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Mr. DRAKE called up the House bill to i amend certain acts relative ta the tavy - and I marine corps. • ' • — The amendments of the Committee on Naval Affairs were agreed to. The bill passed and goes to the House._ " Mr. WILSON introduced a bill to reduce ' l. the military to a peace establishment. Re ferred to the Committee on *Unary, At! .•'-- Airs. • ' ' ; Mr. COLE offered a joint resolution in relation to the Southern Central Pacific Railroad. Mr. HOWE introduced a bill•logalizink 'Certain locations of agricultural college scrip therein designated. Mr. POMEROY celled up the bill for the eistablishment of a line of steamships from New York to various ports of Europe, Which was dismayed. After discussion the bill was amended by reduciiig the length of the - proposed mail contract to ten years, when it was laid 'aside. • The special order, the Indian appropria. • Con bill, being 'called fbr the Senate insist -ad on its sunendmentt to ' suppply vacancies in the Eitecutive departments. Messrs. Crinkling, Edinurids and Vickera were appointed a Committee of Oonfeir mac. • - - j ' The CHAIR subMitted a communication from the President, enclosing a report from the Secretary of State,- with the list of States dc., that hava ratified the fourteenth amendmenti_,Referred to Judiciary Com mittee. -; :1 Mr. CHANDLER introduced a bill to ex tend the customs laws of the United States 1: over Alaska. and eatablishing a collection • district therein. Referred to.Oommittee on '., --- Commemon: . I The Indian appropriation bill theri came lisp. A number of trifling amendments 1 from the Committee on Amor i tions and 1 L t the Committee 'an Indian con slurred in, including five thovßon w lg ol= 'ta far prments to Indiana. report Without final disposition of the bill, 4 - Mr. SHERMAN made a lengthy re 1 t from the Caniniittee of Conference on the disagreement between the House and Sen ate on the tax bill, which was to. The Senate went into ex - ire session, . 4 ., ..-,..gict nftet mow time ajourned. I —.4 IIOiTSE_OF •XEPRESENTATIVES. g A bill wasnitiesil lbr the 'retie of E. M. 1.1 Ball, of Chiolgo, tsfaraling the tonnage - . A resolution was 'peeled - Ippointing an 1 _ I h rv i estiga i ti n z a ri or mi t tge , talauir ge e n :nt; the duringlBB7 and 1888. ' I • Mb, were, punted giving the assent of Congress to the construction of (pertain wharves .10 Oswegoharbor, and restoring Vommanders Cillv and Hughes to the ac -Cave list-of the Navy. The Credentials of James H. Goss, mem ber elect from tha Fourth District, South Carolina, were referred to the Committee lon Elections. 'The _appropriation bill for the District of Columbia Deaf and Dumb Institute was takentip. , I A. motion to reconsider the vote of yes terday- rejecting the amendment allowing contracts in one or more States for the in struction of deaf i and dumb. was tabled-47 " to 49. I Mr. WASHR'B amendment for the r E creation of a mininuoner of Charities was rejected. The bill th passed. It appropriates 151,000.1 I .• 1 Underreport by Mr. DA WES, from Co . . mitten on r.pecions, David Heaton, mem ber elect from the second district of North Carolina, took the oath and his seat. Mr. WASHBORNE. from the. Committee on Commerce, reported a memorial of the city of Milwaukee for reimbursement of ozonises in improvament of the harbor, which has been postponed till next session end a sub Committee, Messrs. Elliott and Sawyer, appointed to ascertain the facts. Unanimous consent was refused for the return to the Renate of the civil appro priation bill, the House having already con curred in the report of the Conference floor- ' Mr. SCHENCK asked that the funding till be taken !from- the Speaker's table and referred to the Ways and Means CoMmittee, stating it would be reported back within two days. ll 1 'Mr. RANDALL objected. I A bill passed repealing so much of the 2d Section of the Act of the ?Mb of Febru ary, as provides it shall apply . only to claims of drafted men for bounty received at the War Department prior to itspassage, It extends the time for presenting such claims two years.. On motionefUr. BOUTWELL, from the Committee lap Reconstruction, Senate amendments to the Rouse bill removing political disabilities from certain persons were concurred in-401 to 20. At Mr. BROOMAL'S suggestion the 140- lution meetings Select Committee on the disbursement !of the contingent fund of the House was reconsidered and the sub , ject confided to the Conimittee on counts. Mr. DONNELLY addressed the Ho upon the necessity ofreso areas for the deVel.: aliment of the great Interior plains of the Continent. The Missouri contested election, muse of Switsler against Anderson was discussed. At twenty minutes atter four, Mr. SCHENCK made a report from the Confer once fkimmittee on the