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t WATKRTOWi'i M. T, THUBSBAY, JtTtiVr\ \•' ). 1866. 3 /• The Coiid-Seion ot Kux-ope. When the Bonaparte wars, wore, ended' and the Bourbons were again seated on the throne of Prance, a distinguished orator ex- claimed. \The long agony is oyer.\ He may now with more propriety prooliiira \» long agony\ has commenced, aud where it will end is not for mortal man to know.-— Whether the agony ho long, or short, it -will prove to be big with mentous events. It has long been apparent, that a largo portion of Europe, was ripe for great revolutions, which must take place, what over may be lire re- sult of the present conflict of nations, chan- ges and revolutions, have become a necessity. Old systems, political and social, are worn out, governments have become bankrupt financially, and |in moral force Ke-action lias become inevitable, and the pressure too strong for restraint, The present war will so weaken the crust of the European world at some point, that the smouldering internal Brcs of popular resentment and pop- ular fury, will burst forth like a resistless acuDlcano, scattering thrones,- dynastios and ^Mjinstitutions, as chaff before the wind.— Tnis thl^ & ^fusion when the stormhas sub- mencemont V x dal anfl po i ltica i institutions .-•ueeess altoKet\' , ., , of Muair rcihzcdi ww u e\v ideas and new. m jiuhsrs will rule. The population ofEuiope, have become agitated and aroused. The -passive has been awakened, aud old forms .are loosed from their moorin ge and will easily drift before the power of the popular breeze to bo succeeded by a new order of things. Before the war, most of the governments of Europe had no strength in the affections of the masses of the people. Great armies, public creditors, and swarms of pontioned officers, were their oi'ly support. There was no popular respect confidence, or hope.— Quietude and submission rested only on long haMt and absence of a shock to wake up the slumbering spirit of sell preservation by the idea of self protection and self reliance. Once aroused by the excitement of war, and ren- dered desperate by the inevitable distresses of war, governments will lose their power, and the peonle in their might will sweep them'away into the abyss ot anarcy, whence will arise the new Powers. Prussia is the aggressor in the present war. The government was ambitious and aggres- sive. For several years it had been light- ning the bonds of despotism, and the weight of oppression, until the people were hritated to the point of rebellion. To avert this, war became a necessity, for the purpose of dazzling the reseni ment of the people, by the glare of the glory of conquest. But there is every probability, that it will prove a dan- gerotiB experiment. The war is unpopular with the people. Conscripts are forced into the field at the point of the bayonet. Trains laden with conscripts, are besut by orowds of weeping and groaning mothers, sisters and daughters, who are chased from the sight of their loved ones by the charge of deriding dragoons. The most unmitigated despotism, everywhere prevails. The civil authority is trampled down. The rights of tho.railita- ry, only, is respected, and the persons and property of individuals are deprldated on, without redress. On the part of the people, submission is only a necessity, at the first favarable juncture, thoy will take relief into their own hands. Such is the condition of the Prussian people, governed by a weak, luxurious king, truculent to an ambitious heartless minister, who is so hated, that pre- vention of his assassination, is regarded as a crime. What muBt be the result of this state of affairs la not doubttui. Austria iff'on the defensive in the present war. All she asks is to be \let alono.\ Her armies are immense. The burthen on the people is very great, hut save an insurrec- tionary spirit in Hungary and Italy, the peo- ple are well disposed towards the govern- ment. The tendency of the government, has been towards liberalism for severalyears, and it has some foundation for its authority in the affections of the peoplo of Austria proper.— Its army is filled up and maintained with less oppression and irritation of the people But ithas a national debt of bankrupt pro . portions, and consequently the people are slaves to a monied aristocracy, and are op- pressed and stinted in the enjoyments of life. The danger of the government is fi- nancial, and if overthrown, it will bo for fi- nancial relief by the people. Italy is a new nation. It is full ot youthful vigor and youthful indiscretion. Its king, generals and statesmen are crazy with patri- otic enthusiasm, and actuated by the wild- est spirit of ambition. All of its movements have been hasty, rash and unfortunate, and its ill-advised measures have disappointed the world and greatly lowered the estimate of the martial power of the people. It is evi- dent that tho Italians are no match for the Austrians either in tact or force. It is, also, burthenedby a vast national debt.and though the government was liberal before the war, absoluty powers have been conferred on the king, Italy contains all the elements of a per- manent despotism, and of a democratic revo- lution. In the present war Russia and Frauce have paired off, but are watching each other with vast armies ready for any emergency. Russia is sound with a firmly seated government, without danger of a revolution. The policy of the Emperor is pacific, and will not inter- fere in the war unless France threatens to disturbe the balance of power in Europe. France is ready for war, but the old fox at the head of I he government will not engage without a prospect nf home agrandisement. There is a strong democratic revolutionary element in France, which is kept under only by the popularity of the Emperor in the army. France will not engage in the war unless farced in to save Italy from dislruction, France has an immense national debt and the mass of the people are poor and live poor. England is no longer a war like nation- Peace and good living is the ruling passion of the better classes ot the people, and the poor rathex>work than fight. When Eng- land engages in war it will be a necessity. The little German States are in danger of bains' swallowed up by Prussia and Aus- tria. Most of them are under the govern- ment of tyrannical luxurious and weak rulers. The Elector of Hesse is a drunken profligate brute, and would have been expelled from his throne if he had not been held up by Austria The condition of the German States cannot be made worse, if consolidated with the two great German powers, they will have less beasts otprey to devour them. The European crises is interesting. Let the war go on. Let no one pray for peace. The war distresses may bear