of counterfeiters of trade mirks in either country. 
The Mexican treaties relate to the rights of natural¬ 
ized citizens, to the powers and duties of consuls, 
aud the settlement of claims of American citizens on 
the Mexican Government. 
The President has approved and accepted the 
twenty miles of the Pacific Central Railroad just 
completed east of Sacramento. 
Gen. Howard has left for the Sonth. He is to 
visit the principal stations of the Freedmen’s Bu¬ 
reau and arrange for the winding-up of Bureau 
affairs by the 1st of January next. 
Two hundred and ninety-three patents were issued 
from the Patent Office, for the week ending the 7th. 
In the 6ame period, three hundred and eighty-five 
applications have been made, and seventy-two ca¬ 
veats entered. 
A gas main in the Capitol under the center of the 
dome in what is known as the Washington crypt, 
exploded on Friday night with very great force, 
blowing out all the heavy frame-work surrounding, 
and tearing all the doors, frames and windows to 
splinters and scattering the fragments through the 
basement passages in all directions. The effect of 
the explosion was such as to create alarm for a time 
for the safety of the building. A part of the funeral 
paraphernalia of the late President Lincoln, which 
had been placed for safe-keeping in the crypt, was 
ignited by the flames and partially destroyed. For¬ 
tunately no one was in the immediate vicinity at. the 
lime of the accident, or the result might have been 
much more serious. As it was no one was inj ured. 
The Director of the Statistical Bureau has com¬ 
pleted the annual statistics of domestic exports for 
the last fiscal year, the total returns being shown in 
specie value to amount to $315,010,006; an increase 
of exports over the previous year of $18,141,890. 
The net imports for ISOS reached $349,903,SI9, being 
a decrease since the previous year of $41,215,777. 
Amount of customs duties received, $103,287,925; 
being 50 per cent of the value of the dutiable im¬ 
ports. The returns embrace the entire country 
from Maine to Alaska, and include all the river and 
lake districts from the mouth of the Mississippi to 
Canada. 
By a comparison of the Public Debt statement just 
Issued with that of the first of June, it is shown 
that the debt bearing compound interest has in¬ 
creased $07,548,958; the debt bearing currency 
interest has decreased $118,512,050; the matured 
debt not presented for payment shows an increase 
of $7,364,972 the debt bearing no interest has in¬ 
creased $1,828,909; the total debt has decreased 
$10,108,809; the amount of coin in the Treasury has 
decreased $0,318,fill ; the currency has decreased 
$10,034,708; while the total debt, less the gash in 
the Treasury, shows an increase of $13,288,598,93. 
The final instructions of the Administration to 
Gen. Roeecraus, the newly appointed Minister to 
Mexico, in reference to that country, will not be 
given until the return of Mr. Seward from Auburn. 
Gen. Roseorans will take the oath of office in a few 
days, but will not leave for his new field of duty 
before the middle of September. 
was King alongside. Tbe flames spread thence to 
the steamers Pine Grove and Ezra Porter and a 
barge. The total loss is estimated at $100,000. 
A race came off' lately between the pony express 
lines of Wells, Fargo & Co. and the Paeitic Union 
Express Co. from Virginia City to Reno, distance 
twenty-two miles. Each company bad five changes 
of horses stationed on the route, the changes being 
about four miles apart. When the ears arrived at 
Reno both riders were mounted and ready, and re¬ 
ceived their packages of letters before the cars had 
tally stopped. Wells, Fargo ite Co.’s rider won the 
race by six minutes, making the distance in one 
hour and ten minutes. 
The Central Pacific Railroad is now built to the 
Humboldt River, 250 miles east of Sacramento. 
The earnings for July were $200,000 in gold, the road 
being operated from 150 to 190 miles during that 
period. 
Late advices from Arizona report that the Indian 
outrages are numerous. It is confidently asserted 
that the depredations were committed by savages 
drawing rations at Fort Goodwin. The Indians had 
made a raid on the corrai at Fort Grant, and killed 
one man and captured a woman and two children, 
near Tucson. Troops from the different forts were 
out in pursuit of the raiders. 
