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New Zealand Herald, Volume II, Issue 532, 27 July 1865, Page 4

Law.—Mr. John W. White, of Messrs. Brookfield and Cox's office, has by this mail been appointed bj r Sir Alfred Stephen, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of iNew South Wales, a Commissioner of that Court for taking bail affidavits and acknowledgments in this colony.

A verv narrow escape from drowning occurred ou Saturday last off Oralcei Bay. Two men in the yacht Maggie, formerly owned by Major Antrobus, and which has successfully competed at more than one of our anniversary fiegattas, were beating up harbour when a sudden squall off Orakci Bay capsized the yacht, which went down in deep water like a shot. One of the men had just time to jump into the dingy towing astern, and cut the rope before ghe went

dorr 13, the other entangled among the ropes, was drawn down with her, but providentially cxtn _ated himself while under water, and, rising to tic surfnec, was picked up by Ins comrade in the The Mnggie belonged to Mr. Charles Spencer, and his brother was one of the men in the boat when the accident occurred, She was ballasted with cannon balls, we believe, which, shifting as the vessel healed over, caused her to capsize. , , ' Waikato Bkewery.—-V brewery has bt.n established nt JNTgaruawaliia for the supply o first-class colonial ale to all the storekeepers and others resident in the Waikato district. A PP JI " cation for terms, etc., to be made to Dawson and Co., Nganiawahia, or to Mr. .J. loung. I Queen-street. . , Messrs. Bt'TT and Anderson require* a vessel I capable of caiT.yi.'ig pi'-s i' rom 50 *° 00 al * timber ill lengths from 11 to 3-1 leet, 1 lies to be rafted according to agreement. _ •Steam to the North.— The p.s. Ballarat, . a tons, 'Jo-horsc power, will be laid on lor tne Northern ports in a few days. j.'his steamer Ji.u undergone a thorough refit, a saloon and ladies cabin having been fitted up with the latest improvements. Messbs. Hidings and Dowden will sell today, ou the premises of Mr. Uawson, Q.ucenstreet, opposite Odd Fellows Hall, a large quantity of chinaware, brushware, glass, tinware, bells, hardware, and sundries. Messrs. JE. axd H. Isaacs will sell to-day, a very large and choice lot of tobacco, coflecs, teas, cigars, raisins, figs, &c. . Samuel Cochrane will sell _ to-day. at his rooms, Fort-street, 13 shares in the Kapanga Gold Mining Company; also, 5 of the IN cw Zealand Steam Navigation Company, 13 shares in the Auckland Gas Company. Land.—Mr. S. Cochrane will also sell to-day the property kuowu as Springbank, lots 110, 11-1, HO feet frontage to Uichmond Boad : lot GB, Hardington's Paddock (Onehunga), 50 feet to Grey-street. Newton, lot 13, 37 feet to Queen-street; depth, 100 feet. 112 acres of land at AVaiuku ; S allotments iu YVynyardton, and 5 at Belleville, Coromandel. Messrs. Stichbcry and Sox will hold au extensive and unreserved sale of groceries, provisions (hams and cheese), and oilmen s stores. Messes. Harris and Turner will sell, today, a large stock of drapery and hosiery, shawls, cloths, rugs, etc. Presentation to General Cameron. —The Committee met yesterday. Arrangements arc being made for securing the presence, at the presentation, of the various public bodies, and their taking part in the procession. A report was made by the Treasurer, which showed that the amount of subscriptions hitherto received is fully adequate ■to the estimate previously formed ; and some arrangements were formed for completing this part of the proceeding. It is now almost certain that the LieutenantGeneral will leave for Sydney by the out-going mail, whose day of departure is to be Tuesday next; in which case the afternoon of Monday will most probably be the time of the presentation. The interesting ceremony is to take place in the Albert Barracks. Auckland Gas Company.