PEACOCK. Mfte. OLUME XXIII.-NO. 120. KARIVARDS.4IXFORDS GRAPHIC ACCOUNT OF THE RACE tTelegrhii.from Moncitie D • Conway to the N. Y. World.) LONDON,' August27.--The international boat race has been won by the Oxfords by a clear three lengths. • • The race is conceded universally to have been perfectly, fair - and honorable on both sides. "-• ;. • twenty-two minutes and fort3r-one seconds-- more than they took :over: the course a few The Haryards won the right to choose the shore, and of course chose the Middlesex sida - The race Started at quartet past dye at the • Word "geri'Aprotiounced by Mr: Blnikie, • the stroke of 'iii, and the coach of the HarYard four. Oxford twieennswered no,' while :HarVard 'seemed more anxious to start, alt Mettle was beginning to run out. 7 s • The boat used by Harvard was the Ameri can boat built by Elliot. • —•--The distance rowed is a littleletis - thawfour miles and three furlongs. The day was fair but the tide unfavorable. 'Por the firtit mile of the race , Harvard was. .jahead.bylirtde than a length'; 'rowing - forty two strokes per minute to Oxford's thittp Harvard's towing was:most brilliant, and many believe that the racemight haye been gained had the coXswain Made aa better effort take OXfOtd's water.' -r : As Hamirienanith Bridge was passed the ad. vantage wasetillWith the Harvards; but it was perceived that the pace at which they started could not be SUStained. • AS Harvard sank from forty-tire to forty, and lower, Oxtord rose to forty strokes per minute, and maintained it, without alteration to the end. ; • A little before Chiswick was reached (about half-Wayi Oxford, by a splendid matneuvre, of the co'sswahi, took Harvard's water, ;and all of Mr. Buritham'S efforts to escape Oxford's wash were in vain. 'As Chiswick Church watt passed Harvard was visibly distressednial Mr.ilernhatn. began throUing water over is stroke and Simmons, on whom the labor and the sultriness told heavily, It was now perceived that the race was lest by Harvard, r, one moreheroic effort was made to gain Oxiord's side. When the gun sounded the. Harvard crew. after it moment's rest, drew up by the side of the Oxford applauded their victors by clappitig their.hands.: -The Oxonians aknowledged this by takbrit off their bath. The gr'etitest enthustasni iva , Oxianifested,and , front the Englishmen on the Unipire's boat and tin. bend for the press--dhe only t*OaccoMpa nring the race—there were cheers given for Harvard., Having paid their re merits to • their oppo nents,, the. Harvard crew embarked on • a swanier.. The Oxford crew, which seemedbut little fatigued,rowed back to Putney,attended by the Mess steamer Sunflower, which an nounced their victory to the crowded . shores by raising '-time Oxford above the' Harvard The Ovation they received was': prolonged cheerpaigsingfrota 3lorthike to London, it is believed that no crowd so immense ever before gathered on the Thitrat. ' Among theflags many were American, and two of the largest of these were waved by the victorious crew. On return the feeling between the adherents of the two sides was very friendly, on account of the extraordinary care taken by all that the Harvards should have nothing to complain of. There are various theories of the cause of Harvard's failures. It is rumored that their diet has been lately vegetarian, but it is not true. Loring is criticised for not having English coaching; Burnham for bad( steering, but many good judges declare that the race was almost arepetition of the race between the English universities, and Harvard-failed—be-j -cause its style is that of Cambridge. Among the Anierbans who witnessed the race were Consuls Dudley and Morse, the Hon. S. S. Cox, MessrS. 'Welker, Morgan, Sturgis, and Wilkes. The American press was largely represented, and a number of English literal, men were present. A good deal of money was lost by bets being . taken when Oxford was behind. The largest loss I heard of by an American was four hun dred pounds. An effort was made to foul Oxford. It will be investigated. The irmdividual l Wits in dress like a member bf a famous rowing club, and a lad was in his boat. No one supposes it other :than mm attempt to win a bet. Tlie relatiVe crewsnre very kindly to-night; they dine together at, 'Mr. Phillips' residence, at Mortlake. To morrow the Harvard crew willdine 'With Morgan Baker, and on Monday both crews will be at the London Rowing Club banquet., Immediately after that the Harvard will dis perse. Mr. Simmons goes to Heidelberg- to pupsue his studies. He has gained snuck ad- Thiratiell for his beautiful rowing, as has Lo ring for his science. Muria; Hughes visited the emu's just Vlore, the race. 11 , has dined with the Harvard crew. Hall, the Oxford cokswain, who-looks like a, boy of tn - elve years, receives much praise fbr his tact. . Worm:ill, editor of Ben's Ltle t attributes much to Willan's finar years' experience of the 1:011Itie -With the Catithridge races.! • Kelly, the coach, :reclines that lack of scien tific rowing and bad Steering lost the race. On the press boat there were only fifty person ,to which the number was limited by the Thames Conseri - ancy. Among those on it repreS(3ilt iiig Anierivan journalti were Dicey, Clucleson, Kirwan, Smalley, and one Wilkie Wass OP the umpire's beat. • No qeestion was raised' before the umpires, who were Galsten, Cantata of the London Rowing Chth, for the 1 Harvard. crew, and Chitty, for the Oxford creW llu&heS being the referee. Fity, of the Harvard crew, made dekperate eftbrts to alter