South American News.— The news from South 
America is important. The fortress of Hnmaita, so 
long defended by the Paraguayans, has been cap¬ 
tured by the Allies, and Colonel Sarmiento has been 
chosen President of the Argentine Republic. With 
the power of the Paraguayan despotism broken, and 
wiiu such enlightened governments as those of Bra¬ 
zil under her Emperor, and the Argentine Republic 
under Sarmiento, the Eastern coast of 8outh Amer¬ 
ica is likely to be in better condition than ever before, 
and more attractive to European immigrants and 
American trade. 
[Editorial Correspondence.] 
Mackinaw, Mich., August, 1868. 
Dear Rural:— Was it not Lo, “the poor In¬ 
jun,” who ingen-uously remarked—“White man 
bery uncertain ?” We lately had reason to thick 
the remark true. At 11 P. M., of the day our last 
was peut/iled. according to “white man’s” declara 
tione a steamboat was to arrive at Detroit, bound 
up the lakes. Our purpose was to take passage 
thereon. To that end we paid our hotel bill, gave 
up our rooms, and awaited in patience (and the 
hotel parlor) the boat’s arrival. For the nonce we 
were indeed waiters in a hatel. Eleven—twelve- 
one—two—three—f-o-u-r,—what a slow town clock 
Detroit keeps! And — to make an Irishism — how 
very long the nights are, now-a-days! Daylight, 
breakfast, and no boat. “White man” said she 
was lost in the fog and smoke. Very likely, to be 
sure. Six hours further waiting, and a boat came. 
Not the boat, but a boat. And we glided off' up the 
Detroit river, leaving the city that bears its name 
half shut, in by the thick, smoky haze. 
Among the shipping that we passed was a trim 
schooner, of beautiful model, whose history pos¬ 
sesses a sad interest. While she was yet on the 
stocks her builder and owner dreamed that she was 
completed, he and bis family were on board, she 
sank, and all were drowned. She was launched, 
finally, and christened the “ Dream," in token of 
what proved to be a true and mournful prophecy. 
The “ Dream " carried her builder and all his family 
out on tbe treacherous water; capsized, in a 6torm • 
and the dream-prophecy was fulfilled. 
We expected to write of the beauties of lake St. 
Clair, and the river of the same name, but failed to 
Bee any. At present we are not dealing in fiction, 
therefore our imagination will not serve us. The 
dense smoke which cWded everything, veiled the 
shores from sight almost entirely, even on the river; 
and on the lake we could catch no glimpse of laud, 
for a similar reason. Our sail up lake Huron was 
like a twilight reverie. A quiet sea, —a hazy at¬ 
mosphere,— a sky but just remembered, vague and 
dim above us,—here and there a vessel, stealing 
away iu the near distance like a phantom ship—this 
was the picture. At evening the sun went down 
Viehind the waters, ripe for an eclipse,— no smoked 
glass being necessary for scanning it. 
Next day, at noon, we sighted this queer little 
towu, its whitewashed fort rising boldly up on the 
bluff against, tbe blue, visible a long distance. Here 
we arc recuperating. The place is quite a resort for 
Chicago and Detroit people, and is now overflowing 
with visitors. There are two good sized hotels — 
the Mission and the Island House — and three small 
All these arc full; aud every private family 
ROCHESTER AND NEW YORK 
SATURDAY, .A.TJG-. 15, 1$ 
New Fork State Item*. 
Thb State University Convocation assembled at 
the Capitol in Albany last week Tuesday. The at¬ 
tendance of Presidents and Professors of Universi¬ 
ties and Colleges, Principles of Academies and 
Schools, aud friends of popular education, was 
large. Prof. John N. Pomeroy read a paper on the 
study of Constitutional law in our schools; Presi¬ 
dent John H, Raymond, of Vassar College, read a 
very able und interesting paper on “ Liberal Educa¬ 
tion for Women;” Prof. O. H. Robinson, of the 
University of Rochester, read a paper entitled the 
method of studying and teaching mathematics; and 
President M. B. Anderson, LL. D., of Rochester Uni¬ 
versity, read a eulogy on the late Chester Dewey, 
LL. D., which was followed by commemorative 
remarks by others. The various essays, reports aud 
discussions were interesting and profitable. 
