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FROM WASHINGTON. 
CoHKrenoIonal. 
In the Senate ti bill wwt passed for paving 
Penn, avenue. The Consular and Diplomatic 
Appropriation Bill was considered and amend¬ 
ments were adopted, among which was one pro¬ 
viding for a Conam-nica^rHl at Liberia; raising 
the Minister to Japan to Envoy Extraordinary 
and Minister Plenipotentiary, and increasing 
the appropriation for the contingent, expenses 
on articles in Schedule A, and the special tax on 
boats, barges and flats, on legacies and succes¬ 
sions, on passports and on gross receipts. Ob¬ 
jection was made that the amendments just re¬ 
ported indirectly involved the re-enactment of 
the income tax. 
Mr. Sumner said the income tax must, go in 
any event. It had lived too long for the good of 
the country. Mr. Sherman was eoutident that 
the Senate would not strike out- the tax, as in 
such « contingency the special tuxes would have 
10 he restored. According to an estimate at tho 
Treasury Department, the income tax regulated 
by the House would yield about £17.700,000. Mr. 
Colliding said it was t he theory of many well- 
informed persons that all taxes might bo dis¬ 
pensed with, except the stamp tax, liquor tax 
ot foreign intercourse, and for missions abroad | and tobacco tax, and that, t he odious Income lax 
from £50,000 to £150,000. Adopted. The bill was 
then reported to the Senat e. 
The naval appropriations were considered In 
Commit tee of the Whole, am) among tbeameml- 
ments agreed to was the followingIn the 
Ordnance Department — Increasing appropria¬ 
tion for flfteen-lnch guns, $140,000; for gun 
powder, £50,000; for labor at navy-yards, $300,- 
000. In the Bureau of Construction and Repair 
—For labor in navy-yards and on foreign sta¬ 
tions. $1,000,000; fur the purchase and preserva¬ 
tion ol' timber and the general maintenance of 
the navy, $£00,000; to enable the Secretary of 
the Navy to discharge liabilities provided for by 
contracts made previous to March 4,1809, $515,- 
900. In the Bureau of Steam Engineering—For 
repairs of machinery, tools, labor, &c„ $750,000. 
The amendment striking out the proviso that in 
the payment of funeral expenses no distinction 
be made between oftieers of the line find staff 
was agreed to. 
A memorial was presented from a former 
slave living in Virginia during the war, and 
keeper of a livery stable, whose stock was taken 
for the use of the Union army, asklug compen¬ 
sation therefor. Referred to Committee on 
Claims. Also a petition from the Kentucky 
Congressional delegation for 1 he removal of the 
political disabilities of a large number of Ken¬ 
tuckians. Referred. 
A resolution calling upon the President for in¬ 
formation as to the moneys paid into the Uni¬ 
ted States Treasury on account of property 
seized, condemned, and confiscated in Virginia 
by virtue of the act of Congress on t hut subject. 
Adopted. 
The House amendments to l.ho bill to au¬ 
thorize Urn settlement of the accounts of officers 
of the army and navy wore concurred In. 
Correspondence from (lie State Department 
was read setting forth that the French Cable 
Company lias renounced tho exclusive privilege 
conferred upon them to laud cables ou the coast 
of France. 
The Texas-Fuel tie Railroad laud grants were 
considered, being a bill to aid In the construc¬ 
tion iil'u railroad and telegraph lino from Mar¬ 
shall, Texas, to Fan Diego, California, with 
branches and connections, with an amendment 
providing for the consolidation of tins Alabama 
and Chattanooga, the Vicksburg and Meridan, 
and the North Louisiana and Texas Railroads, 
and iheir Junction with tho Texas-Pacific road 
at Marshall. The amendment was Anally adopt¬ 
ed with a proviso continuing existing grants. 
A memorial was presented from tho President 
of tho International Ocean Tolograph Company, 
proposing for $500,000 a year, to be paid by the 
United States for twenty years, to establish nud 
maintain t he international telegraph cables from 
San Francisco to Japan and China, and a third 
from the United Status to Europe, conditional 
upon never consolidating with any existing 
transatlantic cable, and never charging more 
than $5 in gold tor eaoli message of ten words. 
Referred. 
