jlelUS of tl)£ Ottlcth. 
DOMESTIC NEWS. 
XYiinliiimton. 
EXTENDING THE POSTAL MONEY ORDER SYSTEM. 
The Convention for the interchange of postal 
money oi’ders between Great. Britain and the 
United States, having been duly ratified, will go 
into effect on the 2d day of October next, and 
the Post-Office Department has now completed 
preliminary arrangements for it* practical oper¬ 
ation. Of the 2,465 money order offices of ibis 
country. .170 have been authorized to issue postal 
orders on the Postmaster at New York city, for 
payment in the United Kingdom of Great Brit¬ 
ain and Ireland, and to pay orders issued by him 
for sums certified by the Post-Office Department 
ol’ that country for payment in the United 
States. These offices have been selected in all 
the States and Territories, with a view of accom¬ 
modating the localities where the greatest num¬ 
ber of such foreigners reside as will be likely to 
make uso of them. All exchanges arc to be 
made through the two Govern men t exchange 
offices in New York and London. In this coun¬ 
try. applications cau be made only for the equiv¬ 
alent in sterling of a certain sum of money in 
United States currency, which latter amount, 
being deposited at the local office, is transmitted 
to New York, and t here converted into a postal 
sterling draft, at the current rate for gold, on 
the day of its receipt. This draft is made paya¬ 
ble by the British authorities in any designated 
locality of the Kingdom. No single order will 
be issued for more than *50, but persons desiring 
to remit larger sums can obtain additional mon¬ 
ey orders. The rates of commission on these 
money orders will bo as follows: 
On orders not exceeding $10...$ 2ft 
Over sin and nut exceeding $20... mi 
Over $20 and not. exceeding $30..... 70 
Over $30 and not exeeedtnir $ 10 . ... 1 on 
Over $40 .-old not. exceeding $50.... 1 26 
RELATIVE VALVE OF ENGLISH AND AMERICAN 
COIN. 
Aug. 13. In addition to the detail- already 
given in rotation to the convention lor the in¬ 
terchange of postal money orders between 
Great Britain and the United States, on theSd 
of October next, it. may be further stated that 
in the convention of the currencies of the two 
countries the pound sterling oT Great ItrilAin is 
to be considered as equivalent to $1.8G of gold 
coin of the United States. The value in United 
States paper currency of money orders, drawn 
in Great Britain and accepted by the Exchange 
Office of Now York, is to be determined at New 
York in accordance with (ho current premium 
on gold on the day of their receipt, in the same 
manner that the gold value of currency deposits 
for money orders on Great Britain is to tie de¬ 
termined in the same city. Although, as pre¬ 
viously stated, the convention places no restric¬ 
tion upon the number of the international 
money orders that may bo purchased by one 
person, it Is quite certain that the post-office 
will, In case undue advantage is taken of the 
system, issue instructions to postmasters limit¬ 
ing the amount of money thus irimsferablo b.v 
one person daily, the purpose of the convention 
being to afford facilities lor the transmission of 
small amounts and not. to supplant the ordinary 
commercial methods of remittance and ex¬ 
change by means of bankers' drafts. 
MB. ADAMS' COMMISSION SIGNED. 
Aug. 13.—The commission of Charles Francis 
Adams as arbitrator under the Treaty of Wash¬ 
ington, was signed by the Secretary of State, at 
Long Branch, mid sent to the State Depart meat, 
and was forwarded hence to Mr. Adams, yester¬ 
day. 
THE FOUR-AND-A-n ALF PER CENTS. WITH DRAWN. 
Washington, Aug. 14.—The Secretary of the 
Treasury to-day issued the following circular: 
Treasury Department, I 
Washington, D. C., Aug. 14.1671.) 
Gentlemen : 1 have deemed it advisable up¬ 
on further consideration to withdraw the loan, 
for the pn>eni, from the niarUei. with the o.v- 
Ceplion of the 6 per cent.bonds, as offered in the 
National Banks by the circular letter Of the 
Secretary of the Treasury, daled 10ih Inst. This 
communication relates to the 4 per cunt, aiifl the 
•ik' per cent nnnds in the combination wiili 
life 5 per cent, bonds. Very respectfully. 
