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By order of the War Department the -forAwlne na m ed officers of the Infantry •=sie. , seigice, lei:Vont in the consolidation and 'r.Otliere re assigned to duty, are at tachi3d.t& he following regiments, and , , will report in peraon to their Colonels for 'assignment to duty with such companies as they may order: F. Aulke, late Thir tty-sixth Infantry, is attached to the Fjrst Infantry; Henry Rotneyn, late Thirty -seventh Infantry, attached to the Third Infantry; Wm. R. Bovine, late Forty secondvlnfantry, attached to the Sixth Infantry; G. T. Cooke, late Sixth Infan try, assigned to the Sixth'lnfantry; John Carland, late Sixth Infantry, assigned to the Sixth Infantry: James A. Haughey,- - late Thirty-sixth Infantry, assigned to the Seventh Infantry; L. M. Hughes, late Thirty.slxth Infantry, assigned to the Seventh - Infantry; T. .B. Rob inson, late' Eighth Infantry; assigned to Bth Infantry; Paul Harwood, late 27th infantry, assigned to 9th Infantry; Wm.. Stephenson, do.; Gen. F.. Foote, fet e of 19th Infantry, •to 9th Infantry; -J. L. Shephsri, late 32d Infantry, to 12th In fantry; Sheldon 'Guthrie, do.; Samuel Craig, late 2ith Infantry, to 18th Infan try: Stephen O'Connor, late Bth Infantry, to =lnfantry. Brevet Lieut. Col. A. Mordean, Ord nance Department, is relieved from duty, at West Point and assigned to Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois. Capt. A. E. Bates, 2d Cavalry, and First Lieut. A. M. Mitchell, 4th Artil lery, are ordered to duty at West Point. COMMISSION APPOINTED. - Po . - Commissioner Delano has appointed a Commission of five gentlemen from hie Bureau to examine and report upon all instruments or contrivances for canceling -revenue stamps. The instruments must be presented °nor before the Ist of Sep tember. . - ~._ . CODISENCy STATEMENT. • The fractitnial Currency printed during the week amounted to $126,000; amount shipped 9198.270. National Bank curren cy issued $75,440; amount in circulatieu . 8:49,679,048. •Fractional currency des troyed $290, 206 . , ~,- , WASHINGTON, D. C., July 25, 1869. - C OOLIE nacoseraxtox. The 'Secretary of the Treasury is in , _receipt \ of a letter from the Collector of ~ Customs at Nevitprleans, covering's corn znunicatinudfliillliam McCreery. rela tive to theltantillation of coolies into this countrarittiisking for instructions front the Dewtinent. He replies Mc- Creery mistakeillia stating , that the act of February. ; 'CI., prohibiting American citizens from engaging in the coolie trade, has beenatortgated. On the 16th Jan'y, '67, a resolution welcomed unanimously by both Houses of Congress, expressing the abhorrence of -Life people , of the the States " - for : the coolie trade, and-in conform dsywith - this- resolution Secretary McCtilltich addressed to the .Collector at - New Orleans- a letter of the 19th of August, '67, of which a , -copy is enclosed. Article five of the iseary between the United States arid the Chinese Empire, concluded at Washing . tenon tbe 28th of July last, reprobates , •May other ;than voluntary emigration, and agrees to make it a penal offence. to take Chinese :subjects from China with out their free and voluntary consent. ":- • The Department of State, by circular of 17th January, '67. addregsed to mims- . tars and consuls "of the United States, directs that consuls of every port where coolies may embark be required to certi ly;-after full examination; that such em barkation is not forced or procured by fraud, but is voittntary, and requires that •mach ministers and• consuls use all their authority,likvier and influence towards -• preventing and discouraging the traffic treferred to in any •way. I Such being the ,facts- in the case, the »Collector is authorized and directed to l AIRS all vigilance in _the. suppression of , this, as the Secretary says, "new modifi cation of the slave trade." .-. CONDITION OF NATIONAL DANES. WASHINGTON, July 2.5..--The abstract of the reports•tnade to the Comptroller of "the Currency of the condition of all the Aiiiiiiittil tante at the close of business the 18th ' day of June. shows the re sonieeit and iiabilities to bei1i561,175,000; :capital 'stook. $124659,000;' specie, $18,455- OM legal tendetrintes, - I8l,000,900; three Der cent. certificates, nearly $9,000,000; surplus fiand_ 4&,21.8: did prof its, needs Millie ' ditridttal dopes cillptutivl tai sglawnothirtrut4 ,csatw4eposits, illonoxsao. i'.,, , ,,. • -;- -#l , * ' 1 -.