inonihs uui Hying quickly by, and i ^ ere father Time progresses much further . i upon hi* journey, yuuf Cope will again be ; j | crowded with the happy, the wealthy, and j ^ i the many. With enlarged hotels acd a ! f first-class newspaper, y»a will become the i Brighton of America. Perhaps you don't , . | appreciate your little rap*. Live, however. ; 9 ' io this Babel of noise f..r a year-car horses-j : with bells dacgliug discord, ungrvased carts ■ i( anil noisy. nrchins throughout tbe duy. and n | after night' baccliabalian ch • rases chiming n j sweetly wllh the notes of Thomas und Mary _ . eats— then it is tbut lb* sen with its sontb- ( | ing music and quiet beach will be a haven , I of rest and reruperalion. only to be reached t j to be appreaciated. Mure anon. Adieu, I Kami Rustic. " 1 Attention, Veteran*! 'I It ha* been suguested by , several of our; • | returned soldiers of iHfit anil '$2. that I ey j ' come logetber for the purpose of orgamxing j ' i themselves into a society, and give their ! ■ support and encouragement to the m»et I 1 i inga which are being held in other places | ' thioaithoal ihia State ami adjoiniag oche, j 1 | lb* propriety end justice or ao equalization ' ■ j of the pay and bounties. We do most cheerfully acqnle'ce in the i I • opinion that inch a mm-tin;; ought to take I I place immedjately on Cape Island; aod-a* I i there are quite a number of "old soldiers" ■ | among us no fears should be entertained as •I to tbe at ainmi-nt of the desired ohj-et. ; Let them not lose litae in quektioniug the 1 ; probabilities, or waging for •some on* to make a comm-ncement, hot at once ap- • Ipolnt a place of meeting, and we ar* -ure 1 j all baying tbe influvi.ee will use it to fur- ' i ther this mo«t props- rund beneficial object ; of our veterans. rut* resting to Pensioners, i The lost chsnge in the pension law* seems ' to b» imperfectly understood by many pen- 1 1 j tinners, and, nt a con-squenre, much dis- ' • J satisfaction exists among those who have ; obtained civil appointment* under tbe gov- . j eminent. The art deled March 3, IP65, . ! entitled, "Au act supplementary to the ! several acts relating 'to pensions," declares j "thot no invalid pensioner, now or hereafter in the srrvice of the United Slates. | shall be entitled to draw t pension for any r period of time during which he is or shall • f b« entitled to tho fsll pay or salaty^vhich ' i an able-bodied person discharging like da j tir* to the government is allowed by law." I Government clerks and other cciuplain- • ants will, therefore, porceive that thuir.; pensions are withheld by CnogrJesional ; enactment, and nut by an arbitrary riling i ' of the Department. i The Arctic Expedition. j The N. Y. Journal of Commerce bss the ; following item : j "By a whaling wtsel arrived at Now j I London from the Arctic Ocean, we have . j advices from Captain C. II. Hall, the ex- ' plorer, who left the United States in 1(1G4, ! uoder the_ patronajjh of Henry Gnnnvll, j j Ksq-^of tbit city. Captain Hail's letters j were expressed about one hnsdred and filly 1 m;lea over tbe ice by dog sledges to roach , tbe open sea. He writes in vsryguod spirit*. ; I having obtained orach valuable information j : regard to tbe Franklin expedition. The ' of which he speak* bos nbt reached ; Mr. Grionell, hut may be expected at any i lime on the arrival oi ship* Irom Hudson's ; Bay. Mr. Hall expect* to spend most of time in King William's Land, sod on | Buothie Felix peninsula, and de-ires that a j vessel shall be' seal id tbe spring of l£fi~ I to bring him home. Three year* spent as ' I , rr>po*e<L in tbe huts of the Esquimaux, ; j w.lb goud Dative interpreter* who accotnj I*:'} ^r- Hall in to* wanderings, ought to i be sufficient to eloar op all mystery respeclJ lug lb* lost iiavigatos. ; (M Read a.iv.-rtiseui*ul o- Jubn Fateira. ' ! 7i8 Arch St., Philadelphia, it, tbis Issue. | : His assonment of Lsulie.' Faicy Fun it ' ami worth ihe sp.-*u| aUeBtion' orbuyers.

