menced against, Jay Cooke & Co., In Washing- 
ton.. . The Navy will go into mourning for Ad¬ 
miral Winslow, who sunk the A lnlmma I... .The 
political conflict in Arkansas has ended. The 
resource* of the Boston banks have been re¬ 
duced £i,00«J,WO . . The Whole of the estate of 
Jay Cooke arid family, personal and real. Is to 
Ini put into a pool to satisfy the demands of 
creditors 600 c ases of yellow fever at Mem¬ 
phis on the 3d . If requested, oor Government 
will act as mediator between Russia and Japan 
The sentence of two of the M odocs was 
commuted by the President t o imprisonment 
for life ; the rest were executed on too 3d...... 
T.000 farmers have held a mass meeting at Kal¬ 
amazoo, Mich- 
The shipping of live catt le to England from 
New York has commenced. A herd of 150 left 
on the 27th. to All an order for an English 
butcher. It is thought this may become a great 
trade. Beef is very dear In England, and the 
home supply Is not equal to the demand. 
No elections will be held In Mississippi until 
November, 1874, the present Governor and At¬ 
torney-General of (hat State having so decreed. 
Capt. Jack, Black Jim, Boston Charlie, and 
Schonchln were hanged at Fort Klamath last 
Friday, in presence of 500 Indians. 
It is reported that the crops have failed in 
Hungary, and that famine prevails in some sec¬ 
tions of that country. 
Secretary Richardson has refused to order 
the prepayment of the bonds known as the 
“ lives of 1874.” 
The funeral of the late Sir Edwin Landseer 
takes place in London, at St. Paul’s, on the Ilth 
of October. 
Mrs. Edwin M. Stanton Is again reported to 
be dangerously sick at her home in Pa. 
The Pope says the prospect for the cause of 
the Church is not very great. 
entire cotton crops that may be produced for 
the next five or ten years to come, and longer If 
the plan works to the interest of all concerned. 
The proposition is about as sensible as that the 
National Government build a freight railroad 
or dig a canal from the West to the seaboard. 
Tub Mark Lane Express concedes that En¬ 
gland must Import 90,000.000 bushels of wheat 
to make up the deficiency of this year’s crop. 
Others place the deficiency higher. Franco also 
needs 48 , 000,000 bushels from abroad, while the 
total export of wheat and flour from t he 1 nlted 
State* to Europe for the year ending June 30, 
1872, waA only 21 . 000.000 bushels- 
The Commissioner of the General Land Office 
has given notice to the Central Pacific Railroad 
Company to surrender the patents for some 
3,500 acres of land In Yola county. Cal., which 
land was patent ed April 9,1870, to the Western 
pacific Railroad Company, but which, it now 
appears, had been segregated by the State of 
California as swamp lands. 
The following figures show the strength of 
the various denominations in English-speaking 
countriesProtestant Episcopalians, 12,500,000; 
Presbyterians, 11,500,000; Baptists, 10,500,000; 
Congretlonalists, 7,500,000; Methodists, 15,000,- 
000; Roman Catholics, 10,000,000. The protest- 
ants arc 57,000,000 against the 10,000,000 Roman 
Catholics. 
Gen. G. T. Beauregard was considerably in¬ 
jured recently while visiting the famous battle¬ 
field at Manassas. Ills horse stumbled and fell 
catching the General’s leg under him and bruis¬ 
ing II severely. He also dislocated his thumb 
and sustained other trifling injurious which 
detained him in confinement for a day or two. 
TnE colossal bust of John Howard Payne, the 
author of " Home, Sweet Home," was unvalled 
at Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Saturday afternoon, 
• hr, 9 ! 7 *i, nit... iii the presence of a vast multitude 
CURRENT TOPICS, 
THE EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE. 
A great body of religious gentlemen Is nowin I 
session in New York which, for character and 
numbers, has never been surpassed. Ail Pro¬ 
testant sects, and all lands where Christianity 
has been preached, are represented. This Con¬ 
gress is one of the world, and it lias met for 
ihe first time in America. It lias for its object 
the advancement of Christianity and the unity 
of Christians. The first public meeting was 
held In New York on the 3d Inst., when Rev. 
Dr. Adams (Presbyterian) gave the address of 
welcome. It is Impossible for us to give even 
the names of ail the delegates present from 
Europe, Asia and Africa. Among some of 
the moro prominent are the Dean of Canter¬ 
bury, Lord Alfred Churchill. Rev. Nnrayan 
Shcshadrl of Bombay, Rev. Hugh Miller of 
England, Count BernstorfT. Rev. Dr. Coutllln of 
Geneva, Rev. P. LoniaUX, MM. Cook, Docoppet, 
Flscb, Itobln, Weis*, of rails; Anet and Roohe- 
dieu of Bouxcllcs; Couillin, Pronter and Saln- 
din of Geneva; Bovct and lielchel of Neucbntel; 
Boogncr of Strasbourg; Combe of Ptaloux, Le- 
licvre of Nirac*, and Astic of Lausanne, besides 
many from Germany, Holland, Scotland, Ire¬ 
land, and most of the prominent Protestant 
clergymen of America. 
