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FIRST EDITIOX.
JfIID.rIGHT.
THE CAPITAL.
(By Telegraph to the Plttaburgh Gazette.l,
WASHI ROTOR. August 23, 1869.
RETRENCHMENT IN THE TREASURY.
It is estimated at the Treasury Depart
ment that the saving to the Government
resulting from the reduction of the force
in that department alone, exClusive of
those disamissed from the Printing Bu
reau. is ;50,000 per month. Several more
removals are to be Made upon the return
of the Secretary to Washington,
MODIFICATION OP INCOME TAX.'
A amidst ittatea: .The 'movemential
luded t ) some time ago favoring a modifi
cation of the laws affecting incomes, has
assumed a more formidable and general
character. The plan proposed - is to in-
Ircrease the tax on whisky to one dollar
,' per gallon, which, It is claimed, will
realize 88,000,0001 f the means now within
the reach of the Revenue Bureau for the
prevention of fraud shall be adopted.
From tobacco at least $30,000,000 can be
realized; from stamps, with a modifica
tion of the present law, say ;10,000,000;
from fermented liquors, $10.000.000: from
licences, $10,000,000, and then from the
modified income tax but' $15,000,000
would t'e required to make a tol of
$155,000,000, an amount equal to acre
'y Bowl estimate tor the exn
ditnres for the present fiscal year. The
plan is to confine the income tax to the
tax on interest paid on the national debt,
;the five per cent. to be deducted when
-`,"` the interest is paid. This will realize
;6,255,000, without a dollar expense in
. marred in the collection: The balance it
is proposed to raise by taxing incomes
derived from surplus property embraced
in stocks of banks, railways and corpo
rations, and from interest paid on bonds
of such corporations.
CABINET MEETING.
It is not believed any matters of nation
al importance.ill be considered at the
Cabinet meeting on Friday.
REVENUE RECEIPTS.
The Internal Revenue reeelpts"to-day
• were $701,000.
FB
HALIFAX.
•
Arrival of Prince Arthur and His For—
mal Reception.
My Telegraph to the Pittsburgh tiaaette.)
HALIFAX, August 22.—Prince Arthur
arrived this morning in the City of Paris.
-,,Two companies of. the Seventy-eighth
_Highlanders formed a guard of honor.
Goe streets in the vicinity were crowned.
vernor-General Young and Lien
tianant.Governor Doyle went on board.
and soon - returned, followed by Prince
Arthur, Colonel Elhinston, the Princess,
Governor and Lieutenant Pickard. The
appearance of the Prince elicited hearty
cheers: The band then played national
. anthems. The 'Prince immediately en-
tered a carriage and was drhten to the
Government House. He attended spe
cial service in the garrison chapel at
half pain five o'clock. The formal land
ing will take place at Her Majesty's dock
yard to-morrow; when tbe Prince will be
received by Governor General Young,
Admiral Mundy, Vice Admiral Welialy,
the Supreme Court and members of the
local Provincial Governments. An ad
drew, will be presented by Mayor Tobin,
bells will be rung and an illumination
will take place in the evening.
HALtrea, August - 23.—Ttte reception
--3 f Prince Arthur took place at noon tc
ay. An immense crowd Was in the
dock yard. On landing front the Ad
niiralis barge, the Prince was received
amid salvos of artillery. Many dis
tinguished persons were present, inclu
ding Gov. Gen. Young, Lieut. Gov. Doyle.
Admiral Mundy and . Wellesly,
the corporation authorities, French
nasal officers, &a. The Prince was in
citizen's attire. A welcoming address,
highly complimentary, was read by the
Recorder. The-Prince then read the fol
lowing "reply from manuscript: "Mr.
Mayor, and corporation of this city—l
return moat sincerely my thanks
for the loyal address which yon
have just presented me, and avail
myself of -the opportunity to re
quest you to convey to the citizens
whom you represent my grateful thanks
forzhe kind . and hearty welcome they
haVe this day accorded me. I can assure
you that I looked with anticipations of
great pleasure to my visit to the British
Dominion on this side of the Atlantic,'
audit is to me a source of great satisfac
tion to see. on my first landing, how
highly cherished still is the memory of
my illustrious grandfather, ; who goy.
erred this province so long. Your al
lusions to the. Queen and the kind wishes
for iny welfare will be most gratifying
to Her Majesty, and I feel sure she
will hear with .pleasure bow cordially
and hearty heti been her son's reception
among you." [Cheers.] -
The procession of militia, firemen and
societies moved through the thronged
streets tolbe Government House, where
the, Prince;reviewed it and then retired.
The - ,city le Illuminated to-night, and
everybodyils out of doors.
