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PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JULY 19, 18G6.
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great Storm in new york.
' Tfc Tornado and the Lightning
new the Wind Blow Nobttdy Wood Uu
Town .Maggie nttchll In m Tlht
VImcc Lwwe' Hallooa tb Kampage
A Qeneral rtlow-Oat rorty Men
Knocked Mown On Onljr Hurt rue
Waited fttate (Balloon) done toftniaab.
The peculiarities of the weather usually afford
taaterial tor goo;l humored raillery to tbosu
whose badness it is to "write it up," and so
long as its cttects lire ten only In a cessation of
hosnlirtesyamoug the bulls aud bears of Broad
street, or in tho occasional eccentricities of sane
people elsewhere, the theme is one legitimate
enough lor tho exercise of the small wit of re
porters, and they tto well to work the Ueld, for
it needs developing, but when men and women
are being Bincken down in the street as by a
plague, and when even the shelter of one's roof
is not security against sickness or death from
the Inteuse heat, (be subject ceases to be a
merry one.
. The column and a half devoted in yesterday's
lirruB to the record of deatbs and prostration
from coup de toleU was suttlciently alarming to
nervous people to make them pray earnestly,
however long out of practice, for a change of
t- weal her, and it is only because the weather has
chanred thut we dare to write even cheerfully
about it. Anent this praying for a change of
weather, there is a story toid ot two sailors, who,
ca-t away at sea, had manured to preserve their
lives for a few hours upon a rait, but being with,
out tood, the storm still raging, and no land in
sigtit, they gave up hope, aud concluded that it
was lime to pray, which one of them la said to
'have doue in this fashion:
"O Lord ! look down with an eve of compas
sion upon two poor devils afloat 1 We're not like
the land lubbers that worry you every day; we
never bothered you before since we were babbies,
and you'll never hear from us again if you oul y
save us lust this once, O Lord 1 "
Never lor a moment venturing to hint that
there la any such moral obliquity io tbis Chris
tian community, it is true withal that this hot
1 spell brought a quantity of prayers out of people
not addicted to that kind ot elocution. Whether
as a result of tbis eleventh-hour repentance or
, not, the comforting breeze which heralded in
tee morning yesterday was the most welcome
visitor New York has known lor many years.
Indeed, It might be said, without fear of con
tradiction, that its presence pave more universal
joy than tid any groat or long-talked-ot event
in our memory, not exeepfcng the visit ot the
Prince of Wales, when, us a marriageable young
man, he awoke the palpitations of fair bosoms
1 in P'fth avenue, or as a young person of very
small brains, he stirred to eulogistic depths our
city sages and men ol science, or as a Prince he
roused the loyalty which might have starved at
home had it not come here to be better fed, or
as a sensation when he occasioned the sponta
neous combustion of the crowd generally.
It was a g I o r-t-o-u-s breeze, and everybody
congratulated every other body when they met
on the stairs or on the street. Windows wi-te
.thrown open and Venetian blinds flung to the
wall; carpets might fade or curtains swallow the
dust, but the breeze must have lis way.
Such was the immense relief, although the
thermometer had not vet got under 90 degrees
in the shade, that neeven saw grave business
men Rbake each other convulsively by the hand
in Crooks' bar-room, exclaiming, "I say, old
fellow, this is jolly; let's have another." This
conversation was overheard on p-ising throuch
lrom Nassau to Printing House square. It 19
convenient to pass that way sometimes. It is a
near cut. This explanation may be considered
superfluous, but everybody does not know that
reporters never drink in business hours. Lut
the whole woild grow wise.
So, even with the thermometer at 90 degrees,
such was the chang from the fearfully oppres
sive atmosphere which preceded it, that people
. ielt comparatively satisfied with a temperature
under, which they had groaned but a week
beiore. Borne thought iha'. the hot spell would
blow quietly away in this fashion, and that the
wind would edge round etwise aud bring us
rain. But the weather-wise, they thought other
wise. They said (that is, the old people, not the
philosophers) that noneot your summer zephyrs
are going to restore the atmospheric equili
brium, i You are in for a blow, and a bi2 one.
.Whereupon more of the nervous people began
to support themselves againsl the coming blow.
V ' TFJB TORNADO.
1 About noon huge piles of clouds began to rear
themselves to windward in fantastic shapes
along the horl.on from east to west As tbey
approached the zenith the breeze freshened con
siderably until near 2 o'clock, when there was a
sudden lull, followed by a vivid stream of light
the first flash ot the Impending battle. The
thunder peal had scarcely rolled away when tbe
wind came down with terrible energv, doing
more sweeping in a breathing time than the
Board of Health have been able to screw out ot
the Commissioners of Streets in a month. Up
town the sight was truly startling. Prom the
Park gate, at w hich the writer stood when the
tornado first struck the island, it seemed tha .
our Empire City had suddenly met the fate o
8odoro Hnd Gomorrah which God forbid,
whether she deserve it or no. The electric fire
seemed, veritably, to rain down upon her, so in
cessant were the flashes rushing in forked lines
from r. enitb to nadir, and as the wind tore north
ward the dust arose in dense brown clouds,
wheeling and towering like the smoke ot a con
flagration. On it came, as If a wall of cloud which might
at any moment burst and disclose within its
boundaries a burning city. On came the tor
nado, wrenching off window-shutters, rolling
over ash-barrels, whirling up awnings, wrench
ing tbe roofs of ph-beian shanties when it
caught hold of the vulgar thing, chasing human
nature in every direction in search of shelter,
and causing a state of commotion along the
avenues generally that would bave been highly
edifying to proiessors of dancing and calisthe
nics, or to tbe witty person who said lately that
since tbe last improvement in hoop-skirta we
saw much more of polite society.
