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DOMESTIC NEWS. 
Waftlilngton. 
The President was absent all last week, re¬ 
cruiting at Newport, the White Mountains, and 
elsewhere. 
The following revenue nominations have been 
continued In Acting Secretary Kichurdaon 
David K. Carter as Deputy Collector and In¬ 
spector of Customs til Rochester, uud Homer J. 
Halstead as Clerk; Anson i. Adams to he tem¬ 
porary Inspector in New York Custom House, 
Frank Williams and G. K. Cook to be night In¬ 
spectors, O. M. Oole Inspector, and C. O. Venter 
Clerk in the New York Custom House. 
The records of the State Department show the 
following regarding State action on the Fif¬ 
teenth Amendment to the National Constitu¬ 
tion Complete ratification- North Carolina, 
West Virginia, Massachusetts, Wisconsin,Maine, 
Louisiana, Michigan, South Carolina, Pennsyl¬ 
vania, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida 12. De¬ 
fective ratification Kansas and Missouri - S. Re¬ 
jected in Delaware and Kentucky 
Reports from local correspondents received at 
the Department of Agriculture since the 1st Ult. 
indicate u general decline in the com crop, as 
computed with the yield of 186*. All important 
cotton growing Stales report a general improve¬ 
ment In the cotton crop since the July reports, 
and probabilities favor a considerable increase 
over that of last year. 
As shown by the books of the Treasury De¬ 
partment. t l>e reduction in clerical force has re¬ 
duced the expenses of that Department over 
fifty thousand dollars per month. It Is believed 
at the Department that in this one item nearly 
one million dollars will be saved under the re¬ 
trenchment policy which Secretary Boiilwell is 
pursuing. 
The postal sendee between the United States 
and various foreign countries results in balances 
against tin's country, except with Switzerland. 
Balances paid by the Government to the princi¬ 
pal powers are about as follows: Franco, $40,- 
000; Great Britain, $65,000; North German Union, 
$60,000; Belgium, $13,000. Those sumstho United 
States pays in coin, while only currency postage 
is charged to the people by the Government. 
Demands upon the Treasury for fractionu 
currency have called for the issue of lolly $:jqn,- 
oi)0 daily. Owing to the strike of the plate 
printers of the lhmk Note Company in New 
York. this call has not been mot for many days, 
and much Inconvenience hasiesulted. At last 
accounts the plate printers’ strike hud ended, 
and the issue M as to be equal to the demand. 
The Secretary of i lie interior has ordered that 
hereafter all Indian claims must be settled 
through the Indian Bureau. These claims in¬ 
clude bounty and pension claims of Indian 
soldiers, claims for Indian depredations, Ac. 
Secretary Bawl ins lias had another severe at¬ 
tack of hemorrhage of the lungs, by which he 
was much prostrated. He Is recovering. 
Now York. 
The Susquehanna Railroad difficulty is now 
confined solely to the courts. Messrs. Ramsay 
and Van Valkenlturgh have been examined be¬ 
fore Judge Barnard and their course apparently 
justified, and further proceedings are fora lime 
postponed. Trains are running regularly on the 
road, under cunt rolof General McQuade. Work¬ 
men in the railroad shops held a mooting at 
Albany the other day, and passed resolutions 
denouncing the Erie Railway people for attempt¬ 
ing to get possession of the roatl, and asserting' 
that Fisk offered them live dollars por day in ad¬ 
vance t o espouse his side of the quest ion. Thuy 
say they stand prepared, at any time, Without 
fee or reward, to defend the Albany and Sus- 
quehauna Road from fulling into the hands of 
unscrupulous and designing men. 
The dwelling of a Mr. Robbins, at Depauvillo, 
Jefferson county, was burned recently, and his 
wife and youngest child, a little girl five years 
old, wore burned to death before they could 
escape. 
The opening of the New York and Newburg 
Railroad was celebrated at Newburg on the 25th 
ult., in a very enthusiastic manner. A grand , 
banquet tra= served up at Moore’s Opera House, 
and after-dinner speeches were made by Judge 
Taylor, Mayor Clark, Judge MoueU, Flak, Jr., f 
and others. Trains are running regularly on the , 
new road. 
