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Secretary McCullociirecelved a telegiSm . this morning „from ex-goyernor Cox, of Ohl6,in - reipornie-tO one sent to'hlin yester ,, day, requesting, him to accept the appoint ., ment of Cotnnussioner of Internal Revenue, ;iii Which,fdr, Cox persists 'in declining on • the - swim grounds as before, namely, that ' his private .butliness - engagements will. not POmit hiFn to accept.: .. A TREATY 'W/Trt INDIANS. '.:.. The iblkiwing has been received at the - 'lndian Department: ELLsWowrit, Kansas, August - e.—l h'ave just arrived 'trogi Fort Larned. Saw - the Arrapahoes,Apachea f ßiowas and Caman : °hes and arranged everything sadallictisrY, appreheudito trouble. Tites.'AitrilPHlC, Superintendent. 4..r...ponirlHENT OF SUFREVISORS. Commissiouer _Rollins has, prepared a , list, 'ecintaining One hundred and fifty names,-'of parties whoie appointment-: as • Supervisors under the newlspuits 'aud2t6- bacco tax law. he has recommended 'to the Secretary of the TrifasbrY,land it is now on „Slain the.. Appointment °Moe Department awaiting consideratiou. - •, It is not probable they Ncrill'beoctia Onlor'llaveral days. CABINET ING • TheCabinbtsUseeilig to-day was thinly . - attended, Messrs. Seward, \ Schofield, Ran _ dall and Evarts being absent from the city. ' The meetif was- short. Secretary Scho field is ex ctedt4t..raturn to Washington from New orkft-morrow or next day. BE R*IrAND,: ME. International Commercial Convention 'LEY Telegraph torhe Pittsburgh Gazette.:` PORTLAND, August 4.—The Internation al Conn:genial Convontionlanet at-rortland to-day. IDefegates -are `present 'fiom all Parts of the United States • and Canadian ,Provinces.:Kr. 'John Neal was -chosen temporary Chairman. The Committee on Credentials reported:two hundred and live delegates bad "alreadY arrived and many more were expected. They recommended Hon. Samuel fderrill„Governor of lowa, for President; Witha , bikgelist-ofVilie Pres-, dents, and Six Seprattules, from various, parts of the - couniry. A :Committee was appointed Ntaiki - Gov_ " 1116.11111,,Jvg0 'appeared and assumed the chair with brief remarks. A - Committee of thirteen. was appointed, on order, of business,- and the - Convention. adjourned until three o'clock P. M. .„ • The -ConvAmtion reAssembled at , three O'clock. The Committee on Orderof Busi ness reported the following: Istl - The =Bread: across the Continerii: 2d. Lake, river.aid canal navigation. 3d. International. commercial relations. - Letters were read from' distinguished gentlemen who were unable to. attend. Hon. James Taylor, of St. Paul, address ed the Convention on the railroad' and ship canal-interests of the WeW , said the best tbad to the sea With transhipment is what the West wants, and when ship canals shall ()peg the St. Lawrence to every the , 'waters 'then the proud city of New Yolk will lie compelled to afford the same privilege with her canal. The railway-system is the kdy of the-canal system.- In closing he 'referred" - to - the great future Trans-Continental Railway terminating at Pnget's Sound. , Committees were appointed to,preiare resolutions upon - the - three subjects • ze portal' by the Committee'on Order of Bitsi-. The t Chairman of, thelnit'Oamrblttee - is Hon: J. W. Corlett, Portland,. , -Oregon; on the eeeond, J.'W. Taylor, §tt. Paul, Minn.i on the third, W. Craig, of Detroit, Mich. • The Conventioß.AdjoPTlled .1111...Wectnea, day'liforning.. - • NITEST INDIES. ' = i• - •••• ; Success of the Revolutionists in Hayti— , Invasion bs tlfe Ron:Weans. C.l3fTelegrapritalle Pittalniiiik &tette.) ,HAvezurA, Angiast 4.—The following news has inaeareceivetfrom Hayti: - - A battle took place near Jacmul on the 2lth:of July between the revolutionists and the torceit `Bolnave,' *bleb - ended, in - a vietdry for the former. The revolutionists+ have concentrated four thousand men, well provided with prOviiiolis and amunition, around the city of Port-au-Prince, and are preseingosith , renewed Gen. Lynch, one - -of -the revnlutionary cointnanders,f haalsstied a manifesto pro clalniing against the cession of Hayti to the United States. 1 The Dominlelan troopithave• crossed the frontiers and commenced the invasion of . Gen: Royer Mullis• sons bad been murdered, - Robberies mid debrediiimns are reported in various parts of the country. Adviceii friiinSt. Domingo represent that therevolatipnary_movement against gm)* is steadilyprtfiresiting under the leadership of Gen. Suprona.A decisive victory over the forces sebteigidisit him•liad 'been gained by Ogando, one of his Generals. TheaPeOdy„. or hist Govern-) 'dent is anticipattl. • Scull Race on the Madsen. , tai Teleirrat, totiul rine:Km:4 Gszatnl4 "Popurtnnatinz, August .4.