tax hilt, which was The Conference report having also been agreed to b y i the senate, the bill goes talks President or approval. , In reply to inquiries so to the detaili x o g f i the report, Mr. ISORENCIC explained hat as to banks the Conference Committee agreed to strike out all relating to banks; being entirelysatisfied that 'no bill could pass this session containteg such ii -- provis. on. Storekeepers are to be paid by the 'United States- Special-agents are limited to twenty-five in number. Mineral oil has been put on the same footing as.other man ufactures. All Xlistillers and refiners of pit - are to pay the same as other manufactu Mr. SOROFI.ELE--Thece is no tax r gallon on petroleum? Mr. SCHENCK—No; no tax except on sales. The removal of spirits in bon is required to take place in nine monttui, ' compromise between the six months of the House and twelve monies of the Senste. The loss of revenue on petroleum he esti-, Mated at about two millions.- The special tax on distilleries remains OA before. The • '.' aa' tax on sales of tiolesale hquors is to be one per cent.. a mpromiss between the three per bent. of 'the House and the one fifth of one per 'pent. of the Senate. By the -provisions relating to inspectors some six teen or seventeen hundred officers would be got rid of, only some one hundred in spectors bebig left, to inspect tobacco, snuff and blears. Mr LDRIDGE--What "reduction will it akeln revenue officers f Mr SCHENCK—Certainly more than ••1 Mr. WASIBURNE, 111., inquired as to the business before the Committee of Ways and Means, in reference to adjourment. Mr. SCHENCK replied the principlbusi ness before the Committee was the Funding bill, referred to it to day, and whioh the Committee would report back within eight hours. ' Mr. BECK suggested the printing of ex tra copies of tax . billfor the' informatioh of the people. Mr. SCHENCK proposed twenty thous. and extra copies, to be indexed by the clerk ofthe Wayaand Means Committee, which wai referred to the CoMmittee on Printing . - The Senate amendment to the House bill to create the office of Surveyor General of Utah was concurred in. • "The bill relating to contracts payable-in coin was taken from the Speaker's table and referred to . the Committee on Ways and Means. Mr. CHANDLER offered a resolution to create a standing Committee on Emigra tion of nine members. Referred to ;the Committee on Rules. - Recess till 7:30. Evening Session.—Before general debate the thermometer in the Chamber indicated ninety-one degrees at the hour of meeting, and ninety-four at recess. , Messrs. BUTLER and PIKE editrassed the Committee on, general politics, when the Committee rose and the House ad journed. THE WEATHER. '1 Heat—Deaths from Sun , stroke in Various Chico, By Telegraph to the Plttobargh OrielW.] Wuunr.nco, July 15.—The weather is op pressively warm; thermometer 98 in the shade at 11 a'.. U. CINCINNATI., Jul: 15.—lreaterdsk was ii the hottest day of the season. There were twenty cases of sun - stroke, thirteen of which were fatal. Eight head of tine cat ,tle, worth from one hundred and dfty to one hundred and eighty della= each, dropped dead at the Covington Stock ,Yards to-day. Three valuable hems in !Covington and five in Cincinnati died, ail from the effects of the hot weather. ftr.l.ours, July 15.--The excessive heat continues unstated, although s ti llbrisk shower fell this afternoon,' mn] oo ied with heavy thunder and lightning. Oven cases of sun stroke oocurred today, Most of them fatal. The total' number of deaths in the'aity today was•thirty.seven, tint' a large proportion were yorthiCehildren. _ Hawrabltri,' artm:, July IL--thelp were severeicassia of ci V r relos today, and' one death. Merin t 09098 degrees. .111".Wrett tbr /latat . -Iteledrnetie the hostels since 19017.;; . . • ranADEPTIU4 JuVirg...Thermometer ninety-eight degrees to-day. There were a very nu hoer of sun draws, very few Proving Airomrs:, Ge., ditty U.—To-day wan the hottest of the *moon. Thermometer 98. Ar.sawr, July 15.—Mercury 100 to 04. Twelve eases of =I stroke. SOIM:LIDAN STAT By Telegraph to the Pittsbarat Gazette SOTTU CAROLINA, COLL - 3011A., S. C., July 15.—1 n the Legit'. ,latime to-day four ballots were taken for United States Senator for the long term with no choice. , On the last vote Mackey had 62, Sawyer 50. French 24, and Campbell, Democrat, 12. Seventy-six votes are neces sary for a choice. The governor has refused, to approve the bond offered by ithe Republican treas urer, on the ground bf its being intmflicient. GEORGIA. ATLANTA, July 15..--In the Senate to day the resolution of enqui7 as to the eli gibility of officers of the Senate was passed. Mr. Chandler offered a resolution requ est ingl,4 the Governor to furnish such nape or. ddeuments, affecting the eligibility of B ator; as be may have in eligibili ty on. The resolution was strongly opposed . • Republican members as being awe- I to the Governor. . The all73l7lrMedoM7 'dlereapOet, but claimed a disposition to delay matters was apparent. The resolution was adopted. • . , i ATLANTA, JIB ty 15.