A BALLOON IN ITS DEATH FLUBBY.
The writer hid been Invited to partake of a
few mouthtul8 of fresh air with some friends In
the car of Lowe's balloon, a thousand feet or so
above high-water level. He had gone up to the
amphitheatre early in the afternoon, in time, as
he supposed, for his aeiated lunch. He found,
however, that owing to certain eccentricities of
the conveyance which was to bring him lo the
sky-parlor, it was thought prudent to postpone
the trip, and to be contented with Dovle's balloon-punch
and another peculiarity of that per
son which develops itself in pie. There, had
been three ascents before the writer arrived, in
one ot which the last one of the morning
Miss Maggie Mitchell had distinguished herself
in deux temps wit Harry Leslie not on toe
tight rope, by any means. She went up with
him, accompanied by an old lady relative.
Things in the upper air, however, got even too
stirring for Maggie, as the, premonitory svmp
torus of tbe coming hurricane began to show
themselves.
Leslie, who is a skilful aronaut, gave the
signal tor return, and the cables were hauled in
and the balloon landed in safety, not, however,
beiore taking the lop of a flagbtatf at one end of
the ampitheatre, and tipping the car against tbe
roofot the building. Leslie says Miss Mitchell
is a trump, whatever that means. Wben they
caroe tilting against the flazstaff and bump
against the aniuhitlieatre. "What shall I in
what shall I do, Harry?" f aid Maggie. "Hold
me tight." said K:nn. mil so shift did. TIip.
were hauled in safely a before stated, nobody
was frightened but tbe venerable lady aforesaid,
who, to see what she saw might well afford to
pay her dollar, and a eennorth or two ot fright.
Alter this somewhat dangerous descent it was
concluded to make the balloon fast for the diy,
and she was secured, as Is customary when tue
wind blows high, with ten one-inch cables firmly
secured to the platform by ring and bolt.
The writer, modest In most things, dares to
plead to a fair allowance of selt-couceit on tbe
iobiect of the weather. Most people are preco
cious In his way. Those French philosopher,
lor instance, who promised us a cool summer,
and told us the reason why. Theirs was a
scientific self conceit.
Tbe writer's, however, Is only natural. He
does not say anything more. Ho only claims
that when? be says its going to blow, It blows.
He does not say it ts "oecausp the equilibrium
of the atmosphere bas been disturbed by the
generat on of moderate quantities of caloric
aud eccentricity;" but he savs that "wben big
clouds rise behind the wiud alter a hot spell,
then look out for squalls" aud he looks out lor
squalls and they come. If tbe philosopher
said it the other way, there would De a .lead
cairn for a month: just as alter telling you that
owing to the prevalence of extraordinary fields
ot ice in the rztreme Polar regions, we were
sure to have a cool summer, and on proof the
thermometer passes up to 104 degrees In the
shade.
There is a growing contempt for weather
prophets of all kinds, which augurs badly lor
tbe almanac-makers. If you want to preserve
your character for sanity, don't presume to
know more than an old cow, who goes uuder a
hedge an hour before the rain comes on. With
about as much know ledge hence hi conceit of
it as an experienced cow, the writer suggested
lo the balloon-keeper the propriety of "flattening
her out" by letting her gus off. He said it wai
all rigbt, that she would ride it; but it wasu't
all tigbt, as she didn't.
At 240 o'clock the tornado tumbled Into the
amphitheatre, aud swung tbe huge ball about
in such a way that it was evident that she would
break away from her moorings, unless better
secured, and tbat epeedily. Some twenty men
belonging to the place, and as many more, hack
men, policemen, and Fpectators, rushed down
into the arena, and, laying hold of the rope,
did their utmost to control the fury of tbe unruly
monster. Mow dashing from side to side at the
amphitheatre; now sweeping around whizzing
in its rotary motion; again stopping suddenly as
if lor breath, then leapmg upwards to tbe utmost
tension ot htr cable to dash down again; all the
while flinging tbe men about in the most uncotn
fortablo manner. Several of them were carried
up ten and twelve feet and flung floundering on
the platform. Leslie seemed to nold to her like
a cat, and as if he were practising some nw
feat, upon the success of which hie future fame
depended.