A scries of large meetings baa been held at 
Association Hall, tbeAcndemy of Music, Bteln- 
way Hall, and In many of the churches. Those 
have been overcrowded, and numerous address¬ 
es have been given on a hundred different top¬ 
ics relative to Christianity- The foreign dele¬ 
gates are Doing handsomely entertained by the 
citizens of New York, and they express their 
admiration of the great city and its liberal hos¬ 
pitality. 
At the second day's session addresses were 
made or papi ra read by the Rev. Dr. Hodge of 
Princeton; the Rev. Dr. Nott Potter of Union 
College; the Rev. Dr. Crooks; the Dean of Can¬ 
terbury ; the Rev. C. Dallas Marat on of London; 
Bishop Bedell of Ohio, and others. Many of 
the delegates occupied pulpits In tbo City 
Churches on the 7th lost., drawing crowded 
houses. The clergymen from India, In their 
FOREIGN NEWS 
were near the place; 500 shells were Girown into 
the city, doing much damage. The Torts re- 
nirncd tho lire and crippled the rebels, who 
drew off ...It Is stated that C S. troops have 
have made an Incursion Into Mexico. The rev¬ 
olutionists In Honduras have committed many 
outrages. Tim British bombarded Orttioa 
The British have met with a reverse in Ashan- 
tor The State of Nueva Loon, in Mexico, is 
In the hands of the revolutionists Borga, 
Spain, has been reinforced by the Republicans. 
Enthusiasm for the national cause is Increas¬ 
ing ; 8 people were killed at Alicante ^.Gam¬ 
ming houses in Madrid have been dosed .The 
Ashantecsare In a state of starvation — An¬ 
drew Lusk lias been elected Mayor of London. 
The King of the Sandwich Island* has abscess 
of the lungs . There were 3 failures in London 
over the American news; 1,000,000 pounds in 
cold were sent from England to America . .. 
Dissension** have appeared among the C artists, 
and many are deserting..,. There has been a 
small revolution in Torn. Filibustering is 
going on in Central America. Panama is under 
arms through fear of an invasion-... -A rupture 
is reported between Russia and Japatv... •• jho 
Madrid Government is confident of Its ability 
to suppress the insurrection . Pollticai rn<*vc- 
monts have token M. Thiers to Paris - hir Ed¬ 
win Landseer, the great. English artist, died on 
die 1st in England, at an advanced age .Rev. 
Dr. Robert Blgsby, an English author, is dead 
The Afghans of Central Asia have sustained a 
■■ever® defeat by the Persians The Conserva¬ 
tives in Hpuln will support the Government. 
Tho steamships Italy - , Baltic, City of Paris and 
Prussian have left England with vast amounts 
of gold for America—The political situation 
in Franco is critical, and there are expectations 
that, the majority will proclaim Count do Chara- 
bord the Emperor, lift will soon Issue a mani¬ 
festo Tho rebel frigates of Spain propose to 
attack Valencia .Capt. Werner is to have a 
trial hy court-martial at Berlin.ihe lone 
says he will never leave Rome.... A chimney 220 
feet high fell in Northtlcet, England, on the 3d, 
killing o persons and wounding 12. 
THE SEASON, CROPS, PRICES, ETC 
Starkey, N. Y., October 1 .—The weather for 
the last half of September was perfectly de¬ 
lightful ; warm days, the thermometer going 
as high as 90° very often. Com, grapes, and 
buckwheat have ripened splendid. Grapes are 
now nearly fit to pick. Of course the panic in 
New York has very much affected our market, 
and It la hard to sell anything for a fair price. 
Barley did sell for a dollar per bushel for two- 
rowed, now brings ninety cents. Potatoes are 
selling at 40 cents per bushel for Early Rose and 
Early Goodrich. Good red wheat fetches >1.50 
per bushel at the railroad, nutter cannot be 
bought for less than thirt y-five cents per pound, 
which is higher than the market will bear, con¬ 
sequently there is none fold.—8. G. 
Brentwood. Suffolk Co., !,. I., N, Y., Sept. 
20. —We have had a very dry season from first 
of June until middle of August. Early Rose 
very poor; oats poor, some fields not cut. 
Wheat and rye about half crop ; corn middling 
and being gathered; buckwheat small; winter 
grain is most all In. B. K. 8. 