—The trial of the Co lumbus prisoffers was resumed to-day. Hon. A.H.Stepheiss, having recovered from his recent inIIONA, was present as- counsel for defendants. -- MISSISSIPPI. iNIK/30N, July 15.—Major Tyler, of Gen. GUtem'a staff, left shim morning for W lh ington, taking with him - the official re turns of the recent, election. New York City Hatters. - Brow Yoax, July 15.—There were thirty nine causes of sunstroke and twelve deaths to-day. _ The steadier Quaker City, from Bremen, has. arrived. Three buildings at Welthwauken, occu pied by-some twenty or thirty families, were burnt this morning. Lees 5200.000. A fire at Scoharle,N. Y.. Tiding in the stables of the Soharie Hote destroy_ed the office of the Republican an 'A nnmllbr of other building's in the business centre of the place. Lass 0,000; insured for 825,000. -The British officers comprising the Knickerbocker Criaket Club oommented a match gime-this morning against a mixed eleven of the St. George and Philadelphia. e r The mixed el en scored one hundred and sixty runs in the first,innings agdnst forty run and fiv w i c kets for the ofters, their best batters still to go on. The St. George Pltresedonlll,lforly and Wright, and the English oatketer, Pearson, played against The - ollieersandsoored fifty-three runs,land• following the phfiedelphlanspliyed finelypLarne mad e eighteen runs, Auger five, Meade six, Newbolt ' fourteen, and Welch, not out, twenty-four. - The New York Cricet Club was b ea ten thoroughly in their match against, the Newark Crab. The Newark score in both innings was 69 and 72, the New York actors being only 47 and 9 - Mon , Strike at Pottsville. tßy Telegraph to the Plttatrargh (casette.] Ps., July io,—Th e st o kers arrived In town, marehed to P 011.% Orebro(' works - and stopped. The foundry rang for the men to go to work,-but they reflood. A large orowil , of people anh about one hundred strikers are now forming into line to march to Palo Alto and Atkins' fur • • PITTSBURGH, THURSDAY, J UL,. 16, 18e8. SECOH EMTIOI. FOUR THE CAPITAL. Mississippi Election Fraudif—Ad . iournment of congress—Reduc tion of Treasury Department Employes—Gen. Grant—Nomio , 'nations—Text of the Funding Bill as it Passed the Senate— Army Reduction. Clty Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.) WASHINGTON, July 15, 1868. THE MISSISSIPPI ELECTION. Fifteen Mississippi radicals, Including Mr. Eggleston, defeated candidate for Gov ernor, appeared before the Reconstruction Committee this morning, demanding the exclusion from count the votes on the Con stitution of Rankin, Chickasaw, Marshall, Carrol, De Soto, Lafayette and other coup ties. By this means they expect to carry the Constitution and elect Radical State of-" fibersand Congresamen. The reason they allege is:that terror reigned In those coun ties. They ask Congress to declare Missis sippi reconstructed and entitled to readmis- Mon to Congress. Among the fifteen sev eral were northern and western men. - TUB FUNDING MILL. The following- is the funding bill as paised by the Senate last evening: . Be it enacted &c . , That t h e e- Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorizedlo issue coupons or registered bonds of the United States in such form and of Such denomina tions as he may prescribe, , redeemable in coin, at the pleasure of the United Slates, after twenty, thirty and forty years respec tively, and bearing the following rates of ,yearly interest, payable semi-annually in coin, that is to say, the issue of bonds fall ing due in twenty years shall bear interest of five per contum, bonds falling due in thirty yearn shall bear interest at four per , cenr , which paid bonds shall be exempt 'from taxation in any form under any State, municipal or local authority, and the same and the interest thereon 'and the income therefrom shall be exempt from the pay ment of all taxes or duties to the United States other than such income tax as may be assessed upon other incomes, and the said bonds and the • proceeds thereof shall be exclusively used for the redemption or payment at the option of the- holder or purchaser of or exchange for an equal' amountof the ilresentanterest bearing debt of the United States, other than the exist ing five per cent. certificates, and% may be issued to an amountln the age/emote stun- - tient to; over the pr%cipal of ill outstand ing orezhiantobligationctia'limited here 'lgiliod titi - titnewbut nottp atessiits7oo,ooo,- 400 shalLbet,-cit to facto rinbanni in. — d llllllll =fterther , einsitiat, That there by hereby appropriatedbitt of the duties de