the tide of WWl's, auitaithongh the coxswaiu threw writer over his men and roused them to fresh exertions every nihmte, they gradeallyfell astern. Then, they ,put on another spUrt; and rapidly dreW up to their competitors, but it died out, and' Oxford' pre served •- the lead, although •: , their r boric , was nearly Overtarnetbby some ;parties whom the ThiuneS police would have done }veil to look after. , Tlie Oxonians ‘Nroli-hy' three ' boat; : lengths, but with greet ' :TheAnierieanersiw-' count: eltheniselves "as expeeted, and such a udigaitieent race ,it 'may never' be my lot to witness... I unfitted to ~tare that the ii yard CreW Well• the t()SS, 114 Leek'., the Micidli‘s - Side, : hitt bad steering refideridit worse than useless. • . Another - Accoupt. I• They sped away quietly and swiftly, and, theugh the English experts chinned that OX= ford had by far.the better "form," the quic k daSh of:Harvard Was quite :equal'to rr ,for were grace,liowever it may have been' for power. Anti the poWer'did net mein bieklug atiirst.''' In three lengths, however, Oxfpid drew slightly—very slightkyahead, and away they 'Went up the , river, the laser- i yard oars going ft little faster than the Ox- ford, and both as reg ular as clock-work: they dwindled down the stretch towards Hammersmith Bridge-Hiii plain sight from Putney Bridge. Up, to that ,peint Harvard had hail stretch analogous to her coarse, a : bent!, , and the eci.:- . c,switin wa.s hiennibrithee —so that it was Still anybody's: raee. Hut as . , . ' . , --'-.,, •• ~ ',..,;•, . 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It is probable that the motive of this remarkable I measure, which has almost escaped' attention i in Western Europe, was to break up a power- , ful inweriutn in. noPerfo, but its effect will probably be', to ilisisolve the ice -like rigidity and coldness of the Russian eeeleeiasticalitys-; teen. The new. priests will, be more like ordl - nary human beings,-a - great gain. _ . Queer. fisfory.. . • The 'Montgomery (Ala.) -.Meet-User declares that all that. can be said of the battle of•Gettys • burg is that General Lee failed to carry the position of the Federal army —that "it was a qicele of the invatling force, and although the /elect of this cheek was, remotely, of exceed ing advantage to the Washington Govern ment, still, a purely physical sense, the bat; tle was really, a drawn one." ."Subseeuently," it continues, "General Lee, after awaiting and apparently courting 'attack for three days, re-. • treated into Virginia. without the disorganize= tion of a single. rigade:" - California .1r0n,., • • . • Aref , n l PenY /MS 1)661 orga.ni zed in San Fran-, eisco to work a deposit of native iron ore. Heretoeere„ Celiforxtia, using .. a very large iiniounr tit iron and eteel„bas , -mipterted these . product...4frorn'this side of e ihe Continent or, from Europe, except pefele torte that have letelY been brought' frolie Oregon.' It is said that valuable deposits exist in localities along • a line of 300 miles in the Sierra Nevada, from near the'eentre .to -the extreme neirthernend of the chain. J. Boss Brown's Opinions.. • • The New York "tin asks : , Why in the world was Mr..T. Boss Browne ever made Ministertii China? He is a clever ish writer of hunicirous books, and if he made the drawings . to 'illwitrate them; he also peg eeese.s talents as a draughtsman' - ` but lie knows little er nothing of pulic affairs ; has. never eiVell evidence of e capacite-for public business, and has nut that Value safe judgment trhich, on the rare occasions when a Mieieter of China, has anything to do, becomes 'especially requi site. i t now appears that he has been oppee ing in China a treaty ivhich his own Govern ment had negotiated in Washington, and which the Senate had ratified. Such a donkey ought to be brought home at the shortest no tice; anti kept home. ~It is not safe to let him go Abroad. Bnterprlsing. Brahmins. The ocean is the Rata pawnee of the Brah •min, for, sailing on that "black water' to -places beyond the seas; he loses •forever caste and social position. Some half a dozen years since, a Brahmin, reckless of the losses which his daring entailed, set sail for England, and returned to be sent to Coventry by his class. 'What cared he? He proposed to reverse the facts in the old story about Mehemet. To the Prophet the mountain would. not come; so the ,Prophet prudently act out fertile mown- ' • tarn. The Mountain of caste looked frown ingly on the Brahmin, but its shadow fell on hint only . for half a dozen years, and, instead of his yielding and doing penance ' numerous converts have imitated his •prudent but unor thodox example. - Professional Secrets: . An exchange says It might be event° determine with exactness the nature' of a privileged communication mule to professional men: Thus doctors, priests and lawyers are all matte the profes sional tlepositaries of secrets. It seems neces sary- for the very existence of society 'that these classes should be not merely privileged but bound in lacy, as they are in profes.sional honor, to preserve their secrets inviolate. l'epulerity, they are believed to be privileged; hat a recent discussion before the .British edi cal Association seems to establish the ex traordinary fax.e that, according to.the Eng lish law of evidence, a medical witess is not incites not protected -and nriVilegedebut is bound to divulge secrets which have become known to him in aprofessional capacity. Why should: such an invithous discrimination be made in his regard when