tho needed fruitof popular liberty. \^iSTThe Republican caucus of Badieal Senators and members adopted a resol- tion permitting Congress to adjoin on the 23d inst. ?. M. Gen, Sennisson states as causes of resignation, \disagreemeht with the President, with regard to the Consti- tutional amendment, unci ttoPbilttfoipliife Tlie Wax- must go On- . The political news from washiflgton, is highly important. The faring elements, which have been loosely iield'together for too long a time by the honors and emolu- ments of office, are falling asunder. The crisis lias come. The difference of opin- ion between the -Eresident and a majority of Congress and a portion of his cabinet, havo come to a head; the cabinet is dis- rtiptecC It is reported, that P, M. Gen. Dennison has already sent in his resigna- tion, ,and thai Atty, Gen. Speed, Secre- tary Harlan, and Secretary Stanton would soon follow. Tho events transpiring in tho executive department of the Government, were made the subject of a congressional cau- ous. It was numerously attended, but was a scene of bedlamite confusion. The Radicals seemed surprised and con- founded. One deolared, that the Presi- dent was prepared to decapitate every Office holder, who would not support his policy. Mr. Bontwell said, that he had been informed by Seward, .that if the Southern Representatives were not ad. niitted to Congress, the President inten- ded to recognize them, and the Democrat- ic members, and turn the radical faction out of the capital. One said the Demo- crats, were determined to have .*:e South- ern members in, if not b y votes, by the poller of the United States,'Army. One declared, that if they would turn (Raymond out;of the caucus, it would be, as good as, 10,000 votes to the party. A resolution was offered pledging the Republican members to oppose the Philadelphia con- vention. It is said Raymond turned pale and his knees smote together, and de- clined to vote. After being pummilled without mercy by Thad Stephens, he vo- ted for the resolution, thereby terminating a season of seven months and eleven days vasaalation. When the secret caucus had WPII pro- gressed, a man was discovered in the gal- lery. Thad Stevens exclaimed. Damn him bring him down. The wrath of the caucus was much allayed, when it was discovered, that he was a negro, but not- withstanding this mitigatingcircumstance, he was roughly hustled out. The Nation- al convention v/as blasphemed without stint, and all manner of evil epithets hurl- ed at Mr. Seward. They delivered a parting blessing to President Johnson, stigmatizing him as traitor and an ingrate. The break up of the cabinet, was largely commented on. Nothing was agreed on, but to oppose the Philadelphia Conven- tion. It is gratifying to every true and pa- triotic man to know\ that the long desired and expected crisis has come. All must now show themselves, and martial under their true colors. Office seekers and of- fice holders must now show their hands and take sides for or against the Presi- dent's policy. For union or dis-union. For the Constitution or against it. Tlus Tax on. Cotton, The Constitution reads: \• Ho tax or duty shall be Jnid on articles exported from any State:\ It will be seen that the virtual export duty on cotton is a violation of the Constantitution, and the violation of the official oath of every office-holder who sustains it. Depraved, indeed must be, man, who, from selfishness, or malice, will trample under foot the laws of God andman,but where it is done to grati- fy the vices of ambition and avarice, deep loathing is the only act of reproach that can be applied. This seems to be the first crime in this di- rection. It is the first export duly that has over been attempted, aud this is laid on an agricultural product. If Congress can tax the export of cotton, and pay tho duty as a drawback to New England manufacturers i it can do the same with wheat, wool and all other farm products. This once established as a precedent and acquiessed in by the peo- ple, the agricultural interest will he subordi- nate to the money and manufacturing capi- talist of the country. With this tho treacherous members of Congress, will be content. They will nave no more occasion to talk about competing with the pauper labor of Enrope.for we should have only that here. The cotton product has for many years been the great debt paying interest of tin- country, and under our present finan- cial pressure, it would seem important to foster that interest. But the currupt poli- ticians, who are now controlling the legisla- tive power i if the country, from vindication and lust of office are discriminating against the only interest capable of upholding our fiuancUl pressure, and are enacting oppress- ive- and irritating measures against the South for the purpose of continuing a condition of disunion, favorable to the perpetuity of their power and just and unjust emoluments of office. | Insurrection in Madrid. The Insurrection which has just been put down in Madrid, was a bold and bloody af- fair. Two regiments of artillery and some squadrons of cavalry, under the guidence of their commissioned officers, with from 30 to 40 pieces of canon, at 5 o'clock a. m., occu- pied several advantageous points in the city, one in r-lose proximity to the Queen's palacs After distributing several thousands of mus- kets to tho populace, who were waiting to receive them, several hundred of the artillery remained at their barracks, and planted can- on at pt-ints to command the approaches, while a large detachment took a position in front of the Royal residence. Tl.-y bi-gau their work by murdering thiiiieu of their officers, who opposed their egress into the street. Some officers who e=c:iped from the barracks gave the alarm. Martial O'Donnell irmnediaiely rallied sever- al detachments of loyal troops, and brisk en- gagements began inseveral parts of the City, at which musketry and canon were used. The fighting was continued for twelve hours, •when the rebels gave in. The number kill- ed on either side is not known. At one point the insurgents lost 300 killed and wounded. Both parties suffered severely. Martial Narvaeth was severely wounded, Slaj. Gen. Canada was dangerously wound- ed and Brig. Gen. Jovelan mortally. Three other generals were badly wounded. Count Wirasal was also wounded. Judging from the number of officers killed and wounded, the royalist loss must have been severe. Symptoms of revolt have manifested them- selves in several other localities, TUo \ I*I»ai-6 JJes E.acs.