||ttos of the (Mitch. 
DOMESTIC NEWS. 
Washington. 
President Grant and every member of his 
Cabinet lutve been out of town rusticating. On 
the 17th there was not one Cabinet officer in the 
city. 
The Mexican Claims Commission in Washing¬ 
ton held it brief session on the 12th, and alter 
adopting rules and regulations governing their 
proceedings, adjourned to the first Monday in 
September. 
A Postal Convention lias been concluded with 
Great Britain for the conveyance of mails be¬ 
tween the United States and British Honduras, 
The rates of postage are twelve cents per each 
letter weighing half an ounce, and two cents 
lor each newspaper. The mails are to be trans¬ 
ported between New Orleans and Belize by 
British steamers. 
It is said that several diplomats in Washington 
who lived high last winter have disappeared re¬ 
cently. leaving heavy bills unpaid. One repre¬ 
sentative had his bills paid afterwards by his 
Government, which would not allow itself to be 
compromised by his antics, 
A Postal Convention has been arranged with 
Switzerland by which money can be transmit¬ 
ted between the touted States and that country 
by means of the postal money system now in 
use here. 
Diplomatic correspondence bet ween Prince 
Rung of China, and Minister J. Boss Browne, 
relative to the ill treatment of coolies in Peru, 
has been received at the State Department in 
Washington. Minister Browne enclosed to the 
Prince a petition of the coolies, setting forth 
their sad condition and the horrible treatment 
they were subjected to, which has been sent to 
him by General Hovey, the United States Minis¬ 
ter at Lima. Prince Rung replied by asking 
that Minister Hovey investigate the matter and 
assist tho coolies until the Emperor whs able to 
i ako d i reel measures. If o proposes to instruct Mr. 
Burlingame and the ot her Chinese Ambassadors 
in the mutter. 
Another ten dollar counterfeit has been re¬ 
ceived til the Treasury In Washington; but It is 
so badly executed that. it. is not calculated to de¬ 
ceive any one. There are only about $88,000,000 
of genuine ten dollar greenbacks in circulation, 
and about $17,000,000 of lifties, and both issues 
arc to be recalled. So l'ar $25,000 in tons have 
been received from Now York in response to the 
circular recalling them. 
New York. 
A very serious conflict of jurisdiction be¬ 
tween the Federal and State authorities was im¬ 
minent in New York City on tlio 13th, 14th, and 
10th insts. The circumstances were these i One 
John H. Pratt was under military arrest in 
. Texas last autumn, and in breaking away mur¬ 
dered three of the guards. Some two weeks ago 
he was discovered in New York by detectives, 
who have been upon his track ever since Ids es¬ 
cape, and who had almost despaired of effecting 
his capture. Hardly was he in custody of the 
United States officers before Roger A. Pryor ap¬ 
peared before Judge McCnnn, of the Now York 
Superior Court, and calling upon that function¬ 
ary to defend the ‘‘sovereignty" of the State, 
(which Pryor claimed had been violated,) sued 
out a writ of habeas corpus. This the Judge 
granted, although United Suites Marshal Barlow 
appeared before him and represented that lie 
held the prisoner in custody to await au examin¬ 
ation by United States Commissioner Osborn, 
who had issued the warrant for Ins arrest. 
During the same day Pratt was taken to Fort 
Holiuyler. Hearing of this action. Judge Me- 
< min called on the Marshal to bring the alleged 
murderer before him. Tills order Hie Marshal 
prepared to resist, and telegraphed to Washing¬ 
ton for instructions. An answer ivas forwarded 
from the War Department authorizing him to 
rail on the United States troops in the vicinity 
of New York for protection. President Grant 
also sent the Marshal an autograph letter di¬ 
recting him to hold the prisoner ai all hazards, 
and added;—“I also authorize and request you 
to use all means to resist the attempt to effect 
your arrest and slop the execution of the laws 
of the United States." And, in accordance with 
those orders, throe armed companies of regu¬ 
lars, belonging to the Fast Artillery, assembled 
in the United States building, in Chambers 
street, fit live A, M. on Friday, the 13th, being in 
all about one hundred and fifty men. 