the relationship: ot' solicitor or barrister and client, and of Trie_st and penitent, are practically, if not theerete vane, guarded by the most stringent privilege atel. secrecy. , • Rough on". Aldermen. •, .Iprepos of the ducal muniticence. , -efehis- Highness of Edinburgh, who made 'shabby presents to the eolomsts of Victoria and New South Wales and then chared them to the imperial account, the New York Wore/ tells a story showing how these things are managed' in Kiel The l iil of Prusent e in his recent, eprogrt-ss" through his dominions, went to that city, and Was breakfasted. by the officers, of the municipality, who-generously-placed the cost to the popular account. But . the ,good i)(ople of the city, though' acknowledging the honor, "could not see this," so they refused to pay, and required the- inngnificex4 .Aldermen to settle the bill: The matter was, _finally _re- _ ferred'to the.3ll - ifistr.Y of the...lnterior, which sided with the 'resents. The precetiontruight be a useful one in the ease the _young lisp prince: • t - eeite.Eccentirie Th 6 — Week/ 'says The eceelitrie and captivating Princess 31 etternich, ''iii has. *, invented. - more crazy 'toilets anti (lone - • more /Limitable objects; than any, °flier woman of l'ash)on iii Europe:' comeenaterally by her oddity if not by lice nevoleueee, Ilerfather, Count, Nagy-Saudeneri, 3laygar ineenate of forteme, was so addicted to strange ale testonneling•.freaks of athletic' fun, that his Bantu; Wasanade famous thereby from . Bohemia - to"the Banat- He' thought nothing ofriding'tit full ended down the most rickety staircases and the steepest clitle: mule his horse. jump - 'over a hollow-: square of ba,yonets, trot' along the ,top.of Ti castle wall, and bac elf Ti dining-table. In • .short, 'lie *did both MS ." level!' awl his roll-. ing beet'. tolehreak neck; and, of, course," never never succeeded aioing so. In testinionv whereoe.his dutiful - daughteielnie•-ettst - caused one of the best draughtsmen in Germany 'to make up all album, every,page of which coin-. inemorates one-of her sire's most frantic per. formances. This albumeihe hits had bound in they, neared the bridge it appeared plain, rom the statements 'of all who could see them that their coxswain named it, and steered • so near the shore that the swell ''of Oxford .stopped their way., Nevertheless, the Har yards put, on steam, and even as they went wider, the race was not irretrievable . But from this, point the;Oxfords ; had every ad vaniage; The river takes a sudden bend to the south. The curve is short, and right in the ' jaws:of it lies the Ait,:noW covered • with the Hood tide. The torturous nature of the stream was in itself unfavorable, and here the -ox 7 fords put out all their strength. The Harvards , seemed fully aware of the sudden disadvan tage. 'They, too, labored with new energy; shore it seemed that something suddenly rep tarded the boat ; the Strokes Were heavier but be --- vegifel - did - ribt respond - With atacritr Once it broke away and came up to within a yard of the Oxforib;, but it was a momentary speed, The English boat gradually increased her lead from one to two lengths, and the friendi and backers of Alie Americans became,de 7 spondingly silent. ~ At Barnes Bridge the Ox fords lied Oned another length. The music of the umpire's boat. as heard. Another two minutes and the goal was reached by the Ox fords—twenty-five yards ahead. The time by Benson's cronograph was 22.41 i. , MASS to GraintAzi. PHILADELPHIA, SATU4DAY, AUGUST 28, 1869. green morocco, and inscribed on the back with a devout recognition of that Providence. Which deigned to 'throw over the illustrious Count gaudor the protection which, as we all know, it has for ages extend to drunken per sons and to fools. The Independence Question , 4inexpeeted A ,l l /4 4614 1 14 . the N. SC...Trwiene hat;the follovringi 2tIONTREAL , , Aug. 25r-The cool rammer in which the Government papers, and those .wiich take thei,r - ,:lone Aora, GOvernment papers - , 'greeted the Carketitatnigiuncetrt'ent4Lin "aii-d-iiiilig 'nantly denied , that , there was the slightest trace of feeling:_in_the_country-in-favor—of independence, has ludicrously changed. We have seen .how : the ..aldest portion. of the Cantulittn; press has, if 'not- openly em= braced the independen,Ce movement, at least'. fallen, Of , : it-, all within the very ; short space of live inontba; .anil bow the discuskon, from - being confined to a fetv,prints that might be counted by the 'finger of one hand has 'enlarged and toj, day employs', nearly the , entire :press of the country; both Englislf - and 'French. 'One of the most pronounced opponents of such a state of things as the Independents desire, the Torargo . Dafly Teleiirizi)l4 now: . cOmes out with an article which the telegrams very justly say "is creatin g :ebriaiderable comment in politics The, not only:. foresees independence, but . .gOes further and Pophesies annexation to the- United States'' ere is the article: " • • • ; We get so o:ol4lithEle iS_Nvortidesg. through the Atlantic CableTiiithe shape of news, that we often hesitatein drawing attention to what, seems important, politically, when it comes through that channel. ups morning we have au item transcribed from the London Shaul ard, to which. it is necessary that, we Should' draw our readers' attention. It evidently - re ferS to the subject Of Sir John , Ybifit's"iipeech at, Quebec, wherein the Governor referred to the question of a. separation of the Dominion from the Mother Country. The