Geo. S. IlotrrwELL, Sec'y of ihe Treasury. 
To agents designated by Ilia Secretary of Ihe 
Treasury to negotiate the new loan. 
THE NATIONAL BALANt E SHEET. 
Aug. 14. - Receipts and expenditures by war¬ 
rants for the fiscal year ending June 30: 
NET RECEIPTS. 
From Customs.$206,270,408 05 
Internal Revenue. 143,ii9H,lf>3 08 
Sales tit public lauds. 3,888.646 68 
Miscellaneous sources. 31,666,736 53 
Total net r&vonue. $.'J83.:i23,9l4 89 
Balance in the Treasury J unc 30,1S70— 149,505.8:7 78 
Total....$632,829,812 67 
NET EXPENDITURES. 
For civil and miscellaneous..? 69.198.710 97 
War fie part III eat. TjeftO'.itll Vi 
Navy Department.. 19,<ol 027 $1 
Indians anu pensions .. . 41,870 892 32 
Interest of public debt . 136, 576,505 93 
Not. ordinary expenses. 
., 196,576,665 93 
. .$292,177,183 25 
Purchase of bonds for the Sinking 
Fund, Ac...,. 120.735.147 18 
Total net expenditures.$412,912,335 43 
Balanoc in the Treasury June30, lbll_ 109.917,477 24 
Total.$533,829,812 o’ 
In consequence of the change made by >,ie 
law of July 8, 1870, whereby the payment ot 
pensions was made quarterly instead of .semi¬ 
annually. the payments of the last year have 
been Increased about. *S,00G,00<» L>y the pay meat 
of an extra quarter's pension falling due within 
the year. 
Nctv York. 
Rochester, Aug. 14.- -The mystery attending 
the death of the young girl of fifteen, whose 
body was recoin ly found at the foot of a preci¬ 
pice below the falls at this place, lias been par¬ 
tially cleared up by an Important arrest. The 
story of the painful Affair, as told by three men 
who volunteered ns witnesses, was as follows: 
The girl was at a church festival in Falls Fields, 
where a large number of rough characters were 
interfering with the plcasuro of respectable peo¬ 
ple. These throe men, according to their story, 
saw the young girl go from the house through 
the yard in the rear with a young man who was 
a stranger rn them. They followed ihe couple 
to a place where the precipitous bank of the 
river is broken Into a ravine. One of these men 
says lie found them in n situation which com¬ 
promised the young girl's character. In tlio 
disturbance which followed, the girl, becoming 
j frightened, attempted to escape, but took the 
i wrong direction in the darkness, and full over 
ihe precipice. The young man with whom she 
! was found disappeared.nnd but one of thcother 
three men seemed to have courage enough to 
report the terrible accident. The police after¬ 
ward found the mangled body near the foot of 
the falls, the neck and one leg broken. 
Mayvillk, Aug. 14. — The steamer Chautau¬ 
qua, Capl. Murray, exploded her boiler this af¬ 
ternoon while wooding at Whitney's Landing, 
six miles below Mnysvlllc. Thcdend and wound¬ 
ed, so far as known, are as follows: 
/Mali— Mr*. Hopkins and daughter of Cleve¬ 
land, Ohio: Henry Cook of Corry, it colored bar¬ 
ber of the Chautauqua House; Mrs. E. C. Coch¬ 
ran of Buffalo, drowued, but her body has not 
been recovered. 
1 Founded— Mrs. Samuel Bartholomew of Port¬ 
land, N. V.; Alvin Plumb ot Westfield, N\ v. ; 
Cornelius Shaw, Mnj. Cameron, Capt. Murray of 
Jamestown,N. Y.‘, W. P. Miller, D. L. Crawford, 
Pittsburgh. Pa.; Alfred Cradle of Allegany, Pa.; 
John Bcmusof Bemns Point, F. W. Anshntz of 
Allegany, Pa.; W.C. Davis of Corry, Pa.; Idnca 
and Lizzie Ells, and Miss Hopkins of Cleveland, 
Ohio. Misses Iduea Elis ami Hopkins are dead. 
The boat Is badly wreoked. Several of the in¬ 
jured will probably die. 
