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.MIDXIGHT.
NEWS BY CABLE.
tßy Telegrar.h to the Pittsburgh tissette.)
- . GREAT BRITAIN.
' - Loxbost, Augnst Si, 386.
A grand fete was given at Crystal
Palace,last,evening 'A in honor of thejlar-
1 - ..
yard : a nd Oxford , boat , crewe, tilt‘ the
. s
Lotidort Ro lag 'Club." Mr: Layton, !
President of .. the , Cluhi occuPled, the
chair. All - the member's of thh Harvard
crew were present exoept Loring, but
Wilton alone represented the Oxfords.
Tizerelitelie Asti present one' hundred and
twenty invited guests, including Charles
Dickens, Thos. Hughes, Edmund Yates,
Capt. An - dation andmany other notables.
Mews. Motley and Moran were
in invited
attend. Th e
guests b were unable to attend. The
rooms were tastefully decorated with
American and British flags .as well as
those of different clubs. -After the din
ner awaits were given to the "Quees of,
England" ,and the "President' of the
United States," which were drank with
enthusiastic and prolonged cheers.
Charles Dickens was received with re
peated rounds' of applause and it was
some minutes before he could speak. He
playfully alluded to the fact of the Chair
man's deputing him to propose the toast
of the evening, "The Oxford and Har
vard Orme."[Cheers.) He said a re
markable and effecting volume was pub
lished at the time of his last visit to
America. - That volume - contained the
biographies of rilnety-five of the Har
vard students, who at one time or another
bore arms in the service of their country.
Nothing was more remarkable in these
descendants of our forefathers than
the - invincible determination with
which they fought against odds in the
late war, and the dauntless snirit with
which they sustained defeat. Who
would say, after the contest of Friday,
• that, Harvard was - less true to herself in
; Peacethen in wee Who could fail to
;
recognize in the boat's crew the leaven
l , of her soldiers, and not feel she has now
a greater right than ever to be proud of
her sons and take them to her breast
j ' when they return with resounded accla-
I mation4
. , The Duke or Wellingtonsald there was
only one thing worse than a great victory
I —a great defeat. But there was another
l ! sense in the use of the term "a great
defeat." Such was the defeat of the
t i
1 handful ,of daring fellows who
r made a dash of thousands of
,' - miles- in order to meet conquer
tki, • ors in their own domain. - (Cheers)
,11.1 A defeat, such as thatc - which the - Ears
4 A verde had sustained. (Cheers) He re
i petted the absence of the Oxford men
fr, He would not say much- of them,-good
1- r bad . If.anythlng was to be said to
t
isb
their disparagement, it was that they
4, won so often. He thought they,could al
, : 4 1 ford to lose la, the event-of, another ton
test. He was sure he expressed his own
) feelings, the feelings of the Oxford, and
the feelings of- Englishmen, when he
•;. - bade the Harvards a cordial welcome,
; ~ : - 'a nd wished them good speed on their
1 ; home journey. The victory might be
•- with the Harvards next time. Mean
• while he assured them of an enthusiastic
; - welcome at home, which would find an
1 ; echo in every comer of England. Be co n
:', eluded amid great applause. -
,I; ' Coupling a toast with the names of
• Simmons and Willan, Mr. Simmons re
i,
; . plied briefly. He expressed his warmest
.- thanks for the cordiality and hospitality
•I; extended the Harvard crew. While re
: cognizing their defeat, he 'hoped the
• nett crew, or the same crew, if they
s i, come over again, would find in that de
' I feat their success. They had:been bone
fitted by the experience. Looking to the y
crew by which they were defeated he
had no reason to be ashamed. -
' . Mr. Within, on the part of the Oxfords,
regretted the unavoidable absence of the
remainder of the crew. With respect to
• , ; the race, AB an old hand he said it had
. . not been won easily. It was the best
race he ever rowed.'
" Thomas Hughes then toasted the "Lon
t don Olab." He referred to his own ex
perience and the glories of English
• , Universities. He asserted Harvard Uni
versity, in producing James Russell
1 ' Lowe% John Lothrop Motley, Ralph
~ I Waldo Emerson and Lewis Agazziz, had
reason to pride itself, Future' genera
tions would regard some of the Har
yards with the veneration given to our
Hampdens i and others in past genera
done. Mr. Playford proposed the toast,
' . "Oar Visitors." He regretted that the
Harvards had not used a "coach." No
• •
.' crew could attain perfection without a
"coach." ,He urged them to use one In
'.., .; their fatnretraining.