A lew moments, however, showed plainly that
neither balloon nor men could staud tbe tug
much longer, and It was concluded to let the
gas out. ' Tbe valve was opeued accordingly,
and the gas began to escape. It might have
been better bad the valve been let alone, but it
inisht also have Dcen worse. The immediate
result of the partial escape was ot course to
make concave that side pressed by the wind,
leaving her, in this shape, ttill more Rt the
mercy of the tornado. All control was now
lost, yet still the men clung on, rising and fall
ing, borne down ov tbe side of the balloon,
prostrate on the platlorm, or the next moment
caught by the ropes and netting, and flung in a
way which was no longer amusing, but ex
tremely perilous. Then came the last and final
"blow," bearing tho now ferocious thing to
the extreme end of tho cables in the direc
tion of the Park: then suddenly shooting her up
in the air, bursting the netting, liberating her,
and flinging insensible upjn the platform a poor
fellow who had clung on to his bread and let
ter to the last moment. Liberated from the
netting, the gas of course expanded, and in a
second, even before s'ae had crossed Fif'ty-ninrh
street, the balloon burst Into fragments, aud
was carried oil into tbe Park like some un
happy monster hurled headlong into Hades.
It is scurcely lair, perhaps, to call the Park
Hades, but to make tbe simile good it must be
remembered that all this time there was only
light enough, to see what was going on below
from the stand ot the amphitheatre. Sky and
all other surroundings were shut out by the im
penetrable cloud ot d'ist. Some twenty of the
men ran alter the fugitive, the others gathering:
around the poor fellow who had fallen. He had
held on in the last convulsive effort of the bal
loon for treed om, then raised some fourteen
feet, from which height be was hurled upou his
head. He was quite insensible when he was
carried uofrom the arena. He was, however,
carelully attended by Mr. De Vera, the chemist
of the establishment, and in a short time was
restored to consciousness. His face and head
were badly contused: his hands, as those of the
other men, were badly cut up with the ropes,
but, happily, this is the sum ot his ills. When
lan seen he was doing his share at a " blow
out," which was given to tbe wounded after the
" blow up."
Shortly alter tbe tornado ceased, tbe men who
had lollowed the balloon thro u eh tbe torrent ot
ram into the Park returned, bearing tbe rem
nants of the erratic globe, like lesser Atlases,
uponineir sboulders, tborougbly drenched and
battered by the storm. As they marched in,
currying tbe sections of tho huge wilted thing,
tbey looked as if tbey had found a monstrous
whale in his native element, skinned him, and
brought away his bide iu triumph.
Four or live days, it is supposed, will set all to
rights, as all of the balloon has been recovered
but the gas. The man who went to look for that
has not come back, and tbey don't mean to wait
for blm.
Terrible E fleets of Lightning in Brooklyn.
BOILEB EXPLOSION AND LOSS OP LI KB.
Duiing the prevalence ot the thunder-storm
reeterday afternoon the electric fluid descended
he large chimney of Lawrence & Son's cordage
factory, situated in Bush wick avenue, fei. !., and
caused fearful havoc and loss of lite. It is stated
that the fluid entered the engine-room, and
severed the supply pipe of the boilers, which
were well supplied with water a tew hours pre
viously. Immediately after tbe severance a
dreadlul explosion took place, the two boilers
being precipitated through the building to a dis
tance ol some lour hundred feet, teariner and
destroying all the buildings and interruptions in
tneir pain.
The boilers took opposite directions, one going
towaids and nearly reaching Johnson street,
carrying away In its course a portion of the gin
ning house attached to tbe factory. The other
plunged tbrougn wans siaoio, ana loagea in
the rear of the ropewalk, a distance of at least
four hundred Jeet from the starting point. The
engineer of the establishment, Mr. William
Boyle, met a most horrible death by tbis
casualty. He was at work in tbe engine-room
when the electric fluid entered it and the explo
sion took place, and his body, horribly muti
lated, and minus a leg and arm, was found a
lew minutes afterwards some rive hundred feet
from the ruins. Mr. Boyle was a very careful,
sober, and industrious man. He leaves a widow
and four children. The loss of property by this
explosion Is estimated at $15,000.
A WOMAN KILLED BY LIGHTNING, ETC.
A woman residing in tbe house of . Mr.
Charles Elfins, in Marlon street, near Howard
avenue, was Instantly killed bv lightning. Sbe
was si tt in ii in a room in the lower part of the
house at tbe time. A man who keeps a store
in Fulton avenue, near Nevini street, while
engaged In cleaning the gutter In front of his
? itemises, was prostrated bv lightning. He was
aken to his home, in Flatbusii avenue, by
some neighbors. . Ilis case is not of a daugarous
character. Tbe spire of the Presbyterian
Church (Rev. Mr. Oreenleaf, pastor), in Franklin
avenue, near Mvrtle avenue, was shattered by
ligbtning. A blacksmith-shoD In Bergen street,
near Smith street, was somewhat damaged by
lightning. The police telegraph wires connect-
I Ing the diHerui stations were blown down by
the storm, and communication was thereby
interrupted lor several hours. The gale was
severe throughout tbe city, and considerable
damage was done by the blowing down of
lenccs, uprooting of trees, etc. . .
A BOW OF BFILDINO? BLOWN DOT7M.
A row of six new three-story brick buildings,
in Wanen street, near Fourth avenue, were
levelled tofthe around yesterday afternoon by
the gale. They were nearly finished. The losi
will amount to about $18,000.
8TBANGB FREAK OP LIGHTNING.