The Finance Committee reported a joint reso¬ 
lution to determine the construction of the in¬ 
ternal Revenue Act so as to exempt undistrlbu- 
table sums added to the contingent funds of in¬ 
surance companies, which, alter tut explanation 
that the bill was to remedy a construction of 
the law by which the Commissioner of Internal 
Revenue levied a tax upon these sums as part 
of llm surplus earnings, the hill was passed. 
The Post Office Appropriation Bill.and Frank¬ 
ing Repeal amendments was ngaju considered, 
and mi amendment, Untiling the franking privi¬ 
lege hereafter to departments, and allowing pu b- 
lic documents to bo franked only from Wash¬ 
ington City, was rejected by a vote of 23 to 25. 
The question recurring on u proposition tore- 
peal the franking privilege, a largo number of 
amendments were proposed, only one of which 
was adopted, viz;—'“ Prohibiting any allowance 
for stamps or increased pay to Senators or Rep¬ 
resentatives in consequence of the repeal ol’ the 
franking privilege." The a mend incut as amend¬ 
ed was then rejected—yeas, 20; nays,38; this, for 
the present, being a refusal on the pari, of the 
Senate to repeal the franking privilege. The 
Appropriation Bill was then passed. 
Resolutions of the Union Longue Clttbof New 
York city fora reduction of taxes and against 
a renewal of the income tax, were read and laid 
on the table. 
Tho Committee on foreign relations reported 
favorably on the bill to facilitate telegraphic 
communication between the United States and 
tho Bermuda Islands. Also a bill to authorize it 
direct submarine cable from the United States 
to Belgium, 
Tho bill, with an amendment , relative to the 
unlawful ecr(.illcation of cheeks by officers of 
national banks, was also reported. 
The bill amending the act granting lands to 
aid in the Construction of a railroad aud tele¬ 
graph line from the States of Missouri andAr- 
kan-us to the Pacific ooast by way of the South¬ 
ern route, was considered. The bill is known as 
ttie Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Jtiil, ami ex¬ 
tends the time for the construction of the road 
so that tho company may obtain tho right of 
way through Indian Territory. It was discussed 
and laid aside. 
The bill to reduce internal taxation was taken 
up, and a proposition to strike out the first 
thirty-four sections of the hill its it came from 
the House, imposing special taxes, was agreed 
to. Mr. Fhormati explained that the House had 
provided for keeping up a portion of the special 
. xes, while the Senate commit tee proposed to 
repeal all of (hem except on spirits, tobacco and 
beer. 'The next three soctious of the bill in¬ 
serted by the commiitee in lieu of the part 
stricken out were read. They provide for the 
repeal, after .May 1st, 1871, of all special taxes 
upon brewers, distilled spirits and tobacco; also ( 
that thO several taxes on sales be repealed, ex- 1 
cepr such as arc notv by law paid by stamps; < 
also repealing the taxes on sales of leaf and * 
manufactured tobacco, suuff, cigars, foreign and > 
domestic distilled spirits ; also repealing the tax I ( 
i ought not to be revived. The fourth section 
was then agreed to, repealing, after October 1, 
1870, the stamp tax Imposed In Hchedule B on 
promissory notes for a less sum than $100, on re¬ 
ceipt for tiny sum of money, or in payment of 
any debt, and also the stamp tax imposed in 
ScheduleC on canned mid preserved fish; fur¬ 
ther, that no stamp shall be required upon the 
transfer or assignment of a mot I gage, except 
when made upon n 8010 thereof, or when trans¬ 
ferred as efiilateral security; also that commis¬ 
sions shall be allowed in purchase of proprietary 
stamps. 11 also allows the removal of tucifor or 
friction matches, cigar lights and wax tapers 
from the place of manufacture for foreign ex¬ 
portation without, payment, of taxor tho affix¬ 
ing of stumps, subject to the regular tuns of the 
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, A now sec¬ 
tion was adopted, extending tho time within 
which stamps may be affixed lo Instruments of 
writing requiring stamps and executed in the 
lute rebellious States, until Junel, 1872, making 
the penally double tho amount of tho tax, and 
in no ease less than $5. 