Soldiers' Convention at Trentou Psrvnaot to a call published in lbs Tren> loo new. ps;*r». a large number of the sol" diers who had enlisted in If 61 and 1862, j • assembled at Temperance Hall, Trenton, C un Thursdny Issi, for the purpose i»r urging 1 on tbe Gov-rnment the propriety and jns- ' ^ lice al equalixing, not only the bonmy bat e the pay ul soldirrs, sii thnt-thnsg who et- | ( listed first, and in "tbe hour of gi<-a>«ti; . J danger, nod bad remained in tbe service ihe whole term of their enlistment, should ■ ^ * receive as mach as those afio enlisted sob. . si qneutty, iudneed- ns ihey were with the ^ ofi^r of increased pay and large' boon tits. ; ; ' There were represetiia'ives fiom oeisrly j ull the New Jerse) regimenta present, and all considered the inuvemsiil us n step, in. j tbe right Direction. g "JTie meeting wo* organized by the ap- : j po(ntui-ot of a President and Secretaries ; : ^ : und a committee selected to draw up. a : serira of rrsulotions, which ore published ! t During the drawing np of the resolution*, j. j Col. Wiu. Hah ted, of Trenton, delivered! i an address, stating tbe object of tbe niecl- ■ : ing, and which wo* enihuala.tically .re- [ cuived by his anJicnce. After the colonel's ,r j speech, the resolutions were then read and , U ' unanimously adopted. .. j Whkkcx*. Tbe soldiers and sailors who vold j nnteered at tbe call Of their country dar- . ,l j ing tbe years lbbl and 1862, and ail ^ others who did so without the induce- ■. i uien or high bounties, and were actuated j. J by a desire to fgithlully serve the coood j try, and did to Serve until honorably dis- | charged; and whereas, those who volunj leered in tbe years 1pC3 and 1864 were 1.1 promised and ' received large boubties; i. j -therefore, i| | Iteiolveil, That justice requires thai the r . volunteers of 1861 and 1662 who faithfully'- - ' Helved, should receive such additional pay d ) and bounty ss shall make their whole ray | uud bounty proportionate to thai of those e i Who enlisted at a later period. i ; Axh wiicbeas. The soldiers and sailors who j r, j volunteered Imr a service of one year woie si. promised a gffvciuuient. b.-unty of one •jh | hundred dollars, a portion of which wa> d j to be paid at ihe time of their discharge, g as they understood ; uud whereas, they y served until honorably discharged, hot i. did not receive the loll pniount of the n bounty promised ; therefore, d HtmlctJ, That the balance withheld from i_ j the otis year volunteers is justly daw them, 'and ought nut lobe withheld ; and that i We feel a strong confidence I hat if the subJ jeci is properly represented to the governr j went it' will pay to those volunteers the y I whole of the uuoty piraai-si B lluolreJ, Thai a odtnmittee be appointed r | to prepare a putiuon to be presented to ' J the Congress of the United plates al its " next session, the lacta a* nbuve stated, and ; *' j praying the passage of an act to so inc(ua»« ! * | ihe pay and bounty received by be volan- i 0 j teora uuder the coils of ' 1861 aud 1862, ns t| shall make the amuun*. received and to be ! received by them, equal hi properties to * i that received by the volunteers of l»63 and I * 1B64 ; and also lor the paassg* of an act 1 directing tbe jiuyinent to thn ons year's' * i volunteers of the whole amount of tbe ' ' bounty promised at the time of enlistment, provided surh were honorably Uischarg-d. : j A ttolctd. That a roinmittve be appointed ; " j for each township and wilrd of tbis county, I | to circulate sach petitions, ODd procure ' j signatures to the suuie, and that the same | ' shall be forwarded uy the Chairman of this meeting to tbe representative froth Ibis i Congressional District, to be presented to j s = Congress at the ensuing eession.-y . « Htiotrrd, Tb.t this meeting has the full- ' . 