During the thunder shower vesterday, which
wasvtry severe In Jersey City, the lightning
struck a large tree n York street, completely
ttrioping tbe berk from top to bottom, but
leaving no other mark of its presence. A". Y.
limes of to-day.
MEXICO.
Ttao Eroprm Carlotln (Joint to Europe
io BOffoilate m Slew JLoon Secret
tirspesnMlHlou from the Emperor
OniraRoa t'pon Amrrtcnnit Napoleon's
ltl(na Alnt tho United MtntB
Whii lie Freposee to do wben Peace
In Europe la Restored Reported Cap
ture of lanpico, Eie.
NEW NATURALIZATION LAW.
Cut op Mexico, July 3. Contrary to general
belief, the Emperor could obtain almoxt un
limited Icacs iu Europe if the United States were
to recognize the Emperor. Both EnglLsh and
(ieinian capitalists stand ready and anxious to
buck him up to any amount "the moment the
Federal Government shows the least favorable
change towards the empire; but that ugly "if
interieres, and spoils tbe trade. The revenues
have beeu constantly increasing, the commerce
ot the country is greater than ever beiore, and
tbe new tax svstem must yield a large income,
if it ever shall be enlorced; and, altogether tbe
financial condition is as promising as at any
other period. But the renewed activity and
unexpected successes of the .Liberals must
necessarily call for greater activity and increase
of the Imperial army, which must cause cur
reeponding increase ol expenditures, which will
dowbtless exceed the estimates of the Minister
of War.
SECRET EUROPEAN MISSION.
On the English steamer which sailed from
Vera Cruz yesterday went out Seuor Eloin, chief
of tbe Emperor's Cabinet He goes upon a spe
cial mission to France aud Austria; but his
instructions are secret, and can only be guessed
at. It can reler but to two things arrauemeut
lor the retention of troops and- foreign assist
ance, or abdication of the Emperor. Madame
Humor has set afloat a most improbable story
that the Emperor has become so heartily sick
of the condit on of affair?, that he intends to
order an election immediately after tbe with
drawal of the br. t detachment of French troops.
No Interference ot any kiud is to be tolerated at
the polls; but it is to be a full and free expres
sion of the will of the Mexican people; and if a
majority declare their preleieuce for a republic
over the empire, the Emperor will at once abdi
cate, as be does not choose to rule over an un
willing people. Of course this is mere sensa
tion: although it is well known tbat his
Maest's preferences are in iavorof a life in
Europe, and that be remains here most unwill
ingly, and only upou reasons ot state.
Tbe capture cf Maramoras was a severe blow
to the empire, as it tbrew tho whole northern
frontier into the Liberals' hands, as well as
endangered the whole Gulf coast above Vera
Cruz. The ciy press have been outspoken and
severe in their remarks upon the late course of
tbe bmperor, who apparently looked upon all
the proceedings in tbe North with the utmost
unconcern; and the strictures of tbe French
lournals would have insured their sjppression
had they been anything but French. Tbe
JistafiUe was particularly bitter in its remarks,
and laid the whole disaster upon the Emperor:
but, ot course, there are two sides to tbe all air,
and when the whole truth is made knon it
will be seen that Marshal Bazaneis the responsi
ble party. The lukewarmness of the French
almost amounts to opposition, and so dis
satisfied are the Emneror and the Marshal
that neither seeks to conciliate the other.
The control of the military is in the hands of
the Marshal, who orders forces to such points
as he deems necessary, and he has nearly alto
gether Ignored Matamoras and Tamplco. The
Austrian and Belgian troops are placed in all the
exposed positions, while the French loll at their
ease in this capital and other large cities. Too
Marshal, however, appears to bave an eye to
Cbihuabua, Sonora, and Sinaloa, it is believed
here, with the ultimate dolen ot holding those
States as indemnity tor French claims. It is
certain that upon several occasions tbe Liberals
took strong towns in ftbe interior without firing
a shot, and exacted contributions ot the inhabi
tants, the French soldiers in the meanwhile
being snug and safe behind their works, faying
tbey had orders only to defend themselves, and,
unless attacked, would not tight tbe Liberals.
NAPOLEON'S DESIQNS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES.
The French continue very bitter In their
feelings against Americans, and especially the
newly arrived oflicers are very free In their
expressions of what la the design of Napoleon
towards the United states. A prominent officer,
a tew days since, declared in very offensive
terms the French hatred of American pro
gression, and declared it to be the set
tled rolicy of both England and France
to prevent the Uuited States from obtain
ing a foothold, under any pretense,
UDon Mexico. His argument was that If the Fede
ral Government should do so, it would control
the commerce of the world, dictate terms to
France and England, and with the alliance
of Itussla, enuanger the peace ot Europo;
the States would soon dispossess Spain
ol Cuba, tbus acquiring the monopoly of the
cotton, sugar, and coffee trade the nrl tue neces
sities of the world and thus make all othir
nations mere tributaries to them. He also ob
served that so well was this understood by tne
two l.atious most Interested In preventing it,
that the co-operation was already agreed upon,
aud tbe peace of Europe once secured, the
Mexican question would be solved, and that,
too, not at all to tbe liking ot the United States.