\ • This able andinfiuential journal, published in this place, comes out in decided approba- tion of President Johnson and his policy, and the immediato recognition of all the States, as members of the Union, with all of their constitutional rights. The editor says, \ Before the war, our politics were summed up in these tvotds—' abolition of Slavery.' During the war, we sustained tho govern- ment with loyalty and firmness against re- bellion. From the end of the war our hum- ble efforts as journalists, has had two objects, the reestablishment of the Union, and the triumph of liberty.\ \ Naturally it was our part to combat the rebels; since the rebelB were conquered, we have called for the abo- lition of slavery; since slavery was abolish- ed, it has been our part to contend against those who refuse to the eleven States the right to take part in the government of the coun- try, and those who prevent the effectual re- establishment of the Union. It has besn our effort to oppose those who by means of a prohibitory tariff, strive to annihilate 'the commercial freedom of the United States.\ The first care of an intelligent government, animated by a spirit of true patriotism, should bo to calm the troubled minds; to efface the last trace of the struggle; to extinguish in the minds of tho vanquished the bitter recol- lection of their defeat, reassure the discour- aged interests, and awaken in the South the sentiment of fraternity and national unity, which is the moral bond and lite of every confederation.\ The expression of these sentiments con- stitute the very best summation of the prin- ciples and policy of the true National Union .men of the country, and evince the high in- telligence, sound judgment and independent spirit of the editor. We commend the arti- cle from which we extract, to the calm and unprejudiced consideration of his patrons, hoping and expecting they will judge with the same wisdom and independent patriotic spirit that he has. LETT/BUR K»M SJE€. SJ8 WAJRJB,. Vlie-PreMdeqnfsVar on Congress. On tlie Pliiladelpirf a COMVOMIIOB. ' tyim A I.MGHASY DISTKEOJV-THuBLOW : WEED ON TUB \WAR-BATH. The following important letter has just >j _ •— . ^ been made public: ] The President's warfare on Congress,- DEPARTMENT OF STATE,) 'lakine; a form of an attack on the influ- WAsrmre!'roN,Jnlyll, 1866. y (nee of the Representatives, to be follow- SIR :—Excuse me for expressing surprise eJ b y concerted efforts to beat them in that you ask me whether I approve of tho ,Qonvciition for ro-nomiuatiou, and, failing .call of a proposed Wnion National OoAven in that, to beat them at tho polls with tion at Philadelphia, After more than fro Copperhead voles and the inlluenceof the years of dislocation by 'civil war, I \regaretl newly appointed Johnson officials, has a restoration of the unity of the\ country'' itsl\commenced in tha Alleghany District of most immediate, as well as •ils>,anost-vital J^w \iork with significant spitefnlne'ss. interest. That restoration will be completed Ss ? m postmasters, good Union men and when loyal men are admitted as represenlubS 0 ^ 1 officials, recommended to their fives of the loyal people of tho' eleven -State-1 .positions by tho good and truo Repre.sen- so long unrepresented in Congress. Noth-I tatree i H ™w ton W\ard have been remov- ing but this can complete to Nothing moi^^ Mr Ward protested against this remains to be done, and nothing'more is nee. M'<™£ to the Assistant Postmaster Gener- essary. Every day's delay is attended by,^ ^ndal-remonstrated against it to multiplying and increasing inconveniences,I~-^ ^eed who was thenhere Kan- embarrassments, and dangers, at home Mc ', fal, yi basnpplementary insulttc.the par- . , ,, ,i • ty that is now burdened with feeding and abroad Oongrcss-possesses too-power ex- ^ h i e± ^ b h] 8 / dec . clusively. Congress after a session of seven L^ t o ^ ^ ((Thfa m |>/ ^ months, still omits to .exercise that power L t ^ be fo ]( t out We(ju c 6 What can be done to induce Congress to aclj^j the p ros i de nt.'' \ ' \ \ Chicago 'Tribune. We publish an article on our first page from the ohicago Tribune, so thruthral and candid for a radical sheet, that we c'onimend it to particular attention. The Chicago Tribune is the leading EP- publican paper \West. It is not surpass- ed in ability and influence, hence when constrained to speak against the leaders, and leading measures of its party it is en- titled to credit. When one of the ablest papers of the party, stigmatize the lead- ers, members of Congress, the acknowl- edged makers of its adopted platform, the architect of its policy and embodiment of its principles, as corrupt, as maniacs, and traitors, guilty of extortion and robbery and is found advising the ring-leader to \be making his peace with heaven and stop robbing his fellow men\ it would seem to be time for honest men of the party to considesr what company they are keeping. There is abundant evidence available to eveiy intelligent person to prove beyond doubt that every word published in this article of the Tribune is perfectly true, and that the charges are well|applied, so that he who is ignorant of the true character of his party leaders and their vicious measures are as deeply af- fected in point of moral character as those who know the villainy and uphold it. The Chicago Tribune is not the only •witnoa? agaliittt tlw leaders im& mnnRuron of the Radical party. Multitudes of able and jfcitriotic men disgusted by the dis- honesty of the former and frightful evils of the \latter are withdrawing from the party and combining in an organization devoted to the perfect union and pacifica- tion of tho country. This fleeing from the wrath to come will progress in pra portion to the unprejudiced examination, into the character and policy of the Radical leaders. It is not to be disputed, that the anti- war measures of the radical leaders, have demoralized the old Republican party, destroyed the cohesion of its parts, and doomed it to destruction. There may be one more struggle, but it will prove unex- pectedly weak and terminate in sudden destruction. Every evidence that pre- ceeds the dissolution of a popular party is so manifest, as to leave no doubt of the result. {gfMany cases of cholera have occurred in New York and Brooklyn, and the disease is rapidly on the increase, many cases have occurred in other localities. .ssistant P. M. General Randall has been nominated for F, M. Gen, in plats of D«BiiiK39H *frri««4 te *•*%& {gg-The funeral of Senator Lane took place Gn the 13th inst. It was largely at- tended. Ben. lane had many friends and more enemies. He had lived, a man of vio- lence, and died by his own hands. He never had his reason after he had given himself the fatal wound a pistol shot, in the head,, ^rThe Tariff bill passed the House on Monday and was scmeeluhed immedi- ately in the Senate. —The fiscal year of the Governmen ended on June 30th, and it is estimated upon returns completed to the 29th, that the receipts of the Treasury for the year will amount