rived/tem imported - goods one hundred and thirty-five millions of dollars annually, which sum during each fiscal year shall be applied to the payment of the interest and to the reduction of the principal of the Public debt. in such a manner as may be determined by the Secretary of War, or as Congress may hereafter direct, and such reduction shall be in lien of the sinking fund contemplated by the fifth section of an act entitled "an act to authorize the issue of United States notes and for the redemp tion or funding thereof, and for funding the floating debt of the United States," ap proved February 26th, 1862. And be it farther enacted ; That any . con tract , hereafter made payable specific ally in coin shall be legal and valid and may be enforced according to its tartan, anything in the several acts relating to United States notes to the contrary not withstanding.; provided that this section shall not apply to contracts for , the borrow ing of currency, the renewal or extension of indebtedness under a contract already entered into, unless such contract origin ally required payment in coin. And be .3 punier enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, no per centage, deduction, commission or compensation of any amount or kind shall be allowed to any person for the-sale-or negotiation of any bonds or securitle, of the United States disposed of at the Treafiury Department or e i ii ewkierei.on account of the United States, a d all acts or parts of acts authorizing or permitting by construction or Otherwise t e Secretary of the 'Treasury , to appoint a y agent, other than some proper officer o his Department, to make such sale or . gotiation of bonds and securities, are . ereby repealed. • • • THA INDIAN CONEISSION. 'The t3ecretary of the Interior has received he following dispatch from the Indian mmission i Sioux City, July 9.—Sta: That portion • f the Indian Commission that went to Fort : ice held aconnell with the Indians on the 2d instant. Five thousand Indians were preeent and eight thousand Sioux were represented. The Unpaws,.the most hos tire Indians, sent in a--large delegation, which made peace on behalf of their - tribee. The eounoll - was eminently suocelidul in all reste. • (Signed) Joint B. SANIIIOII27, ant pro tem Indian Com'n. LRAM 111/DUUTION. The bill introduced in the Senate by Mr. Wilson provides for the reduction of the number of enlisted men to 20.000„ to be contained in thirty regiments of intim:dry, eight of cavalry and four of artillery, and contemplates the appointMent by that Sao rotary of War of a board of competent of whose duty it shall be to prepare a plan fbr 'carrying into effect its provisions, this plan to be submitted by the Secretary of War at the next session, and no action to be taken upon it until Courtin has given its approval. *HDUCTWN OP EMPLOYES. Between now and the Ist of September over two hundred male and female em- Ployes will be &amassed from the various bureaus of the Treasury Department. The appropriation for - temporary clerks bus been out down from P 78,000 to 11100,000 tor ; the present fiscal year. The majority of those to be dismissed are females. PAID Sla RESPECTS. • Mr. White, the new Senator from' Mary land, called at the Executive Mansion this morning and paid' his respects to the Pres ident. - • GEE. GRAFT. •A letter received. 'yeeterday,:statea that General Grant will probably leave St. Louli for the plains during the present week. • '' ADJOIMINMENT OP CONGERS& Thjgenersl understanding today to that Congress _Adjourn next Monday or Tt16 . 1.1111.. NOMINATIONS. The President nominated to the Senate to-day. Anthony F. Campbell aa Postman ter at Brooklyn k l3b6rman Dayi as §innrey or General of Calif.rniai 'end Thomas J. Bowersaas Chief Jmaiee of the Supreme 'Court of Idaho. • The President has nominated to the Senate W. M. Stafford and Hiram Knowles as As sociate Justices of the Supreme Court of Mcintana. A. as: THERMOMETER. , The thermordeter in various localities about the city ranged from 100 to 100. Sevl eral deaths from heat have occurred. The Senate after discussion confirmed the nomination of W. M. Everts as Attorney General of the United States. The Union Soldiers of Mlisouri in Con. , • vehtion. \ ;By Telegraph to the Pittsburg, Gazette. i ST. Louts, J,nly 15 —The Union Soldiers' Convention al Jefferson City to-day was very largely attended. Colonel William thn M Grosvenor was temporary and Geo , Jo 31'Neil permanent President. The (ow ing resolutions were unanimously a opted and withgreat applause: Pirat—lhat our soldiers are attached to the union of the States and the principles of the CclnstitutiOn of the United States, in defence of which they perilled their lives and their all. Secoad---That we, hold it to be our, duty in common with all good citizens to up hold, defend