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grogate amount thus appropriated was $685,883 
aitir rtf 'flit' 7t(\\ I'I'f' and interest, ltills were passed authorizing G. 
XU lut v v.lt 111. W. Dick of Ohio to import from Scotland, free 
< 'eP c of duty, a common road steam locomotive lor 
-- - experimental purposes, and to increase the pay 
of Inspectors of Customs, A bill to construe 
FROM WASHINGTON. the act of March .Hat.. 1868, bo as not to prohibit 
- the drawback of as many cents per pound of 
CoiigreMMlonal. oottou doth, yarn, thread or knit articles nianu- 
In the Senate, Mr. Anthony of Hhodc Island factored exclusively ffotn cotton, and exported 
was elected President pro tern,, in the absence prior to May 1st, 1889, as shall have been assessed 
of the Vice-President until after July 4. The 
House hill to ohnnge the time of holding terms 
of District and Circuit Courts lor the North¬ 
ern District of Ohio, was passed. Tho House 
amendments 1o the Wisconsin and Fox River 
Canal Hill were concurred in. The Tax Hill was 
taken up and an amendment lotax Interest on 
United States bunds five percent, was rejected 
by a vote of 13 to 36. Other amendments of a 
similar character were rejected; amendments 
were adopted allowing free Importations of ani¬ 
mals intended for exhibition lit agricultural 
shows, but not to remain'ovor six months; if 
sold within the United States, to be liable to 
duty; to repeal the taxes on bequests and d«v 
a' ' . . :y i iiKl.il 11 Hons, to fake place after 
the death of the testator; mi amendment con¬ 
tinuing tlie Income Tax for t wo years longer, at 
t wo and a-huir per cent., was rejected—yeas, 33; 
nays, 28; as wore amendments to mulct) the rate 
live per cent, with $I,U00 exemption. Tho Hen- 
ate then voted upon the amendment of the 
Com 111 ill.ee of tho Whole striking out the Income 
Tax sections, which was concurred in, the vote 
being regarded as a tiuality-yeas, 86; nays,31. 
The section levying tax on official salaries and 
dividends was so amended that the tax is to 
cease August I, 1870. The bill granting lauds to 
tho State of Minnesota to aid in the Improve¬ 
ment of the habor of Duluth, Lake Superior, 
was passed. 
The Senate hold a session on the fourth, dis¬ 
cussing at, length tho Naturalization Hill. Mr. 
Sumner moved to Strike the word “white” 
from the bill, declaring himself in favor of the 
Asiatics; Ids amendment, was voted down 14 to 
30 after which tho bill passed. On the follow- j 
i tig day 11 bill wag introduced to incorporate tho 
Tehuantepec Bailway and Ship Canal Company. 
The Tax Hill was proceeded with, ami the mo¬ 
tion to strike out the income lax auction was 
defeated, so the tax will stand, if not. again re¬ 
considered. An amendment was adopted im¬ 
posing a duty of forty per cent, ad, valorem on 
telegraph wire, lifter which the Tariff Tax Bill 
was passed—13 to 5. Various amendments were 
made to the Kiver and Harbor Appropriation 
Hill, after which It was passed, ns also u bill for 
the relief of the United States and Brazil Steam 
Navigation Company. A bill for refunding to 
Massachusetts Interest duo on advances to t he 
United States during the war of 1813-15 was 
passed. 
In the Senate, the Committee on Judiciary 
were discharged from the further consideration 
ol’ the Woman Suffrage memorials. Mr. Ponton 
spoke at length on our commercial relations 
With tlie Spanish American States. The Naval 
and Fortification Appropriation Bills were 
passed. The bill fixing a uniform day for the 
election of members of Congress, and the ap¬ 
portionment of members alter the taking of the 
Census was pnsssed. 
In the House, a bill remitting and reloaaing'ntl 
legacy and succession taxes on the devises and 
bequests made by Matthew Vassar to thoVassat? 