The deaths caused by the explosion of the 
Wes I field Ferry boat in New York City, now 
number 101. 
OGDKN6BUHO, Aug. 16.—Baron Decamin, who 
claims to bo an ox-Catholic priest and member 
of Ihe Inquisition In France, attempted to speak 
here, last night, in denunciation of Popery, 
Ills remarks being offensive to Roman Cctholics 
present, lie was violently assaulted and the 
meeting broken up. He wag carried away in a 
carriage, guarded by police. He is advertised 
to speak again to-night, when it is probable lie 
will be sufficiently protected. Thomas Daly, a 
railroad contractor, led the mob of Irishmen 
who made the attack on the Baron. The hall 
which the Baron has engaged to lecture in this 
evening, and for which ho had paid, lias been 
refused him. Great excitement exists in con- 
seque non. 
I lion, Herkimer Go,. Aug. 16.—One of the 
most terrible tragedies ever enacted in Central 
New York occurred at East Frankfort, in this 
comity.<m Monday night. A gray-headed man, 
64 years of age, Dyer Pangburn, murdered his 
wife, who was about 44 years old, in the kitchen 
of Ibcirnwn house. Avithu heavy potato-masher, 
literally crushing in the left side of her head so 
that the bruin oozed out. Ho l hen went, to a 
burn on the same premises, and deliberately 
hung himself. 
Joseph Mcssncr was executed in the jail yard, 
iu the city of Rochester, on the 11th iust., for 
the murder of Ills wife in April, 1868. Ho died 
with scarcely a struggle. He mudea full con¬ 
fession of his guilt. 
The lumber yard of Alexander Prentice & 
Son. at Chatlotto, Monroe Co., lias been seized 
by the United States Marshal for un alleged vio¬ 
lation of the Custom laws by entering lumber 
under value. The stock of lumber consists of 
700.000 feet. 
Jlassacliusctta. 
As Mrs Benjamin Burdin of Wellington was 
examining a bill of early potatoes on the 5th 
Inst.. she disco ve nod several bugs upon the vines, 
one of which flew near to her face, nnd at the 
moment she lelt. something strike upon the tip 
of her tongue which felt like a drop of water 
Her tongue was Instantly paralyzed, and begun 
to swell very rapidly; her throat was soon swol¬ 
len and sore, her neck grew stiff, with severe 
and indescribable distress at the stomach. She 
went into the house as quickly as possible, and 
pin a spoonful of flue salt Into her mouth, but 
could not taste it. Her family doctor being ab¬ 
sent, she was obliged to send some ten miles to 
Parkmnn for a physician. At ono time before 
his arrival, her friends thought her to be dying. 
They very thoughtfully put plantain juice into 
her mouth, which gave partial relief, audon the 
arrival of the physleiau she was further relieved 
by the external and internal application of mu¬ 
riate of ammonia. She will recover. 
I’enusylvitiila. 
Pittston, Allg. 14.- AhoutOo'clock this morn¬ 
ing the minors were startled by an explosion of 
fire damp in the E.igle Shaft, about a mile from 
Pit tston, operated by Alva Tompkins. The shaft 
is some two hundred feet deep. The explosion 
was followed by a fall of the roof, in which at 
Jeast eighteen men and boys have perished. 
Ohio. 