Ashen Corpus In atisslsslppl.
thy-Telegraph tulle Pittsburgh 9=01442.3
hicasoze, ?dies., Auust 28.--General
AMes has Issued the following order to
commanders of military puffs In Mituds
-111EPI: _
The Commanding .General directs that
yap not , obey in future any writ of
habeas corpus Issued by the United
States Dhstriet Court and Ciroult * Court,
or foxy made by such Courts for the re
lease of Prisoners in your custody.
Should such writ or order be served upon
yon, you 'wlll report the fact,by telegraph.
Suicide ot an Ea-Army pincer.
18,1'0.041a to . the I , lll.bl:ran Gazette.] •
1 • Ecialsvtras, Indiana, August 28
Major Louis Mandazi, tormarly of the
Tenth Tenbessee Infantiy.' and after.
wards a staff officer under Gan. Oillem,
committed suicide last night by shooting
himself through the bead. , :The canaeof
the rash stet Is supposed to have been the
reaultof despondency. .He Waetformerly
in the Anstritua army, and took part 1n
the revolution of -1848. He served ten
Years in the First United States Infantry.
—fska Quesada; brother of Gen. Quesa."
da. arrived in New-York ou Saturday on
a diplomatic; mission and u bearer of,
important dispatches fr ont the Cuban an.
-.
PITTSBURGH, TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1869.
NEW YORK CITY.
LEY Telegraph to the Pittsburgh - Gazette.]
NEW YORE, August 23, 1869.
Captain Shaw, of the London fire brig
ade, has left here for a tour of the large
Southern and Western cities „and' will
probably, on his return home, recom
mend the adoption of many of the best
features of the Anierican system.
Railroad freights to the West are to day
advanced to 'the following figures':, Chi
cago 38, Cincinnati 35, Loulaville 69, St,
Louis 56 cents per cwt. A lightning ex
press has been ordered on the Erie Rail- -
road, which will take passengers to Chi
cago in thirty hours, and fares are ex
pected to be reduced. In fact it is certain
the advance in freights will be main
tained.
.;r_•::
It is reported that Ihe contracts for the
consolidation of the Central and Hudson
.roads are ready for ratification and about
to be signed. •
Several laborers were precipitated to
the ground by the fall of a scaffoll on
the new gas tank in East Twenty-first
street: to-day,'and all severely injured.
• A man named Mott Cedell, an alleged
commission 'merchant, was arrested
charged with swindling Beetholen ttr
Thompson, of St. Louis, out of twenty
five barrels of whisky, valued at $1,214,
by false pretenses.
An illegal whisky distillery in the
Fifth ward of Brooklyn was seized to
day.
The proprietors of the Communip aw
abbattoir disregard the injunction as
usual. The butchers are excited and
threaten vengeance against the citizens,
who, on the contrary, threaten. to burn
down the abbattoir unless the nuisance is
abated.
Voter H. Walker is tinder arrest for an
attempt to shoot his brother's wife and
children.
A death from As4atiC cholera occurred
to-day, a German named Hestell Cohen.
• The reported death from yellow fever
was simply a case of congestive intermit-
tent fever.
. Frederick Low, of Elizabeth, was club
bed to death by policeman Farrar' at
Bergen last night.
The . steamer Perriere, from Brest on
the 14th, has kirrived: also the City of
London, from Liverpool.
Arrived, steamer Manhattan, from
Liverpool on the 11th.
CUBAN REVOLUTION.
Details eta Recent Engagement of Gen.
Jordan's Forces.
(By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.]
WASHINGTON, . August. 23.—Advices
from Cuba to the 13th, received by Cuban
- sympathizers here, give an account of
the tight between a portion of General
Jordan's cemamand, and the troops of
Aralmaseda near Puerto Padre. The Crt-
bans, numbering less - than six hundred,
were encamped near Puerto Padre, where
they were attacked by a force of Spanish
regulars and volunteers over one thou--
sand strong. in the first attack the Cu
bans were compelled to fallback. They,
however, rallied, and securing a more
defensible position they repulsed the
Spaniards in their attack. The loss of
the Cubans in the contest was one hun
dred and fifty in killed, wounded and
missing. That ofthe Spaniards is , rep
resented as more than double thit num
ber. Col. Figuerro commanded the
Cubans. The fight is reported to have
ten one of the most desperate character,
the Cubans lighting with an earnestness
that was irresistible.
HAVANA, August 23.—C01. Nicola%
with two hundred men and two pieces of
artillery, Attacked and routed four hun
dred insurgents near 'Jicotea in the Cen
tral Department. The latter left twenty
killed on the field.