-- Landing. of the Frencti Cable. fr!reieerstai to the Pittsburgh Gszttie./ . Bosroze, July 24.—The shore end of the rench Cable was lauded last!: t, and atile: lntO 7 thTteLeeira : on oases liatiltalck. '.The - AP ''.ol' the virai r o able is said to be in good working con - 121)krxbuTryhearweireanearr7iyinafti at yet no communication from Rouse , . mock * and willnot* probably for me time. Tint-atopsfWebilteitt-and ndaria take tlildrdeliSt n u rt b o u n t st t a h tl e o r n e titre this after- Itirigsa to lu jo tes in tbe sent, by the, State authorities, to " liit El. Id t he Cable s celebration.at Dux. oft on Tuesday. , The , Governor and her State officials have been Invited to , rticipate and will probably do so. BosYeN, July 25.-AmOttitithe gentle en."l 1 ' 1 md 'i n tl rY iii 43 i°,tiy artillery mi s , intendingf r the cable ' celebration at Ouabury. on Tuesday, are Count de Favrelie.Y. Charge d'Affaires, Colint de TOrrers and . C. G. Beranger, of the - French 'Legation. Count. Colobiceus, Charge d'Affaires of Italy, 14, 4 411. Watson, Ameriean agent of the Fret *h Cable company. Sir James An. dereon, James Hill and Viscount Parker, of England. Captain Ward. of British Legation at Washington, H. W.l4lcFer laud, of New York, and several officers of the steamship Great Esstern. NEW YORK CITY. Important Revenue uase—Accident on the Erie Nailroad—lldortuary—Exre sive Etre—Hempstead' Land Purcna (By Telegraph to the Pltts:lwatt liarette.] , NEW Yortir, July 24, 1.363, The Cohen tobacco case, in which the defendants were charged with a violation of the revenue laws, was decided to day. The Counnissioner ordered their dia. . charge, holding that as they offered to bacco for sale which tbey had purchased at United States Marshal's sale, with a proviso that no further stamp woulde required, the United States Court could not enforce a tax against a vendor whi h the officials had waived. In a charge of having umatamped packages of tobacqo, the Commissioner held. that the fact Of having such was not criminal, but it was incumbent upon the informer to prove -that such had been- offered for sale. They were discharged on this count. This case has attracted considerable at tention. It Is stated that a freight train on the Erie road ran into a passenger train near the depot in Jersey Ultylast Wednesday, the caboose of the' former being smashed and two men fatally injured. The facts of the affair are difficult to obtain. The Cuban patriots, mostly Irishmen and ex Confederates were,paid ten dol lars each, this morning, and dispersed. The shipment of specie for Havana, on Thursday, was only $48,210, not .5480,000. • Rev. H. W. Beecher addressed the bulls and bears in the gold room today. The deaths this week numbered six hundred and ninety-two. Of these two hundred and eighty-three were children. The Briggs-Brothers;charged with in cendiaring their stables to defraudrinsu surance companies, have been discharg ed, no valid evidence being - brought against them. James Watson and G. Engles were at rested today for obtaining fifteen hun dred dollars' worth of diamonds from a jeweler on a forged check. Senator Fenton and family left for Eu rope tiday. It is 'cOnsidered singular that no dill patch from the French Cable has been re ceived from Brest since the 12th inst. NEW YORK, July2s, MI Charles Harvey, of Tarrytown, N. Y., the competitor of A...T. Stewart for the purchase of the Hempstead Plains, Long Island, has commenced proceedings agfirist 'the town _alithoritilis- of Hemp stead to prevent, If - possible, the deliv ery of deeds to Mr. Stewart. The particulars of the collision on the Erie road; on Wednesday last, are pub lished, although the company endeav ored to conceal the facts. One of the parties on the train states that on Wed nesday evening, at about eight o'clock, the freight train which left Patterson, N. J., at 7.45 P. . at ran into a passenger train-near-As Jersey-City depot. The caboose of tho'frelght.tralavlas smashed and thrown from the track ea Mr. 80. gert, of Passaic, and Charles A. James, of,,Patterson, N. 3., were thrown from their. seats in the caboose and wounded. The latter is lying at his house in a criti cal condition, while the former was se riously injured. The accident is said to have been caused,by a misplaced switch. About nine o'clock last evening the-ex tensive blaoksmithing and wheel Wright establishment of James M'Cann, 514 and 516 West Fourteenth street,.was entirely `destroyed by fire. The building and stock was valued at $70.0Q0. The build ing belonged to M'Cann and was unin sured. The fire extended to the adjoin• ing premises, occupied as a dyeing estab lishment. ' Total Joss, *BO,OOO to $lOO,OOO. The bark Lyman Cann, of Halifax, from Metal:ins for Queenstown, put il/ here to-day with the crew sick with yel low fever. Capt. Gonday, wife and one man 'lied and were buried at seal. She lost three men at Matanzas and left three in the hospital. Political Difficulty it Cuaricaton, S. C. C By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.l • CHARLESTON, July 24.