• After the toast to the London club,
:.• -. Mr. Rice propssed "the Elarvards," only
s, T. tosive cheers . on
. account of the courtesy
. . and kindness shown by the club. They
were given amid great applause. •
•••:, :, At the conclusion there was a grand
display of fireworks, in honer of the oc
j caston.• - - _ . ‘ .
•:i t The Standard has the following din
: - ; . clam on the late boat race: "The rowing I
.. - ;
of Harvards was rather injudicious. -
''•; I It was too fast to •last: The want or i '
good recovery le ft them tucked up over
7 4 ' their oarsat the end of the_stroke. They
reached out well, and rowed with straight
backs and arms, but there was no work
•• I in their stroke. Though 'the Oxonians
. • I were heavier, it does not follow that
,/ ' weight brought them in first. It was
. , rather their style, In the long run style
,llis sure to win when strength is equal."
,
• f Messrs. Loring, Fay and Blaikie. of the
.:. ' Harvard Cinb, Mr. Elliott, their -boat
builder, and Mr. Ticknor return to. New
1 - York onthe steamer City orAntwerp,
' • which sidle to morrow.
• • The brilliancy and power of the sun
.• ' . during the past week has been highly
favorable to the crops in the British
' • , Isles and a large harvest is now certain.
'-,' • Nowhere in Europe has there been such
• ' ' falling off in the price of cereals as in
England, and unless greater encourage
ment is given it will be found foreign
• imports will be on a much smaller scale
•- - after the subsidance of the effects of the
late rise.
FRANCS.
RAM% August /Kier-The city Is full of
racoon'. today regarding .the health or
the Emperor, ped - wperfeet panto prevails
taktherfloutsp - inuonsegueope of; stat,e
lniintalideitt.ori thpinthieer.bv, different
parties and individuals. While -these
rumors, which are merely the work of
stock jo bbers,i are being circulated, there
is no doubt that the state of the ,health of
the Emperor is really such as to create
anxiety on the part of the public. He
suffers from disease of the bladder. The
different political parties in and out of
the Legislature are busily speculating as
to the issue of his physical affection.
The Imperial family is also alarmed. It
is said the Empress Eugenie will hasten
back from Corsica immediately, in con
sequence of the receipt of news of such
import from home, and her trip to the
east will be anandoned.
Princenitacilenn Bonatiaite intends, it
is said, to make a democratic speech in
the Senate some day during the ensu
ing week, but his friends are opposed to
its delivery just now. They allege if the
present empire should fall, his pretend
ed democracy Will not save his position
in the eyes of the French people., The
Empress condemns his conduct as un
wise and ungrateful.
• The story,of a conspiracy. followed. by
executions, on board the United States
frigate Sabine, at Cherbourg, which Was
telegraphed from Paris some days since,
is absolutely contradicted.
A note from the American legation
contradicts the report which prevailed
here on Sunday, that a dangerous con
spiracy had been discovered on board
the frigate Sabine, and pronounces the
story utterly without foundation.
PArtis, August 31.—The Empress Eu
genie will remain atVacio a day or two.
She will return to P ris some time be
tween the 3d and 9t15 of September.
The Emperor was fat work yesterday
with M. Forced° De La Roquette.
' The Public says the Emperor will give
audiences to visitors to-day.
. 1
SPAIN.
Don Carlos has embarked at Onypusio
for England. He hate abandoned for the
present his attempt to provoke a rising
in Spain, and will wait a more favorable
opportunity.
A dispatch from A l accio announces the
Empress is indispo ed, and the
i d
' Prince
Ithperial will assist one at the festiv
ities there in honor of Napoleon.
The French lournals have received
copies of a manifesto incltintr insurrec•
tion, signed "President De Comite
Banns.'
SOUTH AMERICA
PARIS, August 3L—The Journal Official
has intelligence from Acunsion that
the installation off the Provisional Gov
ernment there meets many obstacles
which render doubtful the practicability
of the measures resorted to by the allies
for the pacification l of the country. Pres
ident Lopez holds' a position of great
strength in the mOuntains, and want of
provisions compel he allied army to re
main inactive.
CON:STAPTI.
Paella has bel
voyage to tble
ConsvA._trp/
lab troopilat
vicinity of Col
honor of the I
thousand nits
Belot*, eight
Pious, Ant
kadadi by the
• Newspa pert;
'Ffuriingame ra
Chinese Gov,
dial reoegulti
eluded with
European SI
LONDON, A
tween Angel
bllity will b
Iteust has Mal
Priamlan Go'
MARINE NEWS.