The Cincinnati Enquirer, Aug. 9. has the fol¬ 
lowing story:-In the tan-yard of Ernest Blersch, 
thirteen dogs, some grown and some half-grown, 
have been harbored for some time past. Fed 
upon the offal, which is plentiful and foul In 
such a place, these animals hud become fiercer 
even than their breed—a cross between the pow¬ 
erful Newfoundland and the brutal “bull"— 
would have made them. Last night at 0 o’clock 
Willie Blersch. a bright seven-year-old son of 
t he well-to-do owner of the tan-yard, and crimi¬ 
nally careless master of the hounds, left his 
grand! 1 * iher'sand started homeward, intending 
to cal lus father en route. He entered the 
tan • j unmindful or unaware that the ©tu¬ 
ple nad lefr il to the care of its night gunr- 
d; , 13 dog-hurples. Ho had nearly reached 
• center Ol the place, itffd had called for his 
at her, when long, keen fangs were thrust into 
aim fnun behind, and he was dragged by a large 
dog literally into tlio loft of one of the sheds, 
other dogs coming lo the assistance of their fel¬ 
low. At tlie taste of hlood the fierceness of the 
huge mongrels caught fire. The boy was dragged 
again down the steps, and rolled in the filth of 
the yard until all semblance of humanity lind 
left him. Black, bleeding and dying, ho bi ill 
clung with Ids face downward in the earth with 
the energy of despair. It was at lids moment 
Hint the neighbors became awnro of what was 
transpiring. A bold man sprang over the fence 
to the rescue, but was immediately driven out 
by ihe now maddened and terrible dogs. The 
mon went in with pitchforks, and people driving 
on the avenue stopped nnd went to the rescue 
with knives and pistols. It was brief and bloody 
work. The dogs were slain to the last puppy, 
hut not before a strong man had carried what 
was left of Willie to his grandfather’s. Here he 
was received by liis grandmother, who washed 
him to the likeness of a hoy. The flesh had 
been ehawn from Ins scalp; there were great. 
Ugly gashes iu forehead, cheeks and lips. Great 
pieces of skin nlid flesh hung from the hack of 
Ids head. Ghastly holes, their edges lacerated 
with tooih merits, were under his arms; legs 
and other tender parts of his body bore wounds 
beyond description. And yet he lived. No vital 
lmd been reached. He could even tell brokenly 
bow the attack had begun. 
IlllllOiM, 
CnrcAGO, Aug. 13.—The Rev. Elkan Herzman, 
pastor of the Fifth Avenue Synagogue, hav ing 
failed to comply with the regulations requiring 
all Israelites to fast strictly one day during the 
past, week, l>y eating Ice cream, the congrega¬ 
tion are determined to remove lum. This 
morning another Rabbi occupied bis desk and 
an affray ensued, during which ono of the load¬ 
ing officers of the church seized Mr. Herzmati, 
divesting him or his sacerdotal robes, and con¬ 
ducted him to the door with instructions to 
leave, threatening to kick him out if he return¬ 
ed. Herzman complained at Police Headquar¬ 
ters, lint, was informed that, (hey could do noth¬ 
ing. He threatens to prosecute for ono year’s 
salary and assault. 
The wife of the Hon. Richard Yates has sued 
for a divorce, and a grand jury in that State has 
indicted the ex-Senutor for adultery. 
Indiana. 
Indianapolis, Aug. 15.—The details of what 
is assorted to be a gigautie land robbery have 
just come to light here. At the last session of 
the Legislature an act was passed providing for 
the drainage of wet lands along the Kankakee 
River, and authorizing a company to be formed 
with authority to assess Ihe lands for the cost of 
drainage. A company was formed, composed 
of Wall St., (Sew York) capitalists, who matured 
plana for forcing the present owners of ihohind 
into payment, of assessments amounting in 
many cases to more than the value of i ho lands, 
and in the aggregate over lour millions of dol¬ 
lars. Six hundred thousand acres of land iu , 
Lake, Newton. Jasper. Lnporte. Stark, Porter . 
and St. Joseph counties, are affected by the 
scheme. Intense excitement exists in these 
counties. 
roxva, 
Keokuk. Aug. 12.- Near Eddy ville, yesterday, 
William Briggs, intending to reopen an old coal 
shaft, sent his son and daughter to dip out 
water. The son went, down a ladder and was 
suffocated by fire damp. The sister, not hear¬ 
ing him. also descended. Briggs, coming to the 
mine with his brother and a hired man, and not 
bearing Ills children, they also descended, one 
after another, making five persons, who were 
suffocated. At the last accounts but two bodies 
had been recovered. 
K n inxas, 
Gov. H arvey ot Kansas has commuted to im¬ 
prisonment for life, tlio sentence of Mrs. I calcs 
and Ford, who were to have been hanged July 
17 for the murder of Mrs. Icalcs’ husband. Judge 
and Jury refused lo sign tlio petition for the 
commutation of sentence, and there is consid¬ 
erable surprise at the Governor’s course, as the 
murderers confessed Hie crime, and there were 
uo extenuating olfeti instances. 