—Much excite ment prevails among ins two wings of the Republican party here. Dr. Mackey, the late Collector, leads the Native wing, which includes the mass of the colored voters, while Senator Sawyer, Congress man Beweri and Gen. W. Clark, the newly appointed_ Collector in place of Mackey, head the Northern element. Tne'removal of Mackey has intensified the bitterness between the two factions. On Thursday last Clark called on Mac key, and presenting his commission, de , wended instant possession of the Collec for's office. Mackey refused to va cate until he had taken inventories of public property and received a receipt from Clarir ' - but promised to make the transfer on the 31st Inst. Clark insisted on immediate, surrender, which being re fused, he entered Mackey's office and at tempted to act as Collector; whereupon `he was foicibly ejected by Mackey's sub. ordinates. Yesterday afternoon Mackey and other Custom House _officers were arrested at the instance of Clark on a charge . of assault and obstructing an offi cer of the Revenue, and were Found over to answer before, the 'United States Commissioner on Monday. :During the hearing of the case Clark, with a posse of thirty men, forced his way into the Castont.House and took possession, which he still retains. The partizans of Clark attempted to serenade • Messrs. - Sawyer and Bowen last night, but the colored Republicans rallied in large numbers and prnyented the serenade. charging on the procession and capturing its flag. which they carried in triumph to Ma6key, at his residence. - s Polities in Tennessee. (By teiegra. h to the Pittsburgheszette.3 14Asavu.t.E. Jul); 23.—The .State Jour nal, published this afternoon, has a letter from Mr. limitwell. Secretary of the Treasury, to Mr. Stokes, in which he Bagel he is greatly . interested tin.Stekes' success, be ieving that the future politi cal character and general prosperity of Tennessee depends largely upon the con tinuance of the Republicim party in power. He regards the supporters of Stokes as tbe true Republican. party of -Tennessee, and condemm'lhe Republi can supporters of Sutter, because they are allied with the enemies of the Repub lican party. Trans-Conilhentai HaWald Convention: C ay Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Uszette.) OSWEGO, July 24.—A comm,nnication received ..by the Mayor fromortland, Me., suggesting that OsWego bUthe'place for holding a transcontinental railway convention, was laid before the Board of Trade tod ay. A call for the convention Will be issued: soon. All the lea ling railways from the Paeltio to New Found. land are to be represented. ' PITISBURGH, MONDAY, JULY 26, '1869. 00.111 FOCA O'CLOCK, NEWS BY CABLE. CBy Telegraph so the Pittsbanm Gssette,l iT.RANCE. • ' Loenozr, July L'3.—A meeting of the ir• reconcilable was held yesterday, in Paris. bf. Thiers, who attempted to lead, communicated the draft of an ad dress to be issued in their name to the electors of France. The meeting, jaow ,ever, rejected the address, to o:remora& cation of K. Thiers. • The French Assembly will not be re convened until October. 'The Senate will remain •in session the greater gait of 'August, for the purpose of carrying out -the changes in the Constitution, of which fifty-two are suggested. A message from' the Emperor to the Senate. Is shortly ex pected. A - strong opposition is looked for by the Conservatives, but it is thought it will be finally carried. The Ministers are hard at work draw ing up drafts-of laws to be submitted to the Senate. The Emperor expresses a desire that the new laws be made more liberal even than proposed in his late message. Prince Napoleon intends delivering an important speech in the Senate on the subject of the new retorm, which he re gards as hardly full enough. PARIS, July 43,—Iehtuael PaOha unex pectedly sailed to-day trom Marseilles for Alexandria. It Is rumored a rupture with the Sultan is the cause of his sud den departure. SPAIN MADRID, July .;--Much excitement has been created by the Carlist agitation, and many arrests were made to-day. The Government is undecided whether to confine itself to civil measures, to re press the disorder, or proclaim martial law. MADRID, July 24.