Judge MeCunn meant line declared t hat lie 
would have either Pratt or the Marshal, and 
< . ,v up an order for the arrest of the latter. 
The case, however, was carried no further, for ' 
on Monday, the 16th, Pratt was brought before 
United States Gommissinnor Osborn, who dis¬ 
charged him from custody on the ground that 
no evidence was produced by the District At¬ 
torney sufficient to justify his detention. All ' 
occasion for any collision between State and 
Federal authority in this instance was thus re¬ 
moved. 
i 
The yacht Meteor, owned and commanded by , 
George L. Lorillnrd, sailed on the 12th Inst, from 
New York for a voyage around the world. Mr. , 
Lorillard expects to be absent several years on , 
his excursion, as lie intends to spend some time 
in each place of interest on his route. , 
General Roche, a Spanish negro, and agent, of 
the Huytien Government., anting under orders 
from President Baez, on the 12th inst. purchased , 
of the United Stales the war steamer A Igouquin, 
now getting ready for sea at the Brooklyn Navy 
Yard. 
During a heavy fog on Wednesday night, the 
11th inst., on Lake Eric, near Buffalo, a steamer ; 
and a sailing vessel collided, by which accident < 
two of the steamer's hands were knocked into j 
the lake and drowned. ( 
The North and East Rivers and the Bay arc l 
patrolled nightly by tugboats from the Navy t 
Yard, in order to prevent the departure of ex- < 
peditions for Cuba. ( 
Choy-Chcw and Sing-Man. the Chinese mor- * 
chants now traveling in the East, have been in 
New York. On rbe 1 11 li they visited the Central i 
Park, Stewart’s store, the Park Bank, and other t 
interesting objects in the city. In com creation i 
Choy-Chcw expressed the opinion that several t 
millions of Chinamen would locate in California f 
in the next ten yours, and that they would not t 
go very readily to work on Southern plantations i 
until the demand for their labor on the Pacific \ 
coast is exhausted. a 
A fire occurred in Canton on the morning of 1 
the 14th, which destroyed a large portion of the 
business part of the town. Loss about $ 75 , 000 . 
A shark over six years otd was captured in a 
pond where small boys usually bathe on Hamil¬ 
ton Avenue, in Brooklyn, on the 14th. Tt came 
into the pond from the bay through a draiuugc 
. Pipe. 
The propeller M. V. Schuyler was burned at 
Albany on Sunday, the 15th. She was under 
1 way at the time, and the passengers and crew 
had to leap overboard, making narrow escapes 
with their lives. 
JTInlne. 
A GREAT tiro is raging in the woodB of the up¬ 
per part of Saco, destroying property worth 
thousand of dollars, ami threatening tho de¬ 
struction of dwellings in the vicinity. Assistance 
from the villages and fire departments has been 
obtained. 
Half a dozen houses in Conterslrcot, Portland, 
wore destroyed by fire on the night of the 12th 
Inst., and the following morning another was 
burned. 
New Hampshire. 
A part of the snow arch in Tuekerman’s Ra¬ 
vine, on Mount Washington, in weight not less 
than twenty tons, fell a few days ago, and one 
of the well-known Kilburn brothers, of Little- 
Ion, laid a narrow escape from being crushed by 
It. At. least twenty foot of snow yet remain in 
Hi is tremendous gorge. 
An esteemed citizen of Concord, Goopge A. 
Dow, was killed in that city on the 12th inst., 
while at work in a well. He was at the bottom 
of the well, which was about, forty feet in depth, 
when the quicksand gave away at a depth of 
thirty feet, thus burying him under some ten 
feet of sand, A large force of men immediately 
began the work ol clearing the well, but they 
did not succeed in reaching the body until tho 
morning of t he 13th, though t hey worked incess¬ 
antly all night. It Is thought that Mr. Dow’s 
deatli was instantaneous. 