1 est t-i-ofidenc* in Congress and tbe\>n*,.rn. i p . Usui in their ^n^1»^»Uon io do full justice to . , iha. New Jersey soldier, and believes it , i only necessary to present their just claim.' s ! to have them righted. ■ ! A'csofe, </, That this meeting recommend . i to tho returned soldiers throughout the j ' , t Slats the expediency ol holding similar j r ; meetings to this, for the purpose of getting i 1 jo general expression from them upon tills i I subject. * ---- --- , i Aliens Admitted to t'itizenshiii. , By tbo 21*t section of the act of Congress i " | approved July 7, 1862, it is provided that I j any alien of the agw of twenty-pit* year* , ^ , and upward, who baa enlisted ortball ealivt i | in tbe armies of tho United Slates, either . • the regular or volunteer force*, and has | j beeu or shall be hereafter honorably dis- , charged, may be admitted to become a cil- , I ixenof tbe United States, npon hi* petition. , ; witbunt anj previon* declaration of his in- . I i teation to become a citizen of the Unit-d , . | -Slates, and that he shall not bo required to ( , prove more than one year's residence with- ! i in the United States previons to hi* applii j cation to become sach citizen. In addition \ * | to proof «f residents and good morel char- ' i i acter, R it required that ih» court 'admit- 1 i ting such alien, shall be satisfied by com- , potent proof, that the alien has been honor . ; ably discharged the service of tbe U ited ' I Slates. This act materially altera the pre1 viooa laws, bat does not in any manner do j f ' away with tbe necessity of procuring reirn- i I lar naturalization papers. — | ' — A little boy named Willi.- Wood, only ' ■ | thirteen year* of age; a son of Captois ; " , John G. Wood of tbe United Slat**, Navy, ' saved the life of a young companion at j . - Catbin'a lalaod, ib Maine, last Friday, on- < , der circumstance* which -how him to be a 1 . J true little hero. Waller Beam, aged five 1 ! years, f-ll from tbe wharf and sunk in qtile ' ! a depth of water. Young Wood saw there « waa but one to rescue bun, and divesting j ' ' bimsell of hi* outer garmen t, plunged In ' ' j head formest and brought him to tbe tar- ' ' j (ace, Where be cooly aecarc d him.by one of I ' j bis arms and ixarn asbore wilh lb# other. >t

ke3eral news. — General Co run, acting nndsr orders, 1 has prohibited Ihe holding of a meetioir al ; ' Lynchburgto petition io favor orjeff Davis. 1 -4 — A public raenliog of citizen*, without ( { regard to politics, wa«" held at Nashville, | Teno,, on Satorday last. Many lately pro1 1 mrnent let.vl* — inclodiiig Henry S Foot-. i Neili S. Brown, Btillie Peyton aud others ^ | j were oreseut; and delivered speeches. Re. I i soldi ions of s must thorough going Union character were parsed, and the meeting , was singularly coanimous in jtsaipreasiout 1 of approval of President Juhosou's course. — It is said by the Cincinnati ComuisrI cial that rhe military force'of the |i.n:led , . Stales now consist* of l.'i.OtHI r-gqlar Utn>)is. j IMI.Ikni W.lntitecrs, end 'Jtl.OtlU Slack troop* . j- —in all 2(18,0110 aien, of whom H&.tlMO are , . j reported as on duty in I be field. The Chi- . , j csjo ]{■ publican, a. hose editor was bat re- , I j ceutly A-aistant Srcrelary of War, supj poies that the present strength of tbe army . j is rather over these figures than otherwise, i j bat they cannot be very lar from the troth. — On. Wednesday night. Kith inst., Mrs. Margarei O^Rrieo, residengiu Qaeen street i below Fourth, Pbiiaiielpbid, came to her : I death in a singular manner. Shews* shunt I | going down stairs, with a pitcher in her I hand, when tbe slipped; in falling, the i , j pitcher broke, and n piece of it cnt herti I throat to badly that she bled to death in a ' few minutes. The windpipe was severed ■ I ; and her breast badly lacerated. Tbe de- I : ceased was a widow, and about 60 years of < . 