—The Government has issued adecree reviving and putting in force the matial law of April, 1821. MADRID, Jlll 25.—A fight has taken place near. Clndad between some Carlists under Savariegos, and national troops commanded by Gen. Toraubete. The Carlists were defeated and dispersed, losing many killed- and wounded. The agitation is general throughout the country, ,but no further hostilities are reported. The citizens here are excited over the news, but there are no indica tions of further disorder. GEit , IANY. MUNICH, BAVARIA, July 24. —The 'gin !dry and prominent members of the Bavarian Diet have pledged themselves to support a bill based on a negotiation with Herr. Roster, Bavarian Consul at Chica'go, - recognizing as valid • ell the legal bearings of marriages of Bavarians In the United States, without the pre vious consent Of the home go'vernMent: but the right of Bavarian citizenship is not to be immediately accorded to the wife of an alien hy reason of her mar riage.. GREAT BRITAIN. The Prince of Wales unveiled the Pea• body statue. near the 'Exchange, to day with imposing ceremonies. Minister Motley, the Lord Mayor.and Miss Courts wero among the speakers. An immense crowd witnessed the ceremony. " Lord Carrington has been found guilty of assault and battery on Mr. Murray and bound over to keep the peace for twelve months. . SOUTH AMERICA. LONDON, July 24.—Dates from Rio Janeiro to June .sth, state Lopez was In the mountains in a strong position, with dye thousand men. The revolution In Uruguay continued. President. Battle had zporched into the interior again, to meet Carabello, who was al the head of the insurgents. GREECE ATHENS, July 23,—The Greek govern ment has determined to suppress all for eign embassies, except that of Constanti nople. The army and navy is to be re duced. Al[l.4l'lllA VlstizsA,luly 24.—1 n the Reichetath the Committee on Budget , reported against abolish ng the. Embassies at Rome and other uropean capitals. MARINE NEVI N. QuEmvsvower, July 24.—The steamer Etna has arrived. FINANCIAL AND COALHF.RCIAL. • Loknorr, July 24.—Evening—consoin 93,. American securities dull: •5 21f bonds 82%; do, at . Frankfort, 87%; Fries. 19: 11111001 s. 941 X; Atlantic and :; _ Great WestenN 2234. LivnttPoot., July 24.--Eilining:;;Ootton market 'firmer; middling uplands On the spot 124©12N; .Orleans 181513Wriales 16,000 bales. t,alifornla white whciat 6d.; red_western 9.5. 2d. Westerri - liour Eld; Corn.».lklo. 2 mixed 305. retold; 295. fok new. Oats 30.6 d. Peas 393. ,gork Ida% 90t4 and firmer. . Cheese 61s. Baconll2a. Spirits Petroleum 74; for re. tined is, 6d. - Tallow 465.. Turpentine 265. lid. - Linseed oil 335. „ • Lozindig, July 24.—Xvelting--Syerin oil 91s. Sukar 3%3. 9d. Calcutta ;Linseed 20s. Linseed cakes 105.. Petroleum at Antwerp 50r. 'cotton at Havre 15 oh the spot. . _ - FRANKFORT: july 24..—Eveningt--5 20 R 4 bonds. ' , - PARISI July 24.—Evening •-Bourite dull; Rente62,lf. 92,0; - : ' ANTwEitp./itly 24.—Evening-4etrole• , ... urn closed at,gso%f. HAVRE, July , ;24.—Evening. Cotton closed active ~.Ith the quotations un changed.-- --,-, , ..'' '' ''''""4l l .---- ...'; - ' l ., fireet , Murder in Cincinnati. , ./ , , (BYToleirafttotse 1 0 1etsbunth 9atecte.l CINCL,6IATI*TuIy 25.-gust, after mid night, d young man natnedtfattbew*Col lins was-inablled in the heart op the streetnatt killed, He was in nompany on a spree;_and had just le ft a saloon. Vird'inen' Were fighting; *lit h' icy Inteiftirsid; evhom Collins airtick. 'Same one thmatabbed hitrito,the He 'died in' twenty ininto,3„ , The cor oner held an inquest, at 'which , t,WQ wit nesses swore that Thos. Kinney did the stabbingi He has fled. He is about • twenty-one years of age, small and Olen. der, and clad in dark clothing. The Episcopal Trouble at Chlcago.7 'Bp Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gar& tte.; CHICA,Gco, July 25.