The income tax section was then taken upand 
elicited further discussion, after which it was 
laid over under t tie rules. At an evening hobs ion 
the Texas Pacific Railroad Bill was again dis¬ 
cussed, without definite action. 
In the House, the seat of MoKenziCOf Virginia, 
contested by Mr. Whittlesey, was awarded to the 
former. The Committee on Military Affairs, by 
unanimous consent, reported a bill to equalize 
the bulimies of soldiers; allowing $8\ to non- 
com missioned officers, soldiers and musicians, 
l'or each inunth’e service between the I3l.li of 
April, 18G1, and tbeOih of May. 1865; deducting 
Uhl led Fh d es boon ties already paid, which, w i 1 h- 
Qut object Inn, was read a third l ime and pushed. 
Tliebill granting Yerba Buena Island to the 
Western Union Pacific Railroad for a terminus, 
oamo up us unfinished business, and elicited a 
very warm discussion, taking a wide range, after 
which it was rejected, 8U to 81, followed by amo¬ 
tion to reconsider. 
A resolution was offered to instruct, tin- Com¬ 
mittee of Ways and Menus In report a bill reduc¬ 
ing the duties on potatoes and all kinds of fish 
fifty per cent, which was referred lo that Com¬ 
mittee by ft VOIO Of 111 to 42. 
The House then took up the Fortification Ap¬ 
propriation Bill, which authorizes expenditures 
as follows: — u Forts Preble, Georges, and Seum- 
mcl, Portland, Me., $75,000; Fort Independence, 
Boston, $.>'1,000; Fort Warren, Uosiun, $100,000; 
Fort Wlnthrop, Boston, $69,000; Fort Hamilton, 
and additional batteries, New York, $40,000; Fort, 
f Tompkins, Staten Island, unexpended babmoes; 
Fort Hehuylor, East River, New York, $80,000; 
Forton Willett’s Point,East River,$90,000; Fort 
Columbus, Governor's Island, Now York, $52,- 
000; Fori, Wood, BediOo’s Island, New York, 
$16,000; Battery Hudson, New York, $30,000; 
Fort Mitlin, Philadelphia, $26,750: Fort Dela¬ 
ware, Delaware River, $18,500; Finn’s Point 
Battery, opposite Fort Delaware, $33,500; Fort. 
Point, Ban Francisco, $100,000; Fort at i.irne 
Point, San Francisco, $100,000; Fort at Alcatraz 
Island, San Francisco, $50,000. Contingencies for 
preservation and repair of other forts, $150,000; 
sea coast mortar batteries, $ 75,0 0 ; surveys for 
military defences,$100,000. Total,$1,264,760, and 
•which, after discussion, was passed. 
The Commit too on Territories reported a bill 
to authorize the people of New Mexico to form 
a Constitution and State government, and lor 
the admission of such State into the Union as 
the State of Lincoln, which was recommitted. 
A bill to require National hanks going into liqui¬ 
dation to retire I heir circulating notes was 
passed, Tho bill extending the provisions of the 
act of June 17,1870, in relation to furnishing ar¬ 
tificial limbs to officers and soldiers of the navy 
and marine corps was passed. A bill wasreport- 
ed for a full and general grace, amnesty and ob¬ 
livion of wrongful nets, doings, and omissions of 
all persons engaged in the war of the late rebel¬ 
lion. 
The case of B. F. Whit, torn ore, of South Caro¬ 
lina, came up by a special assignment, and was 
discussed at lengHi, Messrs. Logan, FiirnswoVtli, 
Eldridgc, Poland and Bchouck participating, 
when, uudev the operation of t he previous ques¬ 
tion, Whii.temorc’s right to a scat by virtue of a 
re-election was denied by a vole of 131 to 21. A 
hill for Hu- construction of a bridge across tho 
Missouri river, at Omaha and Council Bluffs, 
with spans throe hundred feet in width, was 
passed; as. also, I he bill authorizing the claim ol' 
Minnesota for lands for the support of a State 
University. 
A bill was also passed 101 to 61 to pay the Eu¬ 
ropean and Nortli American Railroad Company 
$078,363 interest due Massachusetts and Maine on 
money expended in the war 1813. A veto mes¬ 
sage was received from the President of the bill 
for the renewal of tho patent of RolJm White for 
improvement in pistols of Smith & Wesson’s 
manufacture. Veto sustained by the House. 
filiseella neons. 