The old Rochester House, in Rochester, was i 
burned on the 2B<1 ult. It had long been oecu- < 
pied for manufacturing purposes. A lumber j 
yard adjoining was also burned. Total loss over « 
$ 00 , 000 . i 
The Knights of St. Crispin turned out 2,000 , 
strong In New York City on the morning of the , 
24th ult. A picnic of the Order followed the t 
parade. 
Adam D. Logan, a lawyer, aged seventy, who 
had been laid up some time wilb paralysis, fell t 
from the fourth story to the yard or the Clarcu- f 
don Hotel, in Now York City, on the 23d ult., } 
and was instantly killed. e 
Conrad Rftiusbcrger had one m-m torn off, two j, 
ribs broken and one leg crushed in a bolt factory f 
in Buffalo a few daj-s since, and died soon after. A 
A false report of the death <?t her son at the 
bauds of anti-renters, caused the death of UMrs. 
Bigelow, m Albauy. Her nervous system re¬ 
ceived such a shock that she died of oynvul- I 
sions, although her sou’s safety was shown ha - . - 
Tito igniting of same kerosene which a clerk 1 
was drawing from a barrel, caused the burning 8 
of a grooery in Binghamton on the evening of 1 
the21stult., and the damaging of other build¬ 
ings. ^ 
The hotel of John H. Moore, In the village of P 
Claverack, was destroyed by fire on the 24th ult. £ 
Loss $6,000. 2 
The inspectors of the State prisons had a con¬ 
sultation with the committee from the Prison k 
Association at Albauy, last week, as to the prop- 
er mode of punishing rofaetory convicts, in view 
of the recent revolt at Sing Sing. Various ^ 
methods of punishment Were suggested, but ^ 
without taking any definite action on the suit- Tl 
joct. the meeting was adjourned till October, to ° 
meet at Sing Sing. 
A passenger train on tbo Albany and Susque- 2< 
hunnu Railroad ran over a span of horses near c> 
Emmou’s Station, killing them, nnd throwing 
the entire t rain off the track. The locomotive ei 
was badly damaged, but no lives lost. oi 
The State Convention of L’uiverbalists eon- l* 
veiled at the Uni verbalists church in Watertown tl 
last week. About fifty delegates were present, tc 
Rev. J.G. Bartholomew was elected President, ui 
j Mrs. John Ferry, wife of a butcher at Char¬ 
lotte, threw herself into the Genesee Itiver oue 
day last week, in u lit of insanity, and was 
drowned. 
A committee from the National Labor Con¬ 
gress paid a visit to Peter Cooper in New York 
City on the 24th, and received assurances of his 
hearty sympathy with their purposes and prin¬ 
ciples. 
The great annual camp meeting at Sing Sing 
last week was largely attended. Over three 
hundred tents were occupied. A large number 
of the most eloquent divines of the Methodist 
denomination were present, and the mooting 
was in every respect a notable one. 
New Hampshire. 
I President Grant and family arrived at Con- 
f cord from Newport on the 25th ult. The Presi¬ 
dent was formally welcomed by .Gov. Stearns, 
on behalf of the State, and by the Mayor on 
behalf of the city. The patty left on the same 
evening for the White Mountains. 
Jill **it ell il sett ft. 
The Social Science Association w as in session 
at Salem lust week. Papers were read on the 
Solar Eclipse, as seen by Prof. G. W, Hough at 
Mattoon, Ill., and others. 
The immense camp meeting at Martha’s Vine¬ 
yard came to an end lust week. It is estimuted 
i that on Sunday the Rid ult., 25,000 people were in 
and near the grove, many thousands paying rev¬ 
erent- heed to the dotation . Jo the afternoon 
of that <hiy there was a children’s meeting, at 
which Gov. Claflin presided. 
The Democrats of Massachusetts, assembled at 
Worcester last week, rc-nominutod J. Q, Adams 
of Quincy, for Governor. 
The eighth annual Convention of the Fenian 
Brotherhood was held in New York City last 
week. The proceedings were mainly secret. 