Vermont, 
William and Solomon Durham of Hancock, 
caught hi a trap, on the 27th ult., a huge bear, 
for which t hey received from the State Treasurer 
$15. They have caught thirty-six bears within 
a few years. 
There are fifty miners in the Corinth copper 
mine, and one hundred and fifty in the Vcrshire 
mine. 
PlaHnaeJniftCtt*. 
True managers of the differentSound steamers, 
outside and inside, and railroads connecting, 
have just held a meeting in Boston, to consider 
the quest ion of the rates In freights. They pro¬ 
pose to put up the freighton the 18th inst. to full 
fall rates, conceding to the outside lino an ad¬ 
vantage of fifteen per cent, in all heavy goods. 
They further propose to do away with all down¬ 
town agencies for freight, to stock their receipts 
and make equable dividends. 
The farmers of SouUibridgC are troubled 
about a strange kind Of cattle disease. It first 
appears on the animal’s leg near the hoof, in the 
form of a large and painful swelling, and tho 
part affected soon suppurates and discharges, 
the animal meanwhile being unable to bear its 
weight upon its foot. 
Hit ode Island. 
A Major Houghton, who is stopping at New¬ 
port, is attracting considerable attention by his 
minuteness. Hois twenty years Of age, thirty- 
one inches in height, and weighs forty pounds. 
People from h distance are sending to Mias Ida. 
Lewis for locks of her hair, but a gentleman 
who received a request from a friend to procure 
a tress from the head of Miss Ida answered the 
order by substituting a loci; which he picked up 
on tho floor of a barber’s shop. 
Connecticut. 
SIMEON E. Baldwin, William C. Robinson, 
Louis Bristol and Johnson T. Platt have been 
elected by the corporation of Yale College As¬ 
sistant Profeasors ol the Yale Law School, and 
will enter on their duties next September at the 
beginning of the term. Tho Senior Professor¬ 
ship is not yet filled. 
A Stamford mechanic positively asserts that 
lie has discovered a method of navigating the 
air which will supersede everything of the kind 
which has ever been attempted. 
New Jersey. 
Several days ago some suspicious characters 
offered to sell a New York Wall street operator 
$125,000 of 1 be bonds stolen some time ago from 
Mr. Bennehoff, of Pltthole, Pa., for $106,000 in 
greenbacks. The police wove informed of the 
fact, and detectives were soul to Hudson Pity to 
OGRelude the negotiations. Tho parties met at 
Ilosh’s Hotel, iu that place, and John Laidlow, 
Gabriel Gorshync, and Arnold Brown passed 
over to the detectives a package said to contain 
the stolen bonds, receiving in ret urn a package 
containing $100,000 in counterfeit greenbacks. 
Soon after the transaction was completed Laid¬ 
low and his partners were arrested on charge of 
robbing Mr. Bunnoboff, but. upon examination 
their package Was found to contain one genuine 
$1,000 bond and about throe pounds of old paper. 
The Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Rail¬ 
road Company is extending its line from Boon- 
ton to New York, via Paterson, giving direct 
communication with the coal regions of Penn¬ 
sylvania and the flour markets of Northern Now 
York, as well as tho lumber districts of South¬ 
ern and Central New York. The Binghamton 
and Syracuse Railroad connects tho Delaware, 
Lackawanna and Western will! the New York 
Central Railroad, thus offering one continuous 
route through to Rochester. Auburn, and other 
important cities. Oswego, the great flour and ! 
grain depot, is also reached by connection with 
the Oswego and Syracuse Raiiroad. : 
way of Havana, and excited suspicion by her 
maneuverings. It is supposed she was to re¬ 
ceive a number of recruits for Cuba from a 
tug which was in her company when she was 
first seen by the Miami, but suddenly disap¬ 
peared. 
a child four years old was found clinging to a 
raft, and in an insensible condition, in the Dela¬ 
ware River on the 12th inst. Ho had wandered 
from his home in Philadelphia, and had not 
been missed. He was restored to his parents. 