to $552,000,000. From in- ternal revenue the receipts will be $315,- 000,000; from customs, about §1^0,000,- 000 in gold from ditect taxes, §2,000,- 000; from miscellaneous sources, includ- ing e\ld premiums \about §65,000,000, and from public land sales, 675 000. These receipts are more than $157,000, 000 in excess of the expenses of the Gov- ernment for the fiscal year just ended. —The Democracy of Green County ap- pear to be fully awake upon the issues of this campaign. Meetings are being held in every part of the county, which are at- tended by large crowds of all parties, and addressed by men of ability. J. A. J . Bu- channan, Esq., for yearB past the leading Republican speaker of that county is upon the stump in Bupport of the Johnson poli cy of Reconstruction' and pronounces the most withering exposure of the hypocrisy and corruption of the Radicals in Con- gress. —The Fenians of Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago, have lately endorsed James Stephens by the adoption of resolutions «xpressing entire confidence in him, and acknowledging him as the representative of the I. R. B. in America: also denounc- ing as traitors to the cause of Ireland those who accuse him of being a British spy, James Stephens appears to be acknowl- edged as the head of the Fenian Brother- hood wherever Fenianism eiists. We are assured that the citizens of Syracuse will have an opportunity of seeing him in a few days, when he will doubtless receive ft hearty welcome by sdl who sympftfliiiie iritis tks S'iaUBio$ritt»afc This is the question of the day. Whatever is done must be done in accordance with the Constitution and laws. It is in perfect ac- cordance with the Constitution' and laws Ho also gave Mr. Ward notice that \there was to be a gen- eral removal of all Post masters who do •pot favor the President's Policy.\ Mr. \Ward as I have said, went to that the people of tho United States shall fjijrurlow Weed to have the work of ro assemble by delegates, in. convention, and moving good Union men in Alleghany, that when so assembled they shall address flinty arrested,- -Ilia success with this Congress by respectful petition and rumon- great pulitioian.Va.3 equal tu that with stance; and.-thgt the pnoploin their;.several -iRandalil 'Mf Ward'Says: States, Districts and Territories shall approve I had learned that one Sherman from sanction, and unite in such respectful reprl Allfghany county, N. Y., in company resentations to Congress.- jfcritb Mr, Weed, was in Washington to LOCAL MATTERS LAWS -\-Banks & Bro. No. 475 Broad- way, Albany, have now ready for deliv- ery, the Session Laws of 1865-6, 89th. session. Price $3,00 VETO.—A copy of the President's ve- to of the second edition of the Freed- men's Bureau bill, was received to late for this week's paper, We shall publish it m lull in our next. It is a splendid doc- ument and sliould be studied by all. The bill was passed over the veto. per- WE WOULD DIRECT the attention of our readers to the advertisement of Mr. Cooke in an other column. 'From sonal knowledge we can cheerfully that he keeps one of the best dry good stores in Watertown. What he says in his advertisement or anywhere else may be relied on. No one party could do this effectually, oi) even seem willing to do it idone. 3So local or popular organization could dg v it effectu; ally. It is the interest of all parties alike, of all the States, and of all sections—a nation- al interestSMiie interest-of thewhole people. The Convention, indeed, may not succeed in inducing Congress to act; but if they fail the attempt can make matters no wprse., It will bo a lawful and patriotic attempt made in the right direction—an effort to be remem- bered with pride and stisfaction whether it succeed or fail. The original Union ot the States was brought abnut by movements of the same character. The citizen who objects to the convention is bound to propose a bet- ter plan of proceedings to efilvt the desired end. Wo other plan is offered, or even thought of. Those who should oppose it would seem to me to manifest at best uncon- cern, if not opposition to all reconstruction, reorganization, and reconciliation between the alienated masses of the American peo- ple. To admit that the convention will fail, would be to admit that tne people of the United States are deficient in either wisdom or the virtue necessary to contiue the exis-' tence of the Renublic. I helive no such thing. A great political writer says that government is a secular religeon, and that the people of every country are divided into classes, each maintaining a distinct po- litical faith. The one class always fearing the very worst that can possible happen, and the other hopes, under every circumstance, the very best that can in any event happen. Without accepting this theroy as absolutely true, I think that all men do generally act from a motive to guard against public danger, or else from a positive desire to do good. Both classes may, therefore, favor the present attempt to restore the unity of the nation. I am, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. Hon. J. K. DOOLITTLE, Chairman Executive Committee, &e. seciire the removal of certain postmasters, Uu the district I have.the-honor to repre- sent , ..\ \ I saw Mr, \Weed • about 8£ A, M. at Willard's Hotel and entered into conver- sation with him upon the subject, and stated that I came to see him about cer- tain postmasters in that district. Ht said promptly and frankl-y, \Oh yes, I shall lb all I \can to' - get th»m removed,'' He sSid.that he (Weed) was in favor removing all federal officers who did not support the President's policy and putting Administration men in their places. *\I (Clark) then said, from what you say r appears to be your design and that of 'he friends .of the President gener- ally, to make war upon Congress, break up the Union party, and hand the gov- ernment over to the Copporheads. He -aid he was in favor of restoring the Union; and that Congress by, its course WJJS preventing the desired restoration, and that Congress was as much disunion- isS now as the rebels were during the re- hellio.n, an 1 that Congress was breaking \EbS-li 8 Union party not the President.— He said that Congress had made war upon, the President and that the war must go on. Public »el>t. DR. DUNLAP is out with a brilliant circular, stating his political sentiments and principles. His ideas are sound. He agrees fully with President Johnson. We suppose this circular is put forth aB a feeler, how he will tako as candidate for governor. MASSENA SPBINQS.