Lula, Montgomery Co., 111., Kept. 20.— Wheat, 
fair crop: worth f 1.25 to 1.40 per bu. Corn not 
ono*hatf crop in this and adjoining counties, of 
poor quality a nd much injured by frosts. I 
speak from personal observation. Fruits of all 
kinds poor; no peaches ; most of trees killed 
during last winter.—F. s. l. 
paper, which is to be omargeu 
devoted to I lie agricultural interests of North¬ 
ern New Hampshire and Vermont. 
It Is reported that the Spanish Government 
will soon address a formal complaint to the 
French Government, setting forth that the 
Oarllat chieftan Seballa was permitted to pass 
t hrough French territory and cross the frontier 
into Catalonia without hindrance. In vlolotion 
of the obligations of neutrality. 
The Rev. W. P. Watkins, Methodist minister 
at Waterloo, Iowa, was made temporarily in- 
8 ane last week bv the combined effects of anxi¬ 
ety about his wife, who was dangerously sick, 
and efforts to give up the use of tobacco, to 
which ho had long been devoted, and went out 
and drowned himself. 
The Now York State Republican Convention 
nominated the following ticket :-For Secretary 
of State. Francis S. Thayer; Controller, Nelson 
K. Hopkins; State Treasurer, Daniel G. Fort,; 
Attorney General, Benj. D- Sillman; ( anal 
Commissioner, Sidney Mead; Prison Inspector. 
Moss K. Platt,. 
Tiif. Ontario Provincial Exhibition is now 
open at London, and is one of the most success¬ 
ful ever held in the provinoe. On the 26th ult., 
the grounds were visited by some 35,000 people. 
Among tho distinguished persons present was 
Prince Ludwig of Hesse, son-in-law of Queen 
SEMI-BUSINESS PARAGRAPHS, 
Among the lost by tho foundering of the 
steamer Ironsides, in Lake Michigan, Sept. 15, 
was Mr. John Ililes of Milwaukee, who was in¬ 
sured against, accidents under a >5,000 policy in 
the Travelers Lifcand Accident Insurance Com¬ 
pany of Hartford. 
DOMESTIC NEWS, 
BRIEF NEWS PARAGRAPHS 
of whom had lost $160, 
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS, 
A GANG of 20 men, one 
in Amity, Oregon, accused the cook nf the party 
of stealing It. Tho cook stoutly denied the 
theft, and to see if he was telling the trill h, the 
party took him forth, and amid hilarious laugh¬ 
ter, a quiz, and a gentle poke iu the ribs, lie 
was carefully suspended by the neck until he 
was nearly dead. They then took it for granted 
that ho didn’t, take the money, and gayly asked 
him to prepare supper. This ho did and won¬ 
derful to relate, the whole party are alive yet. 
A child with four teeth in its nose was 
recently born in Troy. Some time before the 
birth of the child, the mother visited a dentist 
whero she saw several teeth extracted. The 
tta ,vU t eeth naturally interfered with the breath- 
1 n i process, A physician recently removed two 
of the offending teeth; the infant expelled 
another by sneezing; one yet remains for phy- 
Drietl Fruits, pkgs. 1,671 Octton, bales. 18,88' 
Kggs, bbls. 8,:«16 Hop*, bales. *4 
Flour, tiblK. 87,000;Peaonta, hags. ... 215 
Wheat, hush.2,7ir..0OO Bui meat*, pkn».... 
Dorn. t>t»h. S»,8W Pork, fcbls. 1.3“ 
Oats, bush. Iri.OWI Bwt, pkKS. --A 
Kve.huMi. s»,200 Lard, pkK«. 6.882 
Barley, hush.. 10,500 Butter, pkgs.. 21,500 
Malt, bush. RAW Cheese, pkg». 4 1»$5 
(leans. bUSb. t.JM Wool, bides...1A™ 
Corn incHi, Mils.... 3,Grass seed, hush... D8 
t_ora meal, bavea*.- (JuSiOfOWSd Uorb. do.. 
Henna miff 1 ’cjis. -Export* of brans pest. week. 
2W bbls.; of pfii', ID hush. Tim bum market is o»- 
treun lv quint, nml low price* fall to make more than 
a lorn movement ln mediums. Marrows have a fair 
Inquiry. aad the sines would probably be larger If 
good Iwd stuck was In larger ofier na. Pea beans 
lire abundant enuuith to quote regularly at lower 
figure*. White kidneys show no stock , a few red 
have sold at *1.63, which Is lower. Canadian pens In 
bulk, have advanced, owing to light »upely. A sale 
nt mo bushels new crop, treo “f d'lt y, Mild lit 
(boon tienaare auotuig easier, .southern B. 1,. pens 
are ottering lightly nt, t3.60&8,(iO tor 2 bush. boa. 