College at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and the Senate 
hill to grant the right of way to the Atlantic 
Hoad through tho public lands In California were 
passed. Hills for tho extension of patents were 
reported and passed as follows: of John Tyler, 
West Lebanon,N. 11.. for Improvement in water 
wheels; of Stephen Hall, Poughkeepsie, N. V., 
for'improved harvester; of Pierpont Seymour, 
East, Bloomlicld, N. Y., lor seed planter; of 
Jacob A. Anderson, for improved cooking stove; 
of Francis M. Strong and Thomas Ross l’or im¬ 
provement in platform scales; of Alexander O. 
Twining, for process of making iee. A resolution 
requesting the President to demand of the 
British Government under what pretense of 
l ight and under whose orders American Ashing 
vessels are arrested and detained In their voy¬ 
ages in tho Straits Of Uanso on their way to the 
fishing grounds, by vessels flying the British flag 
was adopted. 
The Funding Hill was further debated, various 
amendments offered and rejected, and the bill 
finally passed by a vote of 189 to 41. alter which 
the House bill was adopted as a substitute for 
that of the Senate. The proposed Government. 
Postal Telegraph bin was reported favorably 
and discussed at length; a minority report was 
also presented favoring the incorporation of a 
Postal Telegraph Co. In the Kentucky contest¬ 
ed election ease, t ho seat was awarded Mr. 
Adams, and $5,000 voted to Mr. Panics the con¬ 
testant, as expenses of the contest. A bill to es¬ 
tablish a Police Court in the city ol' Washington 
was passed ; a bill to pay arrears of pensions to 
some hundred persons named therein who bad 
not made their upplieui ions within the time re¬ 
quired by law, was passed, as also the Post-Office 
Route Hill; the Committed on Public Lands, re¬ 
ported a bill repeating the act ol' June 12, 1866, 
which confirmed the grant of certain lands toJose 
Uonuiiguos, in California, which, it was shown, 
was a gross fraud, and tho hill passed without 
opposition* Bills ware also passed, to code to 
the State of Ohio, the unsold lands in the Virgi¬ 
nia military district in Ohio; confirming title in 
St. Clair county, Illinois, to certain United Stales 
lauds therein ; relinquishing to the corpora lion 
of Fremont, Ohio, a certain parcel of ground in 
Fremont county; authorizing the issuing to 1 
Stephen Mars ton, of Hartford, Conn., of a pat- 1 
ont for certain land in Michigan; to make the 
Territory of Arizona a separate surveying dis¬ 
trict, and to establish the Office of Surveyor- 
General therein: to vacate the Fort Dakota 
Military Reservation, in tho Territory of Dakota; < 
tor the relief of certain purchasers of lands . 
from the legal representatives of Bartholomew ] 
Cousin, deceased. 
Hills were also passed to create a port of de- ' 
livery at Duluth, Minn., attaching Duluth to the < 
Collection District of Lake Superior; to pay « 
$25,000 to the two daughters of Jethro Woods, t 
the inventor ol tho cast-iron plow yeas, 108; 
nays, 54—two-thirds voting in the affirmative. ! 
Also hills to pay for certain English vessels file- < 
gaily seized during the recent war. Apropos!- - 
lion to let these claims remain unpaid, as offset s < 
for certain fishing vessels recently seized by the 
British war vessels and carried into Canadian 1 
ports, and until indemnity was given for tho 1 
damage done by the Alabama. The Chairman, 1 
Mr. Dawes, said the committee preferred to 
have the country da right, and not follow the 1 
example of the British Government. The ag¬ 
ain! paid |ti the form of an internal tax upon tho 
raw cotton entering into the manufacture of 
such cloth or other articles, was also passed. 
In the House, Pat Woods was sentenced to 
throe months’ imprisonment. The Conference 
report on the Currency bill was agreed to, and 
the bill now goes to the President for ids sig¬ 
nature. 
lUiKcellaucoitN. 