—Tenders are invited by the Company for the supply of Newcastle coals in such quantities as may be required to the 31st of December next, coals to bo delivered at the Company's works, 30 tons. Tenders are to be delivered to the Secretary before 10 a.rn on Saturday the 29th. Auckland Temporary Water Suitly.— TheEngincer-in-Chief invites tenders, receivable up to noon of Tuesday the Bth of August, from persons willing to contract for excavation, brickwork and pipe-laying in the Domain. Plans, specifications, &c., to be seen at the office of the Enginecr-in-Chief. Separate tenders for each work will be received to be endorsed accordingly. Birthday Ball. —-Last evening a birthday ball was held in the Mechanics' Institute, to cclebrate the anniversary of a daughter of Dr. Fischer. Confession of Paine and Further Disclosures Respecting the Plot. —By the latest published English papers we learn that l\iiue has confessed to the attempt to assassinate (lie So wards, and has made further disclosures of the nlan of the conspirators :—" It has already been stated," says the correspondent of the Standard, " that the person known as Paine has confessed the attempt upon Mr. Seward's life. He says that he had never seen him, that he had nothing against him, and that he attempted to kill him only because he had sworn to do it. The whole affair, he has said, was a gigantic failure, only two (Booth and himself) of the whole number concerned having kept their oaths. If it had succeeded, he says, the actors in it would never have been known. This seems at first sight inconsistent with the open exposure made of himself by Booth after the assassination of Mr. Lincoln. But I have been told that it was part of the plan to turn off the gas in the theatre the instant the pistol shot was heard, and that the man was found at the controlling stop cook to whom that duty had been assigned, but that he failed to hear the signal. Paine is not at all communicative. He refuses to disclosc the names of his associates, or to say anything of his own antecedents. It is not believed that he has given his real name, nor is it know to what part of the country he belongs. He looks young—not over 21 or 22 ; has a square hard face, a clear firm eye, which returns even now unflinchingly the sternest and steadiest gaze ; is very athletic in his frame; has white, soft hands, evidently unused to work and although utterly unmoved by threats or by harshness, gives indications of sensibility to acts and words of kindness. He is a man of more than ordinary mark. He says that when lie fled from Mr. Seward's room lie knew that he had failed, and expected to find the hall below full of men, summoned by the cries of ' Murder !' raised by the coloured bov, who had rushed into the street, which cries he himself had distinctly heard. But he was prepared and determined to cut his way through them all, and was surprised to find himself unopposed." The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited). This is the title of a new company—capital £500,000. It is certainly announced under several good mercantile and commercial names, viz.: Messrs. Hankey, Boutcher, Porter, Yanderbyle, W. S. Grahame', and Falconer Larkworthy. This company will invest money on mortgage of freehold properties iu New Zealand. Tliey undertake to lend money on adequate security, and to act as agents in the purchase of eligible properties. The prospectus will be found in another column. j