Tbis may be all bosh, but tne officer1 position
ensbles bim to acquire the state secrete, and tue
tact that it accords with the expressions of all
new arrivals is at least significant.
ARRIVAL OP MEJIA AND STAFF AT MEXICO.
General Mejia and staff arrived here last nlgM,
lo corsult with the Department upon aiiuits
upon the frontier. Marshal Bazaine has gone
to look after affairs in that direction, aud it is
not at all llkelv he will rema n a quiet specta
tor of Liberalsucces.es. He has the power to
recapture Matamoras in a tew weeks. Whether
he Kill exercise that power is problematical.
TAHPICO BEPOBTED CAPTDBBD.
The Liberals claim that Tamoico and Tuspau
are both in their bands. Ceneral Lauiadrid,
alter heroically delending Tamplco several
weeks apainst large odds, suddenly pronounced
agamst the empire and raised the Liberal flag,
turning his guns uoon the tew Frencu soldiers
ad inhabitants. This Lamadnd is looked upon
with suspicion by both parties. He commanded
a brigade in the Liberal army, and fought the
French at Puebla, but was among the first to
vive in his adbes'oa to the empire, for which he
was rewarded with an important command. He
bas proved himself to be a skilful soldier; but if
his recent betrayal of his command at Tamplco
be true, it etamps him as a double traitor. But
h s course is in entire keeping with Mexican
character most ot the officers have changed
colors so olten within tbe last ten years that it is
not a difficult tak tor them to make the leap
from the imperial to the Liberal lines. There
are many honorable exceptions to this rule, how
ever, and seveial of tbis class are now in the
United fctates.
Vef a Cbce,J nly 9. Th American mall steamer
Manhadan, which was to leave here for Havana
and New x oik at noon yesterday, did not do so
in consequence of being detained per orders to
tbat eflect received telegraphically lrom the city
of Mexico.
a hessenqeb from Maximilian to mibamon.
An Austria! or Belgian officer has taken pas
age on board ot the American steamer, en route
for Europe, who is the bearer of a despatch
from Maximilian to Miramon. It is that Maxi
milian is making anangements fo leave at an
early date. It is said that be would do so now
but that tbe French oblect, and constrain him
to lemain until they are ready to withdraw
their troops, and the trench debt matter is
settled.
Banta Anna's proclamation has been received
here, printed in Castlllan. aud in circular form.
Certain parties are very busy In circulating
copies of it.
TAMPICO BEPOBTED TAKEN.
There Is a rumor in circulation in this city
that Tampico has been taken by the Liberals.
EXCITEMENT AT VfiBA CRUZ SKIRMISH BETWEEN
THE LIBERAL AND IMPERIAL FORCES.
"Yesterday Vera Cruz was thrown into a state
of excitement In consequence ot the circulation
of several reports tbat fighting was going on at
a place situated thirteen miles in a westerly
direction from tbe citv. At the same lime the
non-arrival of the mail train on lime, and for
gome three hours afterwards, seemed to confirm
the repoits. Subsequently we learned that an
imperial patrol left Tajarla, going westward
towards La Pulga. On the way it met a small
body of Literals reconoitering. and skirmished
with tb em. While this was going on, a patrolling
party of Imperialists, who had travelled eastp
waid from La Pulga, came np and reinforced
the others, who were still engaged.
The mail train, which had left Paso del Macho
at six A. M., arrived at La Pulga at twenty
minutes past eieht, and was stopped. Six hun
dred thousand dollars in specie and a gnurd was
on tbe train. The train guard was sent down at
once to the scene of the skirmish, but the Libe
rals had retreated before their arrival. The
casualties were few in number. Tbe railroad
train w as then run on to this city. As soon as
the lacts were made public the excitement sub
sided. At three A. M. yesterday morning the Liberal
cavalry left tbe immediate vicinity of Vera Cruz
and moved off, dividing into three columns, and
taking separate roads.
E1TACTJARO.
The report has been confirmed that Recules
has occupied Zitacuaro. He was reinforced by
the commands ot Castillo and Ugalde, and the
partisan rangers of the Department ot loluca.
Acto Tork llerald.
The Girl Who Was Starved and Frozen for
Three Weeks.
From the Pitttburg (a.) Dispatch, July 13.
Our readers will doubtless remember the
remarkable case ot Louisa Blackburn, wbo was
found under a haystack in North Beaver Town
ship, Lawience county, in Decsmbcr last, where
she bad lain, without tood and with very little
covering, lor a peiiod ot about three weeks. She
was in a dying condition when lound, both leet
having been frozen, and her body greatly
emaciated by long lasting.
She slowly gained strength, and after several
weeks of medical treatment, it became necessary
to amputate both of her limbs about four inches
below the knees. She also lost the sight of one
eye, caused by the etiects of severe cold. It was
feared that she would not survive the operation
of double amputation, but alter many weeks of
nursing she began to recover, and is how able to
crawl about in quite a lively manner. She is
living in the same vicinity, and is supported by
the Poor Directors ot the township. A consider
able sum of money has been raiecd for the pur-
f lose ot purchasing her aitilicial feet, but it is
hought that these appliances would be useless,
owing to the fact that the "stumps" are drawn
backwards, not having been kept straight with
the remainder of the limbs alter amputation.
