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DOMESTIC NEWS. 
lVaftlilngton. 
President Grant has appointed Georgo M. 
Robeson of New Jersey Secretary of tlio Navy, 
in place of A. E. Boric, resigned. Secretary 
Robeson Is a lawyer, residing at Camden, N. J., 
and was Attorney-General of the State in 1807 
under Governor Wurd. 
Secretary Boutwell has decided that women 
are not eligible to appointment as collectors or 
customs, evert at such an Insignificant place as 
Port Shiehlsboro', Miss. 
At the annual commencement of Columbia 
College, Juno 30th, the degree of Pit. D. was con¬ 
ferred on E. M. Gallaudct, President of the Deaf 
Mute College. District of Columbia, and that of 
LL. D. on William W, Corcoran of Washington. 
Tho Secretary of AVar lm« awarded $85,000 of 
the Congressional agproprlation of two millions 
for rivers and harbors, for the improvement of 
tho Illinois river. The Illinois Legislature ap¬ 
propriated $100,000 for the same purpose at. its 
last session. 
Smithson, who claims $10,000 damages from 
ox-Secretary Stanton for alleged unjustl/lablo 
imprisonment, during the war, two weeks ago 
moved through counsel for oyer in certain pa¬ 
pers for the purpose of producing evidence for 
tho defonco. On the 2Cth ult. tho motion was 
overruled in tho Circuit Court, by Judge Wylie. 
The President has appointed Major John Hay 
of Illinois, Secretary of Legation to Spain. 
Major Huy was Assistant. Private Secretary to 
the lato President Liuooln. 
Commissioner Delano, some time ago, applied 
to the Attorney-General to give directions to 
United Slates -Marshal* in various localities to 
muster In a posse of Assistant Marshals to ac¬ 
company Revenue officers in tho exercise of 
their duties in troublesome districts. Tho Attor¬ 
ney-General replied that Marshals would serve 
processes, but there was no law permitting them 
to furnish posses, as requested by tlm Commis¬ 
sioner. Mr. Delano then applied to the Secre¬ 
tary of AVar and tho Secretary of tho Navy to 
furnish soldiers and marines to aid and protect 
the officers of the Revenue In tho exercise of 
their duties. These officers in reply accede to 
tho request or the Commissioner, nud will fur¬ 
nish such force as may be necessary. Tiie dis¬ 
tricts In which assistance is required lsat present 
kept secret. 
Letters received In Washington on the2,8th ult. 
from London, state that the party of English 
mechanics who are about to emigrate to theCor- 
appcaranco at Court. Tho other parties were Fish, Secretary of State; Governor Hoffman, 
either fined or held as witnesses. The paraplier- New York City. At the Commencement, of 
nalia will be confiscated. Columbia College in New York, on the 30th 
New York ult., the following degrees were conferred:— 
_ , , , * , A. M.—A. B. Gardner, of Dartmouth; Ben- 
Tor. Annual Convention of the Editors 1 and pon j. Losing, of roughkeepsie, author of the 
ubllshers Association of t he Stale of New -Field Book of t he Revolution" and other works. 
York. 
Publishers 1 Association of the State of New 
York was held in Ithaca on the 24th and 2'ah 
ultimo. Over eighty gentlemen were present, 
representing about seventy-five journals. The 
flrsL day’s sessions wore bold In Library Hull. 
Hon. John H. Helkrog, the President, said a 
fow appropriate words of greeting, which were 
followed by a welcoming song from the Ithaca 
Quartette Club, written for ilio occasion by 
Francis M. Finch, Esq. Reports, &c„ were next 
in order, succeeded by a song from Jamas G. 
Clark,—Gerald Massey's “Promised Land To- 
Morrow," wedded to one of Clark’s sweetest 
melodies. A practical address by R. Adams of 
tho Geneva Courier, n poern by A. A. Hopkins 
of tho Rural Nicw-Ycmium, (which is publlsh- 
c 1 in another column,) and a lively disqui sition 
b • R w. Dr. Ball of Lyons occupied tho remaind¬ 
er of tho morning session. 
Discussions upon reports of committees con¬ 
sumed the afternoon session, after which tho 
Convention visited Cornell University, being re¬ 
ceived in the parlors of Caseadilia Pluco by Mr. 