A man by the name of Jenkins rlskod his life j 
on the 25th ult., by crossing tin- Niagara River, j 
below the Falls, on a \ ejocipedo. A large crowd 
was in attendance. 
Navigation on the Eric Canal was suspended 
for a day or two last week, by a breach in the 
Genesee feeder at Roeimstcr, 
About forty feet of the New York State arse¬ 
nal at Buffalo fell a few days since, carrying 
With it thirty thousand rounds of ammunition. 
The keeper of the arsenal had a narrow escape, 
being under that part of the building u moment 
before the disaster. 
Two men were run over and killed by a pass¬ 
ing train on the Hudson River Railroad, near 
Milton Ferry, on the night of the 21st. 
During a severe thunder storm in Rochester 
ou the 25th ult. lightningst ruck i n several places. 
Two churches were slightly damaged thereby, 
and a tree in the yard of a Ihird w as torn up. 
ltliodc Island. 
A woman .Suffrage Convention was organized 
at Newport on the 25t.h ult. Mrs. Stanton made 
a speech, Which included her usual arguments. 
Letters from Whittier, Mrs. Stowe and a Quaker 
lady were read. Mrs. Hooker spoke briefly, af¬ 
ter which Mrs. Davis introduced a series of reso¬ 
lutions eulogizing Mr. and Mrs. John Stuart, 
Mill ami Margaret Fuller, and appointing a con¬ 
vention to be held at Philadelphia on the 18th, 
19th and 20th of October, 1870- Mr. Tilton was 
then introduced, and spoke at length lq advo¬ 
cacy of the cause. Mrs. Stanton followed, nnd 
in referring to Mrs. Stowe, defended her action 
in the Byron article. 
were present, in rank ranging from Brigadler- 
Generais down to Majors, and one rebel staff 
officer. Gen. Robert F.. Lee sent a letter de¬ 
clining to be present, as did his son, Gen. Fitz- 
; bugb Lee, intimating that the reunion was not 
calculated to cement peace and good will be¬ 
tween the North and South, 
A young man named Key, son of a real estate 
agent in Philadelphia, shot and killed his father 
on the 24th ult. The murderer has been some¬ 
time insane. 
Virginia. 
Gen. Canby lias decided that a twelve-month 
residence Is necessary as a qualification to Sena¬ 
tors and members of tbo Virginia House of Del¬ 
egates. 
Two colored men, who recently committed an 
outrage on a young white- woman on the Orange, 
Alexandria and Muaamas Railroad, were lynched 
at Front Royal on the Iflt.h ult. 
Georgia. 
A negro man in Atlanta, ps been fined fifty 
dollars, or six months’ service in the chain gang, 
for marrying a white woman. 
JliftftlftMippl. 
Gen. Ames directs the Commissioner of Mili¬ 
tary Posts in Mississippi not to obey in thcfut.ure 
any writ of habeas corpus Issued by the United 
Htates District Court, or Circuit Court, or any 
made by such Court for the release of prisoners 
in their custody'. Should such a writ of order 
lie served, they must report the fact by tele¬ 
graph. 
The political canvass has opened in earnest. 
.1. E. Williams, Conservative colored orator from 
Ten 1168800 ,and S. W. Mannu, colored, of Virginia, 
are hard at work for I he Conservatives. Judges 
Jeffords and Williams have published their lists 
of appointments to address the people. 
Tonncftftee. 
Two men, one white tiud one black, were hung 
in Memphis on the 20th ult., for murder. 
Tlie President of the First National "Bank of 
Memphis, Geo. R. Ritter, has been arrested, 
charged wit h embezzling $600,000 of the Tennes¬ 
see State school fund. 
Ohio. 
thirty or forty days. The Indians killed several 
hundred buffaloes the past week within ten 
miles of this place.” 
Arizona Indians attacked a mail rider and his 
guard while on the route with the mail from 
Prescott, July 17th, resulting in the killing of 
two soldiers, severe wounding of the rider and 
the loss of the mall. The latter contained about 
$18,000 in mouey, and quite a number of regis¬ 
tered letters. The Indians numbered between 
forty and fifty. 