6he has lately made several attempts to stand,
and comes so near succeeding that she thinks
she will yet be able to walk upright.
She is so active that she can crawl into bed
herself, and get out aeain, by climbing down
the bed post She is likely to lose the sight ot
her other eye, as a film, resembling cataruct, is
now making its appearance upon the ball. She
still persists in the story she originally told of
having escaped lrom Bait Lake City, with her
mother and sister, who died from the hardships
of the journey, and were buried on tbe way.
Very few persons believe the statement, and
theie are good reasons for regarding it as
greatly exaggerated, or a sheer fabrication.
The fact of her having remained so long a time
in tbe hay-stack is corroborated by respectable
citizens, and her recovery, considering her
almost hopolcss condition, is onej of the most
singular acts on record. She has also been the
occasion ol much unpleasant feeling and con
troversy among persons in the immediate
neighborhood; but since her recovery tbe gos
sip venders have had but little to say about
her or the manner of her treatment.
Mr. Forney's "Man Jones."
A CURIOUS 8TOBT ABOUT TBE "SENATOR," INVES
TIGATION ORDEBED, ETO.
From the New Tork Times of to-day.
In the discussion in the Senate upon the bill
to increase the pay of the employes of the
Senate, Mr. Fessenden took occasion to object
to tbe management of the stationery-room In
Mr. Forney's department. It appears that the
"Keeper ot Stationery" is one Mr. Jones, confi
dential clerk of Mr. Forney, and familiarly
kuown as "Forney's man." Mr. Fessenden says
tbis employe is very rarely present at bis post,
and he intimates tbat Jones is engaged In cer
tain other pursuits. He now receives a salary
ot $2100 for absolutely doing nothing, and it is
eougbt to raise his salary for this arduous labor
to the sum of 12500, and give htm a messenger
besides at $15UU. Mr. Fessenden obiects to this,
a lid invites an examination Into tbe manage
ment of the stationery-room. Mr. Jones princi
pally occupies his time upon tbe floor of the
House and Senate In lobbying bills through
Congress. His position as an emoloye in the
Senate enables him to get the entree in each
House, and facilities for buttoa-boling the mem
bers. Whether this is done under sail ol ion of
Mr. Forney or not has not trausplred, but it is
,nii)anr that1 iha Cmura 1a vistfr 4tsltnarl t An
Wiucuv vuuu v ii v iTuumv id utiv milium v v la
courage tbis kind of sinecure, and Mr. Jones I
will prooaoiy be required to give more ot bis
attontion to the stationery room hereafter, which
will seriously interfere with his lobby schemes.
Progress ot the Pails Exhibition Building.
The Paris correspondent of the London 4fom
ing iitar writes:
"The Champs de Mars is one vast scene of
excavating, levelling, engineering, and erecting.
Railways run over tbe Point do Jena carrying
earth to the Trocadero, wh oh is being levelled.
Tbe Trocsdero Is the height opposite the Ecole
Militaire, and the spot on which was to have
been erected the marble palace for that poor
Prinoe who thus wrote his own melancholy epi
taph : ' Born King ol Home died an Austrian
colonel.' Railways iun aciosa thj Champs de
Mars, around it, about It, every where ; thou
sands ol hands work night and day. But this is
not all. Already there arises the skeleton of
the vast Industrial Palace. A large seameut of
tbe vast circular iron gallery which Is to rim
around the building is already erected , and from
it you can give a slight guess at what the whole
will be."
THIRD EDITION
FROM WAXHINGTOW THIS AFTERNOON.
SPECIAL DESPATCHES TO EVENING TELEGRAPH.
Washington, July 19.
Mr. Clarke' HenlrMtta.
The Inferences drawn from the fact that the
Hon FTeemnn Clarke's resignation was In any
wise influenced by the report of the House Com
mittee on tbe National Banks, are very unjust to
that gentleman. The state of the case is
directly the reverse. Mr. Clarke regards the
renort of that Committee as coming very lar
short of the truth and the facts of the matter;
and he finds cause of complaint because the
Committee did not investigate the cases of the
Memphis and Venango Banks, in which
tbe Government loses nearly a million
of dollars. He further maintains that the pre
sent system of designating National banks as
Government depositories, which is beyond his
control, is a vicious one. and tends to corrupt
the banks by allowing them to Keep on deposit
a larger amount of public money than they
furnish securities for. lie also avers that as
tbe law now stands it is not sufficiently sum
mary In tts features to enable him to proceed
promptly against a defaulting bank. These
facts are among the causes of his resignation.
He says he urged the Committee to make the
examination thorough, and that they did not
Tbe South Carolla Plantation.
The Commissioner of the Freedtnen'i Bureau
in South Carolina, writing to headquarters,
mentions several cases where negroes are pre
vented from filling contracts on acoount of the
scarcity of provisions. One case in particular
is the Ramsay Plantation, on Black river, near
Georgetown, S. C. 145 acres of rice, 60 acres of
corn, and 17 acres of potatoes, etc., are being
cultivated. Sixty lreedmen are employed.