PHILADELPHIA
The Drought and Water Famine.
thy Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.)
PHILADELPHIA, August 23.—Not a
drop of rain has Wien here since August
4th, the night of the great whisky pre,
nor have any accounts of rain been re
ceived from the interior, except •of a
short thunder storm on
.Saturday last of
about thirt'yminutes, up the Schuylkill.
All reports agree as to the great damage
to corn from drought in this State.
A special meeting of the City Councils
was held to-day to, consider -the water
famine. Twenty-five thousand dollars
was appropriated for the families of des
titute canal boatmen upon the Schuyl
kill river. Power has been given to the
Chief Engineer to take any measures he
may deem proper to raise water into the
basins at Fairmount. The experiment
was tried this afteimoon of raising water
by means of steam fire engines. The
hill at Fairmount is ninety-six feet high
and it Is doubtful whether the hose will
stand the pressure. The result has not
yet been announced.
Prize Fight in Indiana.
[By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.l
VIVICENNES4IND., August 23.—A prize
Bight le to come off between Noah. Skin
ner and Com. Murrayon the 28th inst..
within fifty miles of Vicnennes, for one
hundred dollars a side. It is creating
quite a stir among: the ' , fancy" in this
vicinity. Jena Coyne, Tom Allen's train
er and backer, is here,-tilling the same
position for Skinner. The steamer Ad
vance has been chartered to; the_ °pea
sion, and alarge4irrival of roughs is ex. pected In time to accompany the expedi
tion. A ilvely, fight is anticipated,,as
both are good:men and 'are said , to hav,e
been in the ring before.
The Droop' In Kentucky . 1 ,
csir Telegraph so the Plustiuiatiossette.3
LaufsviLLE, August23.—The intensity
of the heat continues without abatement.
The rains that have fallen have . been hitt
partial in the State, and not' Sufficient to
mitigate - the drought. AcCounts from
tolnerce - regions state that but one•balf
the crop produced last year will be raised
this year. Corn is almost shriveled.
Damage from Kerosene.
car Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.;
, BureauxTort, Aug. 23.—A wooden
building; en Court street, , occupiedlby
.Negas Brothel*. grocers, was burned s on
f3aturdar night. The fire oginted
from the ignition of kerosene, ri whic a h a
clerk was drawing from a barrel. The
clerk and another man were badly
burned. Two other buildings wgre bad
/y damaged. Loss p 000; partially In
sued.
SECM EDITIOI
CS7Teleitgaish to the Pittsburgh 6azette.l
GREAT BRITAIN.
Lotinotkr, August 23.—The
_.2lforning
Telegraph today has an editorial' on the
forthcoming international boat race,
wherein it says: A point in favor of the
Americans is that they are in such a state
of high training of , the best kind; that
they have - 40t: 3rititenitted to a sharp
regime for a few months with a view to
a perticularevent,.but have been in per
fect training for the last three years.
What hardness of muscle, soundness of
heart and. hopesty of lung must be the,
result ! It is kltnost impossible to over.
rate the effects which such a state of
facts has upon the event of the race.
Four young athletes,•kept for three years
under conditions to develope every avail
able power, is something more excellent
than the results of a few months'
training. What may not be 'expected
from a crew called upon for a quarter of
an hour's strain, when they have been at
work for years? Taking our information
as correct, we should consider the anpe
rior hardness of the
,Americans more
than a set off against the style of this
English, and conclude that the contest
wilt be mainly a battle of coxswains.
Whatever the events may be, we trust
the increase of kindly feeling and good
fellowship between the two nations may
be one of the results.
The Bishop of Winchester has re
signed. t • -
LONDON, August 23,Euentng.—In the
regatta for the championship of the
Thatries, to-day, Renforth won, beating
Kelly and Sadler. The course was from
Putney to Mortlake.
Brbwn has made a match with Ren
forth for the championship of the Thames
and one hundred pounds, the course to
be from Tyne High Level Bridge to
Leamington Point, four and three-tourth
miles. The match will come off between ,
September 23J and October Ist.
The Harvard and Oxford crews were
out on the .Thames to-day. The banks
of the river were crowded with specta
tors on account of the regatta, and the
American and English crews were
heartily cheered. The Oxonians today
rowed for the first time in the new boat
built by Elliott. She measures forty
five feet in length and twenty-one and a
half inches across at the widest part.
Mr. Simmons, of the Harvard four, baa
entirely recovered from his recent indiar
position.
LONDON, August 23.:--The . 7:elegrap,
today in its sporting article alludes again
to the International:University race. It
says many of the best judges of boating
offer two to one on the Oxfords. It pre
dicts that the Oxfords will win, but be
lieves that the Harvard men will make a
better fight than was anticipated by the
supporters of the Oxfords.