A few large collieries, at Pottsville, have sus¬ 
pended for a few days in consequence of a lack 
of orders. There is no strike Ju that region 
as yet. 
The miners'strike is now spreading through¬ 
out, the entire coal regions of Pennsylvania. At 
Hazel ton it has assumed a serious aspect. The 
strikers are laborers who are employed by the 
miners to assist, them in Jouding and removing 
the coal after It has been blasted. They have 
stopped the pumps in nearly if not quite all the 
mines. The sheriff' has gone from Wilkesbarre 
with engineers to run the engines in the mines, 
and a few others as assistants. 
Pennsylvania. 
The Buffalo express train on the Susquehanna 
and Schuylkill Railroad, near Dauphin Narrows, 
on Saturday morning the 14th inst,, ran into a 
rock lliree feet in diameter which hud rolled 
down the mountain on the track. The engine 
left the track and jumped over a stone wall fif¬ 
teen foot high into a country road, and then 
over another stone wall into the Pennsylvania 
Canal. The engineer and fireman were killed 
ami several passengers were injured. 
The steamer Hornet, an old blockade runner, 
left Philadelphia on the 14th for Havana under 
circumstances leading to the belief that she was 
intended to assist the Cubans. At the month of 
the river she was overhauled by the United 
States steamer Miami, on board of which was 
tho United States Marshal, and taken into cus¬ 
tody. Her crew amounted to twenty-five men, 
who wore all armed. She was anchored a t Phil¬ 
adelphia under the guns of the Miami. The 
Hornet cleared on the 13th for Liverpool by the 
3 Virginia. 
General Canby has ordered the discharge 
, from Custody of Police Captain Callahan, at 
Richmond, who shot and killed Joseph Roily 
at the registration office in that city. Calla¬ 
han had a preliminary examination by a Milftn ry 
Commission, but no trial, the Commission do- 
| tiding that the killing was a necessary act, done 
by Callahan in the performance of his duties us 
n police officer. 
ThOre seems to be no doubt now that the iron¬ 
clad oath will be administered to the members 
elect of the Virginia Legislature, and that tho 
places of t hose who cannot take it will be filled 
by the defeated candidates. Tho next Legisla¬ 
ture will have to elect two Senators in accord¬ 
ance with an act of Congress passed in I860. 
It is stated that General Canby has decided 
that members erf the Virginia legislature cannot 
qualify unless they have been citizens of tho 
State for twelve months. 
Maryland, 
A TERRIBLE storm of rain, hail and wind pass¬ 
ed over Baltimore county on Saturday after¬ 
noon, the Ilth inst. The. wind carried with it 
fences, trees and bushes, stripped the orchards 
entirely, and leveled the com to the ground. A 
coasting schooner at anchor in tho Gunpowder 
River was thrown oti her beam ends and sunk. 
Tho hailstones were quite large, aud came with 
such velocity at to break every pan a ol' window 
glass exposed. During the squall the mercury 
in the thermo mo tor fell 25°. 
A project is on foot for t he erection of a mon¬ 
ument at Annapolis, in commemoration of tho 
officers and seamen of the navy who fell during 
tho late war. It will bo thirty-six foot, high and 
very elaborate. Tho sculptor is F. Simmons, 
who proposes to complete It in Romo, of Italian 
marble, aud deliver it ju tin's country for $20,000 
in gold. An association has boon formed, of 
which Admiral Porter Is the President. He now 
holds $14,000. which has boon contributed to tins 
funds entirely by the officers and sailors ol tho 
navy, and officers and men of the Marine Corps. 
Alabama. 
The first bale of the new cotton crop in Ala¬ 
bama was received at Montgomery on Wednes¬ 
day, the 11th inst. 