—We call attention to the card of Crocker & Co. proprietors of U. S. Hotel at this fashionable water- ing place. This Hotel is large commodi- ous and elegantly furnished, and kept in the best style. The proprietors are gen- tlemanly accommodating and liberal in their prices. This establishment is a most desirable place for a sojourn, or sum- mer retreat. The Massena Springs, are becoming celebrated, and are perhaps the most healthful and health restoring resort in the country. J JLatcst 1>y tlio Nova Scotia. following announcement: \An important event has just occurred. After having main- tained the honor of his arms in Italy, the Emperor of Austria, concurring in the Em- peror Napoleon's letter of June 11 to his Minister of Foreign Affairs, cedes \Venetia to the French Emperor and accepts his med- itation for the conclusion of peace. The Emperor Napoleon hastened to respond to the summons and immediately communica- ted with the Kings of Prussia and Italy in order to obtain an armstice.\ A great battle took place on the od near Sudowa, resulting in the Prussians obtaining a great and complete victory. The Prussians were commanded by the King in person. They met the -Austsians under Benedek between Horitz and Konig- gratz. The battle lasted twelve hours. Un- til ten o'cleck A. >i. the battle was in favor of the Austrians but after that hour tho ad- vantages were with tho Prussians. At two o'clock r.jt. after an obstinate defence, the Prussians carried by storm the strong position of the Austrians, alter which tho Austrians wore quickly driven out of other positions, and by seven P.M. tho Austrians were in full retreat to Koniggratz, pursued by the Prussian cavalry. \The Austrians wereJna.xiorflplst€.--roiit. The road was strewn with baggage, which they threw away. The number of killed and wounded on both sides was great, but owing to the extent of the battle-field it has not yet been ascer- tained. The Prussians claim to have captured up to the eyening of the -lth r fourteen ihousane prisoners, one hundred and sixteen cannon and sixteen flags. Three Austrian Archdukes are reported wounded. The Daiiy Mas shows that the Prussians, not only gained the battles', but stratgelical advantages of the highest importance. They have concentrated eight corps of their army, can pour down on their enemy with over- whelming fury, and have cut oif communica- tion between the Austrian and Federal ar- mies in the West- The wur in Bohemia is awful work. ' The Austrians, we are told, lost 15,000 men in iheir various encounters with the army un der the Crown Prince of Prussia;' they had 25,000 put Iwrs de combat in their vain at- tempts to arrest tlie progress of the army un. der Prince Frederick Charles—altogether, 40,000 men in fiv.&dsyBr The' 'p'rjsaners!are computed at 15,000; leaving 25,000 for the dead and wounded. Whole batrallionsliave- been auhilated; whole corps. 3'. .:\ In debate on the tariff bill, Mr. Stephens, (Penn.,) head center of the radicals, expressed the opinion \ that before two years the reve- nue .from internal taxation would fall to $200,000,000, and from customs to $80,000,- 000. while the debt would bo increased, from the presentation of jus^claims to $4,000,000,- 000.\ Such is the voice of tho great radical. Before next November, without doubt Speak- er Tremain will be up hero and repeat his deelaration,that within 10 years the debt will be patd off and the people forget that there ever was onp,.. . FOltEIGH* NEWS. Gexi, Dix on *lke\ Convention. The following; .letter from GehDix Was received by Senator Doolittle r - • ' * NEW YOBK, Friday, July 13, 18S6, DEAR SIE ; I have received the call signed by yourself and others for a Na- tional Union Convention in Philadelphia on the 14th of August. I concur in its propositions, its reasonings, and its ob- jectn, and will do all in my power to car- ry them out. I long since expressed the opinion that the States were entitled to their representation in Congress; that their expultion was a violation of good faith and of the obligations of the Consti- tution, and that a persistence in sucn a policy must lead to consequences most disastrous to the peace and prosperity of the country. These and other considera- tions connected with the present unsatis- factory relations of the States to the Fed- eral Government and to each other, ren- der most timely and propper such a meet- ing as you have reccommended of the pa- triotic and reflecting men of the Union, to consult together for the general well- fare. I am truly yours, JOHN A. DEL Hon. J. R. DOOLITTLE, ,., . NEW YOLK, July 12 -^•*fe 1 Wt letter in-tlua rwlo XT....^.^ „„ .matecTtholtahan- loss at the battle of GustoEzaat 12,000 hors du combat. Arj A ustrain dispatch, dated Verona, June 28th, says U',000 prisoners and 14 guns were taken from the Italians. • Tirp forces under Gen. Cialdini have abandoned their positions on the Po, and are falling hack on Bologna, with a view of subsequently effecting a junction with the King's army, near the upper part of the Po. The Austrian prisoners have been hung on trees by the Italians. The Arch- duke Albert wrote to the commander-in chief to the effect that in the event of a repetition of this course a system of re- prisals would be adopted. Garabaldi was at Idas on the 29th of June. A Loudon news letter says that a naval engagement had taken place on Lulle Gada. Tho Austrian gunboats retreated without much fighting. A dispatch from Anconia of June 27, says; this morning 12 men of war, com- posing the Austrian fleet, arrived m sight of this point, but are now retiring. The Italian squadron is preparing to follow and attack them. The Austrian fleet carries 852 guns, and the Italian 882. The reports of the battle fought in Bo- hemia on the 27th ult. are still conflict- ing. Both sides claim the victory. The latest dispatches from Berlin insist that the Austrians were defeated with a loss of from 3,000 to 4,000, and 8,000|taken prisoners, and this news had caused great rejoicing in Prussia. [ntflligpncp from the seat of war indi- cate that the Austrians have been driven back at Nacbod, and been pursued. The Austrian accounts however, say the PnvHano were rlnvpn back after six hours fighfintr. losing 18gmls and many prison- 'er.s. The Prussians had been greatly ela- ted, and pTegsed'for ward \with false security bef-nmingtaught in a trap. Thp movements of Prussia haye been ch»e!cPcV and a frontier advance in Bohe- ,mia,i3<deempd impracticable. r'Fha'Moming'Po'M; thinks the rejoicing of Prussia is prernature. —It is estimated that out of every ten dollars voted by Congress under the bill for the equalization of bounties, the sol- diers will get one and the ageuts nine. If passed, the bill will involve an expense of about two hundred millions to the Vreas' ttipi Great Fire. PHILADELPHIA, July 12, A great fire occured in Frankfort to- day. Anjoflg the property was the Ta- cony prints Works of Aaron S. Lipponcot, which covered two and a half acres of ground and employed 300 hands. Five dwelling houses were also burned. The bridge of of the Trenton Railroad company was slightly injured. It is said tne loss will amount to 85,000,000, of which three- fourths will fall on bnildings and the rest on stock. After the breaking out of the flames a man was detected setting fire to another ttullin'the vicinity, which cofirms the sus- picion that the fire was the work of an in- cendiary. -—General Grant, whom the Badicals are trying to ruin by putting him forward as a candidate for the Presidency, recent- ly remarked to a gentleman of Buffalo that \unless the Southern States were speedily admitted to representation in Congress and the right of self-government conceded to them, we should have another rebellion.