1 »««• — a rorre«pondent*writing from Snlplitir i : Springs. Teno., save : "While reclining < ; ; under a tree 1 was startled by the fuO>atcp« 1 of ahorse, and looking saw the animal com- ' ' ! ing toward* me at rail speed. He appeared ' S to be terribly frightened, aud commenced running around lhe*pot wh-re ! wa* seated, und 1 soon discovered thai the animal w«» ■ | completely covered rfrith wasp*, having, no : doubt, trampled upon a nest of these in- 1 i ciating torment foe fully an hour and a bull, I I when he fell dead." ' j — Three candidate* for Congress ffom • ' . i Fredericksburg district. \'a.. bnve Iwen . j j speaking their mind* in uiimistukable tempt. 1 Mr. Christian declare* the test oath illegal. Mr. Douglas believes in State* Rights and ! denie« that ttrnsi.ra was the work of tbe ' 1 | work of the politician*, as represented. He states that it was Ihe uprising of the i . people lliuf forced Ihe Virginia convention ' |o lake the Stale onl of tho Union. The ; - third candidate, Mr. Curtis, takes the ; , ' ; Union platform and deciar--* he has always , ■ opposed the bertrsy-of secession. 1 , 'j — A series of guerrilla outrages of the ' 1 ! most atrocious character are recorded from , ' , Robertson couuty, Tennessee. Thirty or ' forty guerrillas, under tbe supposed leader- j ; fur tome lime past infested the neighbor- . i 1 j hood, stsrted oti a mission of -it-discriminate ' | 1 j murder aud robbery. Tiiomas J. I'nync, I i 1 | ol Adams stalion, on the Edg-field und . { Kentucky rood, was kill-d, his family out- i | j raged and his bouse sacked ; another man , | was banged to a tree, and then taken down j and drugged along the ground until an eye , was lorn Irom its socket, and a third victim , ; was beaten and robbed. , | — The nnanimooa derision of Judges ' I ' Hogeboom, Miller, and Inga (Is lias been ' j rendered io the iSupreme Court, m Albany, ' ; N. Y., declaring tbnl shares of slbckhobl- ' ; ers in a nstional bunk, when the capital j j stock of the hank is invested in govern- 1 ( j ment SeCVtrities, are exempt from Btaie'isx- 1 , j alion, while the Supreme Coort Judge* in i j j filth judicial distrirt have de-ided in a man- ' , n-r exactly the reverse. Both cases, il i* . 1 understood, will be taken to tho Court ot ! , Appeals. It is said that if the former 3e- ! ( : cision is sostuined sixty million dolls™ worth of capital in New York city will be ' exempted from State taxation, — The brau'iful monument It^Balli- . ) | more to Thomas Wildey, the father of Odd | £ Fellowship in tbi« coon ry.^was unveiled ( ' on the 2S'fi -wilb-all tbe appropyiate impo- - < sing ceremonies of the Order. There was , ( a large procession on tbe occasion' or mem- j of various lodges, inclading the Grand ; Lodge of the United States, wearing their regalia, carrying banners, and marching to " the ttia>ie of numerous bands. President ' .' Johnson, to the great disappointment of ' ; thousand*, was not able to be present. — . ' Among the most important features of then ' . procession wore five cars eh gently festoon- e ! ed with flags, and Containing 300 orphan*. ' j numb-r in each car having fhields bear- . j the Dime of some one of tbw different riidl-* ' j of the Union. 1 — The crew nf tbe immigrant ship Cel. | j hono. Captain Page, thirty-one in nnmber. : ( ; were yeslerday brought up before U. t>. ! j Commissioner Bells on a charge of mutiny. ( ( From the complaint it appeared that on the j ^ 21st nf Sepneinbrr sotttrof the crew fcoiu- . plained of their rations bring onfiLfor fuotl, ^ : *i-nt 'to the galley and demanded .or the ( | cook better provision', which the latter rej to serve them, end. ns they state, ss- j ^ I senlied the gromblei* with a large fbrk. — j This led to tn attack op»n tho cook in furor, 1 * i who ens subsequently aided by tbu boat- ' : swain and mate. The latter, be!«g armed, r ! Bred among the crew, killing one and in . * joring several other*. The exasperated - crew demanded of the captain that the of- ' ; ficeridshoold be pat io irons; which demand j 1 the captain was forced to comply with ; bi.t j ' ' «h-a the vessel neared tbe purl ho sis-neled j gunboat, and subsequ-n ly tbe .offieeiy ■ ® , were released wttd the ciew arrested. Tbe ' ! lulter State that they were badly treated " 1 during the veyagr, and that the charge of: i violence and tobsequant retnlu rest alto- j I getter against the mate and boatswain, j 1