Lowl-Jana. 
The late Postmaster of Now Orleans, Robert 
AV. Taliiaferro, was arrested on the 7th inst. 
upon a warrant issued by Commissioner Urban, 
upon two affidavits made against him for em¬ 
bezzlement of United States funds, by Actiug 
United States Attorney for the District, J. AV. 
Gurley. The amount involved is some $22,000, 
for which Mr. Taliiaferro soems utterly unable 
to account. 
Mississippi. 
Judge Jefterds, of the Supremo Court, A. 
AVarner, Secretary ol' Stal e, and a large number 
of minor officers of Mississippi, were removed 
from office by Gen. Ames on the L3tli inst. 
Tennessee. 
The Legislature ju3t elected will, according to 
the Act of 1800, have to elect a United States 
Senator on the second Tuesday after it organ¬ 
izes, alt hough Senator Fowler’s place will not be 
vacated until 1871. This is the same act referred 
to as go\ erning the election of Senator in Vltv 
ginia. 
Tho prospects for tho cotton crop in Tennes¬ 
see are loss favorable than they were. It is cal¬ 
culated that tho yield in tho vicinity of Mem¬ 
phis will be no larger than, that ol' last year. 
Kentucky. 
Captain JonN Pearce of Louisville, has 
brought'suit against tho United States Mail 
Company for the loss of ids wife aud child, Mrs. 
Pcarco and her son, aged about eight, years, is ere 
passengers on the steamer United States, from 
Cincinnati to Louisville, on the 4th of December 
kist, and were both destroyed by tho collision of 
the States with Hie America at Raid's Landing. 
Tho body of Mrs. Pcarco was recovered, but that 
of her little boy was never found. The damages 
are laid at $40,000. 
Ohio, 
An examination into the accounts of Mr. 
Headley, late Treasurer Of Franklin county, re¬ 
veals a deficiency ol' over $15,000. It is claimed 
t hat this can be reduced by rnaklug proper al¬ 
lowances, to which Headley is entitled. 
The stoamer Havana burned to the water’s 
edge at Parlor Grove, twelve miles below Cin¬ 
cinnati, on the 18th inst., just after she had 
landed a picnic party. The loss is estimated at 
$12,000. Fortunately uo one was injured. 
The Ohio Democrats have inaugurated the 
campaign by a mass meeting Saturday night, 
the 14th inst., at Cincinnati. Speeches were made 
by George E. Pugh, S. F. Cary and John F. Fol- 
lelt. Mr. IVndleton was not present. 
It is stated that Mr. L E. Jngorsoll, the nomi¬ 
nee of the Ohio State Temperance Convention 
for Governor, has declined to serve. 
Indiana. 
A Rev. Mr. Hooker died in the pulpit on 
Sunday, the 8tli inst., in his own church at Lar- 
well. The cause of his death was heart disease. 
Illinois. 
The United States, represented by U. S. Dis¬ 
trict-Attorney Joseph 0. Glover, has filed, in 
Chicago, a bill which seeks to have decided un¬ 
constitutional and void tbcact of the last Legis¬ 
lature of Illinois, giving the lake frontage of 
Hint city to certain railroad companies for a de¬ 
pot. The bill proceeds on two grounds:—First, 
that, the grant is in derogation of the rights of j 
the United States as owner iu fee, in trust for i 
the public uses; and, second, that it interferes 
with navigation, which, by the Constitution of 
tho United States, is subject to the sole jurisdic¬ 
tion of Congress. 
The Evansville and Cairo packet Cumberland 
exploded her boilers near Shawnee town, at four 
o’clock Saturday morning, the 14th inst. Eight¬ 
een or t weti ty livea were lost. The boat’s books 
were blown overboard, and tho names of tho 
missing cannot be asccrtuinod. The boat is a 
total loss. A portion of her cargo, consisting 
principally of wheat and corn, will bo saved. 