\ Gen. Grant is no Badieal, and, if the disunionists should elect him President, they would catch a more deoii th>it fetar, than Anitevr ftJuUMi CABTHAGE.—Grace Church Festival took place on Wednesday evening the proceeds of which, was to aid in furnish- ing the church. It was everything that could be desired, and did justice to the taste and liberality of the people of Car- thage. The entertainment was martialed by the ladies, Mrs. Wm. M. Coburn, Mrs. N. Whiting, Mrs. Hammond Mrs. Cutler. andMrs. Baplee. According to the most ap- provedtactics of the art. Everything was in order. The realities and decorations were beautiful and enticing, and were of a subs atntial appearance, but alas for human beau- ty they soon passed away, and wreck and riun Boon marked tha place where they were. As above indicated the festival was under the auspices of the ladies of Grace Episcopal Church, but clergymen and members of other denominations, were in- vited to attend, and cordially received they all engaged in the services, especial- ly in the temporal affairs of the entertain- ment, with a zeal and sincerity satisfacto- ry to the most orthodox church men, and as the provision was ample and to the taste of every one, no theological disputes disturbed the harmony of the occasion. The entertainment was enlivened and made musical by the presence of the Car- thage band, which maintained its part, to tlie delight of all. The Glee Club also made the entertainment resonant with sweet melody and rich sentiment. The music was excellent the eatables \were in great variety, and superior in quality. Wit, beauty,and social glee pre- dominated, all of which concured in mark- ing the occasion as long to be remember- ed. Everything was so orderly, dignifi- ed, and just, that it was an entertainment where religion might set silently by, and patiently wait for the nett proceeds which was considerable though we are not ad - The garotog-a Races. A correspondent of the New York Times, in speakingof the. Saratoga races, say they are to last six good days, and will therefore, in all probability, run through the better part of a fortnight. The old race-track lies neglected anduncared for, while the new one is heing made more attractive daily. Its track is ex- actly one mile in extent, the road is in ad- mirable order, and the stand, which has been newly painted and decorated, is the hand- somest one we ever saw. From it an excel- lent view is to be had of the whole track, and evory applianco that experience can sug- gest or money procure has, been added to ensure its completeness of detail. This as well as the old track, which will be used for training purposes, belongs to a company, or rather corporation, known as the \Saratoga Association for tho Improvement of the Breed of Horses,\ with a capital of $50,000, all of which has been spent upon the grounds. Tho names of the officers and di- rectors are a guarantee of its good manage, ment and entire success. They are: Wm. S. Travel's, ol New York, President: Leonard W. Jerome, Vice-President; John H, White, Treasurer; Chas. Whoatley, Secretary; the latter of whom now has the active manage- ment of the course. Tho whole business of the Association is under tho managemont of a Directory consisting of Wm. B.Treavers, John Hunter, JohnF. Purdy, Georgo A. Osgood, all of New York; John B. Davidson, of Albany, and H. White and James M. Marvin, of Saratoga. Commodore Yandorbilt, John Morrissey, and other well-known lovers of the horse are largely interested in the Association. The stables have been enlarged and will accomo- date one hundred aud thirty horses, and other arrangements are in progress which will insure greater comfort and convenience to strangers and their horses than any previ- ous race. Saratoga races have always been occasions of great hilarity and sport in both senses of the term, j those of last year were noticeable brilUent, but from unmistakable indications we judge that this coming season will eclipse even that. Rooms are engaged for men who never come without horses whose blood tells upon tho track, and, \old sports\ from the South and West who have been kept away during the past four years by \circumstances over which they had no control\ promise to be on hand this year, with as much gold and brass as ever, The regular races begin on the 23d. inst. -riobd -ja£ tfia exact* auiuuizc. THE PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION.— The New England Democratic journals, one and all, urge a full representation of the State and congressional delegates at the NationnlConvention, and this indeed is the tone ot the Democratic papers all over the country. Senator-elect Pater- son, and BepresentativeB-elect Cooper, Ompbel], Lsfitwich, Taylor and Thomas have issued an address ro the people of Tonnessee urging them to send Relegates to the National Union Convention.— Missouri has already acted, The great conservative State Convention which met at St Louis on the 3d instant have ap- pointed a full set of delegates from the State at large, and from each of the con- gressional districts. State and district conventions to nominate delegates have been called in Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina. The editor of the Peo- ria National Democrat says he has had an interview with President JohnsoH, and that the call for the Philadelphia Con- vention has his (Johnson's) \hearty en- dorsement and approval.\ The Southern press, with great unamity, approves the project of the Philadelphia Convention. Delegates will be elected in this city, on Tuesday next, to the Philadelphia Con- vention under the auspices of the general committee of Mozart Hall. At a meet- ing of the Democratic Union of the 17th Ward, July 11, Messrs John Cochrane, Luke F. Cozzens, John S. Giles, Marvin E, Brewer, and William A. Smalley, were elected delegates to the Philadelphia Convention. ILLINOIS DEMOCRATIC STATE ConvBN- TION—The Chicago Times prints a call by the Democratic State Committee for a convention of delegates to be chosen by all the conservative citizens of Illinois— the convention to be held at Springfield on Wednesday, the 29th of August en- sueing. —The Kadicals insist upon it that the Philadelphia Convention will be made up of northern copperheads and southern rebels, the former by Secretary Seward, their own \Billy and the latter by some one, \equally obnoxious.