CORNELL and President White. An hour or 
two was pleasantly devoted to a cursory exami¬ 
nation of an institution which promisos to bo 
second to none in tho count ry. Mr. Selkreo gave 
a very handsome entertainment in the evening, 
when his residence was thronged by a large 
number of delighted guests. 
Tiie second day was mainly given up to plea¬ 
sure, An excursion upon Cayuga Lake, on the 
steamer F. D. AVilcox, was the main feature, 
Tughcunlc Falls, about, twelve miles from Itha¬ 
ca, being the objective point. Tho falls are two 
hundred and fifteen feet In height, and very 
beautiful. A session on board the steamer re¬ 
sulted in tho election of brother Milijken of 
the Ontario County Times, President of the As¬ 
sociation for the ensuing year, and ihc designa¬ 
tion of Canandaigua as ihe place of meeting in 
1870. Suitable resolutions were adopted, and the 
Convention separated, some members returning 
at once to their homes, others remaining yet a 
little longer in the delight ful village or Ithaea 
to enjoy its beauties and view tho charming 
scenery so abundant all about it. 
Tho storm of Sunday, tho 27th ult,, was nota¬ 
ble for Die number of casualties that occurred 
in the vicinity of New York City during its 
progress. Long Island seems to have been most 
exposed to Its ravages, and the shores of West¬ 
chester county upon the Sound. Two sloop3 
were wrecked and throe seamon lost; at Rocka- 
Wiiy the guests of a hotel were thrown to the 
tlnor in the parlor in which they were assembled, 
S. T. D. — Rev. Charles Brock. Wilmington, 
Del.; R- v. R. Ketch um, Diocese of Fredericton, 
New Brunswick; Rev. J. C. Smith. Flushing, L. 
I.; Rev. T. A. Eaton, New York; ltcv. T. AV. 
Hume 1 , President of tho University of East 
Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn. 
The Ocean Bank, on the corner of Fulton and 
Greenwich streets, New York City, was robbed 
by burglars on Sunday night, tiie 27tli ult., of 
from £300,000 to £1,000.000 in convertible sccuri- 
t fes and currency. Tiie burglary was effected in 
a most scientific manner, and the tools, which 
were left behind, were of the finest make. Only 
a very slight oluc is given as to who the robbers 
were. It seems they rented a room beneath the 
vault, and may have beau for some weeks per¬ 
fecting their arrangements, but It Is suspected 
that they were assisted by some one inside the 
bank. On the morning of the 30th. a box con¬ 
taining $2(58,021.20 of the stolen property was 
found In the streets, directed to the police. It 
consisted mainly of bonds, shares chocks and 
mortgages, which would have been difficult of 
negotiation. 
Tho Cuban expedition, which left New York 
on Saturday night, tho 20t h ult., in the steamers 
Cool and Chase, was overhauled and captured by 
the revenue cutter Hugh McCulloch near Fort. 
Schuyler on the evening of the 20th ult. Tho 
prisoners were placed on the receiving ship 
A’ormont, and tho capttlrcd vessels were left, un¬ 
der guard at. the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Colonel 
Ilyan, with some two hundred of (ho men, was 
on shore nf. the time of tho capturo and so far 
lias escaped. 
Jlalne. 
TrtE Democratic Stato Convention was held at 
Bangor on tho 80th ult., and Charles P. Kimball 
of Portland was nominated for Governor. 
Tho Slate Tcmpcraneo Convention, held at 
Portland on the 29th ult., nominatedN.G.Hicb- 
born of Stockton for Governor. 
At tho Commencement of Bates College, on 
the 30th ult., the honorary degree of LL. D. was 
Conferred on Hon. James G. Blaine, Speaker of 
the national nouse of Representatives. The 
proclamation of tills degree was received with 
River. Several persons were seriously injured. 
At the Commencement of Princeton College, 
on the 30th ult., tho following degrees were con¬ 
ferred:—Ph. D.—Frederick A. Adams, N. J.; 
Rev. Mahlon Long, Pa. D. D. — Rev. John 
MeNaughton, Ireland; llev. John Crowell, Del. 
LL. D.—Rev. AVm. Adams, New York; Charles 
AV. Eliot, President of Harvard College; Rev. H. 
B. Smith, NewA'ork; Hon. Martin Ryerson, N. 
J.; Rev. AVm. B. Sprague, New York; General 
Bcnj. C. Howard, Md., Gen. Daniel AV else!. 