The Cincinnati Commercial publishes tlie following letter from n Confederate officer:— "To tlie Kditor oi' the Commercial.—T desire, through jour columns, to express my profound abhorrence of the deeds resulting in the death of President Lincoln. 1 wish also to mention that in passing through the prisons where are still coulined several thousands of my comrades I hoard of no one so fallen from the level of our

common humanity to be in any sense gratified at; this atrocioas murder. The sentiment on every aide was that of indignation at so cowardly an attempt, and of regret at its successful completion. In tlie name of right let the obloquy and tlie punishment l'all in united horror upon tlie guilty, but not upon men who have had neither part nor lot in the matter ; who in other aflairs may have erred in judgment, but certainly not in heart, since countless sacrifices at-

test their sincerity, and whose strength in ease of ultimate Federal success can be merged onco more in tlie common resources far more readiljby the Divine policy of brotherly kindness than by any exercise of bitter and vindictive feeling. Over the ark of a wise Government two seraphs bend. One of these is clear-eyed Justice, but the other is warm-hearted Mercy.— I am. sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, TV". S, Colonel O.fcs.A. Otfhce ot Agent for C. S. Prisoners, Camp Cliase, Ohio, April 18th."

Glass Bottles in the tico of throwing bottles into less streets in the suburbs cannot 1m t no condemned. On Tuesday, Dr. ilonatt'?-; geon attached to the forces, had a valu a j;'. 5 . '''• so severely injured by treading on'a'i.H'bottle as to render it necessary t 0 T)io accident happened in animal's foot striking the bottie, ■ which cut into the inner part of fl le f,,!!';*' 1 , severed the tendons. The poor brut,. '''■ Yesterday afternoon. ■ - JiMJAYAX CARRIAOB CojryrxJCATif.v JS'cw 1 or.',: Ttmss lias the foHowij, tlio title of "Joim Bulls ifbs(inil:il-v^;'V-pidity." We recommend its pcrns.-il 11 ail'.vay Board : —" Tin? Uritis'i nation going one of its scmi-occasiona! siias', railroad accidents. The greaS proWiTC establish communication between (he cars and the engine-driver is again brain of our thick-headed old grinding],," r " v ■was discussed in Parliament a lew and Mr. Milner Gibson made light of it. \r> : ' ; upon The Times is delusjcd with letters'**-' 1 ' persons who say that if Sir. G ibson had V--'- r " tbeir placc on such nncl such occasions he'v'.S have thought it a serious matter. It ?eoh;: dible, but it is true, that for fifteen op .-i f ' years this simple problem has been a profound and ineffective discussion in Boards of engineers, committees of and all sorts of scientific and learned boyj i ; j.'.'; been held. Session after Session, vi-a, ".i ; year, to devise some way of informingtW : giuc-er that the train is off the track, th 2 i",'!~ riage is on fire, or that for some other son he ought to stop his train. But ailing To this day there is no possible means of mucation between the carriage and the cn~ The simple expedient of running a eords-C the roof the wliole length of the train. has been in use on every railroad in tlu- iVV States for twenty years, is .-.till prorw* utterly impracticable by the railroad of England. John Bull is certainly. in r things, the most obstinantly stupid oldfonfiv'i orer lived. Fifty years from now he wiii r V.' bably adopt the American style of railroad rrnunication ; but he won't do it until even if half his subjects roast meanwhile."' PAISE,ATTEMPTED A SSASSIX OF THE SEWij-.c', The 2few York correspondent of the x ; . ; ;...■ says, speaking of Paine ; —" A close examina-'■ and scrutiny of his person revealed aoj;good plnjsique, about 25 years of ajje, sii high, veiy good form, dark rich black Jiair.dr- : light complexion, and a refinement of j,oVwhich gave the lie to his professions of L--i labour. His dress was much soiled, from dent exposure, but was of very good nurc-Y Had he been well dressed he would J]ar.>,> sented the appcarauce of a stylish frontier.":-;-

The coloured servant who admitted the u-~. deivr to Z\Jr. Seward's ou Friday night wa< t t scut for. Tlie room was darkened when he cr.= in, tlie gas was turned on. when the boy told to pick out the man. As soon as hi-" ct« fell on the prisoner lie threw up his hands j-.i exclaimed, ' There he is ; I know him: I d:;: want to see liim no more.' The only produced upon the man by this development an apparent nervousness, but otherwise ie seemed to master his feelings completer. Wi:;. out further conversation, at about 4 o'clock he was heavily ironed and sent off to a sate sr.t. where he can never escape from his captor. v„i where public violence cannot reach him. lie evidence against Paine is now conclusive bey:;:' a doubt. He was this afternoon eoniroKd by Major Seward. Miss Fanny Seward. £» nurse who was so severely wounded, an 1 ancd--coloured servant who saw him, and they promptly recognised him as the assassiu. H? clothing lias been taken oil", and is undcrsc: examination. It will be remembered that nllain left- a slouch hat behind at Mr. Seward; on Friday night, which, explains the precise' a: he wore." A PiiovrxciAL Government Gazette published yesterday, and contains a notific.ir..-. of the appointment of Charles J. Storey, as sub-inspector of diseased cattle for the Ear Tamaki district, including the districts of Fraailyn and Paglan; also, the appointment Messrs. O. Boulton, T. Child, W. G. iioccers, J. Lands, and Jt. S. Wilson as trustees for tb highway district of Maungakarame.a; and c: Messrs. John Bichardson and H. Go':smith as surveyors under the ">*sur Lands Act, 1562." The Gazette contsb the following lists of Acts passed by the Aumland Provincial Council, and assented toby & Superintendent, whieli have been left to' their operation by the Governor:—~nd 'Water Works Act, Amendment Act, 15(35; City Bear; Amendment Act ISG-5 ; Industrial School Aft. 1562 Bepealiug Act 18(35 ; CattlcLatidiag.il 1 :. 1805 ; City Board Loan Act, lS(j-5; Empowering Act, (5. o. 1) ISOS : Empowering Aet (Ne. 2), lSti-5 ; Appropriation Act, ISOS Ik Gazette also contains a list of persons to Trhora auctioneers, wholesale wine and spirit, and pelicans licenses have been granted by the Provincial Government, and concludes ivith & schedulo of assessment of the Howick rownslitr district.