The Omaha Republican says there are Indica¬ 
tions that a general war with the Black feet In¬ 
dians is inevitable, nnd there is great excitement 
throughout Montana, caused by their recent 
hostile demonstrations. The Blackfacts are a 
powerful tribe, and have hitherto been peaceful. 
A party of Indians attacked Dougherty's Gov- 
eminent surveying party, on the south side of 
the Platte, below Alkali station, on the 22d ult., 
and succcedid in capturing the entire outfit. 
The men reached North Platte safely. 
The Cte and Apache Indians at. Cimarron 
(New Mexico) Agency are opposed td going 
upon the reservation set apart for their use, and 
most of them have left the agency. It is feared 
that they are endeavoring to arouse other tribes 
to join them in a consolidated resistance to the 
Government. 
Dominion of fnnnda. 
Prince Arthur arrived at Halifax in the 
steamer City of Paris, and was tendered a roost 
enthusiastic reception on the 24th ult. An Im¬ 
mense concourse assembled nt the dock yard, 
and, as the prince landed from the Admiral's 
barge, ho was greeted with the cheers of the 
multitude, bands of me le und salvos of artil¬ 
lery. Many distinguished citizens paid him 
honor, and he was publicly welcomed in nn ap¬ 
propriate* address by the Mayor, to which he 
read n written response. The procession of 
militia, firemen and societies then moved 
through the streets to the Government House, 
when the Prince reviewed it and then retired. 
The city was illuminated «t night. 
A lunar rainbow of remarkable beauty was 
seen at Loudon on the night of the 24th ult., 
when the sky was perfectly clem-. 
a screw frigate, sinking her almost instantly. 
Sixteen of the frigate's crew were drowned. 
Spain. 
The Madrid correspondence of the Indcpcnd- 
Brlgr says"Nothing is changed. The 
situation is the same. Armed bands still trav¬ 
erse the provinces. Znvariego* continues at the 
head of the force which was reported dispersed 
and destroyed eouio time ago.” 
A Paris dispatch says that, the united Carlist 
bands under Galindo, Sales, Rielc, and Rocher 
buve been defeated in the province of Castillon 
do la Plana, Valencia. Galindo and Rocher 
were taken prisoners, and a number were killed. 
Marshal Serrano, Regent of Spain, has return¬ 
ed to the capital. The Co. Gists continue to suffer 
defeats, according to the reports from Spain. 
Tbo Logrouo barracks were burned dow n on 
Sunday night. General Savariegos, the Carlist 
chieftain, lias reappeared in Spain. 
Dissensions among the Ministry are increas¬ 
ing. Admiral Topote threatened to resign if 
Zoriila persists in his severity towards the Bish¬ 
ops. 
The Republicans have petitioned the Govern¬ 
ment for better food and better quartersfor the 
Carlist prisoners. 
Cuba. 
Advices from Havana to the 26th ult. stated 
that a battalion of volun teers hod been enlisted 
for active service in the field, composed of six 
companies of whites and two companies of 
colored men, and that volunteer regiments 
would be formed to act as a reserve, and would 
take the place of tho volunteer* already en¬ 
listed on going to the field. 
A party of insurgents lately attacked the town 
of Bando, in the Central Department, but were 
repulsed. 
Germany. 
A concession for laying a new Atlantic cable 
between Germany and this country has been 
granted by Count Bismarck, tbo Chancellor of 
the North German Bund, to Count Oscar Re idl¬ 
er i bach, Dr. Adolph Lasard, both of Berlin; 
James Lyster O'Bcirne, M. P-, and J. George 
Cook of London. It Is dated March 12,1860, and 
provides for the laying of a submarine cable be- 
, ... jiiti ruins ui ' ouuuu na>e rucunuy uceu very 
The candidate of the temperance men for the , aud M , verul ruilmtd judges in the viein- 
Goveroorsh p, J. E. Ingeraoll, has withdrawn 1(yof Montreal have been washed away, 
from the field. 