Wirz Trial. Tbe examination of witnesses for the dr> wn? resumed aa t I.k 28th. Somr sharp '' nnimportanl sparring took place bri weMi Mr. Baker, the prizoner's coansel, and Judge "AiivocsiS Ctripmnn. nil nrising out ot a question pat by -Mr; Baker to Col. Fanning, th" witness under oxntqi nation, | a* to whether lie did not on n particular oc- j casioti hear Geo. Cobb make some remark. In the end this question was withdrawn. 1 Seme furtheitjjeveloproets took place with j reference to the surreptitious corre*pnn- ; dence. which, by the aid of Mr. Schade, j carried on between the prisoner and lii« j wife, One of tbe letter* tlius'conveyed to • Mrs. Wirt was reaif! In it the prisoner ! asked ber to send him by Mr. Schade'ten 1 • dollars "for a certain purpose." Theallr- j gation (hat Wtrx conld hot get what be re. | quired in tbe Old Capital Prison was iK«- j proved 'by a letter of Captain West, Mill- I tary Superintendent of tbe prison, in which i be stated that Wtrx was supplied wilh what- | ever dietary the enrgeon ordered him and had every comfort ron'iaient with hi* po- : . nil ion. .The Court after deliberation in- J ; formed Mr. Scwadr- tbirt ~hi* conduct was j folly appreciated by s-very member, but that, fearing any farther action would la- j detrimental to Uio prisouer. they bad con- ! j eluded to let the matter drop. Evidence wa- then resumed. J.l Heath. \ ; of the Third Georgia Reserves, wa* culled | for the defence, but hi* evidence told the •[ MJther way. He admitted Ahat ho bad seen j Wirz take from federal prisoner* half their i vegntaW-s they had bought. I>r. fasten gave negative evidence, stating lhat he bad i never heard of W hz maltreating the pri»- ! tending to shift the blame of Ihe atroclllCs proved to have been committed open "ling W inder." lie assened that Win suggested the removal" of tbe Hospital ont of the ; stockade, hut that Winder declined to per- • nut this to be dune, aud also that Win p-o- ' the Auo..||bville p.a\u,l expressed great j d is plea ureal the meagrenes* of the .up1 (Urns. He never heard of thirty days' lur- • i lough* being given by Wirz lor sbeoting j : Union prisoners. All fotloagbs over seven | days were given by General Winder. In ! like manner he oover beard of undue vio- } leticu being practiced «•>- Captain Wirz. j ; Drc*» Rc rut-in Movcineut i A >ew York letter «»y*: There has been a good deal of ngitatiofi i | in fasbiouable circles recently respecting a ■ proposed reform io dross. Ij.iit- a nam- : : 'lier »f youae ladies belonging To whsi i- ' styled haul too are deeply interested in the j matter, and havodiad several .meeting* in ' ! in all its bearing* and ramificatlun*. i the present itjle. and those who advocate i ; peasant skin*, Uluomers and trousers of' ; the Catharine of Russia pattern, it ie j i needless to say that tbe former have not, j and that the Utter have, small unklrs and ■ } symmetrical extension*. Ilow the matter will be settled— being j ■Mortal living can decide ; but I shall ' i not be surprised any day to «e- some of our , pretty daughters of Tatricia ie. *nch uttire I uttire I* will display th-ir elegant extremi- ! ; lies to the profuoe but admiring gaze of f [ tbe public. I — Gen. Lee l.a- accepted ihe presidency ; of Washington College, at Lexington. Vn. j ; I bin* letter of- acceptance ho earoeslly reccoinmends