Pcnnurlvanla. - 
The wife of George AV. Woodward, M. C., died 
on Friday morning tho 23th ult. :it. AVilkesbarre. 
In the mines of the Pennsy Urania Coal Com¬ 
pany, at Pittston, all signs of the strike have 
disappeared. The Delaware and Hudson, and 
Delaware and Lackawanna, and AVestmoreland 
Companies 1 men still stay out, A great, num¬ 
ber have obtained employment at other coal 
works, and many have gone, to work building 
railroads. 
A violent tornado passed over Philadelphia on 
Monday afternoon tho 28th ult. The Fifth and 
Sixth Street Passenger Raitroad depot, was par¬ 
tial!}' dcmol.shcd. Two unfinished brick houses 
adjoining wi re destroyed. The roof of another 
house was carried three hundred feet by the 
wind. Tho Stove Works or Chaise & North were 
much injured, and some twvlvn or fifteen houses 
unroofed. 
At tho meeting of the stockholders of the 
Philadelphia Library, held in Pluladelpliia on 
the 29lh ult. to lake ucf ion on the bequest of Dr. 
Rush, after a heated discussion, the matter was 
referred to a Special Committor, who are to 
report at the meeting In early October. It scorns 
that t he stockholders do not like tlio location of 
the property bequeathed. 
A terrible accident, occurred in tlio iron works 
of B. B. Thomas A Co- at Hutcmstcr on tho 29th 
ult. While some men were engaged iu removing 
the lining from a furnace a portion of tho 
structure fell, carrying with it the scaffold upon 
which the men were stundln®. One, a German, 
named Joltn Schlerlth, was instantly killed, mid 
two others were injured in such a manner as to 
render their recovery very doubtful. It Is 
rumored that Rchlerfth fell into the furnaco and 
was instantly burned up. 
Itlarj'laad. 
Three men named AVlley. Alley and Ealiison 
have been on trial at Greermburg, for tho mur- 
cnthuslastic applause by tho crowded assembly, dcr of one WoodAvard, in October last, during a 
tie!) University, who were recently received nta i and a gentleman euuglit.on thcbench was struck 
public breakfast presided over by Lord Haugli- 
ton, would sail for Now Y'ork on t UeSOth of June, 
in the Cunard steamship Java. The movement 
under wliioh they are emigrating was first sug¬ 
gested to Prof. Goidwin Smith by Mr. Cornoll 
himself. The Hon. Auberon Herbert, a well- 
known Liberal, had charge of tho movement. 
Tho young inon aro selected from different 
branches of tlio building trades, and will be em¬ 
ployed both in the Instruction of those under¬ 
graduates who may desire to obtain practical 
knowledge of them, and In tho construction of 
the University buildings. 
The abstract of the reports of tho National 
Banks of tho City of New York, at the close of 
business June 12ih, shows the resources and lia-. 
bill tics to bo nearly $153,000,000, including loans 
and discounts, £17,500,000; specie, upward of 
£ 15,500,000; legul tender notes, £10,000,009, and 
(iircc per cent, certificates, £30,500,000. 
Secretary of the Treasury Richardson on the 
22d ult., addressed ft let ter to Comptroller Tay¬ 
lor. nslring for a construction of tho clause of 
tho lair of March 3d, 1809, which reads, “Sixty 
female clerks, £72,000, 11 as to whether it meant to 
increase the compensation of female olerks from 
8900 to £1,900. Tho Comptroller hns written a 
long reply, in which tie says that tiie provision 
does not nsoumc to increase the compensation, 
and the absence of word6 prescribing an increase 
in tho act is expressive of the intention that 
none should be made. 
The naval officers, headed by A r ice-Admlral 
Porter, paid their respects to the new Secretary 
of the Navy on tlio morning of the 28th ult. 
The clerks were introduced, to whom be said 
that, owing to tho favorable reports made to 
him, be saw no reason for making changes 
among thorn. 
Ex-President Johnson arrived hero on tho27t.h 
ttlt., md is staying ut tho Metropolitan. His mis¬ 
sion, it is said, is to secure certain private papers 
In the departments here, and copies of certain 
public documents, to enable him or his biogra¬ 
pher to write a history of the late administration. 