\ This will be horrible. —•An undertaker in New York was recently terrified by some movements of a corpse, which had died of cholera, It seemed on investigation that such move- ments are not unusual. Xact Necessary in Newspaper jVi-ticIes. It is not enoiign to think and to know, It requires the faculty of utterance, and a peculiar kind of utterance. Certain things are to be said, and in a certain manner; and your amateur article-writer is sure to strengthen in any manner but the right. Perhaps of all styles of writing, there is none in which excellency is so rarely at tained as that of newspaper writing. A readable leading article may not b e a work of the loftiest order, or demand for its exe- cution the highest attributes of genius; but whatever it may be, the power of ao complishing it with success is not shared by \thonsands of clever fellows.\ Thou- sands of clever fellows, fortified by Mr. Thackeray's opinion, may think that they could write the articles which they read in the morning journals; but let them take pen and paper, and try. We think it only fair that professional authors should have the credit of being able to do whatotherpeople cannot. They do not claim to themselves a monopolly of talent. They do not think themselves capable of conducting a case in court of law as cleverly as a Queen's counsel, or of getting s sick man through the typhus fever as skillfully as a practiced physician. But it is hard that they should not receive credit for being able to -write better arti- cles than either the one or the other; or, perhaps it is more to the purpose to say, the briefless lawyers and pationtless medi- cal students who are glad to earn a guinea by their pens. Men are not born article- writers any more than they are born doc- tors of the law, or doctors of physic, aa the ludicroija failures which are ovory day thrown into the rubbish baskets of all our newspaper offices demonstrate past all con- tradiction. Incompetency is manifest in a varioty of ways; but an irrepressible tendency to fine writing is associated with the greater number of them. Give a clever yonng medical student a book about aural or dental surgery to review, and the chances are ten to one that the criticism will be little else than a high- flown, grandiloquent treatise on the won- ders of creation. A regular \literary hack\ will do the the thing much better. ONE OP THE GREATEST causes ot ill health is costiveness, or indigestion. It has for its offspring, dyspepsia, with all its attendant miseries, such as sick headache, sour stomach, no appetite, no energy, in fact complete prostration, Coe's Dys- pepsia Cure is a sovereign remedy; why do not you who are suffering, make the experiment of the trial of a single bottle it costs but a trifle to taste it, and will surely bring you relief, CONNECTICUT TO TAKE PART IN THE CONVENTION. — The Hartford papers publish a call for a mass State Conven- tion in Philadelphia. It is signedjdy J T. Pratt, James T. Babcock, Edward Prentis, William H, Mallory, John Gal- lup, Lyman W. Coe, William R. Smith and L. E. Pease, These gentleman axe all prominet members of the Bepublican patty, which fact will not, however, save them from being roundly abused because of their position in favor of th? Phikdel- phin m«!ting. dmtliropophasy. A most singular case of Anthropop hagy has come before the tribunals of Paris. A young girl of eleven years of age attempted successively the life of her mother and sister, for the sole purpose of drinking their blood. The child has been examined by competent physicians and proved to be attacked by the strange and terrible mania of anthropophagy. Her extreme youth leads the physicians to hope that her cure may be accomplished. —The Opinion Nationale, commenting on this, recalls the history of Sergt, Ber- tram!, who, ten years ago, used to quit his barracks surreptitiously at night, scale the walls of cemeteries, disinter corpses' and devour their flesh. The Opin- ion recapitulates the history of Blaise Ferrage, who, in the year 1179, left his family and took up his abode in a cave on the summit of one of the mountains of the Aure. At the dead of night this canni- bal would leave his hiding place, and with stealthy steps prowl about the mountain paths till he captured a woman or girl, whose throats he instantly cut, and then sucked every drop of their blood. So suc- cessful was he in snaring fresh prey that for the last three years of his life he had no other blood. At last a peasant deter- mined to risk his life or capture this mon- ster. He pretended a wish to turn canni- ble and to join him inhisforrays. He suc- ceeded in his purpose, and conveyed him to Toulouse, where the parliament of that city sentenced him to be broken on the wheel, which sentence was carried out on the 12th day of December, 1782. Wai't-».i^^'jp>ay f .,i{i U * if Jj«j —They are ahont to get up a home for working girls in Chicago. • '•• •' ; * —A handsome church to cost $50 000, is to be erected at .Tarrytown, N, Y., as, a memorial to \Washington Irving. —The negroes ai'e said to be drilling in Richmond—for what purpose is un- known. —Among other troubles, Ireland has one thousand attorneys. —A legal wag calls his marriage cer- tificate, strange to say, \a writ of attaiu'd her.\ —Near Greenfield, Wis.,a man beat a lady and throw her baby at her because she could not furnish him work. —Tho Missouri Conservative State Convention, in session at St. Louis, has appointed delegates to the Philadelphia ' - » National Convention. —The Schenectady locomotive works are already in rapid process of- reconstruc- , tion, and will be in complete operation by fall. —In Brooklyn, a child seven years old was handed a loaded revolver to play with, Ho discharged it into his grandmother's brain, ' killing her instantly. —Under the head of scientific intelli- gence, Punch says at the next meeting of the Horticultural Society, a paper will be read \On the coolness of the cucumber.