that th- Southern people • shall hones' ly und faithfully do all in their { power to restore peace and harmony, and I aid the General Government in it* work : — Generals Grant and Sherman were i lately in danger of life and limb by railroad accident*. On Ihe 27th ult., the former ; on s train on the Indianapolis and Cl'ncinoati road, which wn* thrown from the track, hqt no one wa* Injured. A similar ! accident to General Sherman'* train on the ; j Ohio and Mississippi Railroad had a similar 1 re-nit, — Admiral Goldshoroagh's fleet is still at Cherbourg, and is not to proceed to the Mediterranean until the cholera on the coast i» somewhat abated. The French and American ship* and official* have exchanged j many conrtesie*. and a cordial feeling i* J entertained and friendly attitude nlwaymaintained between them. « j — Governor Perry, of Sontb Carolina, j informs President Johnson Jjini the ordi- , nance of recession has heen repealed, and ! I a com 3>ilte*|iinve reported in favor of nbol- j | i*hing slavery, equalizing representation. 1 the election of Govoronr anil Pr tidential | - elections of the |ieople, and voting n'ua tact ! I in tha Legislature. The measures will all — A dashing yonng woman named Nellie ; Otis, alias Gurlis, has been arretted .in , for the larceny of $6,400 in money and government bonds, from n map in Now I York on Friday night last Tbe woman ! arrived io Boston on .Saturday, tnd created considerable excitement among ihe aponing ^fraternity, £bibiti:ig $3,000 at a time. visiting the race t and paying for thirty-two J bottles of wine and other liqaort. si e : placed $3,200 in tbe hands of n yonng man . keep for bar,'aod u pon relating to reiurn $2,700 of it, the made a compla'sot at tbe : Police Office. The man woe found, and returned at was supposed, to tbe ri-htful owner.' Tbe man from whom the waa stolen to New York then made . hi« appearance, and recovered lest than , half of the $6,400, but refuses to prosecute | tbe woman.

personal. v — Major Gnnerwl Palmer and Rr^disr*' 1 General. Br'.sb.n have been indicted in KeptucJtyTor abducting nlnvev and otherwise ' MTin«gre»ting the nlnve laws of that State. — Hon. William J. Dunne, who held the ; post of Secreinry of tbu Treasury under ! Andrew Johnson, and resigned hi* position rather than consent to the removal yf dei posit* from the United Statst . Bank, died j j on tbe 26th all. nt the age of eghiy-Bve. ! — John Lnw and l»dy, resident* of Clinttm, .Hunterdon ciunty, celebhited tho „ , fiftieth snr.ivefnary of their niatriuge by a , j golden wedding. helJ at their residence on „ | Thursday evening of last week. The attanr dance was v.-ry large, and the reassembling „ of a large circle ot friends ns, pleasant and . will long be remembered by «l| who 'p*r- . i ticipatrd. Mr. L. has raised six children ; . j has never had a death in his family- ; ha* h eighteen -rand. children, and one great I, grand-child. . - — Hon. Jabez L. SI. furry, of Alabama, ^ I who wa* s member of fongre-* up to the - ! period of secession, and ho afterward* sal - ! in tbe t'ongress of the rebel autes, ha* be- • j come . Babtist Clergyman. 1 j — At Middlrtown. a terrible tragedy <>c. - — . » ! curred on Sui.o'ay tight. An aveg farmer, • hold of hi* own lion-o by n uiai; who d». . nianded alms. The farmer refused aud • thereupon the tuffian -hot him dead, filing • lour billing into hi. body. ' He then lle.l 1 : without securing anv plunder. John lleur 1 derson, alias Hardy, a di-c urged soldier i. ' - snsjiected- of the crime. Two hundred dol1 lar* reward is offered for hi* apprehension • * — The oldest inhabitant ot Worcester, ' Mass., and probably of the State, dsud on ' Monday lart, at the age or one hundred and seven yexis, six month* and eight- : days. His nanio was Patrick Quirk, ho wa- burn in Ireland, and hi* mental and " physical powers dh. not desert