—An exciting boat race came off yesterday afternoon, at Sing Sink; intwenii- 'Charles 'liVad,'"one of the :Ward:bre:keit; and Jared Maywood...Of . thin:dace.' The course was one mile and at half-south .and ,, return for --dne-hundred dollars a - slde: - iAtAha.siart,lktymoffti took the lead and maintained it until after they turned the stake boat, wketrbile of hiwoup riggers broke. Ward then passed him and . won the race. The Judges decided in Ward's foxnr., ,_,Timanotsbfeip, ,gh e /Whir caused mtlelieresitbrilent, - and'Sam-Collyer offered to match Raymond again for any amountnf_XnneY, Ng*Kas - rais9. Abotairten itikmniand of 'Changed hands on the result: Raymond was the favorite at thg„4htpe , ?4,q o f two y one. t ixe:le, t. 16; • • Seymour's itcseplpylott,,,Lette, r. ,By Telegrapti to tikeildsittwirffdaarte.) , NEW Yoltir, Jingust 4.—The officialletter eof acceptance Of ; t he Democratic nomination for President by Horatio Seymour will be _ made public to-morrow. NEW YOItK CITy, • , [By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.) Ni'w YORK August - -4.—" Thomas Fitz, patril; aged ;even years, residing with his paren sin Willoughby St., Brooklyn, who was bitten by, a mad dog on Monday, was attacked with hydrophobia yesterday in its most Malignant form. - -' - 'sat evening Mr. J. Abraham, lawyer. residing inCincinnati. Ohio, while riding to*n in rine of the eighth avenue cars, had his pocket picked of a pocket-book containing over ;450 -in money, several drafts and other valuable papers. The case has been placed in charge of the de tectives, who are actively engaged trying to ferret out the gOilty party. On the application of six excluded mem bers of the new board of Conncilmen, yes terday,. Judge Barnard issued a mandamus - to compel the board to admit them as mem bers, on the ground that the twelfth section of the act of 1866 is unconstitutional and void. William Mooney, aged -sixty-four years. residing at No. 44 West Fortieth street, had both legs broken by , falling under one of the job cars of the Hudson River Railroad, at thoi depot, foot of Thirtieth street. The Chinese Embassy/eft the city -yester day for a vlsitto Secretary Seward's home in Auburn. • „ , The money for the Alaska purchase was paid yesterday in gold certificates. Baron Stoeckel wanted a drafton London, but as he could - not get it be . took the .col n - lor.:ats equiviale4 a' _- A man named Wm Douglas was found dead in his room at his house No. 67 Sands street, Brooklyn, yesterday. Hehad,been missing • since Tharaay'rrofght; and the body was so dechrupoged - that on woving it the headlelr oft . His mother and sister had gone to the country some time ago, and becoming alarmed at his continued si lence, the'sister returned yesterday, tnd on searching throughout the house, amid an almost stench, she discov ered the body. How he met his death is a 'mystery. • Wm. Guile, a soldier at Fort Hamilton, was, with others, sent to-bathe yesterday. Guile for sonic offence hid a ball and chain attached to him, and though a good swim mer, he sank and was drowned. Another murderous assault was made last night on a policeman. It occurred on 52d street, and the officer. whose name in Bernholtz, was - severely injured, thodth not dangerously. - The% crilnals were ar rested. Several deserting Spanish,sailors, before Commissioner Colborne to-day, were remit ted to the care of the Marshal to await the requisition of vice-consul Heindrieh Shaef fer. • The Gerinan murderer arrested at Patter son' N. J., was before the. Commissioner on the demand of thilCiinsul of Hesse Darm stadt. His examination is set for the Ist of September„ . • Francis J. A. Bole, once Street Insaiector, and a prominent politician, escaped from Bloomingdale lunatic asylum 'last night, but was found and returned there to-day• The colored people of New. York and_ vi cinity held a grand Union piCnio in honor of negro emancipation at Boulevard Grove, rooklyn, - on Monday:f - 'Abont -Oxielthous juid_persontWere preterit. • - Gen. Schenck and the Hon. J. M. Ashley, of Ohio, were at the Astor House yesterday.' The former has gone to Newport, and the latter left last - night Tor hielionle in Toledo, Ohio. Flight of Thieves. to 'Canada,-Effect oQ . ' Moti - • (By Telegraph to` the Pittsburgh Gazette.) Tonowro, August, 4.—ln consequence o f: the summary manner in which Vigilance' Committees have recently dealt' wit&sit-, Effrobbers in' the :mestere States, there rc s r ..:been numerous arrivals of well known desperate characters, and the ex prewcoinpanies have taken.the precaution to place armed guards onthe express trains. An unsuccessful attempt was made to rob the express office at Sherbrook, Tues day night. Morse it Co; bankers, of thli'eltY, were robbed of two hundred dollars in open day light. - _ • Henry Renaud, the New York, forger, whose'extradition was recer tly applied fok, was discharged from . custody to-day. The case was compromised ty the prisoner agreeing to, return to the Mines if the.ciiin- - inal charge was abandoned. Chinese Embassy at Auburn, N. Y. - terreiegrazihtitsirittsbursh Gazette': -.. AUBURN, N. Y., August 4.—A large crowd assembled at the depot this after r . noon to witness the arflval of the Chinese Embassy. , The. members -priacoeded, ni'ediately in • Carriages to - the retidenee of Mr. Seward. To-morrow morning the'Em busy will. Visit the prison and In the after'- noon they go to the firm of-A. S. Dunning: to witness an exhibition of mowers and reveal.