Tlitvnu rl. 
St. Louis, Aug. 15.—A drover named J. Thomp¬ 
son was found dead, yesterday, nine miles west 
of Springfield. He arrived at Baxter Springs, 
Kansas, recently, from Texas, with a drove of 
cattle, shipped them to his brother in Chicago, 
received the money, and started back to Texas 
Jn company with one or his employees named 
Webster. There vio three wounds iu Thump- 
soil's body. All his money, supposed to amount 
to between $2,000 and *3,000, and all his Valuables 
were stolen. It is supposed that Webster com¬ 
mitted the deed. 
&T. Louis, Aug. 12.—D. W. Sou ter, the United 
Slates Express delivery messenger, whose wagon 
was robbed recently, nnd who is under arrest 
for being Implicated In the robbery, confesses 
that he was concerned in it. He tells different 
stories ubout being approached some months 
ago hy a man whose name be conceals, and 
urged to assist in the robbery. This he resisted 
at first, but the man’s appeals were so persistent 
aud continual that, he finally yielded, and en¬ 
tered into tbe robbery with J.Scanon andTbos. 
Grady, who are also under arrest. Kendall, tbe 
driver, Uuew nothing of the affair. The person 
who planned the robbery, mid who is supposed 
to have the money, is known to the police, but 
for certain reasons he Iui9 not been arrested, 
though he is in the city. 
Norlli Carolina. 
The Hillsborough Recorder of the 9ih says: 
“ Mrs. Lydia Shanklin, probably the oldest per¬ 
son in this State, died at her residence iu this 
county on Friday last. She was about 112 years 
obi, WuS n grown woman during Hie revolu¬ 
tionary war. This good old lady attended the 
organization of Orange Presbytery at Iluwfield 
church, September, 1770, and was very anxious 
to al tend ils centennial meeting iu 1870; but the 
gay girl of 1770 found herself bowed down with 
age in 1870, and was unable to attend the meet¬ 
ing." 
Goldsboro, Aug. 14.— Incendiaries last night 
set fire to the Exchange Hotel, and two hotels, 
ten stores, outbuildings and railroad ear-sheds 
adjoining wore entirely destroyed. Loss *80,000; 
insurance *30,000. 
Texas. 
The Secretary of the Interior has received 
from tho War Dr-pan men! extracts from a let¬ 
ter of the Commanding General at the Depart¬ 
ment of Texas in relation to the removal of ihe 
Kieksipoo Indians now In Mexico, on the reser¬ 
vation north of the Red River, which further 
shows the agency of tho Mexican officials in pre¬ 
venting a return of those Indians to the United 
States and tho encouragement given to their 
depredations on this side Ihe frontier. Gen. 
Reynolds says ho has just, returned from nn 
official visit to Forts Clark and Duncan and the 
adjacent Rio Grande frontier. The people in 
iliat Stale are fully informed as to the conduct 
of t he Mexican officials in preventing the return 
of tho Kiekupoos to United Slates territory. 
They have been retained in Mexico by bribes of 
money and goods, as sot forth in the report of 
Agent Mills. The depredations <>n live stock 
continue unabated. Marauders with their stolen 
stock have been traced lime nnd again to the 
Rio Grande, and he Is informed that parties in 
pursuit tutu often see from the north side of 1 1; i 
river t.lieir slock in the possession of other par¬ 
ties, collected in convenient droves on the south 
side of the river for side or distribution to the 
interior of Mexico. 
’j'his gradual but heavy loss of property, is, 
he says, very di soon raging to the people. They 
are becoming restless, not to say desperate, nnd 
seeing thedetermination of theMexican officials 
lo retain tlie Kiekapoo Indians in Mexico, as a 
clonk for the real deeds of the Mexican people, 
they talk now quite freely of organizing them¬ 
selves into armed bands and crossing into Mexi¬ 
co to recover their stolen property. This feeling 
is universal on tho frontier since the recent de¬ 
velopments with regard to the removal of the 
Kiekapoo Indians. Tho ranchmen live from 
ten to thirty miles apart, and incursions from 
j the south side of the Rio Grande, in small par¬ 
ties, cannot be prevented by a reasonable force 
In Texas unaided by any force, civil or military, 
from the Mexican side. General Reynolds adds; 
“ It is believed that these depredations can be 
effectually and permanently stopped by pursu¬ 
ing the marauding bands into Mexico with 
troops accompanied by the owners of the stock." 