and enforce the laws of the United States as enacted by the represen tatives of the people in Congress and the Constitution and laws of this State, and that they will do so at all times, under all circumstances and against all and every organization of party or individuals who may attempt to trample them under foot. . Thsrd—'That we approve and endorse the deetaration of principles laid down by the National Union Republican Convention at Chicago, and pledge to the nominees of that Conventioneer earnest and hearty support. Fourth—That we havesbiding con Men - in the integrity, patriotism and ability o the great <septet's under whose leadership we achieved the victory of liberty and union over , secession and slaveholding power. As we relied upon:him to put down the rebellion, so we can trust him to guard the institutions for the preservation of whicti he led us to victory. With the i helm of State in the hands of Gen. U. S. Grant, we can re. pose in security that the honor of the nation will be upheld at home and abroad, o\ the laws fully ex utrid, the interests of our dusabled comra es and of the widows and orphans of our alien brothers be af fectionately, guarded, and the peace, pros perity and happiness Sgt the whole people secured. Pift/4—That, the distinguished civilian and statesman, Schuyler - Colfax, the sol diers' friend, who so nobly stood by the Union and its defenders in the councils of the nation throughout the great struggle, •Is entitled to.the confidence arid support of the men who fought 'under the starry ban- ner on land, and on sea. , Efixth.-That while. we shalknewweease to • condemn the filed 8 044 subside* widish erett4Ponnes , wer eilOPerelleled in -atro city, waged a purpose hostile to eve ry principle of Republican equality and ohne ilea philanthrophy, We yet entertain malice toward* none of those who !Ought against us In Scree and open` battle. and while we believe that the forfeiture of all politi cal rights on the part of thOse who engaged. in or aided or sympathized with rebellion, was a legitimate,;, just and proper comae ' quence, we yet s tand ready to - give to the soldiers who met us in manly fight equal political privilege s at the earliest moment consistent with State and National 'safety. Seventh—That we are unequivocally in favor of the ratification, at the general tiled . - tion to be held in November nex', of the proposed - amendm ent to the State Consti tution striking ut the word " white" wherever it occursin that instrument. Eighth—That we old it to be a measure t of eminent justice that all o ffi cers, State, county and munici 4 . snould be elective and not appointive, to the end that the wonting men shall have an equal chance with the politician and the soldier or sailor with the followers find hangers on of the camp. • Ninth—That reposing implicit faith in the wisdom and patriotism of the Repub lican Convention to assemble in Jefferson City to•marrow, we pledge to the nominees of that Convention our full and hearty sup port. DiUctilgan Democratic Convention. By Telecesph 4o . the Pttlebturith Gasette.) DETROIT, July 15. The Democratto Con vention to t}ominat4 State officers and . Presidential electors assembled at Merrill Hall in this city to-day. • Hon. E. H. Thomp. son was elected President. The following State ticket liras nominated : Governor, John Moore,lSaginaw county; Lieutenant Gkrvernor, R. C. Oqffenberty, St. Joseph; Secretary of fitite, L. M. Bates, Senemee; Treasurer, CI F. Miller, Watttenaw; Cam utissiorter of Land Office, Henry Grinnell, Kent; Attorney General, A. C. Baldwin, Oakland; Auditor General, Col. Lewis Dill man Wayne; Board of , Education,__lsaae W. inst., Oakland. Peter ;White, of Mar quette, and F. B. Smith, of, Branch county, wore chosen Presidential Electors at Lame. M. J. Mills, of . Detroit, wad chosen Chair man of the State Central Committee. The New York nominations anttplatform were endorseff, and earnest and active sup port pledged:, Deniotratic Meeting at Chicsgo. . Teleiteehh W the rlttebareh Gazette.) . CRWA OO , XILIY 16.—A meeting of the Democracy tO ratify, the New:York nomi nations occurred to.night, , ,and ibis a large and enthualastio gathering. The,speaking took place in the Court House square, from two stands. Addresses were deiivered by S. S. Hays, John G. Rogers, Gen. Wallace, Dr. S. N. Davis and Col. McGuire. A prominent feature of the oaaatdim was the torch-light rocession composed of va rious Democrati c clubs of the city accom panied by sixl bands of music and bearing many luumeni and mottoes. ; Maas Meal* of Bepublicans in Illinois. CHARLESTON, iLt:;JtilY 16.