- On Saturday they,ge IttenlEttb pattakeJof the hospitalities of. C. T. Martin. The distinguished visitors will remain in town till Friday, and go from here to Ntagaralrelbs. . • ' ~.• , • • • - Lesomotlye Explosion. (BY Teleitrapp to the ri;tisburgb9azette.l ALE-icA24neie.;"o.l,. August 4.—The loco- motive Augusta, of Alexandria, Washing, ton and Georgetown Railroad, exploded' this evening at the depot, at fth Avenue and Alekandria railroad; julit'previous to start ing for Washington, knocking away poi-, tions of two ~ hotteelll),`-iri: the :yicinity and scattering .the'fragnientein every direction. One, colored man is believed to be fatally. injured. The engineer and firernan Were slightly hurt, a boy had,his hip broken, a woman was seriously Mut and several others injured. • INalits to,Fight COburn; [By Telegraph to the'Pfttaburgh Gazette.] NEW Yong-, Aug. 4—McCool, in a letter tO Mr. Queen, objects to having the stakes for the late frustrated fight given up, 'and in sists that . the fight musts take p lace: .-.He considers that be, making ati appearance at tbelate appointed tire e, Wori the meney,but will waive that , for,another appointment. Ile is'content lekte the money Ln Mr. Queen's hands. Drill for the Champlonshlp. (By Telegraph to tic Plitaborgh Gazette.] B°lsT °k;:;ing:L=Ciiptain Milan, of the Moptgomcry 'Arent; ' , has 'challenged the New York Webster Guard ,to a second drill for-the champion fiii(t6take pities'within three months at some intermediate point between New Y ork idndBoston. )' • (*ty Telegraph to the Plttebnrith Garette.) • M ONgtlolll ggy; : dogtist'4.;=The Hattie to= day was aataille4 on tti bill allowing ao ,cess to railroad rell'arutittedinbotiter. with out regard to color. Mho bpl pas*ed. „The Benatefdliktissed thttbill retnotfing csrdisabillties, but:without decided action. .1' Cotton Mill Burnetl., csiTc‘lims. olPto e,PI born eatettoq..,. 'PHILADELPHIA, August 4.—Thekeattiiii Mill of Jno. Brown it Bons, in this city. was totally destroyed by fire this morning, with machinery, 4t.c. Loss, 111115,000; in sured for wow. • PITTSI3U4GII, WEDNESDAY, AUGTJ:T 5, 18e8 SECOH EDITION. POl:at CPCLOCIE A. M. FROM EUROPE. Fenian'Trialg—lrish Church Es ' tablishment—Gerinan Benioc racy• of Austria—Festival at Bonn,ftermany—Crolis in Brit ish Isles. rBY Telegraph tQ the Pittsburgh Gazette.] GREAT BRITAIN, I.o}mow; August 4.—Mr. Scullion, coun sel for the prisoners Warren and Costello, in a communication to the Lendon Times repeats his declaration that his clients were tried and Convicted on evidence procured in the United States. The Times in answer reiterates.immostpositive.terms its denial of thetcorreetness of the' statement. The Royal Commission on the • Irish Church establishment have made a report. They recommend the abolition of all Epis copal Sees and,Cathedral establishments in Ireland, except 'eighty, to be maintained on reduced incomes; they also report in fa vor of measures to encourage tenants undei church leases to purchase property in per pettittrantlntOenable :land holders, by pay ment and rent charges, to eventu ally redeem athrregain possession of their lands. - Lennox, Aug. f—The wheat harvest in the British isles is nearly,over, and accord ing to the estimates which can now be formed the yield will be double that of last year, and exceed by one-third the an nual average. j GIZZZEM GERM &NT. BONN, August 4.—A festival was held in this city yesterday to commemorate the semi -centennial anniversary of the foundi top of the University of Bonn. There was a great gathering of the students, alumni and friends of the institution from all parts:of:Germany . ' A banquet took place at 'which - among the distinguished guests were George Bancroft, American Minister to the North German Conrad erapan... BONN, • August 4.—The University of Bonn has conferred the degree of Doctor of Laws on His Royal Highness Crown 'Brine - 4'ot Prussia; Hon. George Bancroft, Minister of the United States, and Prof. Darwin and John Stuart Mill, of England. • AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Angust 4.—The German Demo crats held a Meeting in this city last night, at rliieh spem.hes were macle and resolu tions adopted = deproring the practical ex clusion of the German provinces of the Austrian;Empire from: - their former rela tions with the Fatherland, and protesting againitt the settlement of the question of Germinic• union through the prcicelis of arbitrary annexation.. declaring that all action to that.end should be based upon the Will of• PeoPle•VP,B FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. LONDON, August 4.—:Eveuiv.—Consols closei-at 033i0)94%; .Bontls, 71,g(713.;; Ill inois; ' 93Y. Erie, 41; Bonds, Frankfort, 81 75 1 4 @MX. ' - .PARIS, August 4.-LBOurse dull; Rentes, 70 francs, 50 centimes. LIVERPOOL, Auvist 4.—Cotton closed fbxt4•liplands, OX; - ,Orlearia, 10Kolalite 8,000 bales. , Sugar is.quiet. Petroleum is (Inlet and unehanged. Calcutta Linseed, 645. on the spot, 640. 