The nomination of A. T. Ackerman, of Ga., 
as Attorney General, lias been in Executive ses¬ 
sion referred tollie Commit teuon the Judiciary, 
lie has been confirmed. 
The financial bankruptcy of the city of Wash¬ 
ington becomes more apparent evory day. There 
are due laborers in Hie first, third and fifth 
wards, $42,6111.69; on sewer contracts, $41,528.08. 
The Secretary of tho Treasury has made tho 
following decisions:— 1 * A writing in the nature 
of a bill of sale of a vessel must be recorded in 
the custom-house before marine papers can be 
issued. Lumber imported in vessels must he en¬ 
tered immediately <>n its arrival a! h port in the 
United States. The proceeds of a sale of ware¬ 
housed goods, after deducting expenses of sale, 
&c.,are to he paid in current funds and convert¬ 
ed into coin at the premium prevailing <m the 
day of sale. The deficiency duo on the bond, if 
any, must be paid in gold. Imported roofing tin 
is liable to a duty of 35 per cent ad valorem. Ma¬ 
chinery imported, to be used only experimen- 
i tally in divesting ramie fiber of its woolen sub- 
• stance, being fit for use, Is not entitled to ex- 
- eruption from duty as ‘ models of invention.’ ” 
The salaries of United States J edges have been 
’ increased and fixed as followsChief Juslice of 
the Supreme Court, $10,000; Associate Justices, 
i $8,000; United States Circuit Judges, $7,500; 
United States District Judges, $5,000; Chief Jus¬ 
tice Court of Claims, $6,000; Associate Justices, 
i same court, $5,000; Chief Justice Supreme Court 
s District of Columbia, $5,500; Associate Justices, 
■ same Court, $5,000. 
Four pieces of condemned bronze cannon are 
t o be donated by Congress to the Soldiers’ Monu¬ 
ment Association at Adrian, Mich. 
The Spanish Government has consented to the 
arbitration of the question of indemnity for the 
seizure and detention of the steamer Lloyd As- 
plmvidl, and the matter will be referred to a 
commission, consisting of one person on each 
side, who will select, an umpire. The State De¬ 
partment has selected John C, Williams, of the 
shipping firm of WIlllamgandGuioU'New York, 
and the Spanish Government will probably 
choose some prominent Spanish merchant. 
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NEW YORK STATE. 
A riRF. has been raging on Long Island, be¬ 
tween Lakeland and Smith town. An area of 
eight to ten miles in length, and five or six miles 
across, has been burned. Owing lo the prevail¬ 
ing light winds but little damage has been done. 
A man was knocked down in tho streets of 
Mexico, by a ruffian, in broad, daylight, and 
robbed of $8. 
The Canal Board lias decided that the Black 
River awards were never legally made, and that 
those causes shall he sent back to the Canal Ap- I 
praiser for re-hearing. 
James Keenan was recently sentenced by 
Recorder Haokett, in New York, to ten years In 
the State Prison, for shooting Patrick J. Meehan, 
editor of the Irish American, on the 28lh of Feb¬ 
ruary Just. Meehan was dangerously wounded, 
but has now recovered. 
A lire recently occurred at the Chautauqua Co., 
farm at Dewittville, destroying one of the barns, 
n largo quantity of bay, straw and {dne lumber 
and other property, 
Hungorford Collegiate Institute opens August 
31st. Tho school will commence with a large 
number of scholars. 
Colonel.l Jl. Browne, of Eaton, Madison Co., 
linen cow which gives on an average sixty-two 
pounds of milk a day; one milking weighed 
l hiri y-two and seven-eights pounds. The Colonel 
has refused $175 recent ly for tho cow. 