—A large and enthusiastic Itepubilcin Mass Meeting was held hero to-day. Speeches were made by General Jesse S. Moore; of. Illinois, and GeneraL-Nathan Kimball; of Indiana. The Tanners are Out lnifbrce to-night in torch- light proctowdon, and Colonel - Thomas H. Hoban is addressing a crowd of two thous and persons:: Great enthusiasm , prevaila t and cheer spier ahem' went up for Grant and Colfax. , - Angelical wat i , Vessel Wreaked. mi y Telegraph to the ttaberghgeseats.3 . , (steameran 'Vit aw a iin no ee re i c e ei t v il in y oris fa. j tT iy he; t y i .;• ro t3 r . Alaska. Olt the morning of July 9th she ran on an anknown track in:Thadwell pas sage, twenty-five miles north of Fort Rob erf,and stove a large hole nearly amidships, causing her to sitar- The vessel Isloonsid ered a total *reek. A portion of theta° - - on board ate above waver and WIRY be saved.. also jprobably her guns. No lives were lost. •The English war steamer Spar- , row Hawk Simko her on the day following the shipwreck., and‘monld reach the vessel in a few hours to render assistance, MISR NOMINATION& IKOMINATIOff 00.NIIRAED POLITICAL. FROM EUROPE. (By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette:l GREAT BRITAIN. DUBLIN, July 15.—A uolluuon occurred in- Monaghan to-day betwden the Orange men and Papists, in which four of the latter 'were wounded. , ---•--- ftPAIN. Loniinx, July 15—Reports of the politi cal situation in Spain are obscure and con tradictory. No reliable accounts of the conspiracy which ledto the arrest of the Duke De Montpensier and tither!' ' have been recel i ved from any source. Stringent censorship is maintained by the Spanish Qovernment, which prevente the tiansmis sten of political news by telegraph. FINANCIAL AIVII COMMERCIAL. LoimoN, July 15.--ConsoLs 943 f. Bonds 72g. Illinois 91g. Bonds at Frankfort 76,4; LivEnroot., JulYls.—Cottorinnehanged. Flour dull: , Sugar firm. Tallow 1313 3d. Petroleum heavy. BRIEF NEWS ITEMS. —Frank Leslie's divorce snit is on trial in New York. —Seven cases of sunstroke in Philadel phia on Tuesday. , —The Chase third party movement is said to be all bosh. , —The Cholera is rapidly disappearing from the Island of Cuba. —Gov. Swan (or Maryland) is after a Congressional nomination: • —The Preston bone factory at Rochester, N. J. was burned yesterday. —Four mem of sun stroke at Rochester on Tuesday. Two of them fatal. —The Chase and Ewing movement is said to, be gaining friends. in Baltimore. —President Solnave, of Hayti, is likely to succeed in his oppos ition to the Cacos. —The cabinet shop. at Sing Sing (N. Y.) prison was burned on 'Tuesday. Loss 04,000. —At Detroit, Michigan, I t uaWay at noon, the thermometer stood at niMny-nine in e shade. —A Convention• of Italian societies is to be held in Philadelphia next week to form a National AssociatWu. . .. —John T. MoDevitt,financial editor of the Philadelphia ?Am, died on Tuesday after an illness of some weeks. rLThere were eight;hundred deaths in Near York putt week=inereaseeaused by the heat and filthy streets. —The thermometer at Baltimore onTuas day ringed from ninety-six to one hundred and four degrees ire the shade. • —Seven hundred more Mormons arrived in New York on Tuesday from -England, and lea . 1 0u4,dinteW. ift Salt Lake' • +Atiitonventiortattortdo yeatex-L. ffMMdaz&Lise.:t-natimblialft 4*` V VR i r 4 10 010, 1 ,1:4:1 1 1*4iii0 amp- —The Massachusetts Republican State Committee L a s called a Convention at Wor cester, September 9th, to nominate State officers. -81 x men were arrested Tuesday even ing for placing a freight cur - on the Dela ware Railroad for the purpose of causing an accident. —A Committee of the English House of Commons has reported in favor of the pur chase of a residence in Ireland for the Prince of Walea. —Seven of the strikers of the Nashville and Northwestern Railroad were arrested yesterday; atNashville, on a writ procured by Col. Jones, late receiver. —The Republican, a new semi-weekly radical paper, will appeal in Nashville, Tenn. Tenn. this week, under the- auspicea o John , of the Stadts Zeitung, —The Louisville police imbroglio has fi nally been settled. the Mayor having sur rendered the station houses to the Board of Police Commissioners and dilibanded his force.. —From May ist, 1887, to July 10th, 1888, seventy-four raids were made on gambling houses in St. Louis, and property seized and destroyed to; the amount of thirty-two thousand dollars: —ln Brooklyn; N. Y., on Tuesday even ing, an immense Grant and Colfax ratifica tion meeting was held. Addresses were delivered by Lt. Gov. Stewart, L. Wood ford, Horace Groely, Joshua M. Van Cott and others. , —Capt. Sam Barr, indicted asaccessory to the murder of Henry Anderson, on the steamer Great Republic, at St. Louis, was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $20,000. Captains Dan Able and. W. H. Thorwegan are sureties. —Yesterday morning at two o'clock Prof. Peters, of Litchfield Observatory, Hamil ton College, Clinton, N. Y. discovered another asteroid; which makes