611. to arrive. , ArrrcrUnP; August 4—:Petr9leum iv buoy ant; refinea, 53 francs. CHICAGO. Exposition of Woolen Manufactures of the North-West--The Mysterious Cattle Dig. ease—Vanic Among Dealers—Scientific Congress. - • 03) , Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.) - CnicAoo, August first exposition .of woolen manufactures of the North-West was opened to-day at the rooms of the As sociation in this City. "The'President of the AssociatiO'h made a few introductory re marks, and was followed by Mayor Rice, who a welcoming address. Speeches were also made by lion. E.. 8. Ward, of Detroit, Hon. J. R.Drin,nell, Biwa, Colonel Horace Capron, Commissioner of Agricul ture, Hon. N. B. Judd,' Chicago, -N. B. Townsend, President Wool Growers' Asso ciation o f Ohio, and others. 'Ssalple Of goodsati3reon exhibition frona all the western' States and several of the eastern States, numbering about fifteen hundred lots and representing; ,eight hun dred mills. •,. •This afternoon the Assockition - visted the - Union StookNards. • At the Meeting this evening addresses • were delivered birW. G. Cutter, Milwankee; and Geo. B. Stebbins; Detroit. At a businessineeting of the Manufac turers Association this evening the ru es as to baying wool, which have occasion much discussion, were uncermoniously re 'scinded. • • To-morrow - will' be mainit:occup . led in the exhibition and examinatibn of goods. On Thursday the trade sale occurs. EXZFITEMENT ABOUT TEE CATTLE DISEASE. There is considerable excitement among the cattle sellers and buyers of the city in- consequence of the ;mysterious disease that has, recently broken out among beef cattle in the central part of the State. Out of several lots of cattle received here by the Illinois Central railroad, and purchased and shipped east day before yesterday, ,seventy head have died on the „cars between here and Pitts: burgh. The dealers owning them have tel egraphed to-the Unionatock yards here, re questing their agents to buy no more cattle here, and , s general pani c 4 has been occa: sinned 'among the cattle men in conse quence. , ' , ' The Scientific bypogress asseinbles in this city tomorrow. , About three hundred members are expected to by present Este . sire Fire, at St. Louis. CB" Telegru+ to thstrlttssarsir Gazette. r , Sr. Lom i ,-Au gust 4.-&-A Ms this Owning in the Foci c mills, corner of Beyenth and Walnut st r eets , o wned by ,Grcenwood ,dc Miles, 14141 , eitenillbg M , the,: I 'kaki:try:of Browd 1 / 4 /tt& - Company, factory of Ow ens & Co., paper bag factory of Bixby, Forbes & Co.,,destroyeo, /El_roper, ty- valued at about 125,000; ° The pr i n c ipa l" losers-are Greenwood & Miles, :whose, Mill was Well destroyed. There InstirminWon ,the proper in the.WeaternAcoldentaland. 4tlanticof 13V-Lonts, s2,ooodacht - Congeal. toc t. Mutual. 114,609/ Kansas CUT . Fire and rine; $2,500; National anti New England, Wm - 16,00(k /Etna, Hartford,' croon ; nroberman's, Chicazo,,por ,Eltiarerlso,i , (~ ncliinittl,_ 82,500: City ire Hartford, 83,000; Yonkers, New York, $4,000. Other estimates put the loss considerably higher than the' above, but this is considered the most reliable. ` 4 4.11,.f, :I IN ' "s' ITEM. --jebn Wilson, a w :Lf-known master printer, died at Boston *n Monday. —The PennsylVania 'tate Teachers' As sociation is in session a , Allentown. —Rev. B. J. Spauldin:, Roman Catholic Priest, died at Loublvill Ky., yesterday. —The anniversary of he. battle .of.Wil sen's Creek will be cele *rated on thejOth inst.at_St..Louis... - - John Bauman - co .. .. ited suicide at Cin eindati yesterday by shooting himself through the head. - •' ' —Judge Wll2, Doak, I a proMmont and much respected citizen .f Harrisburg, died yeste 4 rday evening. - ' ' ethorpe's woolen mills, in Philadel phia, were destroyed by fire on'Tuesday morning.ss $50,000. - --,BishOp ter has just lost by death his seOnd daug er, Phebe, a very accomplish -4 ed and most beloved young lady. . • ' —Glen.. Howard, of the Freedmen's Bu reau; on his way Sonth,!addresied a' meet ing of negroesatltichmond, Va.',- last night. —A son of ex-Judge William B. Reed, of PhiladelPhia, undertook to commit suicide last Thursday morning. at Sheifield,,War: ren county. . . —Joseph "'Wilkinson, a well-known Citi zen. killed a man named Kells, near Gran via Settlement, slew miles from St. Louis, on Saturday. —A dispatch .from portsmouth, N. H., announces the death' of Chas. W. Brews ter, ;editor and proprietor of .:the New Hampshire Journal. , -The Cowmen Council of New York yesterday adoptectresolut ns of respect to the memory of Gen. Halpi e, and to attend his funeral in a body. . —A base ball match betwe n -the . Cincin nati Club and the. Capitol Cl b; at Colum bus, Yesterday, resulted in avor of the . former. Score forty-three to fil, . -,lt has been generally agreed upon that as soon as the no* tax bill has legitimate' eftect on the liquor market, t. prices of drinks to consumers ishall.be r • • aced. • —Governor Fenton 4111 appo' • t an ultra Republican to fill the vacant pl : ce of .Conn- • ty Register of Nevi York. is rumored. that.John.Yourig of t• e ' .bune . •will Ani Smith, whose political letters signed "Major Tack Downing" ,eaused 3 something of seniationthirtV years ago, died on Wednesday in Patchogue, L. I. aged 75 years. . - —A dwelling house on Welland street, atßochester, N. Y., owned and occupied by Mr. Tobias Hammond, was destroyed by fire, and a son of Mr. Hammond, aged six years, perished. • '—Means are being 'devised to carry into effect the proviso of the act . of Congress transferring the United States Arsenal grounds to the city of St. Louis, which re quires the erection of a monument to Gen. Lyon. . • —The fruit crop in New Hampshire has been blighted by insects. '; All other kinds of crops are very promisidg. The hay crop has been unprecedentedly large, and the weather has been unustudly favorable for curing it speedily. —The-Facia° coast press unanimously en dorseitrefor the Chinamission as posessing tunny qualiflcations - which would assist him in rendering .yaluable• services to the United States. Baron RiChtshefen intends making geological researches in China. - 7 Great anxiety, is felt at Philadelphia :16r' the safety of ,the „steamer Britainia, which sailed on the fourth of July for Glasgow, and has not since been, heard from. She should - have, arrived out about the 26th ult. She took one hundred and twenty passengers. —The colored people of Bt. Louis on Monday celebrated the anniversary of 'British . Emaneipation in the West Indies in an Imposing manner. A long procession paraded the streets and several thousand people congregated at Concordia Park and Jaeger's Garden', w,here speeches were made and general festivities indulged in. .—The Coroner's jury in the case of Gener al Halpine rendered a virdiet that the de ceased came to his death through an over dose of chloroform administered during a fit ..of nervous prostration_ resulting from excitement. If the General had lived he was to be sent to Congress in the fall from the Ninth' District New York, in place of Fernando Wood. ~ —Accounts by eye-witneses, belonging to both parties, contradict the statetnent, as telegraphed a few days ag:o, of the desper- ate tight at the. Democratic meeting in Ba ling County, Missouri. Tire man Howard,' referred to, was drunk, and hurrahed foi; Jim .Listie,•=4O.-arinoy CoI. Phillips, the speaker, and when an attempt was made to quiet HoWard, he shoteheathain. A panic ensued, and,,a few pistAll s.hots were fired, but only one man was killed and two ,or three wounded. The difficulty did not have its origin in polities.‘," Conventlsa of Border State Colored ,Men. • Ety retegripb to the Plttat;nrgh Gazette.] _ BALTIMORE; August 4.—The Border State Colored Convention organized to-day, with William Nesbit as permanent President. George A. Brown was appointed Chairman of the Business Committee. A. crowded meeting was held to-night at Douglas In stitute and addressed by William Howard Day, •of New York, 4ev. James Lynch, of Mississippi, and others. lluffnlo - Mtit ket (By Telegraph to the Plttsbgnrh liatette.] BUFFALO, August 4.—Flour, spring ,ad vanced 25 to 50c and there is a fair demand. Wheat is , quiet and scarce; sales 10,000 bus No. Land 2at 81,00a2. Corn the market is i3xcited and higher;, sales 800,000 bus at 151,04 for early; '51,05a1,06 later; and at noon $1,07;001(1 $l,OB at the close. ats are nom inal and Scarce. Rye and barley. are WM inal. Pork and Lard are unchanged. Re beipts of Corn amoutitto . l27,ooo bus; Flour, 5,900 !obis. Shipments, corn, kBl4OOO bus. Freights are Michangeid. New Orleans Market. (By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.] • ,• • NEW.ORLICANS, Augrtst 4 - cotton 4011, withi middlings at 28; receipts, 200 hales; Sales, 30 bales.: Gold. 1,4,0 X. • Stmar and Molasses •ntiminal. IFlour gnlet, with su perior at. 58,45; other brands tinotlatiged. Louhiyalo Market. • to tee nttabarto e4tate:3' Loony - it:lin, August of .4Jist d$ of i fo'niioTfirm and lugoz}tp.,uteditun sold 714a15; Ansen Co.; inedinntithlppers, Wiw 174 Hail Co., do. rapping*, 87j.i..,teki a 2. Flour, #6,25a0;50 for superf i ne. Detroit Market By Tepurroph.to.the Pltoftlutidi BYaltte; I DETRorT, August arrivals Ara i light with iipmand faleat'slloo for..ne* Wheat :saperior. Wheat quie t' and prices •`-' 'Memphis Miikeit' ch. Telegraphs° the Pittabengh 6agette.l Hilmar% August 4.- , ..Cotton quiet but firui; receipts, 6 bales; exports, 8 bales. Flour dull; superfine, 117a7,50. , TIIE. CATTLE DISEASE. - - Death of Hundreds o* Cattle from the Hit nets Pestilente--What we Eat—Whe is Meat Inspector and What are His Duties! Some days ago attention was called in the editorial colums of the GAZETTE to the prevalence of a fatal disease amongst the cattle of Illinois, and_ the warning was given that the pestilence must necessarily spread by rail to our city. The anticipa .tions of the editor have been more than ver ified, for the awful pestilence has reached our city and caused an alarm never before felt in this locality by both the consumers of meat and the' owners of stock. On Friday last a drove of two hundred cattle 'were shipped to , this point by a