London ...tandard, we might to inform our readers here, ;s not the old " Mrs. Harris" Journal it was a few years ago. It is a, Tory organ, but is edited with as much vigor .and ability as: the London Times; and it speaks, by the: card, for,t.he Most compact political Organiza-, don in England. The sum of its utterances, if carefully translated, will be found to be this: "We of the Dominion areto be cast adrift." It ' is not pleasant reading; but from the moment . Bright, Gladstone K Co. resolved to remove the troops, we were morally convinced that , the announcement nowmade by Lord Derby's organ (,perikingfrenn a perfect knowledge of the Interior and secret. policy of the Empire) would be forthcoming. Sir John Young an nounced the fact prematurely at ,Quebeci and be has tried to modify his statements at .Hal-i ifax. But,there it is,..ra fact, nevertheless, and, we are adrift, Dominion and all. . • . So mush effi for the . English giers; now for the French. Here is what L'Erenflibtt says: It cannot be concealed that a certain nOeasi ness tit`thils moment among our people, • that a great uncertainty is manifedcd in pub lie opinion. We knots- not; exactly where we are going, to what precise . goal the tide , Of bearing us. We 'nisi trace of this everywhere ; they have manifested themselves even in the Speech pronounceol here - by Sir john Yeting,irr the language useifon the same occasion b Sir ,Narvisse Belleau. ,The man-, Der in 'trill ch certain journals speak of the in dependence of the country is not calculated to: dissipate these doubts and allay • this uneasi ncss. It scene:, however, that. this question of independence has arisen prema turely. The work, of federation is not con cluded, while we are yet speaking of placing the top-stone. But in America, if not in Canada, events march 'rapidly. Profiting by this species of disorder, all systems are -ha zarded, all questiems discussed. ;Political eco nomy has all at once become a science. whereof everybody knOws the inmost secrets. EVery body has his nostrum to cure the evils of the present situation. Everybody knows how to make manufactures flourish offihand; - where to find capital; the English are shipped home to Europe; more intimate com mercial relations are knit pp again with the United States, &c. No one better than ourselves can more promptly re cognize the difficulties of the situation, none more fully sympathizes with the suffering la boring classes; with commerce so sorely tried. But we must take heed that we fall not into illusions which:would entail deceptions more cruel than thoSe under which we now lab Or. It will not suffice, if we obtain, a change, to place us at once at the zenith-of prosperity. , We must prepare for it and discuss its con ditions.. Our destinies are in our own hands it has been told us. That is one reason the .more not to sell them too cheaply ; to guide theta for ourselveS in a safe route. The men whom public confidence hits placed at the head of affairs feel, as well as we, the crisis through which we are passing better than we 'can see their issue. It is for them to prepare the end; they can have no interest in prolong ing the crisis. With confidence We may de pend upon their foresight and pohtical sense. It is not ) however. any the less de sirable that they should soon clear their policy from the shadows in which circumstances have involvedit;__let a declaration of , a pro gramme fix the too vacillating riubheopituon, ,and give to the eflbrts of earnest thinkers a common object. • PRINCE ARTIIIIIR. The Doininiiin Pirisic On , Ills Visit. From the Halifax. Chronicle tantheutifetleratel of • August 24j ' - The contrast between the splendid reception accorded to Prince Arthur, after scarce a day's preparation, joined in as it was. by all classes.kit the conniiimity, and. that. given to the Governor-General by a small section of our people after Weeks'of labor,Sheuld convoy to the public men of the Dominion a lesson they have long needed as to the real feelings of the , people of OAS province during our late 'political Struggles. Wronged undoubtedly ;as no British: colonists had been. wronged before, and wronged hi part thrOugh the careles's indifference of Brit ish statesmen to their interests and feelings, tempted by the splendid prospect .of a future of invigorated - commerce , and =rapid develop ment 61 the country's internal wealth, offered by'aff alliance with the United States,' they yet preserved their loyalty; but only because they refused toidentify at With . love for the Dominion, - 6r - identify the pernia. nonce of our preffent , .1 permanence: of f British Co nil ectiOn. - Had:- they : - done do : it is : doubtful whether single spark of . loyalty would have remained in the breast of an .anticonfederate. That this. has itat been the case the country may well rejoice,' for it is thus proved :that our people do ,not act hastily,that they, are not tickle; Idle, - to those ntelined to think them; tame, the spirited refusal of the citizens of Halifax to , cooperate in _welcoming the . Dominion Governor'convey . truer iMpression. to their . character. Personally Sir John loaiiig would ' haver .A Veteran statesman, -man , of singular who had wisely governed the cote- . nieS%connuitted to his care, were it not that lie came here . representing a State for which,. although we - are Miembersi of it, we entertaht the 'in ost profound- detestation; fla*Would•lia've been welcomed as,was ,no : Governor before.. As it was,. thiit, his reception , was not utterly_! marred *by the prese Mall Of aid mitt-eon. ; federate , address -or k,rioti Off but-be tttri bated to the ' goodsense and hesPitalitylofour citizens, loco "were ovinhig :reader- un-, OUR WHOLE COUNTRY. comfortable the stay_ among us of 2 stranger so distinguished as Sir John Young ' Prince Arthur came to us unidentified 'with the neWState. To us he was the son of the best and best loved woman who had. ever oc cupied the English throne. He 'represented to, us the 'England of our imaginations, which it.wotlld take many rudeshocks to ;transform into avEngland which would tyrannize .over us by, coercing us to remain in, an injurious al- Hance into which we were forced, and widch we have fairly tested and found worse even than:we had believed it. Such being the case, all classes of our citizens joined in giving him an enthusiastic greeting—a greeting ivhich • ' at_bt coiite present political martian. The Governor-General will now be able to answe.r—inquirica-froni—thn—Britislr-Orovertr zuent as to the result of the conciliation policy of the Dominion Governntent. He will be able to feel that the anti-confederates are no ; disloyal as they are rfpresented to be ; tha'; they are in a vast majority in the . Province.: and, mine and mare 'important still, that they_ decline evenyet to identify British colTection with the Union. Facts like these should no longer be concealed, It is the dutY of Sir. John Young, who is entrusted to a certain extent with the guardianship of British America ; to bring theta honie-to theimperial Ministry. Meanwhile we trust, that neither political party will attempt to make politica) capital out of this recepnon of the Prince, and that lie and his companions may not be bored with politics during their stay. • Aeelonnts from Bosyon Pimwtoire'm.-39nr- tering - 8. The.iitearner Germania, Cant.' Kier,: from New York Aug. 3 for Ratuburg, before re pertedwrecked; bad on board sdveral *ell knovezi' Boston parties as passengers. Letters :froth them received in Boston on Thursday state that the steamer had a pleasant run from NeW,Xork Until Saturday, 5y M., August. 7, when she ran ashore during a thick tog,,in Fresh Water Cove, about 6 or 7 miles , distant. from Cape Race. She went oh at the foot of a Muffin rocks, supposed to be 6011.50 to 200 feet high. and apparently (as seen from the Wrecked steamer) almost perpendi enlar.,:, The rock-bound snore. was seen a few secondi before the steamer .Struck, and the engines, were immediately reversed, , but her headway could not be stopped in sea- Soli to prevent the disaster. She did net Strike very heavily at first, however, which thq iSproved by another, viz.: that many of, the passengers (including ladies) were not , aroused from their morning slumbers. Those: who were up and dressed rushed, below and spread the unpleasant intelligence,' so that all m hoard were:minion deck, quite a number in their night habiliine nts,but excellent order pre vailed.' The steamer backed oft, but while this was"being accomplished, she seemed tdswing around to her port side, and upon a sharp rock, and when the sea lifted her, she came: down with a heavy crash;terrifying,of course, all unaccustomed to such scenes. A large hole was stove hi tile steamer's bottoms, when she commenced to sink quite , rapidly. The ollicerS remained perfectly cool ; and, fully re,_: 'alizingthe situation, attempted to • run her'ht shore again, hut did not succeed in gotting in so near the bluffs as v! hen she first struck: The boats were got out , without delayas the steamerstruck about o'clock, and at about 6 some 4 the paSsengers were leaVing in the boals, Cele of ::containing _ the Boston passengers and others, twenty-three sn number, was steered fora time in a westerly direction, a compas having been saved, to gether with a bottle or two of water and a quantity of bread. It was . proposed by one to steer to New York." The absurdity of this idea was apparentto the majority, who ruled The sufferings were great for hours, as they Were exposed, half clad, to heavy fogs and rain from 6 A. M. until 2 P. M. when they succeeded in effecting a landing through the breakers, which ; were heard dis tinctly roaring all the time, and, found thethselves in Biscay Bay, some nine. miles from where the steamer sunk. 'The lady 'passengers were very sea-sick on, board the little life-boat, and were naturally very weak on getting ashore. A tire was built upon the beach., ah expecting to remain there through the tedious hears of the coining night, but for tune smiled upon them, and twosmall houses were goon discovered, whose inmates laudly rendered what assistance they could in: getting the sufferers food and ary clothing On niesday morning, the party walked over a very rough road or path, a distance of about four miles, to Trepassy Bay, where they were welcomed on board a French frig age, and arrived at St. Johns, Newfoundland the same evening at 8 o'clock. They lost al *their baggage. Steamer 'Chnbria haS since taken all hands to Europe 'as before stated. The rescued passengers seem 'to think the ter rors of a lee shore hard to describe, particu larly when the fog is dense • and the • rocky cliff are. almost directly overhead.