one hun dred discovered. It had the appearance of a star of the eleventh magnitude. —At Boston, 'Tuesday , night, a Are de stroyed Palmer, Wade dt Co.'s spring man ufactory, E. D. Webader's machine shop, C. E. Austin's melodeon manufactory. and Pillsbury's reed manufactory. Loss very heavy and only partiallyinsured. —lntelligence from Arizona to June 27th 'has been received, which states , that the Indians had set fire to the woods near Pree• cott. Great damage was done to cabins. dto. Indian signs are plenty. The savages had kindled fires in every mountain, and are prowling around. —Chief Justice Chase,(says a Washing ton telegram to the Ne w 'York Herald,) has again declared himself in full accord with the. Democratic party; although he dim grecs with the plank in the platform rela tive to Southern ' Constitutions. He be- Heves these Constitutions should stand un til changetilby the people of each State, all voting. —A mass , meeting of Hebrews was held in Memphis last night td consider General . Grant's order expelling the Jews. Speeches were made by Rabbi Tusks and others de: flouncing the order in lthe severest terms and calling on the,peop) of that race to re vefige themselves at th epolls. —The committee appointed to confer with the Louisville and Nashville, the Louisville, Lexington and Cincinnati Rail road Companies. and the General cloubolls reported yesterdayt tWat the. right 'of sf,T through the'oltV Enid' be granted beam tionally that the Louisville, Leib: l oon and Cincinnati Mailrbad would restore fol Sono to Our and a half feet- - • -The aecommodation train going west of the) Pacific Railroad; on TeletiSaY, was thrown from the track a few miles wen of Hermann. A brakOmannamed Dan . Harly was instantly' killed and thttumductor ruld several passengers Joightly injured. The 1:80 passenger trairon the same road col lided with a freight!train yesterday after noon; nearly dernolhthing both loolmotivea. About three hundred delegates and out eiders to the Republican State COnvention to be held at Jefterion City7hio., were on the, train but nobody was hurt. • ::.mss .~~w~~` ~:t;i~~ i 4!~ WASHINUMN TOWS AND 60MP. The intense heat Inds an embargo ,on , business or political t movements. Every. body complains and watches the thermord eter.' • 2 l'he President has determined to nomi nate Mr. Wisewell for Commisidoner of In ternal Revenue, and he will be again re jected. The new Chinese treaty will be prounitly ratified when it is reported. Mr. Buirg v iz ame will make an important official ad to the people. . Mr. Vallandigham and Montgomery Blair are still here manipulating members and arranging for the coming campaign/ The Alaska' appropriation bill/will by promptly passed in the Senate. All the ap propriation bills but two have been acted on, and these will .be passed during the 'present, week.. If the •name of Gen. Burbridge sent in, for Commissioner of Internal Revenue hd will be confirmed. • Congress will not adjourn until the fir of August, and the President will am extra session of the Senate soon after. Mr. Johnson will sign the Freedmen's Bureau Bill, it is said. The President will veto the Electoral Collegekbill audit will be promptly passed over the veto, President Johnson haadeelined the invi tation to the Reverdy Johnson liarimnd, He will be represeted by Mr. Seward. -- The soldiers and sailors are milking prep arations for a grand / ratification Meeting on the - nominations 'of Grant and Colfax ron. Monday evening next. ' .Z The Committee of Conference on the tax bill are holding daily - sesslons,*l - expeet to finish their report today. . The Commit= tee will recommend. a concurrence _ in a greater part of the Senate amendments, ' Collector Smythe - . is about the Capital working to secure :his eordinnation as Min- • ister to Austrifi, but has very little pros pect of success, as the Committee on--For eign Relations have decided against him, and will not reverse their action. J. It. Goss, member of Congress from the Fourth District of South Carolina, has ar rived, and his credentials, were = refer red to the House Committee on Elections. The Military Committee of the House have been holding daily sessions on the bill reducing and fixing the peace estab lishment of the army. Their efforts will be directed toward securing some consist ent system of reduction more in harmony with what appears to be the sense of the House than the bill as it was first reported. They agreed,to support the amendments proposed by General Pile, which will prob ably be accepted 'by the House. They re duoe the rank of chiefs of staff of the de partments one grade, and number of the staff about one-third.. To awry reduc tion into effect, a council of officers is to be convened by the General-in-Chief, consist ing of two General officers, two officers of each arm of thew:rale°, and one from each staff of the department. One-half of the whole shall be officers appointed from -civil life, or• velunteer force 'who shall in quire, i nto the fitness of, offi c ers to remain in tfie s iervlce.those tat to be dropped, lispd AOC abilb be-,- ' a list ' or,the number In excess , w . be honorably mnaMred onton the S of Zdamtk r lB69. , . The Latest ittlattar Vote In Each State. The vote in each State, as cast at the last pupal:it election, so far as It can at present be ascertained, is' given in the following table: r$ ti I . 