Commissioner Delano estimates that, the Inter¬ 
nal Revenue receipts for the fiscal year ending 
July 6, will bo 815.8,000.1X10. The receipts for the 
month up to the 20th ult. were $19,000,00, and re¬ 
ceipts for tho entire year up to that date were 
£155,680,000. 
It has been officially announced to the British 
Minister at this Capital, that an Intel-national 
exhibition of the products of workmen’s labor 
will bo held at London in 1870, and Mr. Thornton 
has been requested to make tho mat ter known 
tg tho citizens of tho United States, which ho 
will proceed to do when more fully advised re¬ 
garding the details. 
There is some troublo about Gen, Butterfield's 
appointment as Assistant Treasurer in Now 
York. Tie is a Colonel in tlie regular anny, on 
tho active list, and his acceptance of the new 
office would create a vacancy iu his regiment, 
as ho would be compelled to resign his position 
in the anny, which ho refuses to do. 
It is announced that Mr. Rangaho, Charge 
d’Affaircs of the Greek Government here, is 
soon to bo united in marriage with a daughter 
ol Baron Gerolt, the Russian Minister. 
Secretary Boutweil was tho only member of 
the Cabinet present at bis office on the 30th ult. 
Secretaries Fish and Robeson, and Attorney- 
General Hoar were East; Secretary Cox, West; 
Secretary Croswell in Baltimore, and Secretary 
Rawlins at Gettysburg. 
Col. Win. AVard, who, during a part of tlio war, 
commanded the 8th New Jersey infantry, and 
who lost an arm at tho second battle of Bull 
Run, was, on tlio 30th ult„uppointed Postmaster 
at Newark, X. J. 
The police, on the night of the 29tli ult., made 
a raid on four gambling liousosln Pennsylvania 
avenue, capturing their keepers while the ma¬ 
chinery was in full play, together with twenty 
customers. They were all taken to tiie station 
house. The keepers were held in bail for their 
by lightning and killed; and in many parts of 
Westchester county oxen wore killed, trees up¬ 
rooted, and other damage done. 
A daughter of Charles Friedman of Buffalo, 
threo years old, fell from the fourth story of 
Concert Hal], in that city, a distance of fifty 
feet, on tlio morning of tiie 26th ult., and re¬ 
ceived shocking injuries, which caused her death 
iu two hours. 
Intelligence has been received In Now Y'ork 
City of the death of Mr. Daniel Gregory Mason, 
on tho 24th of June, at Schwnlbnch. Germany, 
in the IDth year of his age. lie was visiting the 
Gorman baths for his heal Hi. Mr. Mason was 
Hie senior member of tho well-known musical 
firm of Mason Brothers. 
The Ashton "course” salt mill and three 
“ fine " salt blocks, at Goddes, were destroyed by 
fire on Saturday night the 26th ult., loss $50,000, 
without insurance. 
A collision occurred on tlio Albany and Sus¬ 
quehanna Railroad on the 27th ult., between a 
train of platform cars leaded with tics, and a 
cai tie train from Cincinnati, at a point bet ween 
Colliers and Maryland. Otsego county, and tlio 
locomotive of each train aud three cattle cars 
were badly smashed. The engineers and fire¬ 
men saved themselves by Jumping from tho 
engines. 
A serious quarrel has arisen between tho 
oystermen of Connecticut and Long Island, re¬ 
lative to the right to plant oysters in Hunting- 
ton Bay. The Long Islanders contend that Con¬ 
necticut docs not own a foot of land in Hun- 
ton, or pay a cont of tax, yet by threats and 
force she lias monopolized tho oyster beds. Tho 
authorities have not yet taken any action in the 
mailer. 
Fifty feet of tho tow-path bank In tlio Gen¬ 
esee A’a!Icy Canal, at tlio slide near Portage, 
wore washed out on the 20th ult. It will take a 
week t o make repairs. 
Tho Court of Appeals at Albany adjourned at 
noon on tho 2(Jth ult. It was ordered that the 
September term be held in Now York City. 
Tho Commencement exercises of the General 
Theological Seminary of tho Protestant Episco¬ 
pal Church iu New Y'ork City, took place on the 
25th ult. Tho graduating class numbers twenty- 
two members. Bishop Littlejohn preached the 
annual sermon, aud lJisbop Potter presented the 
diplomas. 