—Boston Post. The Maryland papers have the following items in relation to the drought. -The Hagers town Herald says: in the vicinity of Sharpsburg, in this county, there has been a protracted, drought, whilst here and in other parts of the county the weather has been quite seasonable until within the last two weeks. But now the drought has reached us, accompanied with a• heat which is almost Unbearable, and corn, potatoes, grass and vegetables are suffering severely:front its Meets. if it continues another week the corn crop must fall below a half an average, and the other crops be reduced accordingly. The Frederick Examiner of Wednesday evening says: The drought still continues, althen,gb at the time of penning this the prospect for a rain was good. The supply of water in the reser voir is rapidly diminishing. The hydrants are now shut at one o'clock in the afternoon, and turned on between five and six o'clock in the morning. A feeling of uneasiness is manifest ing itSelf atuong our citiiens.in consequence of the continued dry, weather. Should the water in the reservoir give out a great deal of inconvenience will be experienced. Many of the wells were filled up when the water-works were built, and the springs, but feW in num ber, would he very inconvenient to a. great majority of -our , citizens should they hate to be resorted - to. The waterin Carron ,cre'elc also very IoW, and would hardly be fit for use in case the hydrant Water gives out As an, indication,:or the.,severity .of_. the drought, We , will Mention' the fact- that the well of Mr: Henry. Fraley ; living in West Pat rick street; has gone entirely dry; the flrsttime it has been known to go dry:for thirty : years. understand that a niunber of springs and wells in the country have gone dry, and some of them haye never been known to fail before. There were several fine showers laSt week in different parts of the country, but it still remains'yery dry in this locality,and tears are entertained of a failure of the corn and po-' tato crops. The Annapolis Gozettc says: 'The drought in Antic, Arundel county is still protracted, much to the ;dismay of our. farmers and' the: destruction tit their cropS. The roil& are still Very - dusty, in' consequence of which the traveling is very unpleasant., From what has 'already been experienced the prospect for the corn crop is very-gloomy: TLo Cumberland Cfritimi Says : : : IveryfietiY,noirWants rain., What is to be done rtlencriillY, cainj; Meetings are .quite successful iu opening'. iilt "the, wiudon:4 of. heaven," [Mt , this tune It' )vork. Loss THE siegatalauL THE DRY TIME. Suffering lb Maryland. circus would cove along NYE! s head feel quite T et continued drought Which has so long been afflicting us is now being felt in canal operations, and unless we shall 80011 be visited „by-a:good shower of rain thtire is every probe bility that navigation will almost reatte. The, water.iiithe river is quite km, and some of the levels on the canals are very - shallow. ' - The Frostburg reservoir lilts given out, and the citizens of-that place are resorting to Wells for their supply: of water. TL Cambridge _Herald says: From all sections of Dorchester county we have sad news about the corn crop. In man aces - ell - hope -- ofzecuriteu_Luil..i- Erupt. • abandoned. Even were rain to come now it would better 'flatten but little. The lower blades - andTin -- matty - cases, the — tos* -- arth — e. -- plants,- we are told, are dried up. , There will be few cabbages and , searcely any tur•-; The Centreville Observer says Crops in Queen .6,nne's county are now suf.' feting from quite a long dsought. Coro is the' chief sufferer, the blades being twisted up at, such a rate that it is feared they will never straighten again. In consequence the crop of, corn this year will fall far short of an average, yield. Corn being our chief crop, much. em•-. I barrassutent,-it is feared, will result from the, drought. Flowever let us hope, for the best. Obituary. By telegram of the 27th.'we learn the death' of Henry, baron .Leys, - a Belgian painter of. high distinction. ._This master of the German. realistic Sehool wq.s born at Ant werp, in 1815, exposed for therfirst time in . 1833, and bask been since that date an industrious prOducer. , of pictures remarkable for an imitation, or. affectation, of the mediteval character. The civic buildings of AntWerp aredecorafed with his strange and realistic illustrations of the na tional history, some of which were 'removed to the Paris Exposition of 1867, where Baron Leys was • represented by a large group of striking and inimitab!e' compositions. Most of the works of .this 'artist would be taken at first sight for well-prey, ervdd paintings of the - middle-ages. In 1845 M. Lays entered` the Royal Academy of Belgium, and received his eommandry of the' order of Leopold of Belgium in 1851. The marked indiViduality, of Lays has had an efiect.upon the style of a number of modern artists, of whom his pupil Tissot most nearly reproduces the studious archaism of .Leys,, while Alma-Tadema has distinguished himself by carrying his master's fashion of archwolo&dcal study into the scenes of Egyptian and Roman history. The pride of Antwerp in her most,conspicuons painter is intense, and the. occasion of his death will be the signal of ee?emonies as pronounced as' those with which he was _fact/ on returning , from a visit to Paris iii 18.55, on which occasion be received a veritable trinkupli. Street Preaching.. To the' Editor of the Evening Bulletin—ilk _EAR The'rePorti headed "Street Preacher Ar restedi7 in 3Conday'S BU LLETI N; doeS me great injustice by prodUcing.upon the public mind an imPressiOn that 1. had disturhed the public peace and the Worship of a congregation. The facts are as follows: ByPerthiSsiOn of the Conithissioner of Mar kets, and under the promise of protection from the 2klayor, I have for some time past been in the practice of addressing the wayfaring , pubi lie, in the Market-honses; on the subject of "Temperance." On Sunday last I was about to commence my remarks when a police. offi cer forbade me to proceed, on the ground that he bad been instructed by his superior officer to prevent a temperance meeting from being held there, and declined giving any other rea son for his action. Belying upon the assurances Of Stippert which 1 had received from the Mayor, I essayed' to speak, and was tirrestet I. Before the :alderman. the °nicer pointedly' denied that any breach of the peace had been committed, and again pleaded his "instruc thins" as the only reason for making the arrest. 