The Eric Railway Company hies instituted a 
suit In the Supremo Court against the Lake 
Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad Com¬ 
pany, the New York Central and Hudson River 
Railroad Company being associated as co-de- 
fciidaubs. It is charged that the Buffalo and 
Slate Line Railroad Company, now part of the 
Lake Shore Itoad, altered the gauge of ils road 
to Hie gauge of four foot nine inches, to accom¬ 
modate tho ears of the Central Company, and 
ihat in regard to the time of the trams aud car¬ 
riage of freight it has sought in every way to 
injure the traffio'on the Erie Railway. Charges 
are also made of collusion between Vanderbilt, 
tb« Prt'Sidwrtl of Hie Cent ral t onipany, and his 
son-in-law, Horace F. Clark, President of tho 
Lake Bhore Road. The plaintiff demands $3,000,- 
000 damages, and asks that i he defendants be re- j 
strained by injunction from violating tho en¬ 
gagements entered into with the plaintiff. 
Tho suit of Daniel Lyons against the Erie Rail¬ 
road Company, at Binghamton, to recover $50,- 
000 for personal injuries sustained by the Carr’s 
Rock disaster, on April 13, 1868,was concluded 
on the 20th ult. The plaintiff received injuries 
which will disable him permanently, and may 
shorten his file. Judge Murray, in his Charge to 
the jury, said I toil the Company, as common car¬ 
riers. were bv law under obligation to keep their 
road in perfect order,and were responsible in 
damages for the result of any negligence, and 
according to the testimony, tho Company were 
guilty of negligence. Tho jury, after twohours' 
deliberation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff 
for $30,000. 
The Commercial Union of the State of New 
York will meet at Rochester on Friday, July 15, 
and an invitation has been extended to “ nil per¬ 
sons in the State interested in the improvement 
of the canals and their trade, the development 
of internal and external communications .or 
traffic iu Hie State, the attraction of the freight 
of Western States through our own, the exten¬ 
sion of our commerce, employment of our peo¬ 
ple, and Increase of our wealth," to attend the 
meeting. 
On the21 st ult. three boys, aged six- and nino 
years, were smothered to death by the caving iu 
of an embankment near Third avenue, Brook¬ 
lyn. 
The Board of Education of New York lias 
asked for an appropriation of $160,000 for the 
school fuud. Bernard Smyth has been appoint¬ 
ed President of the Board, vice Larremore, re¬ 
signed. 
On the 2d ult. the bnrn of Amozy Witt, a Con- 
staotia farmer, was struck by lightning during 
the storm and burned, together with a team of 
work-horses, harness, hay and grain. 
On June 3, one of the Messrs. Grinnclla, in the 
manufacturing establishment of Grionulls & 
Miller at Governeur, while working with a cir¬ 
cular saw, was caught and thrown with such 
force as to inflict fatal injury. He died on the 
6th. 
Gov. Hoffman has recently appointed Hon. 
Richard Schell of New York, Quarantine Com- 
missioner, in place of Wilson U. Hunt, resigned. 
The village of Fredonia is taxed each year, 
under a rc-issue of village bonds iu aid of the 
Normal School, $5,000 installment on the princi¬ 
pal, and interest on the whole. Last year $12,000 
was paid on tho principal, leaving the Normal 
School debt $78,000 
John Dean of Dauby, aged seventy-four years, 
fell from his wagon, as he was driving out of 
Iris barn, with part of a load of straw. He fell 
upon a compost heap, and a man who was with 
him asked him if lie. was hurl, and receiving no 
answer, went to him and found him dead. 
A meeting of parties interested in lowering 
the lake was held at Naples recently, at which 
Hon. E. B. Pottle was chosen chairman, and M. 1 
D. Monger Secretary. The following gentlemen 
were elected permanent officers of tho company 
organized to carry out the proposed plan : Hon. 
E. B. Pottle, President; Jas. Covell. E. It. Par- 1 
ish and Robert Chapin, Vice-Presidents; M. D. 
Monger, Secretary and Treasurer. The work ( 
will doubtless be pushed forward with energy, i 
its purpose being to obtain a good road between 
Naples and Canandaigua. 
FROM THE WEST. 
The following is the Republican State ticket of 
IndianaSecretary of State, Mux F. A. Hoff¬ 
man; Auditor of State, John D. Evans; Treas¬ 
urer of State, Robert H. Milroy ; Attorney Gen¬ 
eral, Nelson Trusler; Superintendent of Public 
Instruction, Barnabas C. Hobbs; Judges of the 
Supreme Court-First District, Andrew L. Os¬ 
born; Second. John T. Elliott; Third, Chas. A. 