Gen. Charles G. Halpine, well known as a humor¬ 
ous writer under the name of Miles O’Reilly, died 
suddenly, in New York city, on the 3d instant from 
the effects of chloroform taken to allay neuralgic 
pains. He was editor and proprietor of the New 
York Citizen, and held the office of City Register. 
The Common Council adopted resolutions of respect 
to his memory, and attended his funeral in a body. 
A dreadful case of child torturing has transpired 
at Rochester. A little girl eight years old was 
beaten in a most inhuman manner, and held over a 
lire until the skin and flesh were literally roasted. 
The little one’s hands were uncovered in court, and 
presented a dreadful appearance. The woman has 
been bound over to awuit the action of the Grand 
Jury. 
Fourteen convicts passed New York one day last 
week, en route to tbe Albany Penitentiary. Four 
are white and the others are colored. Their sen¬ 
tences range from one to eight years. Levi Turpin, 
convicted of manslaughter in the shooting of Frank 
Klickn, aDd sentenced to eight years in Albany, is 
retained, as strenuous efforts are being made to ob¬ 
tain his pardon. 
A dwelling house was burned in Rochester ou the 
night of the 3d inst., and a little boy of six years 
perished in the flames. 
The ground known as the Quarantine, at Staten 
Island, has been sold by the Quarantine Commis¬ 
sioners, at private sale, for the sum of $220,000. Ii 
comprises about eighteen acres, having a valuable 
water front. A reservation of four acreB was made 
for the use of the health officer, as a boardiug sta¬ 
tion, until 1870, 
The Star Fire Insurance Company of New York 
city was robbed laBt week of $-10,000 in United States 
5-20 bonds. 
A boy five years of age was burned to death near 
Marion, Wayne Co., a few days since. Ills parents 
were absent on a visit, and the young sister who 
was left in charge of the house went out to a neigh¬ 
bor’s. Being left alone, the little fellow got hold of 
Borne matches, set his clothes ou tire, and when 
found, was a charred und blackened mass. 
The Saratoga races, Thursday, were a hurdle race 
for all agee, two miles, over eiglitburdles, threeand 
a half feet, high, trotter weights, $400 to the winner 
and $100 to the second horse, if three or more start. 
The three favorites were beaten, and immense sums 
were lost. Harry Booth won the hurdle —time, 
4.14#. 
The Chinese Embassy visited Secretary Seward at 
his residence in Auburn last week. They created no 
little excitement in that quiet city. On Wednesday 
they made the round of the towu in carriages, and 
visited all the places of interest, among them the 
State Prison. The operations iu the last were wit 
nessedbythem with much interest. On Saturday 
they took their departure for Niagara Falls. 
The adjourned Special Term of the Supreme Court 
to hear the argument ou the application to admit to 
bail Geo. W. Cole, now confined In the jail at Al¬ 
bany, charged with the murder of L. Harris Hiscock, 
was held in Hudson on Saturday, Judge llogoboom 
presiding. District Attorney Henry Smith, of Albany 
Co., appeared on behalf of the people, and Hon. 
Amasa J. Parker and Wru. J. Hadley, of Albany, 
appeared for the prisoner. The application for 
admission to bail was founded upon a petition of 
the prisoner and affidavits of jurymen who favored 
his acquittal on the trial. The decision of the Judge 
W86 reserved. 
The Board of health of New York city on Satur- ; 
day had under consideration the fact of a large 1 
number of deceased cattle being on the way thither 
from the West. An inspection was ordered ou l 
drove yards, and Governors Fenton, Ward and 1 
Geary were requested by telegraph to have inspec¬ 
tions of stock trains made at the principal stations t 
along the railroad routes. « 
The deaths in New York city la6t week numbered s 
seven hundred and fifty-one. x 
The body of a respectable appearing man was re¬ 
cently found floating iu the East River, near Navy t 
street, Brooklyn, with his pockets turned inside out. 4 
He had been robbed, murdered, and thrown into the E 
river. 0 
The gunboat Kenosha was successfully launched ^ 
at the Brooklyn Navy Yard Saturday noon. 