him while (lie remainedSTATE ITEMS. I —The U. ri. General Hospital at Newark ha. been closed. The patients, of • winch there were but twenty-three, were ' removed to David's Island. The property ' will he sold at auction. — The glassblpwur* of Miilvitle, 0om- | herland comity, N. J.. are nil a strike, thai I rendering the factories non-0|nirutive. — .Several meetings and"cunference* between ! tho employers and employees have been H i lie d, hut no satisfactory ariungeuieuts have » ! a* yet been made. , — There are in the city of_Kli»beth - twenty-two cburon orgamzntioiH, having i- ; nineteen edifice* nlreidy built and two II others projected, Besides three of the / • j Presbyterian church** have commodious . lecture rooms attached. Of these edifices r j the Presbyterians have four; the Kpiscupn. • : liaus four ; tbe Methodist three, (one Gerf man); the Roman Catholics three; Baptist » | one ; Lutheran one ; German Presbyterian . j-one ; tbe colored 'two. ' j — Tho publisher of tha Ahsecon South | Jersey {jepublican, in the last nnmber of thai paper, states that il* resftpta are Dot 1 equal to the expenses, uud- that Unless a ' | larger income is teen red,, the paper will be r | discontinued. The Republican i* a -piriuvd 1 \ aud likciy paper, conducted with consider- - ^Ule'nbility. afld it ought to bnve received f i a belter support. — A meeting wo* held in Trenton on j Monday evening for n State Convention of j the Sunday schools throughout tbe Stale of * New Jersey, of all Urnouiiuatioo*. to be , ! ..eld in this city io November next* Mr. ^ . , : A. G. Ricli-v wa- appointed Moderator, I and tbu Rev. II. B. Chnpin, ciectetary.— . I'be necessary committee* weri' appointed, j aud ufrer n plrasanl intercbaoge of Wiawa , the meeting udjonrned, -ubjvcl to tbe call j. of the Moderator. I'roiii .Mexico. Prom Mexico we have advicat of con* ' tinned fighting and uncertaiuly. The ber i rote .City l>! Malamuroa j* fairly besieged by ' | tie- liberal* under General Escubedo. There r is a garri-un of eighteen hnndrrd men in the city, and the attacking force consivts I of twenty-five hundred or three thousand 1 men, exclu*ivcofCorlina'*predalory bands. Efficiently handled, the imperial troops I -bould suffice to hold the city ; but the i Juarists think so meanly of Mejia, tbe Ueo1 ! era' in command, that they assert that, ' »iih a little more amniaoition, they could , carry the city Oy storm. Tho Republican , ! forces hod captured tbe little town of Ca- . ■ l TZn, in Lena, and secured musketry and I ' ammunition. "Moreover," quVintly adds . ihe officer in command, "the merchants of , I that city furnished in* $18,MK> for tho use | of the troops." At the pass of Cabra* tho • ' Juarists also claimed to have defeated nine I hue trod imperialists wilh two huodred cavalry, and are further tnid to havo occupied , the town of Cwnvail. Malamorot papers : make light of iH entirely deny these toc- . cusses. Juarez is.pl C'hibnabna, with five , thousand men, — It is slated lhat the President has de- ' t ided lb: relieve Kentueky of martial law, ' and his' proclamation to that effect it expected in a few day*. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS PUBLIC «AVE. Till: (otlowtog Sitlcira will be oBeml for Sale, si A the riJenee of A. vv. supolce, ulnsis'i, hone, US MO.NUAV, OCIUXXK *. IbU, . at Uto'cluvk, H.: ■ A Bureau, Bedttesd., Looklne-ritMses, W Indoor and Caoa Seal Cuaira, Kocklux Choi to, Iltntna, Uieokful and rorlur TsHMa, one vwnr good Booacasa, one tab. (nearly new,) (mm n »nd Ha« Csr- , pel, Parlor aail Cotjk Si.,., -.ilui and other diohre, knitr. and Stork* Crockery, Tin oort Qtumtwaie, I Hod lre.ua, one 1 inrCTtl., aud Brd to nut, una Fes. • ' ther Bed, tine coikl'a Ol*. one toed wbaatbarrow, a" I Saiuns Akltt. and many otiu r uUstes. No portpuncment vn xc.uul ot the weather. J. M. SMITH, Auctioneer. \