BREST, August 31.—The steamship S.
Lawrence sailed for New York yester
day,
Glascow, August 31.—The steamer
Moravian from Quebec has arrived.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
LONDON, August 31.-Evening.-Con
sobs for money, 93 1 4. American securi
ties : Five-Twenty Bonds at London,
'65, 837 i; '67. 83; '62, 833‘. Sixty-Twos
at Frankfort firm at 83 1 ,4; Ems, 23; Illi
nois, 9434; stocks steady.
Peals, August 31.-Bourse is firm.
Rentes 72f. MI.
Livsnroot, August 31.-Cotton market
dull: middling uplands sold at 1330;
Orleans 13,40133a1 1 .; the sales were 6,
000 bales, including 3,000 bales on specu
baton and export. California white
Wheat, 10s. Bd.glOs. 10d: red western,
93. 6d. Flour 245. 9d. Corn, 803. 6d.
Oats 3s. 6d. Peas 445. Pork 107 s. 6d.
Beef 90s. Lard 775. Cheese 61s. 61. Ba
con 665. 6d. Spirits Petroleum Bd.; re
fined ls. Bd. Naval stores dull.
LONDON. August 31.-Tallow 40s. 9d.
Spirits Petroleum 9%d.
ArmwEnP. August 81.-Petroleum
firm at 65y,t
SCRANTON, Pa.
The City Quiet—Voting on the Resump.
lion of Work by the toluene' Unions.
Clly'Agearsoti to the Pittsburgh Gazette.. .I
SCRANTON, August 30.—A11 is quiet
here to.nighti The bare and saloons in
the city have' been closed by order of
Mayor Hill. Four hundred citizens have
been enrolled as volunteers, under com
mand of Col. C. R. Boyce. All the ocal
mines are heavily guarded.
At;the request of miners belonging
here' but employed in other districts,
whohave returned since it was voted to
resume werg, that question has been re
opened, and a final ballot will be taken
by the Miners' Union to-morrow morn
ing.
Six mines were worked to day, but
none with fall force. Many miners from
other localities left here on the evening
trains , .
The miners of the Delaware and Hui'.
son tiomparty, at Olyphant, voted to-day
to return to work. t
Later adVlces say the miners aro not at
work tceday, but -the invaders had .
oloared away and the prospecti of an
early settlement of the troubles were
gratifying.
The miners of the Delagiare.• Lack&
weans and Western Railroad tcoday
voted by 441 to 221 -to immediately re;
sump work. A strong, (Adams' .demon;
titration had the best. effiet. There is:
every prospect of it fun reikirliptiofi of the
mining with little delay.
ITTSBURGH,
SECOND EDITION.
FOUR 0 9 CLOCKI
THE CAPITAL.,
(Bp Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.l
WASELINGTON. August 31, 1869.
By the direction of the President, Bre
vet Lient. Colonel C. H. Carlton . 111 4 13-
tailed, as Professor of. Military . Science
anericticia't Miami llniVersity, Oiffird,
Ohio. '
The President arrived this morning
and during the , fprenoon received quite
a number or visitors. Acting Secretary
,
Richardson and Commissioner Delano
had a long interview with him _relative
to internal Revenue appointments and
other matters.
At noon the Cabinet convened, there
bring present Secretaries Fish, Raw
lins Robeson and Cox, Postmaster Gen
eral Cresswell, Assistant Secretary Rich
ardson and Assistant Attorney General
Field. • •
The meeting adjourned at five o'clock.
Various matters of panne importance
formed subjects of conversation, but no
definite action was taken concerning
them. Secretary Fish read a telegram
received by him from Mr. Burlingaine,
denying the report that the ChineaeLGov
ernment has rejected the treaty with the
United States.
The President will receive visitor to
morrow and leave on the night train for
Saratoga.
The President and Secretary Fish.have
a conference to-morrow on the-Glasgow
Consulship, when it is probable a suc
cessor to Col. Hsggerty will be appointed-
The Internal Revenue receipts to-day
were 8425,781: total for the month, $15,-
015,446; total for tho current fiscal year,
$56,602,456.
The following revenue appointments
were made to-day: Crowly P. Drake,
Assessor of the sth Michigan District:
R. J. Chestnut Wood, Collector of the
9th Indiana District.