The Harvard men desire that a contra
diction be made of the rumors that they
have adopted the English style of row
ing. They maintain that the match is
to be a contest of styles as well as of men.
They ex - press thediselves well pleased
with all the arrangements that have
been made fur them, and are satisfied
with the result of their practice on the
Thames. The Harvards have notyet deci
ded what boat they will take for the race.
.Their coxswain will be lighter ih weight.
;'than the Oxfords.'"The Americans pro
pose to Invite the Yrince of Wales and
Mr. Motley, American Minister, to ac
company the crews on the day of the
race, and for that purpose the use of the
Harvard launch will be tendered them.
Drumm:Da. August 23.—An open air
meeting was held here to-day, in favor
of granting amnesty to Fenians. Banda
played popular Fenian airs and enthusi
astic speeches were made. The resolu
tions adopted declare that the further de
tention of Fenian prisoners is unwise,
impolitic and unjust.
Ile i nze, August 23.—The Empress de
parts on an eastern tour to-day.
Pants, Aug. 23.—The La France says:
However painful it may be for Spain to
'accept tho suggested solution of the
Cuba difficulty, there le no other plan
possible. It is the only way for Spain to
save fragments of the wreck. The val
ue and duration of Cuban independence,
under the protection of America, is an
other question. The desire to absorb
WhiCh characterizes the Americans qua
ities them very badly to perform the part
of a platonic :protectorate. It 'is very
probable that behind the compromise
they are trying to bring out lies a sec
ond edition of the history of Texas.
Penis, August 23. The following
news has been received from Spain: The
united Carlist bands under Galindo,
Sales. Male and Roeker. have been de
fea•Pd in the provinces of Castilion, De
Li Piano -and Vallencla. The Cariiit
chieftain, Sararlegos, bas reappeared In
Spain with fifty armed followers.
MADRID. August Marshal Serrano;
Regent, has returned to Madrid from La
Grange. Eleven Carnets, among them
Galindoand Roe_ ther were killed in a re •
cent tight at Castillim -De Ls. Plans.
Many prisoners were taken Dy the
troops. The barracks at Tog Rono were
burned to the ground last night; the fie
is supposed to be the work, of incen
diaries. , •
The press of this city concur in urging
the - Government to extend clemency to
pallet prisoners. , '
ROME.
Rom:, Augustp.—The Civitta denies
that there will be any postponement of
the meeting of the Ecumenical- Connell
and assert that the number of Bishops
who have declined'to attend le less than
three hundred.
MARINE NEWS.
LONDON, August 2 2.—The• steamers
Herm*rsn, Nevada, City of Limerick and
Austrian have arrived can.
Caorrerairr,Aug.23.—A violent storm
visited this harbor td-day. During the
tempest's monitor broke loose from her
anofibisgel and`, ran Into a screw frigate,
sinking hex almost instantly. Sixteen
of the frigate's' crew were .drowned.
Lerrnors, August 28 . --Late advises from
Hong Bong report that the ship Argo
naut.loaptairs Baker, which 'ailed from
BaltimOre February /7th, ibr Hong Kong,
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FOUR O'CLOCK, 4. .7/1.
NEWS BY CABLE.
FRANCE
SPAIN.
4 11
has arrived at that port with her masts
and sails severely damaged. The ship
Simonds, whlchloailed frointHeng Hong
for Shangthe, has put bank to Hong
Kong leaking. The Suwanda has dis
charged her cargo, two thirds of which
is damaged, and will go into dock for
repairs.
QUEENSTOWIb August 23.—The steam
er Palmyra, from New York on the 12th
August, for Liverpool, arrived at one
o'clock thie afternoon.
. •
FINANCIAL AND,COMMERCIAL.
Lorrnori, August 28.—Eventag.--Con
sots for money MX r for account 93X.
American securities firm. Flve-Twent.9
Bonds at London :. '62s, '. 840 , do.
65, old, 83%; do, '6T, 835.(:-.:10-40', 76X;
62s at , Frankfort,; 13956; Rides 19X; Ell
nois 93x.
LIVERPOOL, August, .43.L:Cotton mar
ket a shade , easier;. . middling uplands
13xd.; Orleans 4d r . sales 10,000,
bales, of whiCh2, bales were for spec-`
ulation and expo Weather fair and fa
vorable for crops. California white
Wheat lls.; red westerniKtkl.; and inferi
or grades sold at a lower price. 'Flour 255.
3d. Corn Ma. Oats Be. 6d. Peas 435. 6d.
Pork 1048. Beef .90ri. Lard - 775. 6d.