A wealthy 6tock broker of New York city is about 0 
to erect a mammoth art gallery for the use of the 0 
public at an expense of nearly $2,000,009. ft 
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani- 
mals has made its second annual report of operations 
in New York city. From this it appears that dog f( 
and cock fights have becu almost entirely suppressed, P 
ten drinking fountains erected for the use of dogs, 0 
horses, &c., great relief furnished to car horses 11 
during the hot weather, and 250 persons prosecuted Q 
for cruelty to animals. d 
Rev. Stephen H. Tyng, Jr,, preached an open air j 
sermon in a disorderly portion of the Metropolis 
last Sunday. A large crowd of listeners assembled. s 
A camp meeting is being held at Sing Sing. Four ( ] 
hundred tents are erected on the grounds. Eminent ! 
Dominican News.— Advices from St. Domingo 
represent that the revolutionary movement agamst, 
Baez was steadily progressing under the leadership 
of Gen. Luperon. A decisive victory over the forces 
seut out against him had been gained by Ogando, 
one of his Generals, The speedy fall of President 
Bat z and the expulsion of his government was 
anticipated. 
Dominion Matters.— The official Gazette con¬ 
tains a proclamation giving the Queen’s assent to 
the Extradition act between Canada and the United 
States. Tbe Divorce act is sanctioned by Her 
Majesty. A discount on American loans of thirty- 
two per cent, is also authorized. The Parliament of 
Canada is further prorogued until the 19th of 
September. 
Latest Foreign Intelligence. 
During the regular performance Sunday eve¬ 
ning at Lang’s Music Hall, Manchester, England, a 
false alarm of fire was raised, and with such fury 
did the multitude rush for the door that twenty- 
three persons were crushed to death and many 
others badly Injured. 
The cable of 1866 ceased to work at 12:30 Mon¬ 
day, August 3d. The fault is at the Newfoundland 
side. It is supposed to have been injured by au 
iceberg. 
A skirmish has taken place between the Turkish 
troops and a baud of insurgents, near Bucharest, in 
which the latter were vanquished aud dispersed. 
It is reported at Rome that two new Cardinals 
will be appointed next month. 
The University of Bonn bus conferred the degree 
of Doctor of Laws upon His Royal Highness tbe 
Crown Prince of Prussia, lion. George Bancroft, 
Minister of the United Slates, Prof. Darwill and 
John Stuart, Mill of England. 
Paris dispatches received from various parts of 
Spain represent that the whole country is in a state 
of disquiet. Tbe utmost efforts of the government 
are required to prevent an outbreak. 
Jefferson Davis arrived in Liverpool on the 5th 
inst. 
The Spanish Government has decided to assume 
the protectorate of St. Domingo, proffered by one 
of the political parties In that Republic. 
Advices from Russia indicate that tbe harvests of 
the year will be below tbe average, while labor will 
be scarce and the cost of living high. It is prob¬ 
able, however, that with tbe present year Russia 
emerges entirely from the considerable temporary 
derangement of her industry, occasioned by the 
abolition of serfdom, and that henceforth the ma¬ 
terial prosperity of the Empire will keep pace with 
the advancement in tbe polilieal condition of its 
laboring classes. 
A French trading station uear the frontier line of 
Cochin China was attacked on the 16th of June last 
by a band of Anam rebels. The post contained 
twenty-live men, all told, who made a gallant 
resistance. After a desperate fight, however, they 
were overpowered, captured and massacred. A 
strong French force was subsequently sent against, 
the band. On the 21st of June, after a sharp fight, 
the French succeded in recapturing tbe position and 
dispersing the rebels. 
The Sublime Porte has formally proclaimed the 
eldest son of the Viceroy of Egypt the rightful and 
legitimate successor to the vice regal throne in the 
event of the death of Ismael Pasha, 
flmmmial, fumrhtts. &c. 
RURAL NEW-YORKER OFFICE, ) 
Rochkstjcb, August 11, 1668, j 
Thebe is no change to notice In the general money market. 
The snpply of money Is abundant, in all the commercial 
cities. Gold has been excited during the past week, selling 
a part of the time at something above 150. Sales were made 
yesterday at 1-47X. 