Thk President has nominated Thomas C. Mur¬ 
phy for Collector of the port of New York, in 
place of M. H. Grinnell; Gen. Thomas Hiilhou.se 
Sub-Treasurer, in place of Judge Folger; and 
Noah Davis as District Attorney for the South¬ 
ern District of New York, vice Piorrcpont re¬ 
signed. Mr. Grinnell Inis been transferred to the 
Naval Office. 
President Grant, members of his family, and 
household spent the National holiday In Connec¬ 
ticut. The President wag much indisposed on 
reaching New York on ids ret urn, but recovered 
sufficiently to go on to Washington. 
Another delegation of Hioux Indian* are in 
Washington, under chargoof Major RacdaU of 
tho Cheyenne Agency. They come to ask for 
food and their annuity goods, which they claim 
are withheld, fn (violation of the good faith of 
their Great Father, the President. 
Gen. Sherman has letters lrotn Gen. Sheridan, 
which show that the Indians ol' both the North¬ 
western and Southern Reservations arc on the 
war-path In earnest. The Indians are well 
armed, and roving in predatory bands, many of 
them 1,000 miles from their reservations, and a 
sanguinary war is deemed imminent.. 
A full investigation at iho Internal Revenue 
Bureau of the condition of the accounts of ex¬ 
cel lector Hatley shows that the deficit is $131,- 
000, and not $600,000, us heretofore reported. 
The Revenue Bureau Is remodeling and sim¬ 
plifying the distillery regulations. 
Washington specials affirm there is still a dis¬ 
position on t he part, of the President to press 
the Ban Domingo Treaty, and a hope that the 
friends of annexation In tho Senate will exert 
themselves to aid the project. 
-- 
NEW YORK STATE. 
Tins Common cement exercises at. Cornell Uni¬ 
versity were hold the 30th ult., when degrees 
were conferred as follows:—Civil Engineer, 1 ; 
Bachelor of Science, 8; Bachelor of Philosophy, 
7; Bachelor of Arts, 8. The degree of “Doctor 
of Letters” was conferred upon Prof. Goldwin 
Smith. 
Thomas E. Burdick, a school-teacher at St. 
Johnsviho, m Inis State, whs shot and killed by 
Chariot* Backer, in that village Tuesday morning. 
Some law difficulty was at tho bottom of the 
attack. Eacker lias been arrested, and is now in 
Jail. 
trial of the Rensselaer anti-renters, the 
Whit bock family, has begun at Rallston, for 
the alleged murder of Deputy-Sheriff Willard 
Grigg, in Groenbush, Rensselaer County, last 
Fall. 
A Buffalo dispatch contains a report that tho 
Central Railroad, in view of tlionumber of suits 
pending against it for overcharge bet ween Ton- 
a wan da and Buffalo, tins reduced tho faro to the 
legal rate. 
The Court ol Appeals lias adjourned to meet 
in Albany, Oct. 11, next. Tho Commission of 
Appeals has tlxed its term on the third Tuesday 
In September; first Tuesday In January and 
tho first Tuesday in May, at the Capitol in Al¬ 
bany. 
The Utica Knitting Factory and several other 
buildings were destroyed by fire on the6th lust., 
Involving a loss of near $30,000. The fire origi¬ 
nated in tho machinery of me factory. 
On the 6th Inst, a tiro at Rochester destroyed 
the stables at the National Hotel, mid the livery 
stables of Hiram Wood and Wm. Alward, and 
doing damage to other ad joining buildings. The 
office of the Rochester Union, ns well ns the 
National Hotel, stores and dwellings in the vi¬ 
cinity, were saved only by tho well directed 
labors of the efficient fire department. Alder¬ 
man 5Vliitoorub of the National Hotel, tn at¬ 
tempting 10 remove a valuable trotter, was 
kicked in the face, knocked down and stepped 
upon b,i the animal, and severely injured. A 
deep gash was cut in his nose, and his right arm 
and wrest badly bruised. Policeman Kitvattagh 
removed in safety the horse which did all this 
mischief. Nothing else was saved from the 
uuikling. O 110 horse was also burned to death 
in Wood's stables. Nothing besides the horses 
wore saved from these buildings; sleighs, wag¬ 
ons, harness, robes, bay, grain, &c., were all con¬ 
sumed. Tho carriage? in the sheds were re¬ 
moved. rtm horses in tlie stables of Mr. Al¬ 
ward. .iiid many of tho other contents, excepting 
grain, Ac., wore taken out in safety. The loss 
was over $SUJHjO, with only a small amount, of 
insurance, bill ing tlie twenty-four hours there 
were several other fires in the city, though not 
involving ranch mss of property. About tlie 
same time the house of D. W. Spencev. North 
Chili, was burned. Loss, J.Otiil; insured for *1,300. 