There was received from bank note
printing companies to-day at the Treas
ury Department , l97,soo in fractional cur
rency.
The Athletic base , ball club of Phila
delphia defeated the Nationals of this
city to-day. Score: 83 to 20.
CINCINNATI,
Homicide Case—Woman's Itaffrage Con
vention—Sabbath School Conveutien—
&-c., eze.
CINCINNATI. August 31.—A. hearing
of the David Kirby murder case was had
before tire „sallow court to-day. • Phillip
. e;
~sallow.
was held to answer the charge
of murder in the that degree before ths.
l'ouniof Common Pleas. Win: Howard
was also held as .acceasory . to the same.
No bail admitted. Hluz and Eistabrook,
who had been arrested on .stispiciOn,
were dtaCtiarged:
•TherElecative Committee of iadleslo
provide for the Woman Suffrage Con
vention, to be held here on the 16th and
16th of September, have secured Pike's
Hall for the purpose). Among the speak
ers secured fur the, occasion are Sirs.
Mary A. Livermore, of Chicago, Miss .
Susan B. Anthony Mrs. E. Cady
Stanton, Mrs." Myram M. Cole, of Syd
ney. 0 , Mrs. Sarah B.' Chase, Si. D., of
Cleveland, 0.
The Kentucky State Sabbath School
Convention met in Covington, Ky., to
day. It is largely attended.
The billiard match for the champion-
L shin of the State will be played between
Fred Ackerman and Tony Honing, at
Mozart Hail, on September 13th.
Five hundred teachers of this city and
neighboring public schools are attend
ing the Normal Institute now in session-
Hon. John R. Craven and other lead
ing citizens of Madison, Indiana, are agi
tating the forming of' a railroad connsc.
tiou between that city and the Cumber
land and Ohio R. R. at Eminence, Ky.
-An excursion party from the Chamber
of Commerce to San Francisco set out
to-day at noun.
The Red Stockings plated the Buckeye
base ball ;club to-day. The game closed
at the Bth inning, Red Stockings winners
by one hundred and three to eight.
Tue weather cloudy and cool, ther
mometer ranging from 64 th'.l3.
.—limail
orre for a
I.—Turk
ten in the
eview. in
Thirty
camp at
rl.
,ure of Ho
ixted.
exert that
;ti from the
ling a cor
m be con
different
uarrel
Be
all probs.
Lied. Von
,area to tho
Railroad Freight Roust Darned—Heavy
Loss.
:By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.,
CHICAGO, August 31.—The _ freight
house of the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy Railroad at . Quincy, was com
pletely destroyed by fire last night. The
tracks on both sides of the freight house
were covered with freight cars and some
'twenty of them wore totally destroyed
with contents.. twenty other cars were
more or less injured. A portion of the
cars belonged to the Toledo. Wabash
and Western Railroad, but a large ma
jority to the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy.. The money and some valuible
papers in the freight house were se
cured, but the books and papers pertain
ing to the road from its organization were
destroyed. The total loss will probably
roach one hundred thousand dol
lars, most - of which will
upon the road, `they' being their
own insurer. The fire is supposed
to have originated in one of the freight
cars Menthol; near the freight house,
which was a frame building about three'
hundred feet in length.
'Southern Illinois• Normal University
was to-day located by the Commissioners
at Carbondale, Jackson county. • '
Laborers Strike—MUnary Called Out to
Prevent a Blot.
My Telegraph to the Pittsburgh 6atette.l
Qusaao, August 31. —Tile ahlplaborera
are on a strike and the trade of the port
Is almost at a stand stIll:Y esterday the la
borer's societies, numbering three thous
and seven hundred' persons, marched In'
pritoesalen tbroppth the streets and,theis
conduct was so, d i sorderly. that the mill
toy Ans calted..out to , prevent
The Mayor WO several :-prnalldent ' l 6lO .
zone were very roughly handledr-,- - -
Weir ;salshoP.' 'Kendrldt, 1 ,
I,ono,phis'
•to R O rder > # eprv&db ed'tc on r a - large etilr- 4 '
gregation at St. Patric:le•yestvday.
1 ED
Extensive Fire at Cape May—Loss
$400,000.!
By Telegraph to the P:tvisburgh 9azette.l"
CAPE MAY, August 31.—The most de
structive fire that ever occurred' here
brAkeout at three o'clock this morning
in the American Hotel. The fire origin
ated in the Japanese store of Paul 801, n
.ton on the ground floor, and spread rap
idly throughout the first building until
it was a total - wreck. The building was.