prominent Illinois stock dealer,. and of that number thirty-nine died on their way - hither and sixty-seven perished' in the East Liberty stock yards. Nor is this all. Of a smaller drove shipped to Pittsburgh, a number .died on their way and ten fell victims to the fatal disease at East Liberty on Saturday bit, while, with not a single exception, the ani mals embraced in the drove were more or less diseased. Our reporter visited the principal stock yards of Alleghe ny and Pittsburgh yesterday, in or der to arrive at some definite• knowl edge of the extent of the pestilence; but drovers and others were so very reticient about the matter that he had to depend much on the statements of outsiders for the alarming facts just stated. It is not known how many of these diseased animals have been slaughtered and retailed by our butchers to their patrons; but that there I have been many customers so imposed upon is amply evidenced in the fact that hundreds of., families on last Sun day sat down to the dinner table with rank, foul-smelling and diseased meat be fore them.. We are not alarmists, Mat are anxious to let our readers know that a hor- Inble and fatal cattle disease has been brought to our city from the West, and there is no knowing how disastrous may be the consequences: It is hardly sate during its prevalence to butte fresh beef, and too much prudence cannot be exer chied In the purchase of this almost neces sary article 'of food. True, the city has., a, Meat ,Inspector, but from in yesterday we are led tti believe that that officet' hasTalledlo properly dis charge his duties; that the office seems to .haye been regarded as a mere smeeure,.and "that the. Interests of thepublic have been 'frightfully disregarded. 'ln Search of' him yesterdayyolirrep,Or found/that he had •no established.office, ori headquarter!, and that, at some 'stalls at least, in the market, he was - an almost unknown official. fie ocial. alarm was sounded by him, and 'were it not for the industry ofthelocalreporters, perhaps, the community would not to-day have been advised of the terrible pestilence paring amongst the cattle imported to our city from the westerriStates. Councils cer tainly did not create this office far the par pospof paying a salary to any indivifflial for duty half performed or . performed• not , at all. . The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, with a `Prudence and foresight :worthy of commendation, yesterday refused to trans port to the Eastern cities any part of, the -stocks afflicted with thecoritaglous disease. This course is ernineutly proper, and.may I possiblysaVe our friends east of the Alle gheny mountains froth the infliction of a eattlepestilence. which seems imminent in this neighborhood. At the Allegheny Cattle Yards we eotild learn nothing of the presence of the disease, although we be lieve that it must likewise prevail there. The drovers naturally cloud the matter over and conceal the truth, as they are largely inteeested in the suppression of facts, and seek to dispose of their stocks before full knoWledge of the extent of the disease is made known. • Incidentally we learned last evening that the City Meat . Inspector, aroused to his duty by the general alarm felt and ex pressed throughout the city on this sub ject, visited the stock yards yesterday and condemned some three hundred head of cattle infected with the contagious disease. How tree this rumor is we know not, but feel convinced that such a proceeding - would have been warranted .and proper. We hope that measures will at once be taken to dispose of all the cattle brought to this market having the least sign of die: ease, that an impending calamity may be averted and the public health not made subject to great peril. It is a matter which willjustify an immediate meeting of - the City Councils, to take some. action looking to the suppression of the evil and preventing its operating to the detriment of the farmers owning stock about us and the general public health. The danger is present, and to avert it should be a matter of concern to every reader. Be careful from whom you-purchase meat, in Order to be sure that it is not full of dis ease. We , have soundetithe warning, and lot the wise take heed. Resoliltlons of Reipect. A special meeting of the Pittsburgh Pe oleum Atsociation, was held Angnst 4th, at their rooms, IL M. Long, Esq./in the ' Chair, and A. T. Brooks acting- as Secreta ry. The President, H. Long, stated that the meeting was called for the pur pose of passing some resolutions of respect to, the memory of Robert Lafferty. He remarked that Mr..Lafferty's ddath ,was the first which had occurred in the mem bership of the Association, and proceeded to speak of the excellent character ofdeceased. At the close of Mr. Long's remarks, the following preamble and resolutions were , read, which, alter appropriate remarks by. Messrs. , R. H. Waring 'and J. A. McKee were unanimously adopted: WHEREAS, It has pleased the Almighty in his, inserutible Providence to remove from Mir midst our friend and,fellow mem ber, Robert