The rains In Canada have recently been very i tween North Germany and the United States, 
javy, and several railroad bridges in the viclri- t he landing of t hat cablo at a suitable point of 
y of Montreal have been washed away. the North Germau coast on the North Sea, and 
During a recent circus and menagerie exhibi¬ 
tion in Dayton u violent storm arose, aud despite 
I lie great efforts to prevent it tho loose tent was 
torn from its fastenings and thrown to the 
ground, upselling in its fall two of the wagons 
containing wild beasts. A panic instantly en¬ 
sued among the erow-d present, and in tho rush 
to escape a large number of persons were severo- 
ly injured. 
Indiana. 
A freight train ou the Jeffersonville road 
broke through a bridge three miles from In- 
diuuapolis, on the 24th ult., and thirteen freight 
cox's were wrecked. 
Connecticut. 
A meeting of the Universal Peace Union was 
held at Mystic on the 30th ult. Numerous 
speeches were made nnd resolutions adopted 
denouncing all war as unwise nnd unchristian, 
aud calling upon governments to disband their 
armies and settle all disputes in a peaceable 
manner. A memorial protostmg against tho 
enlargement of the West Point Military Acade¬ 
my was circulated, und signed by nearly all 
present. 
A Mrs. McGuire had her throat cut at Hart¬ 
ford ou theJSSd ujt. by her husband. The mur¬ 
derer is still at largo. 
Now Jersey, 
Three young persons from Philadelphia,— 
Burton Stout, -Miss Annie Rogers and Miss Mar¬ 
tha Hunter,—were drowned at Atlantic City on 
tlic 25th ult., while bathing. The bodies were re¬ 
covered. There was hut little surf, and the tide 
was down. 
Tho National Educational Convention as¬ 
sembled at Trenton ou the lflih ult. It was com¬ 
posed of the impoi'tant educational bodies 
know n as the National Superintendents' Associa¬ 
tion, the American Normal School Association, 
and the National Teachers' Association. The 
first of thoso organizations first assembled, and 
Superintendent Hulkley of Brooklyn delivered 
the annual address. Various Papers of interest 
were read. This body ndjou d on the 17th 
ult.., and yielded to the Normal chool Associa¬ 
tion, which discussed a numb of practical 
papers. TheConventiou proper w as very large¬ 
ly attended, aud characterized by much en¬ 
thusiasm. Among the more important addi'essea 
and papers were an address by Maj.-Gen. O. O. 
Howard, on "The work of Education in the 
South, particularly among the Freedmen," aud 
a paper by Catherine E. Beecher on “Something 
for Women better than the Ballot.’’ Tho Con¬ 
vention concluded its sessions on the 20th ult. 
IIlinoiM. 
Four cases of sun-stroke occurred in Quincy 
OH til6 25th ult. 
A wornau and one child were burned to death 
in Chicago one night last, week by the explosion 
of a kerosene e»tt, tlio contents of which her 
husband was frpuwng on a fire to make it burn. 
The ltalluii8 off the United States met In con¬ 
vention at Chicago on tho 36th nit. Delegates 
were present from all parts of the country. 
IHIchlgan. 
A boy twelve years old. bathing near a mill 
dam at Niles, recently, dived down, but did 
not come up. Search was made, and he was 
found fast under tbo root of a tree. 
Mrs. Harriett L. Hunter, Postmistress of Deer¬ 
field, for forty years, has Just been removed. 
She has lost two husbands during her term of 
office, and tho townspeople are indignant at her 
losing the office too. 
Tho great salt basin has been tapped at a depth 
of 1,125 feet at Alpena, aud the brine received is 
eighty per cent. Several new welis are being dug. 
jffiMonrl. 
Coal has been discovered in thirty counties 
of Missouri. St. Louis county alone has one 
hundred and sixty square miles of coal. The 
coal deposits of the State arc estimated at 26,887 
square miles. 
The steamers Evening Star and War Eagle 
were burned at the levee at St. Louis on the 2Uh. 
St. Louis has called a National Convention of 
four delegates at largo from each State aud two 
from each Congressional District, to meet in 
that city on the 20th of October, to ngitate lu 
favor of a removal of the Federal Metropolis 
“from Washington to the Mississippi Valley, ’* 
meaning, of course, St. Louis. 
A young married woman, who recently came 
in possession of $38,000, left St. Joseph a few 
dayB ago, with the supposed intention of joining 
a young man who left the city ou the same day. 