Lahcexv.—A man named Evan was apprehended yesterday upon a warrant charginst Ins with stealing a coat the propertv of a pors. named MeGlynne. in tlic Albert Arms 'lavera. Fuenitl're Bazaar. — Messrs. Winks ad Hall have received a very large stock of elei'J'.t furniture, per Lancashire Witch. This stoi'i comprises walnut settees and couches. ea?v chairs, dining-room, drawing-room, au>i l' l - 1 , chairs ; mahogany sideboards, telescope, ana other dining tables; walnut, 100, and shapM tables ; carved marble cheffoniers, gilt and rosfwood chimney glasses : iron Arabian and Fretielt bedsteads ; wardrobes, mahogany dressing ta'-*'os- - of drawers, and toilet tables, featherbeds ; also, beds of liair, wool, and fibre, matresses, bullion fringes. Besides th'~* varied assortment of elegant furniture, Mes>r- V Winks and Hall have imported a nuniber Grover s and Baker's premium sewing iiiucliine;at from £12 upwards. Pkixce of Wai.ks* TnEATiM:.—The pojmta sensation drama the Siege of Lueknon'. v- 1repeated at this house last night to a thin lioum'The piece was greatly applauded, the attdienee vociferously demanding the " rise " of ilic curtnin upon "the final tableau. The pevfonnamconcluded with the laughable farce " to Nurse." To-night the " Jacobite " wiil I"' piodnced, Mr. Daniels taking the principal par--MR. X) Arcy M'GEE OX IRISII i 1 . ,, " i - Mr. D Arcy M'Gee, who was one of theme-'-ardent of patriots during the Young Ireland excitement, is at present in Dublin in the eapaei'-}' ot principal commissioner from Canada to the international Exhibition. Mr. M'Gee reee'"? tielivered an able and eloquent lecture at V. exlord on his experiences iu America. He toes advantage of the occasion to speak some lie' l ' l ' truths to his countrymen. Such a tiling a? a national pro-Irish sentiment, he alleged- does not exist in the United States. "As a nation, they have no more feeling for Ireland than any other country." Ho strongly ridiculed j'"' renian organisation ; in fact, he declared il«it was all nonsense about its boasted extent ami power. Mr. M'Gee advises the Irish emywnto select Canada instead of the States as hi* uture home be cause of the social and politic-- 1 advantages it oflcrs him. His picture of if position attained by two-thirds of the Irish v. he settled 111 the btates was not a pleasant one in speaking of his past career iu Ireland, an' 1 answering those who contrast it «"itlt , present one, he boldly avowed that he ivas not so wise then as lie is > lim "\ t left the country (he said) one anion:, t.r: .Voting Ireland Legion, and though times I changed, I say to you all, I am not shamed A ottng Ireland. (Loud ancl prolonged ) Lt lias been east in my teeth that I have voel'-v ' lbout, have changed my opinions. I knon" politically speaking, we were a pack ot ft l -' l "'