Lafferty, therefore, be it 'l?esolved, That with feelings of heartfelt. sorrow we bow submissively to the Will of Him who all things well.. • ; Resolved., That welender'eur sympathies to hie bereaved family in their irreparable loss of w kind <husband and father.' • :Resolved, That we bear testimony to the uniform kindness, Urbanity and integrity of deceased, and feel that his loss will be deeply felt blr all.svhes knew-hitn. . Resolved, That as a token ofi respect to the memory of the dedeasect and of his want Virt u es, We will attend his"funeral in a _ Resolved. That these resolutions be pub lished in the daily papers, spread upon the minutes of the Association and a•copy , be sent to the famil of deceased. • ' On wetion, adj ourned, • , Lear night there Were not less than ~fifty men and boys lounging on the broad steps Of-the municipal imildings in Allegheny.• These persons ate'there every night and are' rievermarine in • their remarks on rimers try., WO have seen shrinking weinengolo the Nei() Eike to deposit a letthr. and became thismass of men, an tbaystwmpu tni and Slit two s quares and drop thelmisalve.in. one' of the Street boxes:, .44,tbia,,floOnitr,aiM tion:•assembles ."not it doxpn.,, ...lards from the lifayor'soillee, and as Mayde Dram has repeatedly asserted his de er ruination to to himtop to street loafing, we recommend to this brilliant Ail easy field of operations for IV- decisive August campaign. NUMBER 18: Real. Estate Transfer,. The following deeds were filed of record. before R. Shively, RN., Recorder, August 3d, 1868. • Win. Thomas, Jr.. and wife to Michael Burke, one lot In Sixth ward. Allegheny, fronting LI) feet on Beaver avenue. extending eastward to. Evans alley. in Benjamin P. Bakewell's et. al. plan of lots, with buildings $11,450 Samuel H. Bryan and wife to Joseph B. Bryant. one lot in Chartlers township, being No. 14 ohJames Wood's plan of lots ZS feet front on Charders street, and 0:t feet back on Bryant street; with baildings *175 Joseph Lamont, trustee, and wile to Owen Fitzsim mons. lots No. 39 and 40, situated In Collins town ship, each fronting 3514 feet on Liberty street. and 121 feet deep, and lot No. 41, . feet back. to Or phans avenue, and IM feet along said avenue and running triangutlarly ' 0730 Edward Bischoftberger and wife to W. D. Alexan der, one lob in Liberty Township, DO feet front on theth eensburg tryloo feet deep, with build ings, tc L'3,o August Haller and J. B. Beek to Michael Beck, two ninths of a piece of land in Chartlers Township, lying near the intersection of the Steubenville turnpike and Carson street, quadrangnlarly, the sides being respectively IGTeet, 136 feet, 6 Inches, 1411 feet 10 inches, and 102 feet $8,500 Fran. Ileilblug to Conrad Mohr. two lots of ground ou.Sprlng Hill, In iteserve Township, extending - t feet front on Robinion road and 169 feet In depth Saran and Robert Pringle to Steward . Pringle. a tract of laud In Fawn Township. orb° acres, with buildings r=o C. 11.- Love and wife to David Moody. those lots numbered: 220 and 221 of the Lorenz's Wulf in • CbartieraTownshlp, 50 feet front by 10() feet dee"' ... Thos. Mellon and George IT..Negley to Isaac J. Mc- Kinks two lots In Liberty Township , each at feet front iOO feet deep oseph Watson' et. al. to' Christopher Alder,4)n, a piece of land in Jefferson Township, containing 3 sons 1(30G homes McClurg to James Brown one lot In Lower St.-Clair Township, 2.2 feet fronton cntre avenue b] 80 feet deep ' i5O T. McMasters and wife to JamealtieMattock, a piece - of ground in Patton - township, numbered 15 in i. Thomas Mchfastees plan of lota, 104 feet front on Greensburg and Pitts - burgh turnpike 5800 James Pierce to Joseph !Whitman, a lot fronting 18 feet buildings .street and extending back 40 et, with , situated In Second Ward, Alle gheny $1.200- Moses fhHllps and wife et al. to the School District. of Liberty township, one piece Of ground In the Twentieth ward, city of Pittsburgh ; 83 feet front on Eva street, depth 173 feet 81,900 J. M. Carpenter•and wife to, Hugh Hammond, one lot In Plum township, in length 19 1-10 perehes.by 100 in depth $5OO George W. Irwin and wife to Hobert Young, one -lot in the borough of Lawrenceville, .= feet front - on Spring street and extending back 100 fee t. 4880 John Helbley to Aug. Ammon and J. W. Jarrett, one lot In East Birmingham. 40 feet front on Jo seph street by GO feet on Edward's avenne....sl,2oo 2 The following deeds were ffied of record before H. Snively, Esq., Recorder, August 4th, 1868:, • Wm. H. McQuaid to "Armstrong' D. MCQuaid, An gust la. 186'7; lot In Plum township, near the Alle gheny river,_containing 5 :tries, with buildings, c • 02, Jacob Schniip to Carl Ho 010 ye, July :tit, 1866:t0t on Plum Creek. Plum township, containing 31 acres and 74 02,31.0 Jane Bothwell to W. S. Colwell. July 31, 1867; lot on the corner of Manhattan sad Sheffield streets., Manchester- by 48 feet *1,6.03 Jacob W. Paul et ox to Rev. Henry F. *Hartman, July 1, 18I5; lot on the south side of Sidney street. :East Birmingham, 22 by 128 feet *1,503 W. S. Taylor and C. Beringer to Samuel and A. B. • Smith. January=,'lBro;loVon Buena Vista street; near Jackson street, Second ward, Allegheny...l9 by 150 feet John Ralston to Mark Watson. Manch 1.0. Marone half in depth of lota Nos. 19 and 20 In Williams' plan *acts, Chest - tun street,' Lawrenceville, 40 by Gtfeet, with buildings - 14800 Rev, Alexander Calhounet ux - to John- Many. July 15, 1888; lots Nos. IC, 10. 