—Bishop Cummins, of Icamtucky, notwithstanding the de mand of Bishop Whitehouse of this Di ocese that he should not do so, preached in Trinity Church this morning and eve ning4,Tribune in th presence of audiences that filled the hurch to its utmost' seating capacity, t elve to fifteen hundred.Eß:sh op Cum as publishes in the Tribune this mor ng a letter explaining his course in regard to the difficulty between himself and Bishop Whitehouse, to which is appended a letter from Bish op Whitehouse to himself. The letter is bitter in its tone. After recapitulating what he calls past aggressions, on the part of Bishop Cummins, he, says "the continuance of the present contest can have no excuse. It has degenerated into incidents which subject you to im putations of malevolent feeling... as well as of the disregard of what is gentlemanly and courteous. The prin ciples which are involved in this inter ference and aggression I mean to submit, as you are aware, for such adjudi cation bX l. our Peers -as they may deem td — be equivalent. I have avoided as far as in me lay' pur suing its issues through any personal altercation. I shall under no circum stances resort to any penal charges, howsover satisfied I may be that reason able, cense for the same, may exist. I must content myself iu the name of Goct and His Church with entering solemn protest against acts and temper so de rogatory to the dignity of our office, our confiding brotherhood, the peace of the Church and the well being of the portion of it committed by the Great Head to vuy unworthy charge. I, therefore. hereby, as far as I can to give I it lawful and moral weight, and violating, I trust, no past claim of fraternal cour tesy in the painful exigency so pertina ciously thrust upon me, do protein against you visiting my diocese to officiate in any manner within its bounds," ~ Latest t liews frona et 4,112. (By Telegraph to the Plttsburzh Gasette.) HAVANA. July 2.l.—ien. Poeilo has isssued a proclamation to the inhabitants of Puerto Principe, in which he declares his intention of acting - according to and enforcing Captain General Daßode's pro gramme of policy, summed up in .the words •'Spain. Justice, morality." Gen. Letona has left Puerto Principe and,Will embark on a Spanish steamer, probably for Spain. The rebels destroyed a bridge on the Neuyitaa Railroad, near Puerto Principe. ligy-REST, July 24.—Adintral Hoff, with: the flagship Contocook, gunboat Gettysburg and from clad (..entaur, reached Santiago de Cuba, on the Ilth inst. Great excitement prevailed in the city, the pecitile Imp.Posiitlr Lite . agnadroty came for the purl:iota, of bombratting the piece.. On thellath inst. the' American Coastal visited the Contocook and had an: interview with Admiral Hoff On the 13th inst.' Admiral Hoff had an in terview with the Governor and on the 14th inst. the Governor returned the visit. Official salutes wpre interchanged. Ad miral Hoff made, thorough examination of the circumstances attending the mur der of Americans. The Governor stated that be could not resist the clamor of the volunteers for their blood, and consent ed to their execution on the. ground of the late Captain General Dulce's proclamation, declaring filibusters pi rates. Admiral Hoff severely condemned their execution without trial and made a sharp protest against It. The. Governor agreed to allow prisoners to be tried in future, but orders have been issued to Spaniards not to bring in prisoners here. after, but them on the spot. The squadron left Santiago de Cuba on the 16th inst. and arrived here yesterday. HAVANA, July 25.—The Spanish troops at Baracoa have captured and shot sixty. rebels. The cholera is decreasing at Puerto Principe. 'Terrible Murder at Chicago. [By Tel' graph to the Pittsburgh (iazette.l CureAoo. July' 25.—A revolting mur der Was committed in this city onSatur day noon, at 112 Fourteenth street, the murderer being Thothas Wilson, a labor ing man; aged seventy years, and the victim his wife. , aged about thirty-five years. .Wilson has been au intemperate man for several years, and when in toxicated was' exceedingly brutal in his ~conduct, while his wife was an amiable, industrious woman, do ing her best to support her drunken hus band and her four children. Wilson was formerly an officer in , the British army and served in the Crimea, but sold his commission and came to this coun try with no busine a or profession that could atibrd him a living.