1~, ;UU I not hole-and-corner conspirators. We rule I' o concealments, and at all events all that i*.> said of us is that at 21 wc were not as a j ffo are now at 11 Our ■ vuiirviiien by birth, and their immediate oflia the Canadian provinces, Protestant Catholic. as nearly as _1 can make out, liaif a million—one-eight of the whole ' ,'nhtien : those who more remotely derive ju ;; r ..r.gin t'rom this kingdom may represent 1 v ', 1-:Lilil - Tl'.ey are not in number one,7 U .', r - :; nweron< :w our brethren in the United ve'. knowing both communities well. ■Vi-iii;:.' l -' 'he enhanccil energies which total •. u i":v:svU-i!-v gives a new■ country, 1 venture to v ■ uv iuii!- otii 1 ion yield a larger aggregate ei'-tevlic.g -.vorth. character, and intiueuce than .-i' our democratised countrymen put . 1 vilicr. ■ • • bve in strange things, b >t'i i'e l -' America ami tor you. and it is imposU» say what may come t'rom this annual ot a third of a million of people (an ~v v s-'o'o estimate of ;he yearly emigration, bv |!,,, n;\vi iroui one sphere ot existence to another j'l'.ini the old world to the new —from monarchy m democracy. Have a care: you are giving ;iv h.in.is and brains to a system destined to ..v.jiiMt veur system of government sooner or i:U " r ' T Ti K t;\ !.n."h Int •o. It was announced hi si t through the tow 11. that yesterdav ;w .> -,v7-.>ns had been struck by light ning in Free mnn* I'ay. Wo luade enquiries, but at a late 1,, , ;;r ; :: s: evening no intelligence of the fact had reacted :he Police. It was said by those who professed to give credence to the rumour, that the -.vrsr.i* alleged to have been struck, were not very seriously injured. Tat: tbilowing is t'rom the _Yri<- WorlJ's description of the burial of the assassin Booth :— Thev sewed him up in a saddle blanket. This was iii- st'.rotni —too like a soldier's. Harrold. jtteatuhae. had been tied to a tree, but was now yeie;ised iu' i lie march. Colonel Conger tuished on immediate'; - for Washington : the -e was to foi'.ow. Hooth's only arms were his carbine, kr.iie. and two revolvers. T hey found about !>;:;> hi'.'.# 0; exchange. Canada monev. and a diary. A venerable old negro living in the vieinitv i ; ::.l the mi-fortune to possess a horse. Tins !ic-r.»v* - v a> a relic or former generations, and j!io«ed by his protruding ribs the general leaa'.iess ot" the laud He moved in an eccentric •nuKe. ami when put upon his speed was genera'iv run backward. To this old negro's horse j wa- !i:'.fne-sed. p. very shaky and ab-urd waggon I tvhvh rattled like approaching dissolution, and ! e.te'i par; "f it ran without any connexion or! carre>; mdeiHV with any other part. It had 110 j tailboard, and its .-halts were sharp as famine, j and into tats mimicry of a vehicle the niur- j iserer wa< be sent to the Potomac iiiver, j while the man he had murdered was moving ; ia .-tare across the mourning continent. The old ; negro geared up his waggon by means of a set : 0;' f'.-ssil It .mess, and when it was backed to j Garrett's porch they laid within it the disco- : : loured corpse. The corpse was tied with ropes > around the legs and made fast ro the waggon i sides. HarroM s legs were tied to stirrups, and ! he wa< placed in the centre of four murderous- i looking cavalrymen. The two sons oi" Garrett ■ were also taken along', despite the sobs and j petitions of the old folks ana women, but the: rebel capiedn who had given Booth a lift got od' ! ami 1 the ir.sjht's agitations, and was not re- j arrested. So moved the cavalcade of retribu- ' tion. with death in its midst, along the road to ] Port Koyal. When the waggon started. Booth's j wound, till now scarcely dribbling, began to run ] anew. It fell through the crack of the waggon. I and fell drippling upon the axle, and spotting | t'.ie road with terrible wafers. It stained the [ phnks. and soaked the blankets: and the old j

•;cjro. at n dabbled his hands in it by :;]•>[;!!,-i\ He drew back instantly ivitli a shudder ;;nd .-::liej expletive. " c-ior-r-r. i.hit'l! never come oil' ia do worlJ: its murderer's Jlc