Tbey were to subsist themselves, but now their
provisions have run out, and It lacks three
months of being harvest time. The planter has
no provisions to give and no money to purchase,
so he asks Government to furnish subsistence to
laborers fcnd take mortgage on crops a security.
General Fisk, writing from Nashville, Teno.,
to the Freedmen's Bureau here, gives a state
ment of the condition of the freedmen's schools
in the State of Tennessee for the quarter ending
June 30, 1866. The whole number of schools is
77, employing 183 teachers, and having an
overage daily attendance of 13,236 scholars. Of
these 1884 are taught in alphabet, 7245 in spell
ing, CJ24 in reading, and the remainder in arith
nietic, geography, and gram mar.
General Fisk further states that the schools
at Memphis were temporarily suspended by tbe
bloody riots in May. Eight school-houses were
burned, school furniture rvnd books were given
to the flames, and a teacher murdered. Imme
diate steps wero taken to rebuild the school-
houses and re-establish the schools. A Urst-clas3
high school will be opened at Memphis in
September next.
Assessments for tbe Blair Party.
Government officials in this State are to be
assessed 33i per cent, on their yearly salary, to
be collected in full for July, August, September,
and November, which is to go to the Blair party
for use in the coining November election. At
least $300,000 will be realized in Maryland.
which, with funds raised by tho Tiger Club
Claim Agency, and the percentage allotted from
Washington Department assessments, will give
the Rebel interest in Maryland $200,000, and the
Influence of 1600 resident officials. Notwith
standing all these odds, the loyalists have se
lected out the more honest, uprlarht, conscien
tious men of the different districts, and will go
beiore the people with purity, Integrity, and trim
patriotism.
Tbe Nw TarirrBIII.
Tbe Tariff bill, which passed the nouse yes
terday, is almost purely administrative iu its
character. It imposes duties on but three
articles, to wit: Cigars, two dollars and a half
per pound and fifty per cent, ad valorem, forbids
their importation otherwise than in boxes con
taining not more than five hundred, and re
quires them to be stamped by a regular Custom
House stamp, and provides that all sold without
such stamp shall be subject to seizure and for
feiture. Imposes a duty of three cents per pound
on cotton, and provides that all mixtures In
which alcohol is the chief ingredient shall pay
tbe same duty as is Imposed upon distilled
spirits. The section providing for a Bureau of
Statistics is Included in the bill, and will form a
valuable adjunct to the Bureau of the Special
Commissioner of the Revenues.
Tbe Two Conventions.
The convention of the Unconoitlonal Union
meu, which was to have met in Baltimore, has
been postponed until the 15th of August, as the
convention of the Johnsonitei has been called for
the 25th instant, next Wednesday, and It was
thought expedient to adjourn the loyal nomina
tions until the Democracy should have fairly
shown their hands.
Tbe Neutrality iaestion.
General Banks will make a report on tbe neu
trality question before adjournment.
Tbe Reorganization of tbe Judiciary,
Both Houses have finally passed a bill re
ducing the number of judges of the Supreme
Court to nine, and reconstructing the Judicial
districts. It was Intimated fu tho caucus the
other night that the President might veto this
bill.
Kt algnallon ef Keprt' Koussean.
General Rousseau wss in his seat yesterday,
and participated in the proceedings. He has
written his letter of resignation, and will pro
bably send it to the Governor of Kentucky.
Tb Cabinet Change.
Cabinet paragraphs furnish no news and but
little speculation. It is fully understood that
Secretaries Stanton and Harlan will not resign
for some time, if at all.
Governor Randall's appointment as Postmaster
General Is hung np In the Senate. His friends
are working assiduously for hit confirmation,
but he is strenuously opposed by many Senators
on account of his leading connection with the
Philadelphia Convention. The vote will be very
close,
FROM CAPE MAY TO-DAY.
Or an 4 Ball of tbe Athletle Baee Bull
Clnbnl'ecisireHall le-nls;hi. -
SPSOIAL DESPATCH TOTB EVBMMO TBXJKmAPH.
Cape Mat, July 19. A grand ball will be
f iven to the Athletic Base Bali Club, in tha
concert-room ofj Congress Hall, this evening.
The affair is under the management of William
E. Sinn, lessee of the Chcsnut Street Theatre),
Philadelphia, Mark Hassler, Ralph M. Town
send, Frank Merrlhew, Mr. Meeser, of the 8un
day Mercury, Charles F. Potts, Mr. Spangs, and
others, and promises to be a brilliant affair.
Seeend Denpateh
SPECIAL , DESPATCH TO VKNINC1 TBLBORAPH.J
Cate Island, July 19. The Athletic Base Ball
Club arrived by the first train this morning, and
were escorted to Congress Hall by a large com
mittee of gentlemen, especially appointed. At
the hotel Haseler's Band welcomed them with
splendid music. Tbis eveuing a grand ball will
be given to them at Congress Hall.
From San Francisco.
Ban Francisco, July 18. The cargo of the
ship Hornet, burned at sea, was largely insured
in the Pacific Insurance Company. The losses
are being promptly paid in gold coin.
133,0C0 lbs. No. 1 American grade wool have
been sold during the past week at 16 to 21 cents.
A large amount of this goes per ship Lockout,
loading for Boston.
