4615 of tire WA. September 1-7 The President, after holding a Cabi net meeting last week, received various leading politicians. Gov. Brownlow re ceived assurance that U. S. officials in Tennessee, who supported Senter, would not be removed, and that that gentleman was accepted as a good Republican, while Stokes was assured that the military would protect his constituency—the Freedmen and Unionists. A Cuban rep resentative and Gov. Walker, of Vir ginia, had interviews. The counsel for persons on trial before a court martial in Mississippi were assured that the writ of Ligbeas Corpus would be respected. As. Wm. C. Howard refuses the Mission to China, some other successor to Browne will shortly be chosen. The President left for Saratoga, but has returned on hearing that Secretary Rawlins is at the point of death. . Departments.—The decrease in the public debt during August was $5,604,- 234, making a total reduction of $49,- 500,758 since Grant was inaugurated. The net total, September latywas,t2; 2 l7s,- 962,501., The current expenses of the Government in August were $20.788,- 654. The resurvey of -the distilleries has been begun., —Sec. Robeson and Gen. Sherman, on their tour of inspection, find the coast &fences of the country utterly defective. Even New York is not sire if a' fleet choose to run past its boasted farts. —Secretary of War Rawlins lay dying all through Monday. He has since died. General.—The general drought . is opening people's eyes to the folly of cut ting down our woods and forests, and is, affording the farmers a fine chance to clear their lands. A well managed farm loses much less by a " dry spell "- than a wet one. Sir Henry Holland. the great English physician, who attended several of Dr. Samuel Johnson's friends, and also two' English queens, is on a visit to our country. Sir J. Garth Wilkinson has also come to see us. New England.—Senator Fessenden is so ill that is life is despaired of. Bos ton celebrates Humboldt's birthday with an address by Agassiz on his life and works. Middle States,—Cuban filibusters are steering from New York to Halifax. The water supply of the Metropolis is to be greatly increased by the purchase and annexation of lakes forty miles north of that at Croton. The city DemocratiB politicians are making a united effort to remove Belmont from. the chair of the National Committee, and put Tweed, (the Grand Sachem of Tammany) in his place. —Good Bituminous coal has been dis covered near Buffalo, N. Y. —At the auction sale of Scranton coal, held in New York City, August 31st, prices were reached averaging $2 per ton higher than in the last of April. Stove coal went to $7.75. —Cape May has had a disastrous fire. Camden is to have a paid Fire Depart ment. —Gov. Geary refuses to appoint dele gates to the National Capital-Moving Convention at St. Louis. The Delaware and Lackawanna coal mines have resumed work. City.—Richard Carter, foreman of the stonemasons at Fairmount, has been murdered by Jos. Snyder, a discharged workman. Oar death rate still falls. The total last week was 255; the de crease 41. In the middle of July the total was 411. Nine plans for the new public bdildings on Independence Square have been offered to the Commissioners. The Building Inspector granted 417 permits to build in August : one for a church, one for a chapel, and 357 ,for dwelling-houses. George Peabody stop ped, here eor a few days last week on his way home from Virginia. Earle's pier ture-gallery, containing Bierstadt'S' " Yo Semite," was burnt down on Tuesday night; also a livery•stable with thirty eight horses. Our • coasting trade em ploys 5 723 vessels, against 2,976 last year. A site in the par has been given to the Germans for a bust of Humboldt. Only 1.28 inches of rain fell here in Au gust. The thermometer ranged from 58 to 95 degrees at the Pennsylvania Hos pital. South,—An International Exhibition in Washington City in 1871 is mooted. Attorney General lioar decides against enforcing the test-oath in the - Virginia legislature, and Gen. Canby will announce the result of the election as soon as one disputed county , is ascertained. - -A suspected filibuster his sailed frank New Orleans, nominally for Florida. The port's gross receipts of cotton for a a year past was 841,216'• bales. Louisil ana sends delegates to the St. Louis Cap ital Convention. Interior,—Gov. Fairchild of WiscolK sin is again Dominated. —The National Temperance COnven tion in, session at Chicago, votes to es tablish a Temperance Party. Gerritt Smith was a leading spirit, and Hon. Jas.' Blaek,of our State, presided. Chicago , proposes to spend in three years $1,500,- 000 on a second Lake Tunnel. —The obldred men of NaShville are investigating the outrages.on the Freed men of Rutherford Co., Tenn., and pre paring for action.. In the election Senter had 120,204 votes, a majority of 65,330. In the Presidential election the total vote wus 83,668. By a blunder of a, Ken tucky Cleik of Court, a death warrant was issued before conviclion. —A war of the Sioux upon the Paw nees is reported. The Peace Commis sion—Felix R. Brunot, Wm. E. Dodge and Nathan Bishop—report good pro gress in their big councils with the va rious tribes. Gov. Ashley of Montana has been displacing Territorial officials elected by the people. pacific.