wrunc hist hands, and looked imploringly at the c-'.!!cer». and shuddered again; " Gor-r-, I wouldn't have d:it ou mo I'ur tousand. tousand dollar.- 1 . The progress of the team was slow, with irotjijfUt danger .;.f shipwreck altogether. toward noon the r»riv>tv tiled through Port loyal. wliere the citizens cr.me out to ask the miter, and why a man's body. covered with sombre blankets, was going by with so great an escort. They were told that it was a wounded Confederate. and so held their tongues. The l:tt'n» ferry, again in requisition, took them over by squad-: anil they pushed from Port Conway to Uelle Piam. which thev reached in the middle of the afternoon. All the way the blood driblied from the corpse in a slow, incessant, sanguine exudation. The old negro was niggardly dismissed with two paper dollars. The dead man untied and cast upon the vessel's deck, steam gotten up in a little while, and the broad Potomac shores saw this skeleton ship flit by, as the bloody sun threw gashes aud blots of ushealthy light along the silver surface." Whitwoeth v. Aemsteoxg.—"We announced some time back that the report of the Armstrong and A\ hitworth Committee was about to be completed. The report was presented a few days since to the Secretary of State for "War, and will be found, as we anticipated, to lean towards ill. "Whitworth's gun. Earl de Grey lias, however, submitted the report for the coniideiation aud opinion of three distinguished Artillery odicers—viz.. Major-General E. C. Warde, C.E , commanding at Woolwich; Col Gloucester Gambler, C.li., Deputy-Adjutant-Gene'-al, Eoyal Artillery; and Col. Edwin Wodehouse, C.li.. late Acting AdjutantGeneral Koyal Artillery. These three officers have had considerable practical experience, Col. Gambier having commanded the siege artillery at Sebastopol, until wounded when bringing up the memorable IS-pounders at the battle of lnkeruian. when he was succeeded in the command, with distinguished success, by MajorGeneral Wardc. Col. "Wodeliou.se commanded a field battery attached to the Ist Division daring the whole of the Eastern campaign.— J'.ic Owl.

Anecdote of Li.vcolx. —Come and .see St. Louis under the oaks of Yineennes," said my friend Charles Summer one u.:v to me. Jie told rne tliat the President opened viice a week, no matter liow pressing his obligation:-, his Cabinetto all who desired to address a petition or a claim to him. We set out for the White House, and entered Mr. Lincoln's Cabinet, where, without being announced, we look our places with a dozen people who were waiting for their turn. ■I-lie walls were covered with large maps representing the divers places where the war was going on. Over the chimney hung a portrait ot President Jackson, the features dry, harsh, and bearing tile impress of extreme energy. Over the marble there was a photographic likeness, beautifully done —it was that ol •Jonn .Bright, the eloquent defender of the American Union in the Pritish Parliament, .liirough t« o spacious windows I could see the v, hite lines of the l J otoniac, the winding uplands j*' and the half-hidden obelisk >\ ashinglon standing in sharp relief to the blue .sky. lietween the two windows stood a huge writing-table, helrfe which the President wac heated. Jie did not perceive Mr. Sumner, being at the moment engaged in talking' with some petitioner, whom lie dismissed soon after we entered . ihe usher—who, by the way, was dressed like everybody else — brought forward a womanuie appeared to be in deep aiiliction, and it was ttithdifficulty she could explain that her husband was a soldier in. the regular arm}', that he had served for a long term, and now asked for leave to unithis regiment and return to support his lamily. She got more and more embarrassed as sue spoke. 'Let me help you,' said Mr. i<incohi, kindly, and thereupon lie put questions 0 her\vith the method aad clearness of a law*- > cr. On the luminous rectangle of the window, through which poured a ilood of sunshine, his profile appeared dark ; with the right hand lie ten pushed up his hair, which made it stand

>' 0r c^an . E ! o< l 't into disordered tufts. >\ Inlo lie spoke :iU tho muscles of the face put Hi movement pave an angular and strange contour to his head, which had some resemblance to that of Alephistopheles: but his lojen Jiad all the softness of the father. Alter putting sonic questions to the poor woman, he said, ' I can't. myself grant you what you ask. I have ilie right of disbanding all the armies ol the Lnion,' he added, with a strange laugh, ' but I cannot give a single soldier his discharge. Only the colonel of your husband's regiment can do what you want.' The woman deplored her poverty. She had never, she said, sulleivd so much. ' Madam,' said Mr. Lincoln, deepening to a tone of slow and impressive solemnity. ' I share your sorrow ; but remember that we. all of us as we are, have never suffered what we now sutler. "We have all of us our burdens to bear.' Ho then leant towards her. and lor some time we only heard the murmur ot the two voices. I saw him write a few words on a piece ot paper and give to the woman ; lie then dismissed her with the forms of the most scrupulous politeness. The next who advanced was a young man who held out his hand to the President and said with a loud voice. 'As for me. I have eonie only to shake hands with Abraham Lincoln.' ' Much obliged, sir,' said the President, offering his big hand ; ' this is our d.l 3' tor business. —Rn'ctt <<V.v Deu.v 3londes.