The woman took her greenbacks with her, und 
the husband has started in pursuit. 
tty of Montreal have boon washed away. 
South America. 
A letter from Buenos A>tv8 , dated July 14, 
said that Minister McMahon had arrived there 
on his way home. On withdrawing from Para¬ 
guay he presented Lopez a most cordial letter 
from President Grant, and received a speech in 
reply full of flattering protestations. A council 
of war among the allied generals had decided 
upon an advance upon Lopez. 
Later news has been received at Lisbon by 
way of steamer from Rio Janeiro. On the 28th 
of July Lopez wav al Asuncion, lie hod plenty 
Of provisions,but was slan t of arms und ammu¬ 
nition und other war material. Tho allied army 
hud marched on and captured Villa Rica, and 
were preparing to storm Asuncion. Bnrreiro 
was likely to become President at Asuncion. 
Mexico. 
Advices to the 14th uit. said Placido was mov¬ 
ing on Guadalajara with 1.000 men. A train on 
the Vera Cruz Ra iiroad was attacked near Parras 
and plundered of $50,000. It was rumored that 
the insurgents tiad captured Tampico. 
President .1 uarez having extended an invita¬ 
tion to cx-Secretary Seward aud family to visit 
the Mexican Republic, which has been accepted, 
the venerable diplomat, is expected hero in a 
short time. Ho will be feted and entertained in 
the most sumptuous manner. The party will 
pass entirely through the Republic. 
Ilaytl. 
A letter from Port au Prince, dated Aug. 10, 
says Rill nave was still investing Aux Cayes. The 
rebel war steamers Quaker City and Florida, 
now called respectively Republic and Mont Or¬ 
ganize. were bombarding Gonaivcs. It was 
thought the town would bo captured. There 
were no provisions at Cape Haytien, and per¬ 
sons were reported to be dying of starvation. 
the construction of ail appliances required for 
working the cable, which Is to be completed 
within two years. 
Turkey. 
A complete reconciliation has been effected 
between the Sultan ftud the Viceroy of Egypt. 
A conflagration at Janltm has destroyed tho 
business part of tho town. Thirteen hundred 
storesand three hundred dwelling houses are in 
ruins. 
The JndcpetuUvicc Beige has information that 
the Khedive of Egypt is shortly expected at 
Constantinople. The Sultan Is preparing to ex¬ 
tend him a grand reception. Tbo complete re¬ 
conciliation of Ismail Pasha and the Sublime 
Porte is an accomplished fact, and tho Egyptian 
question is over. 
CJtinn. 
A dispatch from Hong Kong dated August 3 
says the Pekin Government refuses to ratify tho 
convention concluded by Mr. Burllngamo and 
the Chinese Embassy with the United States. 
Mr, J. Boss Browne, late American Minister to 
China, in reply to an address of the British and 
American residents in Shanghai, denounced Mr. 
Burlingame's poiicy, and said he considered it 
an evidence of the Chinese disiuclination for 
progress. He declared the establishment of 
foreign relations with Chinn on a basis of equal¬ 
ity impossible at present, and thought the yield¬ 
ing attitude of the foreign powers would tend 
to produce war, as revelations lately made 
proved the mistaken nature of the British 
policy. 
Greece. 
All tho Grcok embassies, with the exception 
of that at Constantinople, arc to bo abolished. 
The Greek army is to be i educed and the navy 
disarmed. 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
SPECIAL NOTICES, 
Great Britain. 
The great international boat race took place 
on the Thames at 5 P. M. of the 27th ult., ami 
was the occasion of intense excitement. The 
Oxfords won by six seconds only, coming in 
three bottL lengths ahead of the Hnrvards. It 
CARTER’S IMPROVED DITCHING 
MACHINE. 
This invention is destined to supply a great want, 
hi which ditches can be cut nt less expense than in 
the usual manner, and comes before the public high¬ 
ly recommended. It was tried last seuaon on Mr. 