The Syracuse Courier establishment was set 
on lire on 1 lie 2nd inst., and saved with difficulty. 
The proprietors of tlie Courier office offer a re¬ 
ward of $200 for the arrest and conviction or the 
incendiaries. 
It appears by* The report of the Register of 
Vital Statistics to the Board of Health, that the 
death rate of New York city l'or die week ending : 
July 2, was higher than that of any other con es- I 
ponding week of tlie past fifteen years. There 
worn thirty-eight eases of death from sunstroke 
or other direct effects of the heat. A genuine 
case of Asiatic cholera, which resulted fatally, 
occurred in the Eighth Ward. But one case of 
small pox is reported. 
The new Court of Appeals lias made the fol¬ 
lowing appointments:—Reporter, Samuel Hand; 
Clerk. Edwin O. Perrin; Crier, Ainos Dodge: 
Attendants, Bartholomew Curtin and Jeremiah 
Cooper. 
Governor Huffman lifts appointed Benjamin 
F. Angel, of Goneseo, Hon. John B. Skin¬ 
ner, of Buffalo, Alexander S. Divon, of El¬ 
mira, Scott Lord, of Goneseo, and Gaylord H. 
Unbind], of Sing Sing, Managers of the Educa¬ 
tional and Industrial Reformatory at Warsaw. 
Tlie steam saw mill of Messrs. Whitcpnib & 
Chamberlain, near Hornellsville, was destroyed 
by fire on the 5th. Loss about $15,000. 
Mr. J. Waite, of Cherry Creek, died from 
drinking cold water while in a heated condition, 
a few day*s since. 
-- 
FROM NEW ENGLAND. 
Calvin Andrews of Chi Ison, Mass., has been 
arrested for tying a runaway boy beside the 
thills of his wagon, and making him keep up 
with his horse for four miles, by use of the whip. 
Secretary Boutwell has given Dr. Martin of 
Boston permission to import, free of duty, from 
France, four heifers, witli pure vaccine Virus, in 
order to tight t he increase of small-pox in this 
country, since our American supply of vaccine 
matter is regarded as impure. 
Usury laws have now been abandoned in 
Maine. Parties can tend and borrow at such a 
rate of interest as they may express In writing. 
Where there is no agreement in writing, six per 
cent, is the legal interest. 
A firm in Rockland, Me., is said to have ship¬ 
ped to Boston and Portland, during the months 
ol March, April and May, one hundred tons of 
live lobsters. 
The Fourt h of July celebration at Woodstock, 
Conn., at, which President, Grant mid party were 
present, proved a very enjoyable affair. Sena¬ 
tor Buckingham presided and introduced the 
speakers, ex-Lieut.-Gov. Woodford of New 
York, Henry Ward Beecher, Gen. Butler and j 
Gen. Hawley. Gen. Butter spoke against ihe 
contract labor of the Chinese, and Gen. Hawley 
replied to that rmrt of his speech, deprecating 
the idea of locking iho gates of America against 
a suffering world, lie wished that tho Chinese 
laborers who came to this country were iri Bet¬ 
ter condition ; I.mt he did not sec how ho could 
shut the gates against any down-trodden people 
who wished lo flee to the protection of Ameri¬ 
can institutions, 
A. C. Dennison, Esq., manufacturer of paper 
boxes at Lewiston, Me., recently presented Die 
sum of $1,200 to Westbrook Seminary to help 
liquidate its debt. 