United States bonds continue dull. The forties and sixes 
of sixty-one stand almost as well as any of the gold bearings. 
Our live-twenties are. lower In Europe, yet tbe decline there 
is not so fnr equal to the advance In gold here. Few bonds 
are being shipped at the present time. Tbe demand for gov¬ 
ernments from home investors Is small. The. leading dealers 
in governments seem fully convinced that we have entered 
upon a period of prolonged heaviness In the market for 
Ulisted States stocks, and they are resting on their oars. 
Wool.—D ealers in the Ulterior and at the West have been 
“ending wool very freely to Eastern Commission bonses. 
The Boston Bulletin says:-“ The receipts thus far, since the 
opening, have been Immense, and far in excess of the corres¬ 
ponding period In any previous year. The sales at the East 
continue large. In Boston last week the sales foot up 1,225- 
000 lbs, at a range of 2l@52c. for fleece, and 30?; 18c. for the 
various grades of pulled. 
Cotton is with our material change. A short time since 
there was considerable speculative feeling induced by re¬ 
ports of injury to the growing crop, but the excitement *eems 
to be over for the present. The price now is about ‘27@27Xc. 
for low middling, and 20@29tfc. for middling nplands. The 
demand Is rather light. 
Fob a In New York atw] Boston has been somewhat excited, 
and prices have advanced from 50c. to $1,00 per bbl. the last 
week. 
wheat and Flour.—T he supply of wheat and flour at 
the east Is not large, aud prices have rather advanced the 
past week There Is an advance In wheat at the west 
Ibices will hardly become settled before about the first of 
September. 
LOCAL Mark ict — Flora and Grain,- Our local market 
presents some changes since last week. Flour is without 
variation, but wheat of both kinds is a shade higher owing 
to an advance in New York and the feverish state of the 
market, there. There is no movement In barley yet. Rye Is 
a little lower. Corn and oats unchanged. 
Provisions.— Pork has advanced one dollar nor harrp.l 
ones 
that will receive boarders has as many as it can ac¬ 
commodate, We stop at the Island House. Our 
first experience here was on a par with that of our 
friend T. Raveled, at the Tacumin House, which 
he graphically portrayed for you a 6hort time since. 
But the rush for rooms was so great we were thank¬ 
ful for any accommodations. Luckily we were soon 
given ampler quarters, and can uow sympathize with 
less favored individuals. 
Need we say that Mackinaw [Mackinac, some¬ 
times spelled, ) is on the island of Micbilimackinuc, 
iu the 6traits between lakes Huron and Michigan ? 
It was one of the earliest mission and fur stations 
of the French, in the Northwest, and has many his¬ 
toric associations. (These you cannot expect we 
shall trace out, at present. This is to be merely a 
rest ful letter,— restful for the writer, at any rate, 
though it may be exceedingly tiresome for you. 
Legends, and chapters of history, canuot be enter¬ 
tained.) It numbers a few hundred inhabitants,— 
the village stretching along the shore at the foot of 
the bluff,—who are mainly fishermen, or shopkeep¬ 
ers. Its staple production is Mackinaw trout, fa¬ 
mous among lovers of good fishes. The tout ensem¬ 
ble of the place is that of Quebec, on a scale very 
much reduced. 
Some time or other the island was under water. 
Of this there is no question. The rock formation 
of the bluff's clearly proves it. These are abouttwo 
hundred feet high, aud 3fford a magnificent outlook 
when the air is free from smoke. They are covered 
with a low growth of trees, generally,—spruce, pine, 
larch, arbor viUe, birch and soft maple,—and wear a 
beautiful appearance as viewed from the water, when 
coasting around. Sailing is prime sport here. It 
takes only three or four hours to circumnavigate 
the island, and the water which bouys you up is 
wonderfully transparent. You can 
From the South. 
Two more Democratic members of the Louisiana 
House have been unseated, and their Radical oppon¬ 
ents installed in their places, by a vote of 43 to 25. 
The 6eats of these ousted members were originally 
contested on the ground of ineligibility, but that 
ground was abandoned aud eharges of fraud substi¬ 
tuted. 
The Alabama Senate, with but one dissenting 
vote, has passed a bill providing that all political dis¬ 
abilities resting upon a citizen shall be removed 
upon his filing an application with the Probate 
J udge. 