The boat was insured for $6,000. 
Michigan. 
The steamer Silver Spray and Comet collided 
on Lake Huron, near the mouth of St. Clair 
River, on Friday night, the 13th inst. The Silver 
Spray sunk in fifteen minutes after being struck. 
Her passengers and crew were saved. 
> Minnesota. 
* TnB Northern Pacific Railroad exploring party 
' have returned to Minneapolis, and report tho 
route explored feasible beyond expectat ion. 
The heavy work of improving the Falls of St. 
Anthony is progressing. Tho river has been 
turned from its natural bed, and the falls laid 
bare. The gup swarms with workmen. 
On the Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad a 
train ran off the track on the evening of tho 
12th, near St. Paul; the fireman was killed and 
the engineer and baggage master were injured. 
Iowa, 
; Another attempt was made to throw a train 
off the track on the Iowa division of the Mil¬ 
waukee and St. Paul Railroad, near McGregor, 
■ a fenv evenings ago. As the train, an eastern 
bound express, approached a small station, a. 
nmu "threw the switch’" and thou ran into tho 
woods. Fortunately the engineer saw the opera¬ 
tion, whistled “down breaks"and reversed his 
engine. Thus a serious accident was prevented; 
but tho engine and baggage ear went off the 
■ track and a delay of eighthours was occasioned. 
This is the third attempt to throw off a train on 
lheIowa division within a month. 
Mi's. Gifford, living in the northern part of 
Marion county, died on Saturday, tho 14th, from 
the effects of a flight at the eclipse. 
Missouri. 
Heavy rain storms are again visiting Missouri, 
and on Thursday, the 32th inst., a dwelling house 
near Watervillo was struck by lightning and 
shatt ered so completely that. not. a board of it can 
bo found. Four ladies were severely shocked. 
The famous artesian well at the St. Louis In¬ 
sane Asylum has at length boon abandoned as a 
failure. It had reachedadepth of 3,843feet,and 
was costing tho city $38,20 per day, with a pro¬ 
gress of only four and a half inal*e« daily. The 
water found is bitter and brackish, though cold 
and sparkling, and rises to within one hundred 
and twenty feet of the mout h of the well. At 
the depth of 1 ,200 feet, pure sweet water was 
found, and measures will lie taken to " plngoff” 
the well at that point, by which means the 
brackish water will be excluded and the fresh 
water secured for the use ol' the Asylum. The 
work has been in progress for a number ol'years 
and has cost the city heavily. 
Texas. 
Worms have appeared on the cotton on a 
number bl the farms along t he Guadalupe and 
San Marcos Rivers. But a few have appeared 
on the upland crops. 
California. 
Vice-President Colfax and party arrived in 
Sacrameuto on Thursday evening, the 12th inst., 
and met with an enthusiastic reception. 
An unusual stringency prevails in the Califor¬ 
nia money market. The rates are from one and 
a quarter to two per cent, for rail loans. Mining 
stocks are completely demoralized, and shares 
in favorite companies which formerly com¬ 
manded one hundred per cent, premium are 
quoted at twenty-five to forty per cent, below 
par. The money market has become so stringent, 
that several firms have ordered shipments of 
coin from New York, and the Secretary of the 
Trcasuiy has been requested by telegraph to 
allow merchants to draw on the Sub-Treasury 
there for money deposited iu New York. 
Several good citizens of San Francisco are 
candidates lor the mayoralty, and none of them 
tire professional politicians. 
The Republican City and County Convention 
of San Francisco has indorsed tho nomination 
of the Independent Municipal Convention for 
city and county officers. 
A San Francisco dispatch of the ISih says that 
Vice - President Colfax, Senator Stewart, Dr. 
Lindermau of tho Philadelphia Mint, and others, 
have appealed to Secretary Boutvell to allow 
the transfer of several million dollars from tho 
Sub-Treasury there, tho amount to be replaced 
in the Sub-Treasury at New York, to relieve the 
present stringency in tho money market, but 
have received no answer. 