Leslie s farm, near Toronto, Ontario, and earned 
was the closest contest ever witnessed in English ° f lb ? pra ^ leal muu preBeut ’ M 
. rm it i . . . , well us flattering notices from toe press, 
waters. Tho Harvurds rowed n an American- i Tbls maclnue wllJ b0 exhibited at the New York. 
Texas. 
Pennsylvania. 
Not a drop of rain has fallen in the vicinity of 
Philadelphia sinoo tho large fire a few weeks 
sinoe, and great drouth prevails. The Schuylkill 
lliver is neurly dried up. The City Council has 
appropriated $25,000 to aid tho families of desti¬ 
tute boatmen. 
A large tour-story building on the corner of 
Ninth and Wallace streets, Philadelphia, occu¬ 
pied in the manufacture of woolen yam, to¬ 
gether .vith four dwellings, were burned on the 
24th ult. Loss $100,000. 
A bullock, maddened by the smell of blood, 
killed two men in the streets of Newton, re¬ 
cently. 
The National Labor Congress, at its session in 
Philadelphia on the 21st ult., elected R. Trevai- 
lick President. A resolution was adopted for 
the contribution of five cents each by members 
of the labor organizations, to defray expenses. 
By a collision on the Reading Railroad on the 
26th ult. above Morristown, nearly a hundred 
c-oul cars were demolished, and two men killed. 
A reunion of the officers of the two nrmies 
engaged In the memorable battle of Gettysburg, 
occurred at Gettysburg last weeL, the purpose 
being to define the various positions occupied by 
the opposing forces during the conflict. The at¬ 
tendance was not large. At the initial meeting 
on Monday evening, about thirty Union officers 
The war with the Texas Regulators is progress¬ 
ing. and at lost accounts tho belligerent parties 
over one hundred strong each, were in battle 
array, and a battle was anticipated. During the 
past six weeks there have been twenty murders 
in one county, and it is 6aid the press, with few 
exceptions, eadeavor to mitigate the ontrages 
by a ooncealment of the facts. 
Montana Territory. 
Malcolm Clark, au old ranchman near Hele¬ 
na City, was killed by Indians a few days since. 
Mr. Clark was extensively engaged in the herd¬ 
ing business, and his entire herd was recently 
stolen from him, as was supposed, by Indians, 
and bis murdc-r now by the red skins is believed 
to have grown out of his efforts to recover his 
stock. 
The Indians. 
Under date of the 21st ult., Wm. E. Dodge 
telegraphed from Camp Supply, Indian Terri¬ 
tory, as follows:—“ We have tewlay had a most 
important meeting with the Cheyennes and Arn- 
pahoes. A large number of chiefs were present, 
and full two thousand men, women and children 
on ponies ourside. 1 Medicine Arrow,’ for the 
Cheyennes, and ‘Little Room’ for the Arapa- 
hoos, made excellent peace speeches. The coun¬ 
cil lasted two hours, and Its results we consider 
most favorable for our object. It was a most 
imposing and interesting sight- We are now 
two thousand miles from home, living in tents. 
SYe 6tart to-morrow for Medicine Bluffs, Witch- 
law Mountains. Some two hundred miles from 
there wo turn east, passing through the entire 
Indian Reservation, and hooe to reach home in 
waters. Tho Harvurds rowed in an American- 
made boat, and In their own stylo. The race was 
a fair oue. though one of the Harvard boys was 
hardly iu rowing condition. 
A new telegraphic cable, on Varley’s princi¬ 
ple, is projected rroin Ireland to America. 
Rear Admiral Henry Cbads has been appoint¬ 
ed to thocommand of the English Pacific squad¬ 
ron, vice Admiral Geo. F. Hastings. 
It is the general impression that a continuance 
of the late dry weather has been of immense 
service to the crops. Much corn has already 
been gathered. Copious rains, which fell some 
time ago, though they delayed, did not damage 
New Jersey and Ohio State Fairs for 1869. For par¬ 
ticulars, address 
RENNIE & WHITESIDE, Toronto. Ontario. 
;bc ifttarhcts. 
MONEY AND STOCK MARKET. 
The London Times says that Canada has the 
institutions of a great power, and it is a fair 
subject of inquiry whether she may not assume 
her appropriate position. 
France. 