Ray; Fourth, Robert C. Gregory. 
The toi:il shipment of strawberries at Cen- 
traiia. 111., up to June 9th. was 6,000 bushels, 
averaging $t per bushel, making the nice return 
•of $24,249. The largest shipment in one day was 
POO bushels. 
Despatches from Fort Hayes, Kansas, and 
other points report the Indians numerous be¬ 
tween Camp Supply and Bear Crock. They arc 
on the war path. Several government and other 
trains have been attacked, but so far the In¬ 
dians have been driven off. One train was “ cor- 
ralod” two days on Gypsuin Creek fighting 
Indians. A train from CampSupply wasattacked 
four times. It Is no longer safe for trains or 
herds to travel without an escort. 
Mrs. Bue Hall, residing at Dolavan, Tazewell 
Co., 111., committed suicide by cutting her throat 
with a razor on the 17th uit. 
Tlie Board of Supervisor# of Ogle county, HI., 
propose erecting a $10,000 monument in the 
Court-house square, in memory of her fallen 
soldiers. 
Wolves are making sad havoc among the sheep 
of Fairview township, 111. Several line cashmere 
kids have Also fallen victims. 
Acting Governor Pound, of Wisconsin, has 
pardoned the murderer of a woman, who was 
under life sentence, in acknowledgment, of his 
heroism at the recent fire in the State Prison. 
Through his exertions several lives wore saved. 
A Mormon missionary, Elder Blair, of Piano, 
111., has visited t wo churches of the Christian 
denomination, Pleasant Ridge and Mt. Eden, 
Ind.. and at each point lie hie succeeded in mak¬ 
ing converts, baptizing altogether twenty per¬ 
sona into the Mormon faith. James Scott, an 
elder uud a preacher in tho Christian Church, is 
one of the number. Mr. Blair lias established a 
.society at Mt. Eden, and it is presumed there 
will be a considerable contention over tbe 
church property. 
Mr. Andrew Noyes, of Osceola Co., Mich., lost 
liis life by an injury received from a falling tree. 
He had only two years ago moved into tlie 
woods, and with his young wife, laid the founda- ' 
tion for future comfort upon a homestead claim. 
At a recent sale of lots at Lincoln, 1 lie future 
capital of Nebraska, the gross amount for two 
days footed up $100,000. Nebraska will, there¬ 
fore, have from the rule of these lots a State 
capitol building, a State university, an agricul¬ 
tural college and lunatic asylum, and all to¬ 
gether they will not tax the State Treasury a 
tar thing. 
A $63,000 public Rchool house has recently been 
completed in tlie lively town of Princeton, Bu¬ 
reau county, III. 
The Ohio Farmer says the Northern Ohio Fair 
Association has purchased a tract of ninety-five 
acres in all along the Lake Shore Railroad and 
St, Clair street horse cars, East Cleveland, which 
will give ample room for an elegant park and 
allow grounds, north of St. Clair street, and for 
ii lull mile track, and plenty of standing room 
on the south side. 
The Topeka House, at Topeka, was totally de¬ 
stroyed by lire on tbe 19tli ult. It was crowded 
with guests, but they all escaped. 
The Baraboo Republic says tbe hop growersof 
that section report considerable damage by cut¬ 
worms. A few lice have made their appearance, 
but as yet have in no wise affected the vines. 
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FROM THE SOUTH. 
Lieut, Drew, Agent Arapache Indians, New 
Mexico, recently met death in a most distressing 
manner. Some Indians had runoff cattle, and 
tlie Lieutenant, with some men, had started in 
pursuit. The Lieutenant became separated from 
the party, and when, after forty hours had 
passed, he was found alive, but, very weak, hav¬ 
ing been without water nearly four days. Ho 
died in the arms of his men, and was buried at 
Fort Craig. 
The Armory Manufacturing Company of Ma¬ 
con, Ga., with a capital of $500,000, will at once 
inaugurate an active career, having closed a con¬ 
tract wit h the city nut boritiea. The special I y of 
cotton and woolen fabrioswlll be the prominent 
feature. Three hundred operatives will have 
employment. 