The Florida Legislature has passed a bill authoriz¬ 
ing the Governor to appoint a secret police through¬ 
out the State, the number and pay to be at the dis¬ 
cretion of the government. 
Nearly three thousand operatives in and around 
EUicott city, Md., are out of employment, owing to 
the factories and mills being destroyed. 
Gov. Warmouth of Louisiana, ha6 made an official 
requisition upon the President for troops. His 
requisition sets forth that horrible outrages are daily 
perpetrated in different parts of the State; that in 
many of the parishes there is no protection for the 
citizens in the courts; that men are shot down on 
the roads, and at their homes, and no steps are taken 
to bring the offenders to justice. He has no doubt. 
New Postal Law.— Both Houses of Congress 
have just passed a new postal law. It provides for 
the return of all letters ou which the name of the 
sender is endorsed, if not culled for in thirty days; 
returns the fees on money orders; doubles the com¬ 
pensation of Postmasters for the payment of money 
orders; allows weekly newspapers sent to regular 
subscribers in the county where published to be 
delivered free of postage from the Post Office nearest 
the place of publication; autnorizes the issue of 
duplicate money orders for such as have been lost ; 
makes it felony to counterfeit money orders; makes 
it felony of a high character to use postage stamps a 
second time knowingly; declares it shall be unlaw¬ 
ful to circulate through the Potto dice any letters or 
circulars advertising lotteries or gift enterprises of 
any kind, on any pretext whatever 
THE PROVISION MARKETS. 
NEW YORK, Aug. 8.-ABhes, pots, $8J35a8.37R; pearls, 
nomlnaL Cotton, 2 i@’»i«c. Flour. $7,00®! 1,50. Wheat,$2,45® 
2,90. Rye. $l,«i@1,87. Barley, $0,00. Corn, $1,10@1,19. Oats, 
ffops, l()@30c. Pork, mess, $'28,50@‘28,75; new mess, 
$28,85(3128,8 1 : prime, f22.75@23.5l): prime imtbs. $24,00<ail,25, 
B°9r,n«W plain mess, $15,00@20,50; new extra mess, $20,50® 
2-1,75. Beef Hums, *26,50088,50. Shoulders, Hams. 
l6@19)tc. Bacon, Ouniberliuia-cut, I2@18c.; lone-ribbed, 12* 
shogdeur, 15°t, Lard, ls@lb*cts. Butter, 25@39o. Cheese, 
ALBANY, AUG. 8.—Flour, $6,50®!3,75. Rye Flour, $«.75@ 
10.00. CorD Meal, *2,10®2,50^ 100 tbs. Wheat, $'!.20fe2,90. ltye, 
$1,75. Barley. $0®ij,/Jd. Corn. ?1.07® 1,20. Oats, S2@S3c. Pork, 
mess, $'29/i.X00; clear, $3;\00®33: Shear clear, $S1.00. Smok¬ 
ed hams 19®20c, and shoulders 15® 10c. Smoked beef. 22c. 
L»rd,l»(Kil9«c. Butter,30®3*c. Cheeto.naiOc. Wool,37@40c. 
BUFFALO, Aro. 8. — Flour. $9,5«®ll,00; Rye floor, *9,00 
@ !l ,25: Wheat, *1.8>@2.25: Corn, *1,00® 1,10; Oats. 7ft®77c; 
Rye. $1,50; Barley, $1,20; Peas. $1,20; Beans, *5.00@5,00'; Clo¬ 
ver teed, medium, $0,50446,50 ; Bra-v ine do. $7,50®00,00; Tim¬ 
othy, $2,25:6 2 ,;v>; Flax, *2.50. Provisions -Port, mess, $ 28 ® 
30.00; Lard] IStgilBRe; flatus.20c; Shoulders, 14c; Dried heel, 
‘20.SC; Butter, 28@30c; Cheese, 12(ajUf4c; Eggs, 45&27C. 
CHICAGO, Aro. 6.-Fioar, *0.50® 12.00; Wheat, $1.80® 
1.68; Corn, 92e®tl.OO; Oats .'VVans^cts; Rye, $1,10® 1,43; Bar. 
ley, $1,66; Pork, incus, $28,75®'29,50; Lard, 17@18Jt'c. 