The corner-stone of the Agricultural College 
at Hanover, N. H„ was laid recently. H is 
named in memory of the late Gen. David Culver 
of „ynn, a liberal benefactor to the college. 
The corner-stone was laid by Gov. Stearns, who, 
with several other gentlemen, made appropriate 
speeches. 
There are many towns In Addison county, Vt„ 
where old hay enough is left over to winter the 
stock. 
Tne Crispin indignation meeting nt North 
Adams,Mass., was attended by four or five thou¬ 
sand men* including many from Troy and Al¬ 
bany. Tho speeches deprecated violence, hut 
urged political action,and called for Congres¬ 
sional interference. They have since concluded 
to open a co-operative manufactory, and many 
have resumed work at a reduction of ten per 
cent, on former prices. 
The trustees of tho Nichols Latin school In 
Lewiston, Me., have given it to Bates College, to 
be used as a Baptist Theological school, on a 
condition that Die college maintain a first-class 
Latin school. 
The Clapp family will have a meeting on 24th 
of August, at Northampton, Moss, a. M. Clapp, 
Esq., of Vf aaUiSurt on wt 11 preside, and Die 
Rev. Or. Clapp of Now York will deliver a his¬ 
torical address. 
•--- 
FROM THE WEST. 
A dreadful disaster occurred in the Yellow 
Jacket, mine, Nov., June 30th, whereby four 
men were instantly killed. A party wore at 
work between the eight and nine hundred foot 
levels, when a gallery caved in, burying and suf- 
focatrng Manuel AJamoda, Patrick Doherty, 
John Kennedy and Ralph Hanson. 
The contracts for tlie erection of a mill at 1 
Biaoknawk, WIs., for tlie Beet Sugar Company, 
was awarded to Messrs. Dreseu A Baertscfi, of 
8uuk City, for $1,500—this aside from the mason¬ 
ry work. 
Tho new Constitution for Illinois, with prob 
ably all Die arficles submitted separately, was 
adopted July 2nd, by a majority which is betiev 
ed to exceed one hundred thousand. This brings 
into trial in Illinois, among other tilings, tho 
experiment of minority representation. 
The Kansas Pacific Railway Company is build¬ 
ing round houses with stalls for iho capacity of 
fifty engines at Iitfls,22'J miles west of the eastern 
Mate line. 
Mrs. H. A. Vosburg, of Fenton, Mich., was 
noisoned by potato-bugs, toon alarming extent, 
60 that for a time, heriifo was despaired of. 
Mrs. Isabel Kirkpatrick of Galveston, Iml,, left 
her bed one niglil recently, arid was found next 
morning (fitting down in the rain barrel, dead. ( 
She Imd got into the barrel, which contained 
water enough to cover her face when sitting 
down. She is thought lo have Peon partially In- ' 
gone, from ;lie effects iff overwork. She leaves 
a husband and four children. 
Til® trustees of one township of Lawrence Co., j | 
Jud., paid out $1,080 for mutton consumed by 
logs. 
A dispatch from Che venue nays the bodies of 
Bard. Harvey, Morgan and Mr, Mason have been ' 
teund, they having been tort ured to death by 
tne Indians. Morgan was scalped, the kingbolt * 
of a wagon driven through fits head, and the ten¬ 
dons down his sprue taken out for bow strings. 
Tlu* Indians who commuted these depredations 
ire Armpahoes jmd Sioux. 