--The returns of the Califor nia election, indicate the re-election of a Democratic Legislature, postponing the adoption of the XVth Amendment. Of seventy Massachusetts women who emi grated to Oregon two years ago, sixty nine are married. Canada.—Vanderbilt has secured control of the Great Western Railroad, to the great dissatisfaction of the Domi-, nion, who say that Parliament would have subsidized it, rather. Quebec has a ship builders' strike of a riotous Char acter, and the militia have been called out. The Hornet seizediu our river as a Cuban filibuster and released, has been seized at Haiifax on the same charge. SpanishiAmerica.--That " decisive contest" .has not come off in Cuba, mili tary changes, enlistments, subscriptions• and skirmishes being still the staple news. An incendiary proclamation has. been 'posted over Havana. —The Hayti rebels are btrtebarding Gonaives. Silnave has raised the siege of Aug Cayes; and has gone to Port au Prince, but has to wait for an iron Clad from the .0 S. before relieving Gonaives. —Peru bas recognized the indepen dence of' iba. Great Britain, :The Horning host (official) hints that Canada is unprofit able as a colony and a military post, but hopes she is improving. The Times con firms the denial of the rejection of the Chinese treaty with the ,U. S., and ad mits the unquestionable merits of our di plomacy. It says the want of a sense of national responsibility is the difficulty in the way otbringing China out of her se clusion by peaceable means. The last Parliament secured , ,women a right to vote in municipal elections, and the, Com mons passed a bill to enable them to hold property independently of their husbands. A recent agrarian assassination in County Mayo, Ireland, is deplored, as showing that lawlessness of this'kind is not con fined to Tipperary. • —The Stowe-Byron revelations excite much attention. Lady Byron's family's solicitors, publish a card to discredit the statements made, but do not directly con tradict them., They charge Mrs. Stowe with breach of trust. Wm. Howitt dis credits Lady Byron's statements ' while The Morning Post doubts Mrs. Stowe's faithfulness as a reporter. The. Dail, News accepts the ' , story as• true. The Times thinks Lady Byron was mistaken. The Pall Mall Gazette defends Mrs. Stowe. • —The Oxford and Harvard .crews were entertained at a grand banquet at Crystal Palace on Tuesday week, when Dickens and Hughes made speeches, the former It.:very: five one .and highlyiioni plimentary to Harvard; and her w ar, and scientific record.. Oxford clalms that they were retarded by a rosy-boat towards the close of the race. Most of the Har yards sailed on Wednesday week , for New York. • —The import, of cotton is great be yond precedent. The weather is very favorable for the cropz;and cereals have fallen vel . 'y low. A Compaq to' run a telegraph cable from Naples'to New York' has been organized. The mercantile marine of the British Islands and colo• - nies numbers 40,337 vessels, measuring 7,236,125 tons. Iron ships are driving wooden out of use. rrano o ;—Eugenie as given up ,her trip co the East and returns to Parig,'on account of the Emperor's ill hqalth. He was well enough -to preside again at a Council of Ministers. His physicians are hopeful. Prince Napoleon is 19.k -ing'speeches in the Senate-in urgency of further reforms. The Ministers p,rotest\ against them in 'public as " scandaloue but the Emperor allows„,ik,to,. be under stood that he privately approves. Finan cial reforms on a huge scale are pro mised. The Senate rejects the proposal fur liberal reforms in its own body. —The report of a Mutiny arid execu, tions on: the U. S. Frigate Sabine is d lie. Germanv.—.Blazer's statue of Hum boldt 'has been shipped. from Berlin to New. York:' , A line of steamers from Stettin to the U. S. is. proposed. The German Arctic eiplorers are all well, Off Greenland. — ; Aver a thousand, citiesand towns have co-operative banks, stores, and societies. There are fully fiftee'n dred successful co operative 'societies in operation,, inCluding two hundred and fifty stores and inanuthotories, and over eleven hundred banks. These have a total 'membership of over , 200;000 pegsons,:who reppesent about , 1,Q90,000 &mils.- TO carry on these social; estab lishments there is a capital ,of 52,000,- 00U in constant,. active circulation, and a further sum of $32 . ;700,0Q0 in deposits and loans.. The banks of credit have advanced duriridthe last three years an average of $150,0Q0,000 per annum. —The five hundreth , anniversary of the birth of John Huss, was ,celebrated September sth,