\ —Philadelphia is excited at the horse- whipping of a merchant in his counting- room by a lady whose matrimonial inten- . tions he had frustrated. —It is claimed that Generals Grant and Sherman are warmly in favor of the Philadelphia Convention, and will use- their influence to eiiEuro its success. . —Prescott Williams,! at Oxford, N. H.,. was married recently, and hung himself six days after. Hs was thirty years old. —Nicholas Poresinger, of York coun- ty, Pa. recntly accepted the wager to drink ten glasses of lager ; beei in ten min- utes, He drank the beer, and was laid out on his bier tho next morning. —Figures received from the Chinese census give the total Chinese population in California.as num.iering 58,000 petsons, one fourth of whom are employed upon the Pacific Bailroad improvement, —Governor Orr has issued [an address to the people of South Carolina approv- ing the obje \tsoi the proposed Philadel. phi Convention, an I urging the election of delegates to a State Convention at Col- umbia on the 1st of August tq appoint delegates to the former. —A v oman in Bushville, Illinois, has been seized with astrange mania for mur- der, she first practiced on cats therl tried children, then becoming severe she beats herown brains out. Sensible at last. Miss Hetty H, Robinson, of New Bed- ford, Ma-<s. is trying to break her father's will because he loft her only $5,000,000, after giving $30,000 in legacies. She is the same affecionate and dutiful girl who tried to break a rich aunt's will on similar grounds. —A man in Halifax, Va-, has du>oov- eied amine of tho famous \mad'stones of which not more than twenty weres known to b e in existance. They are said to possess the power to extract the poi?on. of serpents and mad dogs from the wounds, nud perform other miraculous offices. t ^ —A writer in the Western Recorder says: ' I n a Southom State I le'arn that there is one preachor who has charge of four churches, edits a newspaper, is Presi- dent of a Female College, runs several pedlar wagons, keeps up a farm, and owns several patent-rights, which he farms out.\ —The Herald's Ottawa despatch of tho 10 th says:—\There was an excited ' session of the Canadian Parliament yes- terday. The opposition assailed the Gov- ernment with great force and effect, and the project of annexation to the' United States seems to gain favor. i —A little bdy had a wooden horsp, and in the course of timo its tail, ears and legs got broken, off, and the toy presented rath- er a ragged appearance. Says he one day: \God sees everything, don't he mother?\ ',Yes my child.\ „Well, I guess he'll laugh, then, when he sees this horse. CINCINNATI, July 18—A fire broke out hero at 11 o'clock tat night, in tho Academy of Music building, corner of Fourth and Home streets, occupied by Kelly & Leon's minstrels. _The fire was caused by the janitor drop- ping a coal oil lamp. The building was to- ally destroyed. The audience had just left. Loss on building $25,000. Amount of in- surance unknown. —The Ottawa Post remarks that New York furnished during tho civil war 125,- 000, men, and to prevent subjugation could have raised as many more, al- though having a population little greater than that of British America, Tho facts are that when the federal army was dis- banded at the closo of the war, they num- bered 1,200,000 men of whom one-sixth —200,000—were ftom this State. The total of men furnished by New York du- ring the rebellion, falls but little short of 475,000. —Tho men who \braved the battle and the breeze,\ who in the late war sacrific- ed their private business and offered themselves and all they posessed to defend the Union, are being daily rejected by the United Slates Senate for positions to which they are nominated by the Presi- dent. Brigadier General Carman, who was nominated for Assessor of the fifth New Jersey District, and Captain GoM- smitb, a pet of General Phil, Kearney's who wa3 nominated for Postmaster of Camden, N. J „ have both been rejected by the Senate. Party tools must keep the places, the soldiers are of no account now in the eyes of the Radicals of the Senate, WATBHTOWN MARKETS. JUyl8,1886. liotJE.-Winter $16; China $13; Scotch $11.' GHATS.—We continue ; to. etuots fot Wheat at S2,00@2,2S for spring; $2,7503,00for whttowinter. 3?or Eyo wo qnoto C6@T0c per bus, nntt Burloy 62X@70c per bus. Oats are nominal at 4&&60cper bneh. Corn lo eellmR st 7S@80c p OT bueh. DBT GOODS.—Prices 'nro ruling higher in overy species of dry goods, With a steady and continual ten- dency upwards. Prints havo advanced ftom 2 to 3 cents per yard, now ranging from 15to 25. Sheetings aro (u'l five cents higher on the standard makcrsajro selling r rom 18 to 80. Woolen Goods no nlep tendinff upward,-whilo Sllksand tho flner class of Dress Good* navo a wonderfaT spmpathy with tho ruling high prico of gold. Everything connected -with tttii brand of, I tho trade points to higher prices during tho comin summer and fall. HAr—-Wo qaoto at$10@12 per ton. STRAW—la seIUngat$(lperton. LEAtnsir.—Wo quote Buenos Ayres 8oloat8S&40c; Orinoco .1® S\3o; Harness 42o; Calf-Blrjns $1,60; EIp 80c ® $1,00; Upper 25c; blau Solo, 4f)o. WOOL —Prices in Wool havo declined Beslnceonr last, report ana wo now quote at 40 a 4lia for medium, and 43 a 60(1 for Merino, TJhwashed Is sold at S3W. per cent off theso prices. Oiw.—Kerosene, 76c; Keats' Foot, *2,60tXard S2.7C; Machine. «l,25a$2,25a$8,60! Boiled LinsiSea, • $2,00; Haw. $1.05. • • . .*- NAILS—Wo qnote Out Sails at 7@8c per lb, GLASS—WO quotoatMO per\ bos for 8W0; iSM do.(orl\x12: and S8.60 for 12x10. . , PArms—Brooklyn Whits Lead 19c j Eed Wad SOci Venetian lied 8c; Burnt Unmber 25c; Chrome Yel- low 40cj Chrome Green iOe, DYE STTOES—At retail the following are the prices Loprwood Sc; Fustic fie; Madder 25c pec lb, WOOD—On the street,Wood IB seUfiig at W;25.per cord of 43 solid feot for stove-loDgth, andtOao.Sflcpcr cord of 00 feot for three feet length. Green Wood three feet lone is selling at $3.50. SALT—Is selling at $3,10 per1>bl. Wii/sKr—We now qiioto at S2.80 to *K,00 a» t o quality and age, ipt rectified whiskey. Lmmint.—We quoto lumber in this market to-day. as iollows :— Pine Clear, Pr. M ,..$40 a 45 \ Select \ '80«85 \ Common, \ , 2fl a g2 \ cans ' •• : : :.Mir,-i \ ClapBoards\ 22 » SprucofliiurlDg, \ 22-aXKl Heml'clrJH'kj&c.\ M a l p , Shingles, Cedar, \ .. 5 a 00 \ Pin\. \ ••; .4,60800 \ Hemlocfe,\ .....SWaS/TGi ' Laths per bundle 20c a 35 GKOCEIUES. —Firmer and prices have stiffened \with 1 he advance in gold. Sugars, we continue our former qnotatlons for the retail hade, viz J Forbrownl2al4c, and white ot 17al9c. Wo quote 40 a 45c for Java Coffee, and at 35a40c, for Bio and Laguayra, Tcasarer , quoted at from 75c to 82,00 per lb. \ PROVISIONS.— We now quote new Mesa Pork at $35 per bWj Smoked hams ot 25c 9 lb, do shoulders atlSc. , 1.1, BtOTEit is BelMg In tails at 83 a 85. LAED.—WO continue to quote Lard at 20c @ 22c. CHEEPE, Hay mado and part skimmed, 12 a lijcta.. Dairy whole 80 to 40 days Old, 10 tolTc. Factory, 18 a 10c. weather too warm to ship much with safety, PonK 15cai8c. POJATOEB per bush,..,.,,.02o a 75c. DnrsD BEES' 26o@ Spc, BEANS .$1.23 @ *l,6(i, HAMB ...,..18o. ©.00. BnoDMsm....... per lb ,18c, Sod, \ .E«w ....,!. mi9s,,,,,,.,m<9Wh \