Cheese 62a. Bacon 65. Spirits of Pe-.
troleum, 83 d t ; refined, ls. fid. '
Lorinox. August 23.—Tallow 465. SU.
gar 39s 9d®408. Spirits turpentine 268
6d(g/26.1 9d. Petroleum at AntWerp 53, , ,f.
COtton at Havre 164Xf.
FRANKFORT, August 23—Evening.—
Five-twenties closed heavy at 89.
PARts.,Aqgnst • 23 —Evening.—Bourse
closed strong.. Rentes 73f. 720.
HAVRE, August 23—Evening.—Cotton
closed quiet both on spot and afloat.
ANTWERP, August 23—Evening.—Pe
troleum closed unchanged.
GET'IIrfiEURG
The Reunion of Officers on the Battle
, Field.
[By Telegranti to the Pittsburgh GIL:Enc.:I
GETITSBURCe, August 23.—Gen. Geary
and others who took part in , the war will
arrive tomorrow. Only one, ex-Confed
erate °Meer, Col. Walter Harrison, has
yet arrived. Gen. Lee, in acknowledging
tho receipt of an invitation to be present,
says hls engagements will not permit
his attendance, and adds that it is wisest
not to keep open the sores of• the war,
but to follow the example of those na
tions who endeavored to obliterate marks
of civil strife and commit to oblivion the
feelings it engendered. The exploration
of the battle field will commence to-mor
row. The press of New YorktPhiladel
phia, Washington and other cities is rep
resented. A number of Union officers
have arrived, among 'them Gens. Robin
son, Meredith, Graham, McCandless and
several . other gentlemen. None of the
officers of the Second or Sixth Corps
have yet arrived. A Meeting of the oftl•
cers wag held to-night, at which sugges
tions were made as to the plan of opera
tions. The' Chair stated that a
survey of •tirts: battle field was being
maee under
thirty s ditection of Gen. Warren.
It embracessquare miles. There
was an interchange of views as to how
proceedings should be conducted;- and
finally the progranime proposed by Col.
Bachelder,of New York, was adopted as'
follows: omorrow, the position of the
first day's battle will be completed; on
Wednesday, Culp's Hill, Cemetery Hill
and vicinity; on Thursday, positions on
the left. including Apple Orchard, Peach
Orchard, Wheat Field, Round Top and
intermediate points; Friday, general
lines of third day's battle; on Saturday,
cavalry orations. The meeting ad
journed af ter agreeing to meet on Semi
nary Hill to-morrow morning at nine
o'clock.
Suicide of a tgeWly Married Couple.
[Br lelegtaph to Ito Pittsburgh Oass-tte.]
LOUISVILLE, August 23.—A horrible
and unaccountable double suicide was
enacted Yesterday at Jefferuonville,
Ind. the victims being a newly married
couple.i George Barnacle, a German,
after drinking whiskey to excess with
his wife, went out and procured a .half
gallon of beer, which he brought home.
His wife drank some of this beer, and
within ten minutes , wAs a corpse.
Before - Barnacle could be pre
vented, be drank a large quantity
Of the same beer and died about noon,
half, an hour after his wife expired.
Upon making an analysis of the beer it
was found to contain arsenic and mor-
Phitio sad it is supposed Barnacle put it in
the beer, as be and his wife • were heard
to talk of poisoning , each other during
.their drunken orgies. Barnacle had
been in low spirits since his marriage by
reason of a false statement that his wife's
former husband was still living.
Destructive Fire at Seymour, Indiana=
Citizens overcome by Excessive Heat.
[By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.)
SEYMOUR, IND., August 23.—The ex
tensive carpenter shop belonging to
Messrs. Travers, Carter it Co. and the
Christian Church, took fire to-day ebout
noon and burned to the ground.-. The
church had just been completed. The
loss to Messrs Carter & Co- is about
twenty thousand dollars, there being no
insurance. They bad two contracts, one
the Seminary now•in process of erection,
and a new church. The work on both
will now be suspended In consequence of
. the tire. At least twenty men were over
come by excessive heat ma exertion
in saving the adjoining property.. Lines
of men were formed ,in every di
rection from the ,house tops to ; the
cisterns and wells and water • was con
veyed by this meardi to save the adjoin
ing buildings.
,13everal men fell from
the • housetops and . others were' carried
away completely overcome by the heat'
and were• restored to cbmiciousneas by
the direction of the medical faculty, who
were all on the ground.and.labored as
siduously for the sufferers. LAPPrehen-
Mon was , felt et first that the boiler
would explode, as the engine ,Was in
motion and 'Dui steam hissing with a
fearfal 'noise,' but ' a 10comotive engi
neer present tested the amount of water
and steam in the boiler and immediately
assured every one that there was no
danger 'in that quarter, and. all = then
went to work to prevent the fire from
spreading. • . •
'phi, thermometer stood at 101 in, the
shide at 2,r. At,
The Trot at Saratoga.