64.65; 06 and 67 In Smithley. t Haritptan of Lorenzburg. Chartiers township. Also a lot in the borough qf. Temperanceville, 4,7 by. 15,3 feet.. • 05,030 Msenn to A. J. Woolslayer, August I, 1568; lot. In Collins township with buildings . . ... .A. J. Wooislayer, to C. Strahley, - Angust ' 4. -1868; .lotallos..nand ta3 th • Woultdayer's Van; Collins township t ' lAIO C,Strahley ho•Suaan Woolapayer, August IEO7- sa me lots Whlgham Sylea to John°. lihahafee, September • /897.130 t In Melia township; cogitnicang acres an 63 perches' - • • lr-slO George C. Eels, et ux., to J, hu. W.' Hothse, January I,- 167:4-lot •on 'Braddock street. near Shlngiss street, Wllk ins township 20 by1005eet.:. . ..•...5400 John W. House et us-, to Jotcph P. McCune, De cember I, 1664: same lot with buildings ed,Boo C. H. Love to Hamilton Herr and IWm. 11. Herr, July 33, 1869; lots Nos. 16. Mt, 270, 271,272. 01,274, - 275, 276. 277, 278, 279, 280, :%1, a5,236* 258 , 6'X). and. Cii, In plan of Lorenzburg Chart lers township, 375 by feet .3,6 W Wm. G. - lora:11er, John Frazier and•lieorge U. Fra - zler to John hchafer, Jnpe 1,.1803:- lot .on Allen street; Lawrenceville, 24 by 100 feet, with build ings • ' • ' 31016TGAGES. • Same day eleven mmtgages were filed of record Washington Topics and Gossip. On Monday the Postoffice officiahr put forth a partial contradiction of a statement concerning the fiscal deficiency of that de partment. The - ` Chronicle's speciel says "there is the best possible authority for, saying that -the main allegation in tliat statement, which was - that the deficit in the • - Postotlice DepartmenttL for the ' fiScal year ending June 30th would reach r the unpre cedented sum of eight million - 2 dollars, is rather below than above the mark." The civil powers of military-com manders have ceased in South Carolina, and the various officers: charged with the: administration administration of civil affairs have beert- 7 1, discontiqued and the employes and clerks ' discharged. The troops -will be colleen trated.at a few stations, as'has been done in the third military district. The. Secretary of the Republican State. Central Committee of California writes to ' the Congressional Republican Executive Committee that the Republicans of the Pa cific Coast are making preparations for an energetic canvass, and that they believe Grant and Colfax will carry that State by ten thousand majority. Commissioner Rollins, -Secretary Welles and other prominent officials have gone. North to benefit their health. It has been directed that, as Gen. Stead man's resignation of the office of Collector_ of Internal Revenue at New Orleans was accepted to take; effect when his successor was appointed and, confirmed, and the: Senate hexing failed to confirm the succos-, sor, therefore Gen. Steadman has continued to, be and is now Collector. Upon this de cision Gen. Steadman returns to New_ Or. leant' to resume cbntrol of his office. • Judge Matthews and James P. Torrence. of Cincinnati, are being ;urged for the place of Commissioner of Internal Revenue k in case Gov. Cox declines again. I Secretary McColloch, Mr. Rollins; Mr, Cooke and many others have joined in urging Goy. . - COX to accept Mr. Rollins position on _the ground of patriotic usefulness mainly, and the President is anxiously awaiting Cox's answer, to the requests of his friends. If he still declines, the President will ask the , CoPinion of the Attorney General on his right to take the resignation of Mr. Rol lins as absolute and unconditional. 1 , ThO Secretary of War; a letter to the 'resident, assures him that enough troops„ will remain in the South to • suppress any riotous demonstrations on the part of the ' whites or blacks; If they 'are - properly as sisted by the local: 'authorities. They will only be ued, however, upon proper application tothe *Generals command ing the districts and when their ser- . vices are' absolutely necessary .1 • Mr. Watts, the. Philadelphia Radical- lawyer, has been officially notified of his ” appointment and confirmation-as Minister ;Vito At!Xtr*'- ]Aer accepts. and leave for enna early next month. , , • Admiral SemmesValled upon the Pet; , dent and *enured him' that the whiteil're the South oPlxeskthe Gonffreaeionalreccin:. *traction Vim, and *dial, 418, co 11ew electoral,. llesc bill ;i s r' pealed - he eipeete a lle • Geoeral Rousseau w.,„ 111 cnot ; ge to-Now• limns until alter U3lirat frost, Seillttat'.SUMiler; aiasAive • 't..."lsfruPl.:Tegnito*iiroes n bee ottll ß ev i e bli t g4t he ih r e wll " '" 1 iffla any necessity for a session of Congress . next month. • Another d l fr arg om e t b h a e tch of clerks are to be next :wee T reasury DePartinent