New ITJexleo. 
Washington, Aug. 16.— The Secretary of tbe 
Interior received to-day the following dispatch 
from Vincent Colyer, dated Santa Fee, New 
Mexico, Aug. 15:—“ Roving Apaches arc rapidly 
coming in. There are 1,200 at Coraudos do los 
Alamos, and 500 at Fort Stanton. Cochise has 
been heard from. Runners Inr'c been sent out 
from different points, giving the Apaches a fair 
warning that if they want peace they raustcome 
to the reservation designated. TheUtcs are se¬ 
riously discontented, and should be promptly 
attended to. The Navajoes are quiet. They 
have over 40,000 sheep, and will be self-sustain¬ 
ing in a few years. The Puebla schools are well 
attended. 
Shipping Gold hy .Hail. 
Trisa fact not generally known that all the 
gold sent East from San Francisco now comes 
through the mail bags. It is put, up it: small 
boxes, weighing hvo or three pounds, and each 
box is sent as a registered letter. Tn this way 
the cost, of transportation is about one percent, 
while the express companies charge five. Ono 
hundred thousand dollars thus passes daily 
through t^e Omaha post-office. 
E0BEIGN NEWS, 
England, 
London, Aug. 13.— Lord Chief-Justice Cock- 
burn has been appointed arbitrator for Greet 
Britain, under the Treaty of Washington. Tho 
drawing up of the case for the British Govern* 
moot has been intrusted to tho Lord Chancellor, 
with Lord Tenterdeti anti Prof, Montague Bern¬ 
ard as assistants, Sir Roundell Palmer will act 
as counsel for Great Britain before the Board of 
Arbitration. 
Tho Emperor Napoleon has declined to re¬ 
ceive an address of welcome, which it had been 
proposed to tender him,except at the expressed 
wish of the British nation. 
London, Aug. 14.—The French Government is 
reported to have requested the extradition of 
the Communists who havo taken refuge upon 
British soil,aud the reply of tbe English Cabinet 
is said to have boon a decided refusal, 
London, Aug. 15.—A easo of Asiatic cholera 
lias appeared in London, and creates an extra¬ 
ordinary sensation among the people. 
Ireland. 
London, Aug. 16.— An Immense meeting was 
held last evening iu Douudalk, Ireland, in favor 
of home rule. Fill ly 12,000 persons were present. 
The depuration of French citizens appointed 
to visit Ireland, and to thank the people of that 
country for the aid given for the relief of 
wounded French soldiers during the war with 
Prussia, has arrived. The people of Dublin nra 
wild with excitement, aud the roads leading to 
tho stopping-place of ilie Frenchmen became 
impassable because Ol' t he crowds. On Wednes¬ 
day it iffbt, the ei ty bands, t lie performers dressed 
in green, marched to the hotel where the French¬ 
men were stopping, and ployed the American. 
Irish, and French national airs, also some Fenian 
t unes. There was no Interference by the police. 
The deputation passed the Shelbor.no Hotel at 
three o'clock, and, in response to the culls of 
the people, came out on the balcony. Mr. Mar¬ 
tin, member ot Parliament, made an address to 
the crowd. The sou of Marshal McMahon also 
arrived with the deputation, aud was loudly 
cheered by the thousands of people assembled. 
His reception wus worthy ot a king. Many 
houses me illuminated to-night, and tho enthu¬ 
siasm of the peoplecoulinuesexceedingly great. 
France. 