- one hundred by sixty feet. The lower
portion was occupied - for stores, and the
remainder, of the house by guests.
flames spread to the United States Hotel
on the east side of Decatur street, and ,
from thence to the Atlantic Hotel on the
beach below. Both these buildings were
commodious and were entirely destroy
ed. together with all their contents.
The leas in personal property and val
riables of the guests will be very heavy.
The wind was north and blowin freshly,
which no doubt, sa ved a great pg
ortion of
the city from destrtiction. Several cot
tages and smaller buildiags in the line
of the fire were entirely destroyed.,The
Atlantic and United States Hotels ere
veined at $150,000 esch, and the Ameri
can at $75,000.
Among the buildings destroyed are
the following:: The Post office; the City
Surveyor's office; the United States Ho
tel; American Bow, formerly the Ameri
can Hotel, including several stores;
Ferris Colleges; Huffnall's drug store;
Mc'Makln's new Atlantic Hotel; the prop
erty on both sides of Decatur at., Bar
rett's Bowling saloon; McCann's motel,
etc. Everything was, destroyed from
Ocean at. on the east to Jackson at. on
the west, from Washington street on the
north to the beach on the south, except
the Columbia House, which, with the
Centre, Ocean and Laplorro Houses, was
saved. A row of buildings on Wash
ington street, opposite the old American
House stores, were damaged by water
and some of them were torn down. The
estimate of the loss is $175,000. Tae
United States Hotel was sold, last week,
to Chas, Conway, of . Philadelphia, for
$50.000. • -
Thelms by the Cape May fire is esti
mated at 1250,000. Boynton, the Pearl
Diver, in whose store the lire originated,
has been arrested charged with canning
the ftre. The United States Hotel was
valued at $90;000; insured for /47,000.
CHICAGO.
QUEBEC.
CAPE MAY.
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.
—The steamer America, from . Bremen
has arrived at New York.
—The steamship China, from Liver
pool, arrived at New York yesterday.
—The Alert base ball club, of Roches
ter , N. Y., has started on a western tour.,
—Mrs. E. B. Washblirne.and
sailed yesterday for Europe on the Si
lesia. •
The New--YArkjaigtanlitiscf.SßUil
Oonveutititils caßed4 for September - WA
at Syractrao.
—The first bale of Middle trireme
cotton was received, at. Naahvill yester
day from the plantation of A. O. Hender
son; near Smyrna.
—The cotton mill at liarbervi le, R. 1.,
I John T. Sheldon & Sons, proprietors,
was burned' on Monday. Loss %40,000;
insured for $30,000.
—Frank Butler, in a fit of desponden
cy left hie bed Monday night or early-
Tuesday morning, in St. Louis, and hung
himself luau out, house.
—A convention was held atSpringfield,
Mo., to consider toe project of building
a railroad from Kinsas City, Mo., to
Menaphis,Tenn., via Springfield, Mo.
-W. 8. Saville, apothecary's clerk in
Boston, who sold laudanum forrhubarb,
causing the death of Mr. Norton, has
been admitted to bail In 52,000 to answer
a charge of manslaughter.
—The Masonic Fraternity of Louisville
are about erecting a W filo% s' and Or-
Wiens'. Home at a cost exceeding 5100,000,
upon ground urinated for that purpose
by several ilbiral citizens.
—The track lying upon the Louisville
branch of the Ohio and Mississippi
Rai road is progressing satisfactorily.
The road is expected to be ready for
use by the first of December.
—Advlces from the lower counties of
Kentucky state that thirty.five men of
the State Guards will be mounted at
Lebanon and btart with guides for the
mountains in search of Regulators•
—A diapatch from Boston says: Peal I
street Is a heavy sufferer by the recent
failure of a boot and shoe firm in St.
Louts. The claims of seven firms amount
to 11200.000 aod three houses aro nearly
ruined.
—Th6 uniform rule of the New York
Police Commissioners has been modified,
so as to permit officers to be relieved Of
wearing uniforms in special cases, by the
Board, or its members, or the Superin•
tendeut.
—A great fire is raging in the Llama'
Swamp, North Carolina. Many miles of
fences and cords of wood have been de
stroyed and numerous wild animate
have been driven out into the open
country. • •
—The freight train from Louisville for
Memphis, through the negligence of a
workinan on the road, ran off the trick
near Brownsville, yesterday, smashing
several cars and fatally injuring the fire
man and engineer.