Officers of tlio New Y r ork Board of Health vis¬ 
ited Carmel, in Putnam county, on tiie 2lst ult., 
as witnesses in a case against one Gregory, hotel 
keeper at Lake Mobopac, who was charged with 
defiling Croton water by manufacturing gas 
from kerosene oil on its banks. The banks of 
the stream wore found lo be saturated with 
kerosene, and tho complainant in thecaso states 
that the water is so bcfoulod his eattlo cannot 
drink it. As this is the source of all the drink¬ 
ing water in Now Y'ork City, the case avos of the 
greatest importance. The result was a perpetual 
injunction upon Gregory, compelling him to 
sever all connection between his works, out¬ 
houses, &c., and the stream. 
On the 24th ult. a colored boy in the employ of 
D. D. Palmer of Rochester, Avliilo carelessly 
lo r d ling a reA’Olver. shot a daughter of his em¬ 
ployer iu the leg. producing a serious, though 
not fatal Avound. 
Dyonislus E. Creamer has been convicted at 
Binghamton of receiving the bonds stolen from 
the Royal Insurance Company of New Y'ork in 
1806, nnd sentenced to five years* hard labor In 
Auburn Prison. 
Union College, at Schenectady, conferred the 
folloAving degrees at its Commencement on Juno 
30th D. D. upon Rev. D. T. Conde, Beloit, AA'is.; 
Itev’. R, J. Buckiiind, Rochester University; 
Rev. R. Cruiksliank. LawrenoeviUc, N. J.; 
President James Brownlee, Port Richmond, 
Staten Island; Rev. N.Potter, Troy, N. Y'.; and 
Rev. John L. Ncvins, Kingpo Mission, China. 
LL. D. upon Dr. F II. Hamilton, New York 
City; Prof. M. L. Stover, Gettysburg, Ph.; 
Bishop Stevens, Pennsylvania: liou. Hamilton 
New Hampshire. 
The Legislature has passed a bill forbidding 
the marriage of first cousins. 
Vermont. 
A PArcrt advocating the annexation of Canada 
to tho Uulted Slates, called the New Idea, and 
published in Vermont, is circulating extensively 
in nnd about Quebec. It. is printed partly in 
English and partly in French. 
AMrs. Philllpsof Wilmington, is In Jail, await¬ 
ing trial, in September, for firing a pistol at 
Alsor Z. AYildcr, recently, m the course of a 
quarrel growing out of the hitter's attempt to 
take away a horso which had boon pledged him 
as security for a bad debt. 
ITIafiaac hagfcctts. 
Governor CUteUt has appointed the follow¬ 
ing Railroad Commissioners: J. C. Converse, of 
Boston, throe years; E. Appleton, of Reading, 
two years; CharlesT. Adams, Jr.,of Boston,one 
year. Colonel Gardner Tufts, of Lynn, has been 
appointed ATslting Agent of tho Board of State 
Charities. 
Tuesday, the 29th ult., was Commencement 
Day at Harvard University. The honorary de¬ 
grees wore conferred on tho following: Doctor 
of Laws, John G. Palfrey and AA’iliiam Claflln, 
the Governor of tho State: and Master of Arts, 
Algernon Coolidgc, of Boston, and John K. 
Paine, of Cambridge. 
Tito following have been elected a Board of 
Overseers of Harvard College fora term of six 
yearsEdward E. Hale, Chas. F. Adams, AVil- 
liam A. Richardson, William G. Russell and 
A\ r aldo Hlgginson; for tho term of five years, 
Samuel A. Greene. 
Rhode Island. 
The Vice-President and Mrs. Colfax have been 
on a visit to Newport. R. I., where they were t he 
guests of Mr. Coggcshali, an old friend of Mr. 
Colfax. On Saturday the Sfltk ult., the VJce- 
Presidcut and party explored the beautiful en¬ 
virons of Newport, visiting, among other places, 
t he Lime Rock Lights, where Mr. Colfax was in¬ 
troduced to Miss Ida Lewis, (the heroine who has 
at various times saved cloven lives at the risk of 
her own,) and expressed to tho lady the high ad¬ 
miration and gratitudo felt by the nation for her 
gallant exploits. 
Connecticut. 