[Br Telegrion to theritteonrea Gazette.)
64Lne'roo*, Amintet 23.—1 n the trot to
day, Mountain Boy beat Lady Thorne
three'stralght heats in 2:27, 2:243‘, and
- 2:255;. Commodore Vanderbilt and wife
were on the ground, - attracting much
attention. e '
EMI=
!MEE
BRIEF TELEGRAMS,
—The well known stallion Fear
nought has been sold at Boston for
$25,000.
—A German actor named ssin
ger, was fatally sun ;truck at Louisville
yesterday.
—Hiram Walbridge has resigned the
Presidency of the Mediterranean Steam
ship Company.
—John B. Valle, formerly a prominent
merchant of St. Louis, died in South
eastern Missouri a few days ago.
—The iron foundry of W H. Kelly at
Bristol, Pa., was burned on.
SaturdaYAn
volving a loaf; of 1120,000, half insured.
—W. H. Hailed*, of the Journal of
Commerce, hum started a new evening pa
per in New York city, called The Repub
lic:
—Major Gen. 'Hancoek, commanding
the Department of Dakota, ariived in
Chicago yesterday morning with •his
family.
—Rhodla Quinn. a citize of:New Al
banY. Indiana. died from n
tbe.effecAs of
sunstroke on Sunday, while in search of
e . tiorse thief.
—The cattle disease has appeared at
Shrewsbury, Mass. The bronchial tubes
of slaughtered animals are filled with
bread-like worms.
—The water supply an:Philadelphia
continues to grow scarcer. - The Council
met yesterday to consider means for
raising water Into the reservoirs.
=Cornelius Kelleher died inlk.iew York
city on Saturday, in terrible agony, from
a dose of tobacco juice and alo given him
by an old lady for fever and ague.
• —Joe Dowling, letter carrier, accused
of robbing the mail, at • Memphis, was
honorably discharged from custody, the
charge proving to be false and maliciOus.
—A meeting of the Memphis Chamber
of Commerce was held yesterday, and
active movements were inaugurated to
reopen anti revive the tobacco trade
during the aiming season.
—Two more death last the effects of
the heat occurred avening at St.
Louis, one of them that of Wm. R.
Brent. formerly of, Winchester, Va.,
to which place his remains will be sent.
—At Cleveland, Ohio, for the past few
days, the weather bas been extremely
hot. There has been one shower since
Saturday, which moderated the heat a
little, but not enough rain fell to be of
•
any benefit to tne crops. -
—The Rev. .T. L..p. McKeowen, of
Union Chapel, Cincinnati, has been unan
imously elected President of Albion
College, at Albiton, Mich., and will'enter
upon his duties at once,
be having been
transferred by Bishop Ames to the De
troit Conference.
—The famous Century Plant,•owntiti •
by Frost dr, Co., of Rochester, N. Y., is
to be exhibited in Farwell. Hall, Chi
cago, for the benefit of the Young Men's
Christian Association. It is to be sent
by railroad from Rochester and will
reach Chicago about the first of Sep
tember.
—Rev. S. Roberts and Thos. T. Jones,
of 11.1ahony City, Pennsylvania, are in
Manhattan, Kansas, for the purpose of
selecting
.a location in Riley county for
a colony of Welsh from Pennsylvania.
Land buyers are coming on every train,
and the country is rapidly filling up with
settlers.
—At Memphis a negro girl plead guilty
to stealing a lot of dresses from Mrs.
Sabin, valued at eighteen dollars. She
was twelve years of age and was sen
tenced to three years in the penitentiary.
A petition to the Governor was at once
signed by the entire jury and judge to
pardon the culprit, owing to her youth.
—AecOunts from all sections of Mary-,
land represent the draught as prevailing
to an alarming extent. No ralo has fal
len for weeks. In some counties the
farmers despair of making evels, half a
crop of corn. The potatoe vines have
become parched and dried up before ma.
turltv. The tobacco crop is suffering
dreadfully..
—The President of, the Irish . Republi
can Association of Pennsylvania issues a
card; declaring that the Irish Convention
lately in session in Chicago elected no
President of the Irish:Republican &Sao
elation of America, nor aid it elect any
newspaper as a special organ, and that
all claimants to such positions are im
posters. t- .
—A dispatch from Camp Supply, in the
Indian Territory, says: The Peace Com
missioners on Saturday had a most im
portant meeting with the Cheyennes and
Arapahoes. A large number of chiefs
were present and full two thousand men,
women and children on ponies, outside.