The steamship China arrived on the morning 
of tho 18th, J. Ross Browne, United States 
Minister to China, and family, and Mr. Salter, 
United States Consul at Hankow, aro among tho 
passengers. 
The China brings 1,000 passengers, or whom 850 
are Chinese; 289 packages of tea and sixteen 
packages of silk for Sun Francisco ; 6,320 pack¬ 
ages of tea and ninety-four packages of silk for 
New York. 
Notwithstanding the general complaint of 
dull times and stringent money market the de¬ 
mand for men at the Labor Exchange in Sau 
Francisco continues in excess of tho supply. 
Wyoming Territory. 
The Democrats of this Territory have nomi¬ 
nated S. F. Miokels of Cheyenne, as Delegate to 
Congress. 
The Indians. 
All the Cheyennes south of the Arkansas, 
1,800 in number, concentrated at Camp Supply 
on the 27th ult., and are now drawing Govern¬ 
ment rations. 
The Governor of New Mexico has issued a 
proclamation declaring all Navajoe and Gila 
Apache lndiaus, whenever found outside the 
hounds of their reservations, outlaws, and au¬ 
thorizing the citizens of the Territory to kill 
such Indians when found depredating upon the 
property of the whites. 
The Special Indian Commission Committee 
from New York City met at Camp Supply, Colo¬ 
radoan tho 8th inst,, 1,800 Cheyenne and 1,600 
Arapahoe Indians, who were anxious to go upon 
the reservations assigned them. 
Dominion of Canada, 
The annexationists of Nova Scotia are divided 
in regard to the course to bo pursued in secur¬ 
ing annexation to the U :ited States. One party 
favor a bold, direct annexation movement, and 
are determined upon nothing less than complete 
severance from Great Britain. The other party 
advocate an interior policy of independence as 
certain to lead to the desired result. 
The emigration of French Canadians to the 
United States causes much concern in Quebec, 
and a public meet ing has been called in that city 
to consider the best-means of remedying lhe evil. 
Hon. John Young of Montreal, has succeeded 
in organizing in Copenhagen, Denmark, a com¬ 
pany to lay a submarine cable from Northern 
Europe to America, via the Faroe Islands, Ice¬ 
land and Greenland. 
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FOREIGN NEWS. 
Great Itritain. 
The Harvard crow were out at practice again 
on Saturday, the 14th. They traversed the 
course from Putney to Mort lake (which is tho 
regular course agreed upon for the race on tho 
27th) in twenty-one minutes nnd ten seconds. 
The Oxford crew afterwards rowed over the 
same course in twenty-two minutes and ten 
seconds. [This time of theHarvards is within 
live seconds of llie best time ever made over tho 
course, and has not been surpassed by the win¬ 
ners iu any ol' the University races within nine 
years. Tho best time ever made was in 1846, 
when Cambridge won in twenty-one minutes 
and five seconds.— Ed. 
The Municipal Council of Dublin on the. 17th 
adopted a congrat ulatory address to Earls Spen¬ 
cer and Grey and Mr. Gladstone on the passage 
of tho Irish Church Bill. 
Trance. 
The Emperor signed several decrees of am¬ 
nesty for press and political offenses on the 13th 
inst, Tho committee engaged on the Scnalus 
Conm'lam is pushing forward its work rapidly. 
Tho election of Senators by several councils is 
disapproved by the Smalm OtnmUnm. A rumor 
prevailed in Paris on the night of the 13th that 
Queen Isabella had decided to abdicate. 
Marshal Nicl died in Paris on the 14th. A now 
cable will be laid from Brest to England. Napo¬ 
leon has remitted tho sentences on eighty sol¬ 
diers and reduced t he sentences of a number of 
others. 