A bill to prevent gambling on railroad trains 
nnd steamboats has been passed by the Legisla¬ 
ture. It provides that every person who shall 
play at cards, dice, three-card inoutc, or any 
ot her game, for money or valuables, or shail so¬ 
licit another to play, while traveling, and every 
person “ who shall win or lose any money, Ac.,” 
shall pay a fine not exceeding $200, and be im¬ 
prisoned in a common jail not loss than one nor 
more than six months. 
New Jersey. 
Robert Gilchrlst of Jersey City has been 
appointed Attorney - General of tho State of 
New Jersey, by Governor Randolph, in placo of 
Mr. Robeson, the new Secretary of t he Navy. 
The offioers of tiie army and navy who served 
iu tho Department of the Gulf during the Re¬ 
bellion, will hold a re-union and banquet at the 
Stetson House, Long Branch,on tho8th inst, the 
anniversary of tho capturo of Port Hudson. 
The re-union will continue until the oveniug of 
the 9th, and it is expected that Generals Sher¬ 
man, Butler, Banks, Logan, Canby, Weitzoi, and 
other prominent army any navy officers will bo 
present. 
Hiram Holden, a boy employed as driver of an 
extra team of horses used in drawing the Piank- 
road ears up Bergen Hill, was discovered, on tiie 
25th ult., by Mr. Hopkinsou, the Superintendent 
of the Road, savagely beating one of the horses 
Avhile the animal Avas doing its best. Mr. IIop- 
kinson bad several times remonstrated Avith 
him, and had discharged several boys for tho 
same kind of behavior. On this occasion his in¬ 
dignation got tlio better of his judgment, ami 
ho gave tiie boy two smart cuts across tbe back 
Avith bis whip. The result. Ims beau tAVo war¬ 
rants— oueagainst Mr. Hopkins for assault, aud 
one against the boy for cruelty to animals. 
Tiie engine of a pleasure tug belonging to 
TIewes and Philips, machinists, NeAvark, blew up 
on the afternoon of the 3tith ult., on the Passaic 
fight at a political “jollification” meeting In 
Milford. Wiley has been sentenced to imprison¬ 
ment. for life, and Alley to tho ponttontiagy for 
two years. And In the case of Echison a nolle 
irrosequi has been entered. 
The case of Mrs. E. A. Pollard, for assaulting, 
with intent to kill, Dr. Moore, of Baltimore, 
some eighteen months ago, was brought to trial 
iu tho Criminal Court at Baltimore on the 29th 
ult. Mrs. Pollard made her oavu statement be¬ 
fore tlio Court, nnd deluded her many wrongs, 
showing tho causes which impelled her to shoot 
Dr. Moore. The Court ga vc her a sentence of 
only thirty days 1 impriSt lament, which it is 
thought will be modified t< > a lino Avlih tiie costs. 
Mrs. Pollard created quite> a sceuo in Court by 
swooning away. < 
Vlrgini'a. 
Gen. E. IT. S. Canby ordens that Callahan, Avho 
killed tlio negro, Kelley, in, Richmond, bo tried 
by military commission. * 
It is estimated that the Voi'lcy of Virginia will 
yield 5,000,000 bushels of Avhe :d this season. 
James Wallace! Cook, Lion tenant in rlic navy 
up to the commencement of toe rebellion, then 
Captain and afterward Commodore in tlm rebel 
navy, died in Norfolk, on the 21st. ult. Ho com¬ 
manded tho Forrest at the brittle of Roanoke 
Island, and subsequently was in command of 
tho Albemarle. 
Friduy tlio25th ult. was Commencement Day 
at Washington College, Lexington, of Avhieli 
Gen. R. E. Lee is President. At the Alumni 
meeting in the evening speeches were made by 
Commodore Maury, Gou. Smith and others. 
Julia Gibbs and Ellon Woodson, both colored, 
fought a duel with clubs, seconds being present, 
at Richmond on Sunday t he 27th ult. The wo¬ 
man Ellen a\’ as so badly Injured that she died on 
the field. Jealousy was the cause. 
North Carolina. 
Goa’ERNOR Holden has commuted the sen¬ 
tence of Minta Hairston, convicted in 1807 of 
thp murder of her husband, from death to im¬ 
prisonment for life at hard labor in tiie Stato 
Prison. The prisoner ivas once respited by Gov¬ 
ernor Worth, and again by Governor Holden, 
and Avas to have been executed on the IGth inst. 
Georgia. 