I The council lasted two hours and the re
sult was considered most favorable:
—Copies of the will of Andrew J. But
ler, aria of the inventeries and schedules
filed by his brother and executor, Gen.
B. F. Butler, are published. The sched
ules show that the estate' isolvent,
and that no money remains to is
be n divided
among the heirs, whis are Gen. Butler,
Mrs. Butler, wife of the deceated, and
Geo. H. Butler, hisnon:
• —Buck Holbrook and Johnny Mur
phy, two well known Chicago burglars,
were shot , and killed at HennePin,
on Sunday morning, while in the act of
breaking from the county jail in that
place. They had been confined to an
swer a charge of burglary. A. youth
named Fitzgerald, who also broke jail
with them, waned. ' ' •
—While Rev'. J. G. Waite, a clergy
man of Jacksonville. Ills.ovas deliver
ing wiecture on Catholicism in the hall
of the House of Representatives at
Springfield. Sunday night, a mob ofiljah
Catholics made a violent disturbance
and threatened the life of the speaker,
who bad to be protected by ,the sheriff,
.the mayor and other officerti; to save
him from serious harm. . ,'"
—The longest belt in the • world has
just arrived in Chicago for the mam
moth new grain elevator'of Iluokingham
& Co., near . the Illinois Central depot.
It is of, rubber, three hundred • and
twenty feet Iona; five feet wide, from
one-half to three ijuartens of an inch
thick. and , weighs thirty.sia hundred
pounds. It oost about thirty-Six hun
dred dollars, or a dollar a pound. '
—Two undertakerii,lll New Mirk•city ,
engaged in a quarrel as to who should
bury the corpse of a woman, named Sat
ton..who died on Biturday. One of them
was sent by the Coroner, who Made an
investigatiou of the case,• but the other
was called by the woman's relatives.
The Coroner insisted on the right to do
the burying, but the police were called
is and the matter was referred to Inspeco
for Willing, who referred it to the Public
Administrator. Meantime the body was
unbaned.
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Weather and Crop Reports. -
(B 7 Telegraph to the Pittsburgh tiaiette.l
Nsw YORE, August 23.--Weather and
crop reports received here from leading
localities in the south-west and east gen
erallyireport hot, dry weather which in
some sections has been greatly prolonged.
All accounts represent the corn and to
bacco crops as greatly injured and short
from one-quarter to one-half of the - past
year's yield. In the most of Virginia
but little rain has fallen for eighty days.
In. Louisiana the crop' prdspects are re
ported to be good. Rust and premature
opening of the balls of cotton on account
of the drought are-reported in some sea.
lions, but on the whole the cotton crop
reports are favorable. -In those sections
where the drouth is injuring the cotton
it is generally stated that' if rain falls
soon, much of the "Ititicipated, damage
may yet be averted.
MEMPHIS, August 4.—The weather is
intensely hot. News itrom the-valley re- . : .
gion give favorable accounts of the_ cot
ton. In the hills and highlands the drop
Will be stiort. %_ Corn and: cotton are both
suffering for rain irimany localities..
Blot at Macon,' Ten*.
[By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.]
MEMPHIS, August 23.—A negro at
Macon, Fayette county, Tenn., got into
a difficulty with a boy, a brother, of
whom took it up and trounced the col
ored man. A crowd of blacks gathered
and threatened to sack the town. One
of the negroes = was shot. Crowds of
blacks gathered in from the surround
ing country, and made amindispriminate
.attack. The boys had to leave town.
The sheriff of the et:nutty started froth.
Somerville with a posse, and It is re
ported
that several of his party have
been crippled by the rioters. .
•
Base Ball at Cincinnati.
tßy Tetegravh to the Plttzberzh Gazette.]
CINCINNATI, August 23.—Big,crowds
attended the game of base balrbetween
'the Southern, of New Orleansi'ind Red
Stockings today. Tbe game..was won
by the latter. Score 35 to 3. • The Red
Stockings made only one on the Last in
ning. Their fielding was good, but the
weather was too warm for first rate;play
ing. The Southerns best hold was the
first base and short atop. Their fielding
was good but batting poor. r Rain atop.
ped the game at ,one time, but it was
played through. -
14 Crops In Tennessee.
(By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh fitasette.l
Nee EIVIZLE, August 23.—The weather
Is intensely hot; mercury ninety at A
P. M. No rain here since the 6th inst.
The crops of corn and cotton An this
county are badly injured. ,In many
counties of Middle Tennessee the A _mmo:
state of affairs prevails, though timely
rain may yet bring both ciiips ontLT/itt
dronth Islin y partiai , andlhough it may
continue,. It is believed average crops
'will be made. putting ail the counties of
Middle Tennessee :together-
—The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
have arranged to carry flour 'from
fayette, Indianapolis" and 'Cincinnati to
. Baltimore without breaking bulk and at
twenty cents' per barrel cheaper than via
New York, connecting with, a steamer at
the dock, transferrirg without additional •
cost, and shipping thence to Liverpool at ,
the same rates as from New York to that .
city. - It proymes, including the saving
of hauling and forwarding, to make the
rates on flour from the- above places
thirty cents on the barrel cheaper via.