—The passenger train from Chatta
nooga for Memphis ran through a bridge,
near Courtland, Ala., on Monday, de
'Polishing the engine, baggage and amok
lug cars. Fortunately, no one was in the
smoking car at the time.
—The gas in an empty 01l tank on a
freight train on the Boston and Albany
Railroad, at West Newton, exploded
Monday night, causing the death of
Samuel Preston, conductor, by burning.
A brakeman was slightly injured.
...Benjamin Brown, of Stapleton, Staten
bland, a graduate of Harvard, offers to
give 85.000 towa r d defraying the expen
ses of the Oxford crew, if they will &m
-eant to row the Harvards on either the
'Hudsou'or Charles river next autumn.
—The brewery of Rirsehoff 6r. Co-, at
Melrose' Westchester county, N. Y., has
been seised for violation of the revenue
law, and the proprietors held for ex
' anal:union. One hundred thoueand dol
lars worth of lager is held to await the
result. , ' • • .
—At Philadelphia, 'last evening, a tiro
destroyed' Earl's picture gallery in the ,
!large • brown' Amines on .; uheatnut ,
A street, belqw,,,,Elghtlt, •• his, beam int.
°Warns many valuable palnthigs. Ope
firemen was killed by fall Aug through'
of a skylight: The Continental Hotel
was at one time in danger, latit'escaped
injury.
—The Havana journals give no credit
to the. reports that the United States
government has made propositions to
Spain for the separation of Cuba from the
mother country, and declare that if any
such proposals have been made, they can
have but one result—refusal.
—Preparations for the International
Exposition at Buffalo, N. Y., are being
rapidly brought to a conclusion. The
Treasury Department has instructed col.
lectors of customs to •admit duty free
from Canada all articles for exhibition,
under bond, for sixty days
—The annual gathering of the Ameri
can Spiritual Assoc - Mit:in took place at
Buffaloyesterday. Mont two hundred
delegates were present, representing as
sociations from Massathuseits New
York, Vermont, New Jersey , . Michigan,.
Ohio, Pennsylvania and Kansas. The
session will probably occupy tfiree days.
—Rev. P. J. Murphy, a well known
Catholic }Priest, late of lowa, but former
ly of Illinois, while attempting to get on
a train of cars yesterday afternoon, at the
crossing of the 0. & M. and E. ca C. Rail
road near V.ncennes, Indiana, fell be
tween the cars and was run over and
killed. He was on his way to Washing
ton, Ind., whigre he has relatives living.
—A. meeting of coloreid men was held
at Nashville yesterday afternoon to in
vestigate the disturbances at Smyrna,
Rutherford county, Tenn, a number of
refugees from that vicinity being pres
ent. Hon. John Trumbull, Neill Brown
and Henry S. Foote took part in the
meeting, which finally adjourned, with
out doing anything, till two r. xt. to
day.
Additional Markets by Telegraph. -
BUFFALO, August 31.—Flour nominal
ly unchanged. Wheat opened dull, with
sales of 7,500 bus No. 2 Chicago at $1,30,
7,500 bus No. lred Toledo at $1,4854, and
later 33,000. bus No. 1 red Toledo and am
ber Ohio and . Michigan at 51,40, and in
the afternoon 7,500 bus No. 1 Toledo at
$1,41 afloat; $1,40 was asked for No. 2
Milwaukee Club, with uo disposition to
operate on the' part of holders. Corn
quiet. with sales of 30,000 , bu5, per sam
ple, at 93@0.5c; MOO bus very choice
western at 51,00; car lots and small par
cels No. 2 western at 97@98c; market
sound for sound parcels. Oats; car lots
are selling slowl y at 503 for old, and 520
for new. Rye ominal at $1,15. High
wines lower; asking about $1,15. Other
articles unchanged..
entosno, August 31.—At open board
this afternoon but little was done in the
grain market, and 'prices underwent no
important change; -No. 2 spring wheat
was a trifle firmer, selling at 61,27@1.28
seller September, and dosing easier for
cash. Wheat nominal. Corn quiet and
firm; seller September .changing hands
ati7 3 / 4 e; for last half Fat 8331 e. Oats in.
active and nominal* 42) , C.Mitt. seller
leePtember. -
71,111,61, W - Ist ,
01,28 for No. 2 wheat seller 136ptember,
and $1,2834 cash; 138 e, for earth-and 11,25
for barley seller Septeniber.