1 was filially held for a t'nrtJJler hearing apon the charge of "obstructinc , public highway.' Not one, word was said a tt "interrupting a congregation tittring worship," nor of a complaint to that etre:t having ever been made! I have every reason to believe that no such complaint was ever made by the authorities of St. Peter's Church, and Can ofily inter that it is the - after-thought'of an officer who, by his obedience to the behests of the whisky intitt enee' of the neighborhOod, has been betrayed into a gross abuse of authority, and now seeks to raise a prejudice against me,behind which he hopes to shelter himself from the consequences of his misconduct. Very respectfully yruto, WEN:rz. Phila., Aug. :16, 1819. ' ' ' •' ' .~~ItiI~iEBIE,'V 18. —At the Walnut Street Theatre; this eve ning, Mr. and 3lrs. Harry Watkins will ap pear in a romantic drama entitled The Pioneer Patriot: •The performauce will commence with the , farce An Unprotected Female. The Walnut has in rehearsal the dramas Kathleen Murourneen; Norah O'Neil, and Colleen Baton. —On Monday evening next the Arch Street Theatre will introduce to the public the Lydia 'ompson I:lurk:Nue troupe in Sinbad the ~ailo•. This bprlesque will he produced in a very handtionie manner, . . • —CarncrOss Dixey?:7 Opera House is now open for the season, with a trill company, con taining all the old favorites. A tirst-rate bill ~l ill be • hproduced this and every evening. —A correspondent writes to us as follows of • the Meudelssolin Society: "As the musical season approaches the various Societies are marshalling their forces, awl preparing for au ! active ,campaign. Among these, the Men delssohn Society, Which bits been in acti v e and Vigorous operation for a - number of years,; baii been entirely re-organized;, new laws have been adopted, anti an entire new board of directors Of active musicians' elected, The ' active list comitrises a large number of first rate practical singers, The Society is really an. advanced school of instruction; , ,;with supluiwit available talent to pm- ; du c0.,t . 16 best. , compesitions. In this.'. ~`iielity, f iei:Sons Of liinited means, lint already ss • poessing *nue inusleid knoWlege,' eau have • the advantage of.ifirsi-Platis,practice..: This,. ,and o:loietios of the kind, deserve the sup port.offthe public. The rellek intinontie upon • churCli, and school niusitis not easily esti mated, and new:that iwe'Are,t6 have a systoin of musical training in the public sellouts, let the• public sec that these props of the system • are strengthened: Mr. Jean 'Louis has been reelected iumtiicil director 'of the Mendelssidm, awl as director of music in the 'public schools. A thorough and liberal support of this Society cannot fail to render it a splendid: auxiliary in the must 1111- portant work of laying , the foundation for a good publie sell* musical training: Pharnitteekitical 4' ihrUnit • . 'Eaitor of the Bulletin.--Sin: Out - of thaw hundred and sixty-three, retail drug stores In the city- of.. IThilinteildkia; one hundred and forty-tour ,OL.thein are situatea,on- the corners ci tho streetso-Can routell'Ane why it is so;'. Lly'e really doli't:,tolow'. lint it striluis that One hundred and fOrty 7 rotki Ltrngg4s are 914 0081 to one gross;sird • ; L;;rE'fligliSTON. PktOX TIME CEO ~~t`t,~'wrt~~ ~w~i~r~~ liarvards were oar-come. '—Ernest Itermi reCibirply strai6, bf There are 22 Anieritart titildents af#, trniyersity of _Prance. , • , Gottschalk tickets coninxind $2 1 5 pretotiOn' in liralff. ' • • The - Minty of the I , .iniiiress of Attlfria. fadingaway. She now looks 01(16- than:die' i really s. , ---The Growl Duchess Helenaj.of Russia, iio said to be Me best.looking.gyrin ttrope - . -- Humboklit'a faithful old ser'v'ant' is Ombohlt-treatedllitn - more - likerierid - than, a menial, andqeft him most of hisproperty. The Harrtrd's colors were' Istigenta Might not the mesult have been different,' , lad Harvard changed its sculles ? --The Harvawd.'s principals were well enough. It N 1711.9 the sick-seconds tha4f bothered =The Ilarvards.did.wonderfully ups to their fourth mile, but, they couldnot keep st/up quite fur-long enough. —The Oxfords came iu amid t thunders-- - o applause. The Harvards--well, just'ai little- —A ,San Francisco paper advertisetothat picture gallery has on exhibition "Cherries" and "Strawberries," by .Miss Cranberry.' —Le-po-tai, the Celebrated Chinese physiJ; clan of California, has Home 700 patients and '1 an income of $7,000 per week. • • . —Elizabeth, New Jersey, has 'a,. ! colored organization called " The Rising. Sun. - Morris Association of the Lily ofthe West.' —The widow of Heinrich Heine, the -eel- • ebrated German poet, has 'recently married a French Captain of dragoons. , • , , —James Buchanan ,has been fined. s.l‘forr stoning a Democratic procession, in ii,an•Fran-, ClBO. —Bishop 'Simpson's health - has - been 804'4 ously impaired by..his intense labors in nibl- L--The Cincinnati (Thrirnicle thinks Forrest of Fort Pillow notoriety would be . the, Sena torial candidate of the Tennessee Democracy : : - if there were no disabilities in the'way. The score of an Unpublished; oratorio Pelix Mendelssohn Barthelmy,the great corn- poser, has been discovered at Leipzig. said to be equal to his best productions. ~„ . —When Garibaldi took Palernio,''a. voting_ girl fought by his side and killed several royal soldiers. She now .keeps a boarding-hoicks there and has grown exceedingly fat. " —Victor lingo's next novel will be I .