- lie soon relapsed into the condition of a loafer, and did little or nothing for the support of himself or family. At the hour named he approached his wife, while.she was engaged in her domestic duties in the kitchen, andave her a fearful stab in the abdomen w h a dirk. He then repeated the blow in t e temple. Either wound would have pr ved fatal, and she died in a few minute '. Wilson I is in Jail. Pre ' sldentlal Party at Long/ Branch— Hotel Stibles Buried. LONG BRANCH, July 25--President Grant and family attended service at the Methodist Episcopal Church - this morning. At tbree o'clock they rode to Inc residence of Mr,- John Hoey,' with whom they dined, xeturning at half past eight... Arrangements are all complete for the grand ball,whicli is to be given hi bonsai of the President tomorrow even. ing. ' , At three o'clock this morning the sta. bias attached to the Mansion House caught lire and' were completely de stroyed. The dames spread so rapidly that the staolemen had to jump out of the windows, to save, their : lives. The horses in . the stables were saved. By the efforts of 'the, servants and guests of the Mansion. and 'Continental hotels; the tiames were kept from extending to , the hotels.* There wan great 'excitement among the ladies aticrguests of the ho tels. Jno. T. Slane, an old volunteer tire. man of Brooklyn, ..was • badly burned while helping to extinguish the - tire.'i The cause, of ttie lire is unknown. lJoas,;lo.- 000; partially insured. .• ' ' t EVireo f t " And Waterfer4,Pa... • Exult, Pa July kite -Lime and Cement ' Works were bitined - this 'morning: L 685 $4,000; Also the store room for stoveal of nal+, lohn acid Co.; insured for $12,000, eqtadly in Phmnix, Germania and Home. At Waterford, Erie county, this morn. lug, the tannery of Barnett , dt Willard was baffled. Loss not known; bunted. BRIEF TELEGRJUS. —The steamship City of Brooklyn,fromi Liverpool, arrived at New York last eve ning. —Frederick Appelbaum, a laborer on. a farm near St. Louis. hung himself on' Friday last. Cause, -, inrequited love. ; 1 —Capt. Joseph Sutton, a vrell-known commander in the Pacific Mail Stean ship service, died .at San Francisco on Friday —Hon.. Albert Lange, a well known citizen of Terre Haute, Indiana, died at his residence in that city, on Sunday, after a brief illness. —F. F. Jones, a wealthy citizen of Lib erty Mills, Indiana, dropped dead Friday night last, from heart disease. at WiaiLa Sulphur Springs. Va. —Crop reports from Southern Georgia and. Florida are very cheering. Numer ous specimens of the new crop have been received at Savannah. —The police lorce at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., has been trebled.owing to incendiary fires. Tne Mayor offers a liberal reward for the detection of the villains. i —George Seibert, a Cincinnati saloon keeper, shot himself in the head Satur day afternoon and died instantly. No reason is known for the suicide. - —M. M. Taylor, an assistant county clerk. died on Saturday from the effects of a fall from a window in the third story of the Court House at Cincinnati. —Thomas Sherwin, for many years head master of the Boston English high school, died suddenly of heart disease at Dedham, gassachusetts, on =Friday last. —The various German societies of San Francisco resolved to celebrate the cen tennial anniversary of :he birth of Alex. von Humboldt by a grand concert and festival. —A combinatinn of manufactuters has been formed'at Clepeland; Youngstown and elsewhere in Ohio for the purpose of testing the validity of the new boiler in spection law. —Commander Ashe, of the Royal Navy, of Quebec Observatory, and Rev. Mr. Douglass, leave Quebec to-day 'for Jefferson Cityi lowa, to view the eclipse of August 7th., —A. political fracas occurred at "Upper Three Runs; Barnwell 'district, S. C., onr Saturpay, in which two men were 'killed and several wounded. The affair was confined to whites. ' - -The champion. nine of the Empire Base Ball Club of St:Louis left for Cin cinnati• last evening, where they will play the Red Stockings today, and then visit Louisville and other points east. —The woolen factory of M. C. Lucas dr Co.. at.Redtield, lowa,wa.s burtieslAu..the; morring .. of the,24th.r.together with -the MdCtilnarYind - upwartris of 50,000 pounds of -wool; Loss heavy, withnoinauranoe. —The Congressional Committee of Ways and Means arrived at San Francis. co on Saturday, from Portland, Oregon, via Victoria, aad start eastward to-day. visiting Virginia City and White Pane Silver Mines en route. —The Board of Trustees of lowa Uni versity, Iricated at Mount Pleasant, have elected Hon. James Harlan, United States Senator from that State, Presidelt of that institution. It is not knoWn whether he will accept. —The paper warehouse of Whitman & Co., in Nashville, Tenn., was, destroyed. by tire Saturday morning. together with the greater part of its contents. An ad joining house was also