Governor Bullock will. it is stated, shortly 
convene a special session of the State Legisla¬ 
ture, with a view to ascertain tho purposes of 
that body in regard to ibo eligibility of negroes 
to office, now lbat. tho Supreme Court of the 
State has decided upon tho question. He ev i- 
dentiy Avishes both Houses to recall and reseat 
1 lie negro members who Avcrc cxpollcd last year. 
Florida. 
The United States steamer Narragansett ar- 
rlved at Key West on the 27th ult., with yellow 
feA’cr on board. Six of the officers and three of 
the crcAV Avcrc suffering from the disease, but 
their cases did not appear to be of the Avorst 
typo. 
Louisiana. 
The depth of tho chauuel at Pass a 1’Outre, 
mouth of the Mississippi River, has boon in¬ 
creased from fifteen to eighteen foet. A steam- 
A-essel of scA’enteen and a half feet draft of 
water passed out over tho bar on the 17th ult. 
Tbe jewelry store No. 15 St. Charles street, 
Now Orleans, was recently robbed of about 
$9,000 in a very bold manner. Two men entered 
the store, and while one engaged the proprietor, 
Mr. Marchard, in the rear, Avitb a lot of jewelry 
Avhieh he (the stranger) proposed to sell, the 
other, in the front part, appearing to bo leaning 
over the counter and intently examining the 
valuables displayed in the case, avos deliberately 
taking them out one by one, and putting them 
in a bag. The nvo made good their escape. 
Great frauds on the revenue, in the importa¬ 
tion of sugar, hav e deen discoA’orcd by Collector 
Casey of New Orleans, and in consequence he 
he has placed the entire stock of imported sugar 
in the city under surveillance. Ho also seized 
4,490 boxes, 1,387 hogsheads and seventy-nine 
tierces, belonging to one importing house. 
Tennessee, 
A tornado passed over Memphis on the after¬ 
noon of tiie 30rli ult., accompanied by a terrible 
hail aud rain storm. N o lives Avcrc lost as far as 
knoAvn, but it is feared the destruction to prop- 
, erty and crops has been very heavy. 
At a preliminary meeting for the purpose of 
; encouraging Chinese emigration, held on the 30th 
i ult. at the Memphis Chamber of Commerce, com¬ 
posed of leading men of this section of ihe coun- 
i try, tbe following dispatch avos read by the 
Secretary: 
San Fit axctsco, June 30.1869. 
To O. W. Otrx:—Iloes the meeting at Memphis 
1 take plane on the 13th of July? Koopmunshaaf, 
principal Chinese Importer, will attend if answer Is 
iiirorable. j. G. Eastland. 
The Convention Is called to meet at Memphis 
1 on tho 13th Instant, to be composed of delegates 
from all parts of the South, especially from 
Georgia* Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Ar- 
! kansas aud Tenuessee. 
Kentucky. 
Captain James Roberts, United States Depu¬ 
ty Marshal, recently, In attempting to inforce tho 
revenue laws upon one Jack Runold, a distiller 
in Knox county was persistently resisted by 
Runold and liis con fedora tee, who resorted to 
arms. Roberts defended liiniself, aud inflicted 
lvounds upon Runold Avhieh Avill probably proA r o 
fataL 
Ohio. 
W hile Miss N. Hemphill, for many years prin¬ 
cipal teacher in the Institute aud Female Col¬ 
lege at Oxford, avus being married in that city, 
on tho 29th ult.., to Mr. Chambers of Butler 
county, some thief entered Miss Hemphill’s 
room and stele her pocket-book, containing 
about thirty dollars. 
Indiana. 
A gang of dangerous counterfeiters, whose 
headquarters were near Huntington, has just 
been broken up nnd two of its most noted mem¬ 
bers arrested and a lot of plates captured, 
through the strategy of tiie Avife of a prominent 
Western detective. 
The Northern Illinois Insane Hospital has 
been located at Elgin. That city pledges ouc 
hundred and twenty acres of land for the build¬ 
ings and tlio farms of tho hospital, and also 
quite a large tract near the farm for a park, to 
bo eonuceted with the institution. 
Illinois. 
J EDGE Drummond of Chicago, has decided 
that express companies have tho right to for- 
Avard letters accompanying consignments in un¬ 
stamped envelopes. The case In which the de¬ 
cision Avas given avos that of tlio Post-Ofllco 
Department agulnst the United States Express, 
to recover the penalty prescribed by law for the 
alleged forwarding of mailable matter not ire 
closed in stamped envelopes. 