‘Ninetik- - three." The scene be, laid in , Paris, dur- ing the reign of terror, arid the book abound in scatiold.secues: • . --Henri Rochefort is said to have , gambled away his - whole fortune. The subscription list.. , :', of the. Lanterne has dwindled doNim .to .about , thirty' thousand. . • . . " • . , —,Two of the members of the Turkish Cabi-- net, it is, said, intend to become Christians. ItT is thought, in Constantinople, that'the Sultan will not remOve them in consequence. —The ex-Hine; of Spain, Don Francis do. , Assisis,gpends,his time, in Paris, in, making_ toys foi Isialiella's children. He is a very skillfutwood-turner. • —The French working-classes andthe tax payers generally, in France will .delighted . to hear that. Eugenie will take with her to the East eight million francs,in cash,aspoeket-- —The Passaic riverOn New4ersey, LOS tiOt been So dry as now in tweidyyears. 'Children are playing in the river -bed ; above the , fallsy exploring - the curious crevices of the rocky —The Ledger has the following, this morn, ing, in its description of a recent wedding,: "Miss. Mansell was married to and she Wore a -. heavy low-necked white satin. Valenciennes veil and. diamond ear-drops",: —The noble offer made to. the Turkish: GO vermnent by MisS Burdett Coutts to repair the works for the supPlp- of water to Jeru• salem, at her own cost, has been declined: The Turkish government, however,have proiniSed, to undertake the work. " . , . —Montreal has ii - frec , bath, which a - , 'beat t paper calls - a "wretched, suicidal-1061ring place," so rocky thatit is a miritelethat anYor .the hatherS come out of the pool -without at, V, least a dislocated ankle;, whiled' as-for diving,. ten chanceS to !PM but you craCk.your skull? —A fire at Etienne, in France, recently, de— stroyed the• famous -house where Napoleon, stopped previous to the•battle that ,was fought near that city. The cif.} of Brienne has re-: solved to, purchaselhotfotand erect astatue ot" the Great Emperor on it., —The Ledger, this morning, gives an, ite— count' of a - mostt_eliLtraosslinary_accidont......lr_.. t ; l / 4 . says : "About six okdock last evening. Lirzie Keser, 17 rears of age, wait-set iolisly - ifrihiviied .by. the exPlOsion,of a_ coal oil Jamp,. at ..N0.,-11.2 Jefferson street." —Ferdinand .Freiligrath the Painangitiet, whom the Nene Wiener Preie r i r ise thed.tp, make its managing editdr, has wisely deelinitel that offer, Mr. Freiligrath is.a.fht; old. gentl64 ! . man, rather lazy. fond of. aqood:glass of I.*e4: and not possessed of any Journalistic VIICe, --A Russian filmier reeentl,y anplieitto a,St.. Petersburg publisher for Work as a! translator,.. and was found to be tivirought,y English, Spanish, _French awL tiVrrinait, mat' an elegant translator. :He had beeoate liar with these by sfntlying a little eye - ry ( lay ! ' after his labors in the field. -J young .man in NewbnryporL prepared for his weddin,, ,, -,•Which wtei ti, .hug=e takeniplace•on Sunday 'by purehaAng ' barrel of beer for his &fends.. The' renfoo 'less Statfrleonstable, hOwever; 6ei.i.ed:the•beetr, and the young man. actually reliused toltave. • the wedding performed unleSs he. conic', hthf> • ,' the '.1,116 lady in. the eiee is-cons- '- quently experiencing the palm og-h.ope:oe . . —The— Detroit fire Frew (Dieni&tatio) deems it alreAdy settled. that fib party . eausne cited hi the next Presidential electiOnWitheat inset-U.4lm upon its banner universal Muttestyc and probably universal sulli - age, a tariff: for purposes of reveatto and. lantrlitoieOtiOn.,''m speedy return to spepie,pay.monts,iand a moist. dlv, ri On est, faith fill an d, ecOnomical whola istratien oP the E4OVernment, to the end,' that taXes , mayhe largely :diniintshed: ;=.4e.OntlY 10 1, 14!3.01. 6f ':F44 4 ,,thih'441140*4 , 1-._. have sought twist:ince from, the 'St. Geort.Wa SO ciety, with the view of , :znaking Ashur -way home to England again; WhorOpOn' the Montreal Gazette reinarkS, that :for.ll.*oo months past the resources of the society And the time of its officer; have ''been .%e.`yerk, , b;" taxed in Assisting iiiintigrants #otyiitrtl to Ontario, and it canna - he expeeted that., the '.„. same operations will . be pa rfornied —The Dui: irt AleotPenlifer W - 00c*4eif the Corkes . r.oziclimo q-e'Perak guilty of a niost conteinptihle . aofor,the'4okir-. pose of g rat ifyi p iii.4lel ads 44rit:' ofrei-ei*e toward his sister4o-ittl,vopt4;ttetni Spain. The Duke ,:it says, bon ht. at,. t 4 et,t high price a ninnber of, )etteriJ ,Writtaii:l*-0116 Queen to one othef fornaer thVeriteit aka.tkap when their relatiOnW'cite* . of a most iiatSptpto nature. The:ie' rettOrii: he has 0an.401 to. be re. , prOtitteeit in large'ntnilberti by teioaktkor a Phi: tograhic proeextq putt to be. Olatribute4; over &teed, a great scandal.' a
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