TORONTO, ACG. T.-Flonr, $6.&0®7,U0; Wheat, spring, *1. 
59®1,59; rail, fl,IM«l,50; OfttS, t.ftt-Mc; Barley, $0,00; Pens, 
8s@«5c. pork, mess, $23@‘2t,00: prime, fi7@i7.0o; Bacon, 10® 
llRc; Hams, 1SM4XC; Shoulders, KkaiORc; Beef hams, 13c; 
Lard, 13 K'y 14c; Butter, l&uSOc; Cheese, 10<k'12cts; Hay, $10(3) 
14; Straw, * 12 ®lb. Wool, 260627c. 
see Die fish 
sportiDg about, twenty feet below, very readily. 
There arc several points of interest on the island, 
some of which we have already visited. The re¬ 
mainder will claim our early attention, and all will 
be alluded to at another time. We find the days 
comfortably cool, and the nights such as the weary 
man needs, making sleep not only a possibility, but a 
luxury. A fine breeze always sweeps down through 
the straits, and to us it seems truly invigorat- 
ting. You should be with us now, good Rural, 
and assist in doing nothing. You’ve no Idea how 
pleasant it is,—to be untroubled by those devouring 
printers who feed on “ copy” and are always crying 
for mo(o)re. Then, nobody talks politics, here; 
that’s another pleasing feature. In Mackinaw the 
country is safe. The stars and stripes float proudly 
above the little fort,—we see them, and are con¬ 
tent. A . A . n. 
establishes a 
bank agency in tbe Post Office Department at an 
expense of nine thousand five hundred dollars 
annually, and abolishes all other bank agencies; 
empowers the Postmaster-General to negotiate and 
conclude an international money order arrangement; 
provides that the sureties on the bonds of defaulting 
Postmasters shall not be liable, unless the govern¬ 
ment institutes suit within three years after final 
settlement of accounts; allows certified copies of 
Postmasters’ returns to be used as evidence in court 
in criminal prosecutions: authorizes tbe Postmaster- 
General to prescribe a uniform for letter carriers, 
and makes it a misdemeanor for any one else to wear 
the same. 
The Forests on Fire. — Fires are raging in the 
woods all along the St. Lawrence River, on the 
Canada side, and the smoke is so dense on the river 
and on Lake Champlain and Lake George, as almost 
THE CATTLE MARKETS. 
NEW YORK. AtTO.3.— Beeves — Receipt* 7,07s head; quo¬ 
tations 12@17et.-. Milch Gown - Receipts S9 head ; $00® 100• 
Veal calves Receipt* LUShead; quotations, 7@ 12c. Sheep 
aud Lontha Receipts 22,983 Lead ; quotations, Sheep. 3@7e; 
by lot, $1,50® I F head. Lambs, 5®ioc. Swine—Receipts 13 ,- 
550bead; Quotations, 10l,@Uc. 
ALBANY, ArG. 6.— Beeves, $::3®9,50. Milch Cowb, $60® 
100. veal Calves, .(aUc, Sheep ana Lambs — State 8R®0c.; 
Western 3,^@6c.; Lnmbf,,7@8RC; Hoys, i0M@10».c. 
CAMBRIDGE AND BRIGHTON, A to. 5, — Beeves range 
from H®14 Wc. Working Oxen, *225®i!00 * pair; Steers, *125 
@200, Milch Cows, $ 45 ® 100 ; Heifers and farrow, *37@50; 
\ earllnga, $2o@a0; two-year-olds, $30®is • three-yenr-olos, 45 
@60. Sheep ami Lambs, S@8c; extra, 4®i;arets •. by the head, 
$2@5,S0. bwlne —Shotes, wholesale, 7(6 beta: retail, 7(u9ots; 
spring pigs. -<n—e; Fat hogs, 1(\>- lORCta: Hides, y@l(lc. # 
a,; pelte,7Mffl|2A0 each. Calfskins, lS@20c. V ft. Tallow, 
7Ron9c. Veal Calves, $3@18. 