Hewitt, the alleged murderer of Mrs. nessnnd 
her child in Gruudy county, by burning them 
up in their house, Avhieh he i3 accused of setting 
on tiro after committing a robbery, has just been 
convicted nnd sentenced to tho Penitentiary fot 
only five years. 
Michigan. 
Judge WrrnET. in tho United States Circuit- 
Court at Del roit, has just decided that under tho 
Liquor Law of Michigan, a contract for liquor 
is void, and n note given in pursuance of such a 
contract is not luma Me. 
Rev. 35. O. Haven, D. D., President of tiie Uni¬ 
versity of Michigan, lues resigned liis position, 
and accepted the Presidency of the NorihAvcst- 
ern University, tlio Methodist College in Evans¬ 
ton, Illinois. 
On tlio 20th ult. the foundry nnd machine 
shops of tiie Fulton Iron Works, at Detroit, avci o 
burned. Tho loss avos £50,000, nnd tiie insurance 
$3(UAX). Tavo members of tho Are department 
Arero much injured by portions of the falling 
building. 
The storm which occurred on the 24 th ult., was 
"the most dcstructU-c that lmsA’isited this State 
for many years, and it was particularly sevpro 
in Kalamazoo, Allegan, Burry, Eaton, Ingham, 
Clinton, Oakland, Shiawassee, Genesee nrnl Ma¬ 
comb counties, and in uJl quarters fences were 
prostrated, frame buildings unroofed or blown 
down, orchards damaged, and crops flattened 
nnd injured. 
The Last rail on the twenty miles of the Grand 
Rapids & Indiana Railroad, on the completion of 
which, by the first, of July, a A’aJuable land grant 
■depended under the Michigan laws, Was laid on 
Monday evening, the 28th ult. 
ffiTlasonrl. 
A rain storm at 8t. Joseph, on Friday the 28tli 
ult., damaged city property to the amount of 
£30,000, and also did much injury to prh’ato 
property. On the Hannibal and St. Joseph and 
Council Bluffs roads bridges were washed aAvay 
and the trains Avcrc delayed. 
The Chief of Police of St. Louis has issued a 
peremptory order to arrest any person engaged 
in playing marLiul music on Sunday, during tho 
hours of worship, Avlthin two square milcsol tlio 
congrcgat iou so engaged. 
Kansas. 
A St. Lours dispatch of tlio 28th ult. says tho 
«ountry AA'cst of Junction City, Kansas, avus in¬ 
undated by the recent storm, and in many places 
bouses, stock, crops, &e., Are washed away. It 
is reported that twenty-five persons have been 
drowned. Chapman's Creek and tho town of 
Abeline Avcrc flooded and two persons drowned. 
Governor Harvey reports to the President, 
through Surveyor-General Babcock, that the 
Jndians are becoming more and more troublc- 
eomo and dangerous in different portions of tho 
State, aud asks for additional troops, or authori¬ 
ty to raise a regiment of volunteers. 
California. 
Senators, Wade and Conkling, and the mem¬ 
bers of tho Ways and Means Committee in San 
Francisco, Avere addressed on tho 25th ult. at a 
meeting of merchants, by a representative of 
six Chincso companies of that city, Avho urged 
that the Go\’ornment should double the amount 
of subsidy to tho China Steamship Line, so that 
semi-monthly steamers could be run, nnd that 
Congress should passlawsprotectingthc Chirese 
and grunting them equal liberties with other 
citizens. 
An Immense hotel is to bo built in San Fran¬ 
cisco by lYistcrn hotel managers. It is to con¬ 
sist of two blocks, bounded by Market, Mont¬ 
gomery, South Second and Jessie streets, which 
are to be connected at each story by covered 
bridges. 
A portion of the snow shed of the Central 
Pacific Railroad, near Emigrant Gap, has been 
destroyed by fire. 
The Democratic State Convention met in 
Sacramento on tho 29th ult. J. B. Crockett and 
William Lenselner were nominated for Judges 
of the Supreme Court of the State by acclama¬ 
tion. 
The Russtan-Auiericun Company has begun a 
suit against Hiram Ketchum, Jr,, Collector <_f 
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