Paris dispatches of the 15th, (per French cable 
most appropriately,) give the following: 
The Journal Official today publishes a decree, 
in which tho Emperor, in commemoration of 
the hundredth birthday of the Emperor Napo¬ 
leon I., grants full and complete amnesty to 
press and political offenders, to persons con¬ 
victed of evasion of taxes, to deserters from the 
army and navy, and to sailors in the merchant 
marine who have abandoned their ships. 
The Emperor was not present at tho celebra¬ 
tion in the Camp of Chalons to-day. He was 
detained by an attack of rheumat ism, and re- 
nmiustit St. Cloud. The Prince Imperial was 
sent: to Chalons to represent the Emperor. 
Paris is very gay to-night. The boulevards 
and streets urc crowded. Tho theaters aro 
thrown open free to the people, and immense 
crowds are gathered to witness the Illuminations 
and magnificent display of fireworks provided 
by the Government. 
Dispatches of the 17th slate tluit the Emperor 
Napoleon’s health has improved. Gen. Lobocuf, 
it Is said, will lie Minister of War. The recent 
pardons of the Emperor are regarded favorably 
by the Parisian Press. 
Prince Napoleon will be present at the open¬ 
ing of tho Suez Canal. An understanding lias 
been arrived at on tho points ol' the Scnalus 
Comultum. 
Spain. 
A Madrid dispatch of the 13th inst. states 
that. Ksturtus, at the head of five hundred Car- 
lists, has entered Spain from France at Puig- 
cerda. The entry of other bunds at various 
points is expected. 
Tlieru is considerable excitement at Malaga, 
owing to a Republican movement there- 
Twelve priests have boon arrested at Burgos, 
charged with taking part m the Carlist insur¬ 
rection. 
The London Post of (he 14th contained an 
article on Spain and Cuba, iu which it expresses 
tiie belief that the best thing Spain could do 
would be to sell the island. Carlist bands are 
appearing in several parts of the country. 
The Carlists are cropping up all over Spain. 
Tho Government is considerably perplexed in 
consequence. Conflicts between the national 
troops and the revolutionists occurred at va¬ 
rious-places on i ho 13th and I4th. A general 
movement on the frontier is anticipated. 
Dispatches or the 18th state that, the Spanish 
Government is using strong measures against 
the Carlists. Tho Bishop of Juen disputes the 
jurisdiction of tho present Government, and 
appeals to Rome. The Cortes is summoned to 
meet on September 15th. 
PriiNMhi and Austria. 
A Berlin dispatch of the llth says that Under 
Foreign Secretary Thile has sent, a note to Baron 
de Wr-rthor, the Prussian Minister to Austria, to 
communicate to liaron Beust, containing a refu¬ 
tation of his allegations that the treaty of Prus¬ 
sia with the South German States disturbs tho 
t reaty of Prague and the relations between Aus- 
trlaund Prussia, lie desires Bat on Boust topub- 
lish the proofs of his assertion. 
The North and South German States have 
agreed on common action regarding tho Ecu- 
f ietucal Council if resolutions tending to threat- 
n the pence of Europe should be introduced by 
that body. 
The Vienna Press condem u 1 he note sent by tho 
Prussian Government denying You Ernst's as¬ 
sertion in respect to his endeavors to promote 
amity. 
It has been thought, advisable in Austria, ow¬ 
ing to t he preset!t aspect of affai rs> not to reduce 
the army. 
The Austrian Government has resolved to 
Withdraw the military forces on the frontiers. 
Paraguay. 
The news by Atlantic cable is to the effeetthat 
Lopez had captured the town of Procure and a 
Brazilian ship. His army was securely intrench¬ 
ed. The Provisional Government had been defi¬ 
nitely organized at Asuncion. 
Abyasitiia. 
Two Armenian prelates have been released 
after suffering throe years' detention. They 
were liberated through tho influence of tho 
English Government. 
Esypt. 
The River Nile is lower than it has been for 
the last one hundred and fifty years. The pros¬ 
pects of a good cotton cron are favorable. 