Tho steamship America sailed from Ban Frail- ' 
cisco recently, for Yokohama and Hong Kong, J 
with over $1,000,000 in treasure, of which $536,000 
was for Japan, and $188,000 for China. ; 
Tlie California und Oregon Railroad was ' 
opened to Chicago on tho 4th instant. The road ! 
will be finished in time for Die harvest in the ' 
Sacramento Valley. f 
NewE from the plains continue to foreshadow 
war. At Laramie eit y, n report has been receiv- 1 
ed from North Park of tho murder of miners by i 
Utos Indians. A tight ensued between the Utes 
and Cheyennes, which lasted some live hours, 1 
when the latter fled, then the Utes went at the < 
miners and killed all they could find of them. ; 
A party of t wenty prospectors from Cheyenne 
found the body of Mr. Shipman, of tndopen- 1 
deuce, Montana, in frout of his cabin. He w as i 
Shot twice, sculped, and axes were driven into ' 
Ins head, and his body was mutilated in u man¬ 
ner too horrible and disgusting to mention. ' 
Eighty miles north of here, at North Platte 1 
Ferry, they found tho bodies of two minors 
mutilated in a like manner. Their names wore t 
unknown. The Indians committing these out- 1 
rages are undoubtedly Cheyennes. 
Major Clinton, Superintendent of Indian Af¬ 
fairs for New Mexico, in forwarding a report of 
affairs states Dint ho has directed Major Wilson 
to continue feeding Indians under the present 
cont ract, which tins expired, until the will nt' Die 
Department is known. He also states that there 
is not t he least prospect of doing anything with 
these Indians, neither with the Wemenutebe nor 
Capote Utes. They say openly that they will 
not work, and consequently the government 
have the choice of cither feeding or fighting 
them. Additional cavalry have been stationed 
along the line of the Kansas Pacific Railroad to 
protect the settlements from the Indians. 
-- 
FROM THE SOUTH. 
It is stated in the New Orleans Price Current 
that the increase in tho number of acres now 
under cultivation in Louisiana is from fifteen to 
twenty percent, over the area planted last year 
The Knight plantation, fn Assumpt ion parish. 
La., whlcu was eoid previous to Die war for 
$754100, was again sold recently, for $13,750. 
Tho trustees of Oglethorpe College, Ga., have 
purchased the palat ial mansion of John Neat, 
Esq., for $20,000. 
A farmer raised 3.000 bushels of Irish potatoes 
this year on ten acres of Lana on Buffalo bayou, 
neur Houston, Texas. At $ t per bushel — a low 
figure—the Crop tg worth $3,000. Tills beats cot¬ 
ton at fifty cents a pound. 
A terrible hailstorm passed over Fort Union, 
New Mexico, recently. Ibn/stoncs as large ns 
walnuts fell for an hour. Tho corn crop is re¬ 
ported to have been destroyed oy 1 1 . 
There is said to tie strong indications that the 
action of the current is undermining, and wtL 
eventually remove, tlie celebrated Reu River 
rai l in Arkansas, tn view of the Immense area 
of country dependent on lted Rtvcr, and the 
great, interest Involved, this “were a consum¬ 
mation devoutly to be wished.” 
The largest cot ton sale Of the season for Gal¬ 
veston, Texas, was made recently, reaching 
3,000 bales, and selling upon a basis of seventeen'' 
cents for good ordinary. 
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MISCELLANEOUS. 
From Mexico we have more than Dio usual 
amount of news and rumor. The United states 
tmin-of-war Mohican, which started In pursuit 
of Placido Vega's steamer Forward overtook 
and destroyed that vessel on the 17th of June. 
Six of the Forward's craw were taken prisoners 
by the Mexicans at Teacapam Bay and shot. 
The Sierra Puebla insurgents have surrendered 
to the Government authorities. Go tigress hav¬ 
ing decreed the continuation of tho Free Zone, 
Minister Romero has organized a guard to pre¬ 
vent smuggling. Dm expense for tho mainten¬ 
ance of winch wiil bo about. $luu,(|go aumiaily. 
Another priest, a resident of the town of V lezca, 
in the State of Cohabuila, has married. Gov. 