PARIS, Aug. 18.—In the Assembly, yesterday, 
M. Rivet of ihe Left Center moved that the title 
of President of tho Republic bo conferred on 
M. Tillers; that all the powers which lie has 
heretofore exercised as Chief m the Executive 
b© prolonged for tlio perioduf throe*years; Hint 
lie bo moreover intrusted with theproiuulgution 
and execution of tlio laws; that he be author¬ 
ized to receive Embassadors; that Ids official 
residence bo at the place where the Assembly 
may sit; that he be lodged til the expense of the 
Republic, his remuneration to be fixed at a later 
date; that lie shall have tho right to appoint 
members of the Gotincll of Ministers, diplo¬ 
matic agents, and military and naval eoniioniid- 
ers; and that Ihe Ministers appointed by 1dm 
shall he responsible for their acts to the Assem¬ 
bly. M. Adnet of the extreme Right made u 
counter moliou, expressing confidence in M. 
Thiers, and continuing his present powers. M. 
Thiers, who was present, asked for a vote of 
"urgency" on both proposals, and amid great 
excitement they were declared urgent. Oppo¬ 
sition to the prolongat ion of M. Thiers’ term of 
office is, however, said to l>e growing rapidly, 
both in the Assembly and among the people. 
The press generally contend that the vote in the 
Assembly Isasuocoss for the advocates, as the 
Right, was desirous of postponing tho question 
indefinitely. 
Germany. 
A dispatch from Frankfort-on-the-Main 
states that the mission of the United Stales Treas¬ 
ury agents in that city lias been successful. The 
whole amount remaining of the new bonds, 
*130,000,000, has been pluced, at the terms fixed 
by the Government. 
Italy. 
The Pope has written a letter to a Committee 
who have offered him the title of Pine the Great 
and a throne of gold. He refused to accept the 
proposed honor during his lifetime, mid suggests 
that the money which has been subscribed fora 
throne b© employed in promt ring the exemption 
of siudeotsof the Roman Catholic seminaries 
everywhere from military service. 
Gen. Garibaldi is very ill, and his son Kicciotti 
lifts been summoned to Ills bedside at Caprera. 
. Persia. 
The Bombay Gazetteof tho 4th ulr. contained 
u long letter, dated May 16 last, from Mr, Mnn- 
ooltjee Ltmjee Attario, agent of the Managing 
Committee of 1 lie Society for ameliorating the 
condition of poor Zoroastrians in Persia, in 
which he gives a dreadful account of the suffer- 
I ings of the population from want of food 
, Among the statements he makes are the follow¬ 
ing:—In Ispnhan public shops are opened for 
selling camel's, ass’s, dog’s and cat’s flesh, and 
yet from seventy to eighty persons die daily 
People go about selling their children. The 
Armenian population only live free from priva¬ 
tion. they being supported by their wealthy 
brethren in Calcutta and Batavia. In Kassnn 
and Kome, cities where corn formerly abound¬ 
ed, people have been caught “enttingdown chil¬ 
dren for food." In Khorassan IS.mo men had 
been swept off through hunger nnd disease, and 
those who survived did not hesitate “to use 
raked-up corpses for food." 
Japan. 
The Japanese Government announces a new 
system of national coinage of gold and silver, to 
correspond with the American system* the yen 
or dollar being the unit. 
Japan is quiet. Immense improvements are 
in progress by the Government, including the 
widening and deepening of the canals, the build¬ 
ing of railways, new barracks, and ft new palace 
for tlio Mikado. OttoSeiyd, a defaulting com¬ 
mission merchant from Yokohama, is said lo 
have gone to Singapore. A typhoon caused great 
damage at Kiobc recently. 
Canada. 
Ottawa, Aug. 15.—It is positively asserted, to¬ 
day. that the Marquis of Lome and the Princess 
Louise will take up their residence Jn lids city, 
and i hat their stay will be a longoue. The Gov. 
ornor-Oeneral'B residence is preparing for their 
reception. 
In consequence of the Washington Treaty, 
considerable reductions are expected to lie made 
in the militia force. Bush fires are becoming 
very numorons and destructive in many neigh¬ 
borhoods in consequence of the prolonged 
drouth. 
Corea. 
San Francisco, Aug. 14.—Later dispatches 
have been received from Japan. In the second 
battle between the American squadron and the 
Corea ns the latter had 6,000 men armed with 
gingaLs, and their bullets fell short, while the 
deadly Arc ot the American rifles fold fearfully 
on the enemy. Under tho cover of the rank 
vegetation and the shoulder of n hill the Atnerl- 
Cfttis advanced Within one hundred and twenty 
yards of the forts before they came within 
range Of tho CO roan musketry. Tho Coronas 
resisted desperately till tho last. Lieut. McKco 
was Killed as ho entered the intrenchmonts. 