ThemiourtU'Uaare: h.t new mediums,$2.1<K.»«5 
for prune, sod fUWa‘J.00 for other grade*; primepea 
beans *2.70*2.73; do. fair lot* liqwn to ©.30@2.«); 
pH o»o marrow rats, ij~95®8. J. - , 1 -v»i r qj an * 
jdu, in bulk. iiTeeu»«is^^l*K); i»ew W-"* 1 
Bersvvn x .—There 1* a small trade from bleachers, 
WII h a moderate shipping inquiry. Sales at ffIH©33o. 
for We.sieruaod Southern. 
Broom Corn. Advanced prices aro held with 
confidence. The prospect is for much llgbter sup 
piles than anticipated a few days since. 
Wo quote: Long, green burl, prime to choice, » 
in - short and medium brush, choice green, W® 
lie’ Medium qualities, red-tlppcd, T('j k 0.; common 
qualities, red, coarse and stemmy, 
liutter.—The butter market b»* ruled very quiet, 
and the firm feeling that had begun to attend me- 
ass ssnSKs sss is¬ 
America which forms the most striking con¬ 
trast they present to the English Club*. Mr. 
Massey comes to us to lecture upon literary 
subjects, and ho brings with him a reputation 
as a lecturer not second to his poetical fame. 
Thebe is a singular natural curiosity ln a lake 
in Vermont, consisting of one hundred and fifty 
acres of land floating on the surface of the 
water. The tract is covered with cranberries, 
and there are trees fifteen foot high. When the 
water Is raised or lowered at the dam of the 
pond the island rises and falls with it. It affords 
a fine shelter for fish, large numbers of which 
are caught by boring a bole and fishing down 
through, ns through the ice iu wintor. 
A cruel joke was played on Ramboitu, the 
forger, in Bridgeport, jail the other day. One of 
tho jail officers offered him some powdered 
chalk as arsenic, and advised him to poison 
himself. The poor fellow eagerly swallowed it, 
schooled himself to resignation and fortitude, 
repented of his sins, and forg ive al 1 ills enemies, 
only to find himself sold. His subsequent lan¬ 
guage to that officer, says a local paper, indi¬ 
cates a slight falling from grace. 
A planter of Cherry Lake, Florida, proposes 
that the planters petition Congress to buy the 
monte mat price* were pushed to me puiv »« • 
Ug tho recent activity, and that there w’ll 6ono sad- 
den working up in srliers’ favor, though good Prme* 
may be look *>d for in the *u.,,iltamUyll;u t .ofOcto- 
bor make. The home tr-de this year from June to 
October has l/irgely exceeded the business of th ■ 
mint three year*. We have handled since OSA ilk I in 
on hi three years, 
SlMH oligs., ugiiu,D.. 
JOT. The supply <d Vi extern 
been better ami price* have eased up 
sylvan la pails zd““‘ ‘ 
Wo quot<* Oi—c- 
Other iguod. pldltt* 
lirkfn* nn<l bn. If tub*, tint** . 
arc. ror election**; f«*» r k 
tubm prtnitv3H»i«:5 otberv 
37 c</i;i 0 <\; gooil do.. 20((}i23c., *i 
7(!. Pennsylvania 
2o0SUC> 
g iii—There 1ms bo m a Blight iraprovementln 
fitrt export trad«, a» It has boon leas dtftloult to neg - 
tlkteeSnge, and holdero Have b-en pretty firm in 
their views. We have lmd unusually light 
uud the guppllus oarried over irorn last week ha 
against tPWJOtj <1o. In 1872, and 2o0.4W m 
t 0 r the past week has 
- p gu«te or Ponn- 
luium fiiiiIIleislobring 4<K - . now. 
Grange eoUflty palls, , 
-*■ pour lots, -Mw- 'C. i btate 
ShSjkSe.. iu lines, and .«■*> 
good State, 2(k„,30c.; Welia 
.'28c,I choice Western, 
line, 17m ].‘e ; low do.. 
c4fic., do. other pkgs., 
300to 500 persons are employed, ana me pay¬ 
roll is $6,000 to $6,000 a month. 
Senator Wright, of Iowa, stated at Osceola, 
la., in reference to the increase of salary and 
back-pay bill, that he worked, spoke, and voted 
against it, ami determined himself and agreed 
with certain other Senators never to touch the 
portion coming to him 
Mr. Van Buren, formally Chief Commis¬ 
sioner of the United States to the 5 lenua 
Exposition, was a passenger On the steamer 
Cuba, which sailed on Saturday for new York, 