Rockport and Pulton are two ot the most 
thriving towns in Texas, embracing 1,000 inhab¬ 
itants and six beef packing establishments, 
which last year slaughtered 20 , 000 head of cattle. 
The Valley of Virginia has never presented a 
more flattering appearance than now. Tlie 
wheat generally is fine, the oats looking well, the 
grass lujttniant, and the corn promising. 
--—— 
FROM NEW ENGLAND 
A severe thunder storm passed over Provi¬ 
dence, It. I., on the night of the 20th ult. Con¬ 
siderable damage was done by lightning in the 
city, many houses being struck uud some per¬ 
sons injured. Jn Greenville, a few miles from 
Providence, Whipple A: Co.’s wheelwright shop 
vras struck by lightning and set on lire and de¬ 
stroyed. Tho loss is about $1U,000; insurance, 
$5,000. Tlie tire communicated to the store of 
Barnes & Sprague, which was also destroyed. 
Lots, >6,000. 
The chimney of the old Timothy Dix hoose,in 
Boseawcn, N. H., (tlie house in which Gen John. 
A. Dix was born.) was recently torn down. It 
measured twelve by nineteen feet, and con¬ 
tained 50,iKX) bricks. 
The steam mill of George Hathorn & Son of 
Pittsfield, situated in Carmel, Mo., and used for 
the manufacture of orange and lemon boxes, 
was totally destroyed by Arc recently, with a 
large amount of manufactured lumber and 
hardwood logs. The loss is $30,000 and there is 
no insurance. 
On Hie20tb ult. a very severe storm raged in 
nearly all parts of Now England, doing much 
damage not only ju Boston, but in other places 
in Massachusetts and Connecticut. Much glass 
was broken in hot-houses and dwellings, and 
not a little damage done by lightning, people 
being struck senseless and buildings set on lire. 
At Wellesley. It. I., Northampton, Mass., and i 
other places, hail fell with great violence, doing 
much damage. I 
The Vermont Constitutional Convention ad- 1 
journed sine die, after a session of only six days. 
But they worked six days. It changed the ses¬ 
sion of the Legislature from annual to biennial, 
■ rejected the article prohibiting special legisla¬ 
tion, refused to give the Legislature power to 
fill vacancy in its own body, and refused to give 
the Governor power to appoint Supreme Court 
: Judges, abolished the Council of Censors, and 
buried women’s suffrage so deep that, if it ever 
springs to life again, ft is more likely to sprout 
up in China than in the Green Mountain State. 
Dr. Joslah Bartlett of Concord, N. II., who has 
practised medicine for fifty years, has been pre¬ 
sented with a purse of $2,0(10 by his surviving 
patients. 
Tlie Eastern State Normal School at Castine, 
Me., is rapidly increasing in students. For the 
year 1887-68 the number was 71; for 186,8-69, ItH; 
for 1869 70, 280. The school closed ils third year 
a few days since, graduating a class of 24. 
-- 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
In the English House of Lords the debates 
have been continued upon the Irish land and 
education bills, with no definite results. Sev¬ 
eral amendments have been offered, evincing a 
feeling in favor of making education compul¬ 
sory and rendering the schools non-sectarian, 
both of which met with opposition. Karl Rus¬ 
sell moved a commission to inquire into means 
whereby the union between England and tho 
colonies might be perpet uated, dwelling particu¬ 
larly on the preservation of the union with Can¬ 
ada. Earl Grey supported tlm motion. Leave 
was asked to bring in a bill relieving the bishops 
from attendance in Parliament, Mr. Gladstone, 
for tlie Government, opposed, and upon a divi¬ 
sion there was a majority of twenty-six for Hie 
Government. Tho Married Woman's Property 
Bill was taken up and referred to a select com¬ 
mittee. The High Court of Justice Bill lias been 
passed. 
By an explosion in ono of the Government 
powder mills, at Waltham Abbey, several per¬ 
sons were killed. By a collision on tlie Great 
Northern Railway, thirteen persons were killed 
and thirty or forty Injured, some fatally. A 
serious trade riot is reported at Cork, which 
assumed such proportions that the military tired 
on Hie mob, wounding many rioters. 