When ihe Americans reached tho intrench- 
ments the Corcans succumbed. A number of 
prisoner* were taken, including tho officer sec¬ 
ond In command, who was badly wounded, iho 
Commander-In-Chief having been billed. Oit 
flic 10th of June the American force bivotmoUcff 
in the folds, uud next day demolished the fortr 
and spiked all the guns. The fled returned to 
the Dels anchorage two days later; the Corwins 
sent on board a letter filled with the most in¬ 
sulting and abusive language, to which no reply 
was made. Admiral Rogers, however, sent to 
the Coroans to know what he should do with 
the prisoners. The Corea us answered he might 
do what he liked with them. Two days later 
he set them at liberty nnd sent two messages 
ashore; but tlio local authority refused to re¬ 
ceive them, saying it was us much as his head 
was worth to send them, and it. was no use to 
attempt to Communicate further with the court. 
Mr. Low, the American Minister, then sent a 
formal protest that bis mission was peaceful, 
and that the American attack was not a refusal 
to negotiate, but because tlio Corcans lmd 
treacherously tired upon tho boats. The steam¬ 
er Millet was tlu-n dispatched to Sbangai with 
dispatches for Washington. 
The Mouocacy and Palos will return to Shang¬ 
hai uud be docked, and the rost of ibe squndron 
will return to Ghofoo uud await instructions. 
One hundred thousand rations were sent to 
Chefoo. The Corcans fought like rneu. Their 
weapons are wretched old firelocks, and their 
cutlasses made of soft irou which bent like old 
hoop. They were dressed in armor of uine 
thicknesses, cotton padded, so that only rifle 
balls could penetrate them. Their swords pro¬ 
duced no effect. Documents captured show 
that Ihe Corean Government had planned Ibe 
surprise of the American fleet, and were aston¬ 
ished at the failure of the forts to annihilate 
the foreign vessels at the first fire. The expedi¬ 
tion lias accomplished no change in the rela¬ 
tions of ihe two countries, and Minister Low 
and Admiral Rodgers will await instructions 
from Washington before proceeding to further 
hostilities. 
Togolandn. 
Batavia papers received by the Overland 
Mail, via. India, contain details of n dreadful 
calamity which has visited the small Island of 
Togolandrt, in the Malay Archipelago, about 
fifty miles northeast of the Island of Celebes. 
An outburst of the volcano of Kuwaug was 
accompanied by a commotion of the sea, and a 
wave forty yards iu bight swept nil the human 
boings uud cattle and horses from the island. It 
is reported that 416 persons perished. 
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NEWS AND NOVELTIES. 
An attendant at Mount Vernon not long since 
found a lady weeping most bitterly aud audibly 
with her handkerchief at her eyes. He steppo 
up to her aud said, “Are you iu any trouble, 
madam?" “ No. sir," she sobbed. “I saw you 
weeping." “ Ah I ’’ said she, “ bow can any ’ ««> 
help weeping at the grave of the Fa I her of us 
country?" “Oh, Indeed, madam,” said be, 
“ that’s it! The tomb isovoryonder; this istbo 
ice-house.” 
Almost every journal in the country bus, a. 
published the item about that man at 1* in 
Ohio, who bravely rushed Into u burning 
grocery nnd brought out three keys ot tjtmp ; 
der, the explosion of which would hate 
stroyed much property. Jr looked |llc( ' 11 
deed, and was so considered ; but, alas. 
another side to tbe story. It is now ass‘ 
that ho rushed into the flumes tlmough mistake. 
Some one told him that three kegs o 
were being destroyed. 
IP0 DiVeUvo i uii'c; . . 
October. From the first day lie picked us m 
cotton as any baud in the field -made i a ‘ 
fireman that I ever had around a sugar 1 u 1 
-boat all of the hands at splitting rails, ana ijy 
good a plowman ns there is on the farm, 
best of all is, he never drinks, lies nor steals, 
lie is but a type of the balance of them- 