OswEoo, August 41.--Flour unchntur
ed. Wheat dull; 6,000 bush Milwaukee
club at $1,44;2„000 do No. let 111.36; 3,000
do at $1,89;1,800 choice amber winter at
$1.50. Corn dull; 8,000 bush No. 2 at $1,07
@8,00; No 1 at 1.10. Canal frleghts; wheat
10e; oorn 90 to New York. Lake imports;
1,500 bush wheat. Canal exports; 240,000
bash : wheat; 8,000 do corn. , •
NEW ORLEANS, August 81.—Cotton;
sates 101 bales. ' middling nominally at
52e; receipts of 257 jbales. Flour; lower
grades scarce; superfine at f 5,80; double
extra at 15,30 Corn; 97340, for mixed;
81,05, for white. Oats at 66c. Bran at
$1,05. Hay at 126,50(§27. Other articles
unchanged,
Nesuctrxn. August 31.—Wheat mar
ket weak, red $1,10; amber 11,10; White
$1,20. Flour 18.50 per bbl for best brands.
Corn $l. Oats 65c. Rye 90e. Barley
$l,lO. Bacon: sides 19Mo; shoulders 16340.
Hams 390. Lard
CAMBRIDGE, MaSll,, August 81.—Beef
Cattle; receipts. 785 head; prioea full and
firm; extra 112,254512,75; tint quality
511,68©12.00. Sheep and Lambs: re•
celpts. 8,148 head; prices rather better;
sales 3%7c.
PITTSBURGH, August 31, 1869.
MESSRS. EDITORS GAZETTE: In your
issue of Monday, August 80, 1869, we
notice an item, "Hampton's Battery at
Gettysburg," which is all correct except
that it should read,. Thompson's Battery
at Gettysburg, from the fact that Thomp
son commanded his own battery and.
Hampton's Bitters' did not then exist,
their materiel/a or guns; dec. having been'
"turned in" shortly after the battle of
"United States Ford." part of their men
being assigned to duty temporarily with
Battery "B," Ohio artillery, and part of
them-with ThOmpsonts Battery, where
they remained until the spring of 1884,
when, by additions 'of, - recruits, they
were in point of numbers able to organ
ize. Snob, sirs, is a simple statement of
facts which we, hope you will make
available. Very truly,
R. C. asat.ETr.
JAS. STEPHENSON.
(Formerly officers in Thompson's Bat
tery.)
A curious IiARRIAGE occurred last
week in St. Louts. A stone blind bride.
groom was led by his blushing bride to
the altar of a Justice of the Peace. That
honest and benevolent functionary felt it
to ; be his duty to inform the poor blind
man that the chosen ,of his heart was
really one of the ugliest women in the
world, and that she had already, to his
certain knowledge, buried two husbands.
To this the bridegroom responded that he
had seen the lady a great many years ago.
and that. according to the , beat of his
recollection, she was then "a thing of
beauty!' and "a forni of :life and light."
As the unfortunate- man , insisted upon
being married to thia dream of his earlier
and happier days, the Iknot was tied; but
the Justice swore that he couldn't in con
adores take a fee for doing it; and so the
poor victim was led away rejoicing. •
TER Austrian flag, which bore the
symbol of ,the Holy Roman Empire, has
been replacedeince the lat of August by a
new Multro Hungarian flag, composed in
equal portions of the red and white colors
0100 -Austrian , archducby,lninus the for
mecimperial crown,: and of .the red,
*bite, and green colon of,Site HUAgalian
kingdom. Thus perishes the last vestige.
of-the Holy Roman Empire of Austria .
Ventilation.
(From Good Health.]
We have'rrow to describe one of the
best and- simplest - modes of Ventilating
ordipat l y rooms with which we are ac
quainted. It is one equally applicable in
vvin.er.a,s well as in summer, because all
draught is avoided; for, even if a window
be opened at the top, a downward
draught is frequently felt, and in rainy
weather it is often impossible to keep the
window open. The - present plan is ap
plicable in all kinds of weather, and
would be perfect if the ventilation could
.be effected nearer to the ceiling.
As it can be applied at an expense of a
few cents, and as no unsightly appearance
is made, it equally applicable to the cot
tage and to the mansion. A piece of wood
an inch or more in thickness, three inches
wide, and exactly as long as the breadth—
of the window through which ventilation
is to be establisned, is to be prepared.