Qulroga has initiated a revolutionary movement 
in the State of Nuevo Leon. Tho Vera Cruz 
Railroad has been completed, and opened to the 
public ns far as Chiquishuite. The Dfarto, Die 
official organ of tlie Mexican Government, de¬ 
nies peremptorily Die charges recently made 
against President Juarez that he had aided the 
Confederates. Two Legislatures, each support¬ 
ed by a Governor and a General, contest Die ‘ 
control of the State of Oumpeeiio. Tt is reported ' 
that. Dio Gnutcmnliun General, Perez Gomez, 
has crossed over the border into the Shite of 
Chiapa, and, at the head of five hundred men, 
has entered the t own of Chiapa, the capital of 
Die State. Many Mexicans have joined tlie in¬ 
vading Guateinaliuii army. Porforio- Diaz has 
accepted Die command of the allied troops. 
From Cuba the reports, as usual, arc conflict¬ 
ing und contradictory. It appeans that posi¬ 
tively the Spanish troops have been defeated in 
several engagements recently with the insur¬ 
gent leaders Diaz ami Gomez. The situation of 
the Spaniards In the Eastern Department is un¬ 
favorable. Tho troops in the vicinity of San¬ 
tiago de Cuba are acting altogether on Die de¬ 
fensive. Col. Balwes, who is in command til 
Santiago de Cuba, had made demands for rein¬ 
forcements, but was unable to get any. The 
planters stro Holding meetings, and nearly all of 
them refuse to obey the emancipation laws,ami 
wtff resist, the treeing of the slaves. Large 
amounts of money have been raised to send to 
Spurn in order to avoid the execution of the 
law, and to seciire its repeal. Captain-General 
de Lindas has returned to Havana. He confirms 
the report that the so-called Army of Die Uamu- 
tfuuy, as an organized force, no longer exists, 
and Die only opposition the Spaniards meet with 
is from small wandering parties. 
From Canada it is reported that the Govern¬ 
ment in ottuwa has no information that Ameri¬ 
can vessels have been stopped in the Straits of 
Cansu. Prince Arthur left Quebec on Die 7th 
inst for England, Die people manifesting great 
enthusiasm, with n royal salute from Die Dili del. 
Another destructive flro occurred at. Iriigueruiy, 
which lasted for eight, days. The destitution is 
very great- The Provincial Government lias 
been applied to for $35,000 in aid of Die sufferers. 
A (ire on Die 4th Inst, destroyed a row of seven 
frame buildings on the west sidoof the creek, at. 
Oil City, Pa. The loss is I'm 111 $25,000 to $30,000. 
There was little or no insurance. Tho Daily Oil 
City Times, which was situated in tho row, lost 
from 5,000 to $7,000, and was uninsured. 
A lamp exploded in llemy Raid’s stable, at 
Pittsburgh, Pa., on the 4Mi, setting lire to and 
burning up the stable, with an adjoining billiard 
nail and grocery, and Injuring Mr, Halil. The 
toss’was $21,000. 
The corner-stone for the Home for aged indi¬ 
gent women was laid in Newark, N-J., on the 
30th ult. by the Mayor of that city. The build¬ 
ing wilt oe eighty-four by forty feet, with an 
extension thirty by forty, and will be \Diroe 
stories high. The new structure will cost $40,000. 
A fire occurred recently at Cote’s St. Paul, 
Canada, burning the Mount Royal mills. Loss 
in grain about $ 1.000,000. 
A melancholy accident occurred in Hamilton, 
Out., recently, by which, owing to tho upsetting 
of a boat, three daughters of Mr. Thomas Swin- 
yard, of tlie G. W. Railway, were drowned. 
The.saitnOn fishermen of the Gulf of St. Law¬ 
rence have this year been abundantly rewarded 
in their labors. As an evidence, it is stated that 
Gaspe alone has sent away s.luu barrels. 
Tlie Hudson’s Bay Company appropriate £300,- 
000, derived from Canada for its territory, to pay¬ 
ing a dividend of £3 to each shareholder. 
Between 300 and 400 sacks of mail, direct from 
the post-office in London, Eng., and bound to 
the South Sea Islands, recently passed over the 
Pacific Railroad. 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
In England Lari Granville succeeds the Earl 
of Clarendon as Minister of Foreign Affairs, and 
1 In-Earl of Kimberly takes the Colonial Office. 
The death of Mr. Stephen Blaire, former Mem¬ 
ber of Parliament, is announced. 