CHICAGO. Are. 8.— Beef cattle ranee at from $i,50@0,90. 
Sheep, 2)$&4c. Hogs, live, $9,85y 10,00. 
CINCINNATI, Atm. 5.—Beeves, $3,00(56,00; Sheep, *1,50® 
3,30; Hogs, $8,00@9,75 gross, 
PHlLADE_LPB_lA, ArG. 5.— Beef Cattle, 6®10^c: Cows 
to prevent, navigation, and bide from the tourist 
all the charms of the natural scenery. It is esti¬ 
mated that in tbe Ottawa district alone, standing 
pine lumber to the value of $5,009,000, has been 
burned. In the Michigan pineries, also, the fires are 
doing immense damage. At Mackiuaw the days arc 
like a perpetual twilight, on account of the smoke. 
Conflagrations are raging on the main land on each 
side of the island, and thousands of acres of valuable 
timber have been destroyed. The Lake Superior 
country is overhung with a dense cloud of smoke, 
arising from fires on the north shore of the lake, and 
navigation up the Saultis precarious in the extreme. 
The IIaytien Revolution.—B y the last advices 
from Hayti we are informed that a battle took place 
near Jaemel on the 4th of July, between the revolu¬ 
tionists and the forces of Salnave, which ended in a 
victory for the former. The revolutionists have 
concentrated four thousand men, well provided with 
provisions and ammunition, aronnd the city of Port- 
au Prince, and are pressing the siege with renewed 
vigor. Gen. Lynch one of the revolutionary com¬ 
manders, has issued a manifesto protesting against 
the cession of any Haytien territory to the United 
States. The Dominican troops have crossed the 
frontier and commenced the invasion of Hayti. 
General Berce and his son have been murdered. Rob¬ 
beries and depredations are reported in various parts 
of the country. 
,. _ ' . u Baltic, wgiusc: 
and Calves, $4(X&70; Bboep, 4@4)$c. gross; Hogs, 12® 13c. 
BALTIMORE, AUG. 8.-Beef Cattle. 1@8%c; Milch Cows 
$15c.;75: Veal Calves, 5@<c; 8hcep, 4y5Mc; Hogs, 13K@14.14c, 
TORONTO, Aug. 9.—Beeves range at -T1.5006,50; Sheep, 
$‘2,00@l ,00; Lambs, $1,50@2,50; Calves, $2,00@0. 
From Washington. 
Hon. Henrt M. Watts of Philadelphia, the 
new Minister to Austria, has been formally notified 
by the State Department of his appointment and 
confirmation. He has notified the Department of 
his acceptance, and that he will be ready to start lor 
Vienna by the last of this month. Ills instructions 
are being prepared by the State Department. 
Previous to the recess the Senate ratified three 
treaties with Mexico and one with Russia. The 
treaty with Russia is an additional article to the old 
commercial treaty, aud provides for the punishment 
THE WOOL MARKETS. 
NEW YORK, Aug, 8.—Market Is firm. Sales are 150,- 
OCU lbs. at 41@5lc. for Domestic Fleece, 49532 for tubbed, 42® 
47c for pulled, 21@*9c. for Texas, 28c for Mexican, and 25®33c 
for California. 
BOSTON, Aud. 5.—The following are the quotations taken 
from tbe Boston Journal:—Fleece, 4U@52c; pulled, 8t@50cts: 
medium and extra Western, MKfisuc; new comblDg fleece.48 
@53>4c, aud Canada do, 62 &Ij'2c, 
CINCINNATI, Avo. 5.—Tbe following are the Gazette's 
quotations: —Pulled, 38@35c; Tub Washed, 38®40c; Un¬ 
washed, 25®27c; Fleece, 35®42c. 
BALTIMORE, Aug. 8.—Unwashed wool,'2S@30c, bury, 18 
®24c; tub-washed, SS@10c; Fleece. S9(a.43o; Pulled, 30@3t-e. 
Large orders for hay have come from England by 
cable, and constitute au important feature in trade. 
Hay and all feed for animals has risen in price in 
England, but wheat has not, as sufficient supplies 
are expected, and their harvest being earlier than 
usual the slight demand is easily met. 