A Paris dispatch says official news of the am¬ 
nesty of the French exiles has been received 
with unequivocal demonstrations of gratitude 
and sympathy toward Napoleon and the Govern¬ 
ment. 
A colliery explosion occurred at Firminy, six 
miles from 8t. Etienne, on the 24th ult., whereby 
fourteen persons lost their lives. 
The Journal Offlcitl states that tho recent am¬ 
nesty granted by the Emperor does not extend 
to those who have been convicted of au attempt 
to take the life of the Emperor, or that of any 
other political person. 
The France, an imperial paper of Paris, lately 
had an article ou Spain, Cuba and the United 
States. The selling of Cuba to America is the 
only way, it oontended, to settle the Cuban dif¬ 
ficulty. 
TheEmpress has abandoned her contemplated 
journey to Jerusalem, nndhassuddenly returned 
to France. 
Russia. 
A violent storm visited the harbor of Cron- 
stadt on the 23d ult. During the tempest a mon¬ 
itor broke loose from her anchorage and ran into 
new York. August 28,1869. 
The money market yesterday was easy to borrow¬ 
ers on call, who readily met their requirements at 7 
per cent, on ordinary collateral. Transactions in 
gold were very large, and the market was considera¬ 
bly excited. 
The dally fluctuations of gold during the week hare 
been as follows : 
Opening. Lowest. Highest. Clow. 
Saturday. m 131R 132>s 131V 
Monday.ISBf 132% 132.‘{ 
Tuesday.W2J4 132* 133K 133jtf 
Wednesday....133>l 13133& 1332* 
Thursday.133'* 132),' 134 13214 
Friday.I32ji 1.32'Jr vuor mu 
Offd. AUd. 
B. S. «’s, 81 e... — — 
U. S. 5-2US. '81. -123* 123* 
U. 8. 5-2(ls c. ‘>'2.123!*' 123& 
U. S. 5-20sc. .122;; 122& 
Ofl'd. Ae d. 
U.S. 5-20a,n.,’66.12Wf 120tf 
L\ 8.5-2us.c. '67.121 121X 
U. 8. 5-208 C. 68.120V 121 
U.S. 10-108. ...113)4 115* 
U. 3. 5-20.se. >4.122k 122V I U. S. 10-108. . .115)4 11554 
0. 3.5-306 c. 65.122“* m* i 80-year cur Pao.BOV UOtf 
The stock quotations at 1 o'clock tnis alternoon 
were. 
Off’d. Ask'd. I Offd. Ask'd. 
Cumberland_31 35)4 Alton & T. H... — — 
W. K. A Co. Ex. 18)4 19)4 : Alton * T.U.pf. — - 
American Ex... 36 37 Wabash & W.,.. — — 
Adams Ex. 56 56V Wabash A W. pf — — 
U.S. Ex. 63)4 - Toledo & VV — — - 
Mer. Union Ex.. — — | Toledo 2c W. pi. — — 
Otilekstiver. 13 15 Mil. A St. Paul.. 77Y — 
Canton Co. - 60 iM.it St. Paul pf. - HD) 
Pacific Mull_ 80)4 80*4 i Ohio A Miss. W 
West. V. Tel.. 37 37)*' I MieU. Cent. , ;«) 
N, Y. Cen.200V 201 Mich. South.1)6 WgW 
Erie. — — 1111. Cent . W K 
Erie pref.— — 
Hudson River .182)4 183 
llariem. .,159 — 
Ohio AMIss. • '2*4 32)4 
Mich. Cent -- 130 
Mich. South.h"> W6K 
re 
Clev, & Pitts... l>“.“>4 I'M 
Clev Col JtCln.. 
Rock Island,.. IRk 1H.K 
C. k S. Western a3=i S3)< 
Harlem pref.... — — C. AN. Western V'i gjM 
Reading.95M 95V O. & N. W’rn pf 95W 
Chic, & Alton...154v: 154V Boston W. P.. . L* — 
Chic, k Alt,, pf. 155V — Mariposa. 
N. J. Central. ...106)6 106)4 Mariposa pret 
Chic. R I & Pac. - Fort Wayne... 
ayne.88X 89 