Let-the sash now tie raised, and let the
slip Of wood be placed upon the side of the
window; the. sash is then to be drawn
down closely upon the slip of wood. If
the slip has been well fitted—atidthe fit
ting may be wade more complete by
adapting it to the grooves in the sash and
its frame, if any, exist—no draught will
be experienced in consequence of the dis
placement of the sash at this part. -The
effect of such an arrangement is, however,'
to cause a separation betwen the barsof
the sashes at the centre;By this means
a perpendicular curret of air will be
projected into the'room between the glass
in the upper 'and lower sashes and their
respective bars, or else the current will
pass outward in the reverse direction,' in -
a manner by which all inconvenience
from draught will be avoided.
Supposing that two or more windows
at opposite sides of a room are fitted in
this manner, a very satisfactory ventila
tion will be secured. Owing to a differ
ence in its equilibrium, the air will rush
in on one side and rush out on the other
side of the apartment. If the slips of
wood are painted of the same color as the
windows themselves, they will attract lit
tle notice.
. A MODERN . CLAUDE IJUTAL has just
made his escape trom the city prison in
New. York. In the -first - place he tore his
blanket into shreds, which he plaited into
a rope. The next thing was to reach the
aperture in the cell. About nine feet is
the height of the cell, and this aperture is
near the ceiling. Wrenching from its place
on the opposite wet a board extending
the width of the cell, he jammed it in be
tween the walls under tb.e aper
.tore. —Sere 4t39 - 4platforthinon• Which •
tolatand.. Fastening one 'end df the rope
tILIPPZ4""Weignit,.-001-:Ager- ob.
&tette was to get out of the aperture,
which is a slit or porthole twenty.eight
inches long, the length tieing; Walla
with the ceiling and six inches wide. It
is cut into the solid granite,block so as to
allow lioinltagement without difficult,
prolonged and skilled appliances of the
masonic art. But, at last, so say the pri
son guardians, he got his body throng
this aperture. The rest was easy. Hi ,
rope was strong, and trusty. His nerves
were strong, an stillness and caution in
desceat were all that were required to '
breathe the .air of freedom again. Low
ering
himself to the female prison, which
at this end connects with the lower part
of the male prison, he thence climbed up
the outer wall of the prison, an affair of
climbing by the way much easier said
than done, and then again fastening the
I rope, let himself down outside the wall
into Etta Street. - •
. .
THE Monde of the sth, in order to show
that the first revolution in France was not
directed principally against, the, higher
orders, quotes the following figures:
"The French revolution,. which certain
writers have set themselves the task of
justifying, was not, as they say, the work
of the people; who suffered as. much or
even more than the wealthy, from the
odious excesses for, which efforts are now
made to render them responsible. The
following statistics are eloquent on the
point: Nobles executed, 1278; women of
the same class, 750; together, 2028.
Nuns, 350; priests, 2135; together, 2485.
Females of the laboring classes, 1467; -
commoners of all conditions, 10,633; to
gether, 15.100. Women of the people
killed in La Vendee,. 15,000; children,
22,000; together, 37,000: At Nantes the
number of Carrier's victims was 32,000,
of whom the nobles and clergy formed
only a very small portion, namely, nobles
drowned, 1400; priests shot, 300; drowned,
460. In recapitulation we find: - com
moners or Working classei, 82,000; priests
and nobles, 6673:
A Fonaion journal, In giving - an ac
count of the various cemeteries, at Paris,
says that In the Cemetery of Ivry, where
criminals are interred, prisoners who
have been guillotined arehuried, accord
ing to a tirne.honored custom, with their
heads between their legs. This practice
may have been first adopted to distin
guish the vulgar malefactor from- the
decapitated martyr, who, interred. with
;his head in his hands, gave rise to the
fable about St. Dennis:
Tam Cleveland Herald sayer The Wa
bash and Lake Shore consolidation has
been accomplished. The new line be
tween the Erie road and Toledo has been
abandoned. Cleveland is to be the North
western terminus of the broad gauge line.
The Erie is tolave num* gangetrack
from Buffalo to New York. :and has pro
ceeded In good faith to do tha t work. The,
agony concerning , the projected rival
lines in Northern and Northwestern Ohio
is over.
Tax, Mexican Government is making
the most extensive preparations for Mr.
Seward's reception. He la to be furnished
with a large escort the moment , he lands,
and instructions have been issued to all
the authorities of the country to treat him
as the nation's guest., On, reaching the
capltal.Mr. Seward Is to receive a suc
cession Orals', and. Awing.. his. sojount
there he , will probably be the guest of
President atutres.