0 9 . . snarrs. S . et ;1 • a. o • .... r,- a ZI i ; - , . e Alabama 1 70,6= I 1.13135 60,897/15 Conn% 1888 Arkansas 17,913 24697 1,3160. Const`n, AM California 44,531 84669 3,3630- Lt. (tor, 1612 r, Connecticut .. . 48.779 50,651 1,77211 Goenor, IMO Delaware ..... ' &MS 9,810 1,112 D liov*nor„1886 Florida ...... :. 14,510 9,491. 6,629R' Const`n, 1888 P loricia 14,170 10,144 4,0350. GoVnor, MS Georgia 88,1= 081.750 18 =I Const'a, 1868 Georgia .. ..... 83,146 76.099 7,0015 Gor'nor. UM Illinois 291,045 147.05. 65,91371 Congress 1866 Indiana 169,601 IMMO,' 14,208 R Bec.Btatel666 lowa . : ..... .... 90,739 66,886 31,969 R, IL Judge,lP67 Kansas 19,15 V 8,161' 11.2198. Gov*nor, 18= Kentucky 33,939 103,3M•109,4669 tiov , nor. 1260 Louisiana • ca.= 44,733 117,41314 Const'n, UM Louisiana .... 64,901 41.6141 V 211,7 MR flov'uor, 11116 Malan 57,649 44, 6 03 11,614 R Gonor, IBM Maryland 21,890 83,60'• 41,7110 UoVtior, UM Massachusetts 98„8116 70,127,945 R °coolies, UV Michigan 80.519 66. 124,66414 18. Juilge.lBB7 Minnesota .... 34.879 29. 1 6.3 70.. Gor'nor, 1857 Missouri.. ..... 61.187 Mi. 10,85v15 811 1 411363 /MN Nebraska 4.610 4.. 748 R Congress 1866 Nevada 5.047 4.:95 7.728 Confressll3B6 New rjampVe 29,778 37,V0 2,518 R Wm nor. 1868 New Jersey... 6 5 .4= mon 1,4210. Congress MS New York 325.018 MO= 47,63013 Bes.BtateiBB7 N. Carolina.. 93.081 74.518 19,11119 R t'oast's, lMO Ohio. 3133,606 740.6311 298316 Gcrenor, 1887 Oregon .. 9.3501 10.3697 1.30911} Congress 1866 renntylran 1 a 286,0.:4 3131,746 9523 G S. Judge,lB67 Rhode Islanid• 10,038 6.731 4.31:98' Gor , nor, 1861 8. Carolina-. 71',753 27,283 43,47111 C C 0115341, 1866 Tennessee .... 74,484 =513 64113614' Elornor, Mg Texas 4..089 11,440 33.24611 Cour , tn, 1868 Vermont .. .... 31.664 11,510 20,16415' Gov , nor, 18117 Virginia 111,362' 61,867 45,4558 Conv , tn, 190 West Virginia =,802 17,158 ,6,64418: Govinor, 1818 Wisconsin .... 76.610 68,873 4,761 W, goVior, 18R The vote of Mississippi has not yet been announced, but the Constitution is believed. to be defeated by a very large vote. In Al familia, the Constitution received a majority of the votes cast, but net a majority of those regiatered. The Terns Convention is still_ in session. . , nuelndio* ecatterisciuld ladeipendent 'rotes tratimated. . . A little incident in Beymour's history which is made public upon good authority, affords an example of Ids loyalty and pa triotism. At the outbreak of the rebellion, he declared, in a public speech, that it was A question whether "successful coercion" was not as revolutionary. as ._successful se cession; and he pronounced the war for the Union an "infamous 'warfare." A little later, meeting Judge !Charles 11. Ruggles, he asked the Judge: "Judge, have you read the confederate constitution t I have; and it is better than ours. Then why not obviate all difficulty, by simpfy attllpting that [rebel] wastitutios?" Seymour odd that the rebel constitution was better than the National constitution. He propos ed to settle the war by baths the whole orth join the confed_ emy , an d a d o pting the rebel comiltution t There is nowhere any pripof that he ever c h ange d his sentiments In this respect. There ~to nowhere any proof that he , differs novf from Fruit Blair and Wade Itamoion• , i t —The third annual bawd; Fair of the Cincinnati and' Covin trst Tobacco Trade. Association was held th unusual attrac tion on Tuaday, and Wednesday at Pike's Music Rail, Cincinnati, and was largely attended by representatives from every portion of the United States. The annual address was delivered by Colonel L. S. Bradford. There were _ twenty-four valuable premiums offered, among which the following are the - highest: first, to Soo.' W. Stone, lATAChburg, Va., foe bright wrappers; second, for cutting tea, to j. N. Walker, Bracken county, 'Hy.; third, for black wrapper_Lto J. E. Markham, Mtn county, i Weld • Va., M fourth, to rs. Ann Ware IlraTen county: By:, for leaf tobacoo. Ater ' a arding tilts premiums, the Sale of - all the toixtooo exhibition etimmenced and, will continuo on. from day to day. until all i s Bold. It. is bo. ins sold Much loWer than was aStsbated, != M :•& - NUM I : ER 169. Seymour on Rebel Constitution.. 1
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