The principal topics of Interest in France are 
tho continued improvement of the health of tho 
Emperor; seeking means of relief from Hie un¬ 
usual shortness of the grain crops, and the pro- 
' posed establishment of a bank by French and 
American capitalists, among whom are (Jen. 
Dix, John J. Cisco, Goo. Walker and other New- 
Yorkers. Tlie bank is to have a capital of 120,- 
(KKIJKKI francs. The t rial of the members of the 
International Society of Workmen for com¬ 
plicity in t he assassination plot has commenced. 
Thirty-eight are accused, and more arrests are 
being made. The French have been successful 
in Morocco. 
Nothing particularly new from Spain. Tho 
friends of the Duke of Montpeneter are active. 
There isa t umor that theCarlist Junta, by a ma¬ 
jority of two, bad declared fn favor of a re¬ 
newal of tho Inquisition. The abolition of 
slavery in the Spanish colonies occupies much 
attention In tho Cortes. The reformed penal 
code has passed. A fleet, consisting of two 
frigates uud a corvette, had sailed from Cadiz, 
destination unknown. 
In Portugal many of the reforms promised 
have been promulgated. Tho death penalty has 
been abolished, aud the right of holding politi¬ 
cal meet ings and the right of petition was to bo 
officially granted. Tlie King has officially re¬ 
ceived Hie new American Minister. A monster 
demonstration was made in favor of General 
Sttldanlm, at which twelve thousand persons 
wore present. 
At Borne the discussion of Infallibility con¬ 
tinues with a prospect that the debate will not 
close before the 6th of July. Some of the 
American Bishops have made very spirited pro¬ 
tests against its promulgation. Cardinalatcsaro 
to ho conferred upon fifteen of the Fathers, ac¬ 
tive champions of Infallibility, immediately 
after the adjournment. 
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MISCELLANEOUS. 
From Cuba we bavo little that is new and re¬ 
liable. The George B. Upton has succeeded in 
landing a second cargo in aid of tho insurgents, 
and returning safely to New York, dissipating 
the rumors of the first disaster and tbe ship¬ 
wreck of tlie vessel. Tlieeaptain reports having 
had no difficulty with tho Spanish gunboats, 
though several were seen, probably because she 
displayed at her masthead the American Hug. 
Tho Cuban privateer Hornet lias been allowed 
to proceed to New York. 
The revolution still continues in Venezuela, 
Guzman Blanco refuses thedemandsof tlie Hol¬ 
land Government. The commander ot' the 
Dutch frigate sent to demand the vessel seized, 
on a refusal sailed from Laguayra for Curaeeas, 
accompanied by the Dutch C/itnye d'Affaires 
aud his family. Tlie inhabitants of Carnccos 
have witnessed horrible scenes. Pillage has been 
established as a sort of national institution or 
right. The insurrectionary chiefs have been 
guilty of almost every species of rapacity and 
vi deuce. 
There is still a speck of war in tlie new Do¬ 
minion. The Canadian government is sending 
men and supplies forward to t lie Red River coun¬ 
try, and there are well authenticated reports that 
Reil has an organized force to resist ( horn, and a 
host ile meeting is predicted near the Lake of the 
Woods. 
A Union League has been formed and held its 
first meeting In Montreal. Its avowed object is 
annexation to tlie United States, and its mem¬ 
bers are pledged to tail ploy “all lawful means” 
to secure ibis end. Ollier leagues are lo be formed 
in every town aud county in the Dominion. 
On the evening of the 21st ult. a fire occurred 
at Montreal, destroying a planlug mill, some 
lumber yards and houses. A dozen families 
were left homeless, hundreds of mechanics 
thrown out of employment. Estimated loss, 
$500,000. 
Early in June a five occurred at Panama, which 
destroyed nearly all that ancient city, resulting 
in a fearful loss of life and properly. 
About three miles north of Wilmington, O., 
stands a sycamore tree, which can truthfully be 
called the monarch of the wood- This tree is 
about forty feet in circumference at tlie 
ground; ten feet from the ground its diameter 
is ten feet; about thirtv-flve feet from tlie 
ground it divides into four monster arms, each 
of which is of the thickness of an ordinary 1 
forest tree. This old patriarch stands alone. 