burned. loss, 120,000; covered by insurance. —Two Misses Berner, of Charlestown, Mass., viAlting in Auburn, Me., and two 8008 of Rev. Mr. Libby, of Auburn, were drowned in Lake Auburn, • Satur day afternoon. They were out in a row boat, which sunk.' Two others in the boat escaped. —The annual convention of the grand Army of the Republic of California was held at San Francisco on Saturday. Del- egates representing twelve posts were prestint. Each post reported .a large in crease of mein bership and a healthy financial condition. —A train en the Connecticut Ricer railroad ran off the track, north of Hol yoke, Saturday morning. ' Only three persons were hurt. H. H: Snow, the en gineer, had one leg badly broken. Amos Washer, fireman, and Frank Kingsley, brakeman, were slightly injured. —Senator Hendricks, of Indiana, wee met at San. Francisco by members of the pemocratic State Central Committee and escorted to his hotel, where he was sere naded and introduced to tho people by Senator Casserly, but merely thanked the audience, declining to make a speech. —The Common Council of Portland, Oregon, have, appointed a Committee from their body to receive Hon. Wm. H. Seward on his arrival and to tender him the hospitality of the city. The citizens of Victoria, Vancouver Island, have also made preparations i to give him a generous reception. —John Bern, employed in Sumner's Sewing Machine Factory at. Cincinnati, fell through a hatching sixty-five feet. He had stepped into the open hatchway with a sawing machine in his arms. One arm was shattered and the other arm broken, and internal injuries - inflicted from which he will hardly recover. —The sand bank on the branch of the Now York Central Railroad, vat Ilion, caved in on Saturday - morning, between eight and nine o'clock, tind buried Bev eral workmen.. One is still supposed to be beneath the sand. The others were rescued more or less injured, one of them, DavidThillivan, it is feared fatally. —Mike Dougherty; a laborer at Elm wood Cemetery, near Memphis, was shot and killed by Will Stevens Sunday afternoon. Dougherty was trying .to keep Stevens from shooting Mr. Hill, Superintendent of the Cemetery, when be received the fatal shot. The affair grew out of refusal to assist in digging a grave. gs dispatch from Ns Mcines, lowa, nos the baryon is getting on finely - and the reports contMneto be more enconra -ging. Ifgood weather continues, the amount . of wheat and oats will be one fourth larger than 14 au previous year, the increased Amount ,raised more• than making up for the damage indicted by the flood. Ctontrairy tb . a previous statement made through the public press, that Elisha l C.Aprague bad acvlesced in the judgment of the Court, at Wheaton, which required him to pay forty thous and dollars to Miss Amanda J. Craig. of CWinnati, for breach' of promise, that gentleman has appealed to the Supreme Court for a writ of error in the case. NLTAIIIR 16R, Ladies' Anti-Liquor - I thalanX— War Between the/mules and Billuutl Keep— erse in alichigilu--turieus Proc edings —Ladies Triumphant. The ladies of Jonesville ~ ‘ fichigan. have an organization knc la as the "Ladles' Phalang," which pro . Doses to I suppress the liquor selling in that • village- Some weeks ago the first official visit to the saloons made a marked sense&, - n. and an account of it was published in al. ' parts of the country. The 'Phalanx" t still exists. ' Strange to say it is a secret soc lety. and stranger -still it 'keeps its sect 'es , The Detroit Tribes/ogles an account of its present candition and doings. -It mat Int be remembered that .4 1 caigan has aPr °•• hibilar 7 taw, though it has been for yew 's a dead letter. Immediately after its van. s to the saloons, sentinels are posted by - the keepers to warn of its apprOach, andwhim • any considerable body of ladies aplienri the saloons are suddenly closed. Small numbers of the sea sometimes we ' expectedly enter, with pencil and paper; taking notes. One day several ladies-en tered a carriage and were driven toward Hillsdale, where the prosecuting Attor ney resides. The movement was noted, and the saloons were immediitely closed. and the keepers with a constable and a factotum for complaint against - each was amicably made sad snits instituted for a violation of the liquor law, probably in tended as an offset to forestall the ladies' supposed prosecution. But the joke of the thing is that the Prosecuting. Attor ney stepped In and took charge 'of the - suits in good earnest. Then