In tho case of Emil Grisar vs. Irwin Mc
Dowell, Judge Field, of the U. S. Circuit Court,
yesterday gave Judgment in favor of the de
fendant. This confirms the Government in the
possession of the property known as Black
Point, on which fortifications have been erected.
Tbe receipts of bullion from all quarters
since July 1st have been $2,000,000.
Mining stocks are firm, but transactions
limited. Ophir, $270; Yellow Jacket, $650;
Savage, $910. Legal-tenders. 71.
Indiana Union Convention.
Kew Albany, Ind., July 18. The Union Con
gressional Convention was held at the Pair
Grounds to-day. Five counties were repre
sented, and about 7000 persons were present,
including a large number of ladles. J. M.
McCampbell was elected Chairman. An able
spech was made in the forenoon by tbe Hon.
H. W. Newcomb, of Indianapolis, which was
warmly applauded.
At 1 P. M. Governor Morton appeared, accom
panied by General Grab am and others. He
seems weak, and was assisted to the stand.
When taking his seat he delivered an eloquent
addreos oi nearly threo hours, during whieh he
was frequently greeted with vociferous applause.
An Incident In the Life of a Murderer.
from the Cincinnati Commercial, July 14.
Watson, the professional burglar, and mur
derer of Captain Menter, who is to be hung on
the 31st of next month, sent recently, per Adams
Express, to the Clerk oi Perry county, Indiana,
a package containing a letter, and the revolver
with which tne murder was committed. In the
course of his operations Waisoa entered the
tesidence of tbe clerk above mentioned, lor the
purpose of obtaining his keys and robbing the
ale. Gaining access to tbe sleeping apartment
of the clerk, be lound, sleeping soundly, and
entirely without suspicion of barm, the husband,
v. lie, and infant child. Turning the light ot his
"glim" around the room.the guilty "crackiman"
noticed on the table a loaded revolver. He
looked at the weapon, and then at the sleeping
child and mother, and thought that if in the
course of his search tor the keys he should
awake the fat her, he might have to murder them
all in order to escape. Dreading such work, he
quietly took tbe revolver and left the house;
and with the revolver he murdered Captain
Menter. . .i
Old Samaritan Manuscripts.
The Pall Mall Gazette remarks that the Pales
tine Lxploratlon Fund has begun to yield most
promising results in a province where they
were least expected and moat needed, viz., in
that of Semitic Paheography. A certain num
ber of photographs taken by the exploring ex
pedition on various spots of the Holy Land, and
comprising representations ot some of the oldest
Samaritan manuscripts, and further Samaritan
and Hebrew inscriptions ot a remote age, have
been submitted by the Committee to Mr.
Deutsch, of the Brltuh Museum. This gentle
man has now reported upon tbe matter at
some length, and, it appears, has been able to
arrive at some very interesting conclusions,
chiefly with regard to a long-contested Samuri
tan inscription found upon a stone in a Moham
medan minaret at Nabulus. Mr. Deutsch baa
completely restored the reading of this probably
oldest epigraph in existence. A great deal of
additional light Is also thrown, by these new
materials, upon the vexed question of the age,
and primitive fhape of ihe square nebrew char
acter, the final decision ot which must be of the
highest import frr Biblical and post-Biblical
criticism, archuoloey, antiquities, history, and
the rest.
Gen. Lane's Pievlo us Thoughts on Suicide.
The Kansas Chief, commenting upon the sui
cide of General James H. Lane, says:
"Tbe act appears to have been no sudden idea
with himsell. It is related or him. that imme
diately after his first election to the Senate, in
which contest bts chances had been desperate,
a irienu asked bim what be would have done if
he had failed? Lane, pulling out a pistol, re
plied that It he had received information that he
was beaten, heshould have blown out his brains
on tbe spot. It was his last and only hope he
bad worked and lived tor that position and if
he bad failed, be bad made up his mind to live
no longer." ,
General Shbrman's Vote. It will be remem
bered that Governor Oglesby, of Illinois, at the
met ting at Salem, in "Esynt." on the 4th inst..
callr d General Sherman a Democrat, to which
tne uenerai promptly repueo: 'i never was a
Democrat: I never voted but once in my lite."
The Zanesville (Ohio) Courier tells this story of
the General: While ou the grand march to the
sea, a lellow-oriicer one evening asked him for
whom be was going to vote. The General re
plied that he should not vote; he had voted but
once, and tbtu he disfranchised himself. Such,
looks oi wonder and incredulity as this produced
may be Imagined, but the General, paying no
attention thereto, nroceeded: "I never voted
for a President but once in my life, aud that was
tor Buchanan; and I am since satisfied tbat aav
person w ho w as fool enough to do that has
not sense enough to exercise tbe elective fran
chise. I disfranchised myself, and coLsequently
suaii nut vote."
A Windfall. It Is stated that Miss Jennie
L. Douglass, of New York, bas received a legacy
ot one hundred thousand dollars lrom a relative
in Scotland. Miss Douglass la a native of New
York, and was lor many years a teacher at New
burg, and subsequently in Washington city.
She was employed during the war la one of tne
departments at Washington, and a!io at tbe hos
pitals (or wounded soldiers,