In thp House of Lords, Earl Granville said Die 
Red River Expedition was not for conquest, but 
to transfer the territory from the Hudson Bay 
Company to the Crown. 
In the House of Commons, on the 1st inst., an 
amendment, to the Education Bill, making edu¬ 
cation free to nil, was voted down by a majority 
of 225. The University Tests Bill was passed, 
and the Irish Land Bill and Education Bill were 
still under debate. The appeal of Capt. Eyre o'” 
the Bombay, was again introduced. Mr. Glad¬ 
stone said the captain was undoubtedly guilty 
of a grave error; but lie regretted the introduc¬ 
tion of the topic, and hoped it, would be with¬ 
drawn, w hich was done. 
Mr. Thomas Hughes, M. P., will sail August 
3d for three months' visit, to the United States. 
The bill providing for tlie revision of the Les¬ 
sons in the Book of Common Prayer passed the 
House of Lords. 
The Government had declined to ratify tho 
treaty concluded by Minister Alcoek with Chinn. 
Much excitement existed in consequence of 
the refusal of the Government to give up tlie 
body of Thompson, the Fenian prisoner who 
died at Portland, for public burial. 
An amendment authorizing school boards to 
raise money to meet deficiencies, provoked a ver¬ 
bal duel between MePsrs.DTsra.eLi and Gladstone, 
which resulted in favor of the latter, Dm amend¬ 
ment being rejected by a majority of 185 votes. 
Quiet bas been restored at Cork, lint in tlie 
fanning districts an attempt of tho workmen to 
break up the mowing machines, which was pre¬ 
vented, causing much had feeling- 
In Spain, the majority of the Cortes having 
expressed a decided preference for Prince Leo¬ 
pold of Hohenzoilern as future King, it is said 
with the approval of Prussia, much excitement 
existed. A council of the Ministry approved tho 
course of Gen. Prim, in the selection, which was 
accepted. Tito Prince has signified Ills willing¬ 
ness to accept. Die crown. The Cortes is to bo 
convcnod expressly to vote upon Die new can¬ 
didate, ami it is expected lie wTll receive more 
than the requisite number of 170 votes- A Span¬ 
ish Heel Is to be dispatched for him, and his ar¬ 
rival Is looked for early in November, before 
which time all may bo at sea again upon this 
question. 
In Franco, as well as England and elsewhere 
on the Continent, there is much excitement 
caused by the protest of the French Emperor 
against a German Prince occupying the throne 
Of Spain, and a note of protest lias been for¬ 
warded to tho Prussian Government. Both par¬ 
ties fire assuming uti attitude of war. There isa 
rumor that Austria supports [franco. Fours are 
expressed of it general European war. To the 
French note, it Is reported Prussia replies as fol¬ 
lows:— The Prince of Itohenzollorn is not a 
member of the royal family; Prussia did noth¬ 
ing to procure the offer Of Dm Spanish crown for 
iiftn; the consent, of the King of Prussia to its 
acceptance will begiven definitively only after 
tlie vote of the Cortes; and, if Dm latter should 
elect a llohetneollern, Prussia wilt support him. 
A rumor prevails that Hpuin has concluded a 
new treaty alliance with Prasha. 
The French Senate proposes to increase Die 
military contingent from VIO.OOO to 100,000. 
From Chill® we have the report of u terrible 
massacre of Christians by the natives at Pekin 
on Die 21st ult. The Count, do Roclirelmnuit, 
the French Secretary of Legation, and a num¬ 
ber of priests and Sisters of Mercy were ruth¬ 
lessly slaughtered. The cathedral was also 
burned mid a number ot Russians killed; which 
lias been fully confirmed by kite despatches. 
Order bus been restored and measures taken 
which will insure tho safety of all foreigners. 
Instructions will be immediately sent to the 
Commander of the French fleet in Chinese wa¬ 
ters to vindicate the outraged dignit y of France. 
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