followed the voluntary closing tits of hotels and saloons, by the keepers nail ing boards across the windoweand doors, - discharging boarders, stopping hotel run ners and oninibusses, and a general ein bargo on the traveling public declared, while citizens looked on to see the sport. The ladies, tiptat all disconcerted at this, immediately opened their hooks for the Reception of travelers, gratis; until public temperance houses could 'be started; hired carriages, and in person met travel ers at the cars and invited them to their houses, where they unexpectedly receiied superior fare, accommodation and atten tion. The hotel keepers saw their -game was block -as and bn to -"climb don" . as soon as possible.. Two days, passed. and• at night the - boards were remOieil from . the - -hotel doors and windows: and fehicleategan to run as usual. -Ia conjunction - with these occurrences,, a petition circulated' lay the ladies, signed by some three hundred ladies and gentle"- men,•asking for a suppression of thelip „piing saloons, was presented to , the Com -montouncil, a majority , of whom are supposed to linin favor of carrying, mit the 'wishes' of the citizens. ' The redie- ment is fast increasing in friends, •and finding sympathy with the sterner sex. Coteries of ladies - are - seen gathered here and there in apparently earnest consulta tion: It is the ladles vs. Tippling and Gambling. It isthe earnest determined women at work. • . - . . - Graintug A procesnhas recently been announced in Europe for imitating the grains of wood of different kinds, with the most perfect exactness, which consists in using a piece of the wood to be imitated as a plate for taking off an accurate impres sion of the - texture. To do this, apiece of the wood is selected of fine quality and approved grain, about five feet long. twelve inches wide.. and a quar ter of an inch thick, well cleaned upon both sides, and made with smooth sand-paper. A chemieal preparation is then applied to the wood, which has the . effect of opening its pores, and at the same time hardening its surface, and when the board thus prepared Is thoroughly dried, it constitutes a wood plate for printing. The material with which the impression is to be made is prepared in oil, and 'is especially adapted for transferring. Zoe* paint is applied to the board by - means o, a roller any superfluous quantity of paint removed with a pallette. The sized paper, prepared expressly, is thea laid over the board, and both, are: passed through the rollers; and when the paper is stripped off from the wood, it carries with it all the,paint. marked off with the grains of the wood.N This paper is then to be applied to the surtuce - on which the imitation is to be - effected, with ;the painted - side downwards, of course. and the back of• the impression is lightly rubbed with apiece of soft flannel. On stripping off the paper a fac•simile Of the board is left behind. The other &fails of the process are given at length in the account of which the present is only an abstract, and we presume that if not, already introduced into 'this; country it soon will be, and emplo3ed largely for decorative purposes. A. Fainicu paper, the dazaale, seriously informs its readers that,. encouraged by t phrophecy of Nostradatnus, 31. Fretreau, formerly an assistant of the famous chem ist Gay-Lussac, has turned his. attention to alchemy. and has at last succeeded in converting an ingot of silver into an ingot of gold by the`combined action of nitric acid and electricity. Upon this the Pal Mai/ Gazette observes: It is true that the cost of production exceeds many times the value of the article 'produced, so that M. Fretrean remindi one of Raymond de Lulli, as alchemist ef the sixteenth cen tury, of whom 13rantome naively relates that, disdaining,to, turn lead into gold, a very easy ai2d eP---- - he actu silk sur - •ictinto IM2M A Fin,, sing' a Chinaman's - Fran cisco,. when he turned• back and asked the proprietor what street that was. "John" told him but the fellow. replied . , , "You lie," anti struck him a heavy blow ,the face. The Chinarnan, instead of fleeing, twisted the coward, knocked' him. Edown and beat him,tl l be cried lustily for guar, ter. When the fellow regained hi s f o e,. and was' about to sneak away, "Jig " saki: "You speakee Chinainen . Ile too muchee. You want to knock Chinaman down, yon comee see me; me lilr.e.e tl ht, you sabe ?" The whipped man made off. followed by the jeers of a lariie'erowd of spectators.