Baltimore than via. New Yolk to Liver
pool. This matter is now engaging the
attention of merchants. . •
Additional Markets by Telegraph.
BUFFALO, August 23:=.1leceipts--13,500
bbls flour,•60,000 bush wheat, 70,000 bush
corn, 23,000 bush oats. Shipments-2,200
Male flour, 75,000 bush wheat, 7,200 bush
corn, 12.600 bush oats. Freightsateady; •
to New York, 140 on wheat, 12c on corn
and 8c on oats. Flour dull and nominal
with no sales. Wheat depressed, spring
nominal at 1;1,85 for No. 2 Chicago, and
$1,37 for No. 2 Milwaukee which are the
best offers made; sales 22,0 0 0. bush No. 1
,red Toledo at 11,41, and 11,000 bush am
her Ohio at $1,40. Corn dull, with sales
16,000 bush No. 2 western at 98c; 950®51,
as to condition, was the earlier price of
nearly yellow. Oats dull, with old offer
ed at 55c. Rye nominal. Pork:steady
at 634,50. Lard steady at 20c. High
wines scarce and dull, with isles 30 bbls
at 61,22. ' :
ALBANY, August 23.—The supply of
cattle is four hundred short ofilast week,
and the attendance of buyers is fair.
The market opened spiritles s , and to •
effect sales concessions were made; the
better grades were superior to the offer
ings last week, but there were more
scallawags, so the average was no better;
the top price realised was for 9c good
butchering steers from Illinois, • which I ,
brought 7c and medium,,weight 6301,
bat bulk sales were made, at- 734®834c.
Sheep and Limbs; the demand was,lim
ited, and Sheep have fallen off fully 3io;
'Lambs sell slowly at lait 'week's prices.
Hoge; receipts and demandlight and the
tendency of the market is, downward;
Michigan 9®954c, and Illinois 9 X®1034c. •
Oswboo, Aug. 23.—Flour unchanged; • -
sales 1,400 barrels at $ 7 , 50 ®7,75 for spring
No. 1; $7,75®8 for amber winter; 58,25
for white; $6,,75@9 for double .extra.
Wheat quiet; sales No. 2 ?dllwitukee club
at 61,48. Coin held at $1,07®1;10, actor- .
ding to quality. Corn •m 4 $2,80 - p •
er •
cwt. Mill feed steady; shorts 22e; ship _
stuffs 760; middlings • 28®300 'to New
York. Freights—wheat excii 00rn•8 3 4.3
'to New. York. Lumber 13,50 to Hudson.' .
Railroad freights—Flour. to Banton 68 f;' •
to New York 58c; to Albany 50 e. Lae
imports 2.870 ha wheat, 29,000 bri corn,
2,480,000 feet 'lumber. Canal
55,700 bu wheat, 24,600 , bn corn; 1, 0,600,
feet lumber. • ' • ••,
Cirroauo, Augtist23.—At open 'Bowl
in the afternoon the markets itenerailtr
were. quiet, with sales No, 2:Wheat:at
51.88 seller for August, andsl.2s3‘@/.213
seller for September. 06iii dull at 880
seller for August, and 13510 seller for'
September. 'Oats firmer at 45W 46e'
seller for August. and 42c seller Air Sep.
temberl - 'Barley at 111,15®137•buyeiribr
first half of next month. In the even
ing nothing was done. The grain mar- r
ket was steady at the doting rates of the •
afternoon Board. Lake freights and . ,
Provisions quiet.
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•
New ORLEANS, Angnet W.L.r•Cotttni
dull, with sales of 16 bale% quotations`
nominal; nominal; receipts, 65 bales; exports Sat
urday:
coastwise, 2,138 bales; stook this
evening. 18 bales. • Flour firm and un., •
changed. White C orn IL Vats; new
6 5@66,
and old Bran 11. Pork un
hanged. Whisky firmer; western reo.
titled $1,25®1,30. Gold 132 3 4. Exchange
Sterling 145%. New York Sight X pre
mium. •
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