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CURRENT TOPICS. 
Heavy Rain Storm*. 
On Saturday and Sunday I ant very heavy rain 
storms occurred over a large portion of the 
Middle States and New England, doing consid¬ 
erable damage in some localities. The storm 
commenced on Friday evening and continued, 
with brief Intermissions, until Sunday night. 
At New Jlaven, Conn., It rained powerfully 
most of the time from 9 P. M. Friday until 
Sunday evening. The fall was Immense, 
amounting to very nearly 11 inches, or about 
one-third of the annual fall In that region. In 
Boston and several other localities the rainfall 
was also heavier than known before for many 
years. In New York City and vicinity, the 
storm was severe, accompanied with high 
winds, and It Is feared much damage was 
caused along the coast. The atmosphere was 
uncomfortably cool—more like October than 
August. In Philadelphia and vicinity, the 
storm caused considerable damage, and two 
men were drowned by the washing away of a 
bridge in Germantown. A dispatch from Long 
Branch says 1 he storm raged fearfully all Sun¬ 
day night, doing considerable damage along 
the shore. As the hay and grain crops wore 
generally secured, wo think the storm caused 
comparatively little damage In the Interior, 
but fear the worst is not yet (Monday, A. M.) 
known: a» to Its devastation on the coast. 
Political Pews and Cosslp. 
The Tennessee Elections, held on the fith 
inst., resulted in the success of the Conserva¬ 
tive or Democratic ticket by a large majority. 
In Memphis the majority was 3.593, and the 
total vote over 10,000, or about 2.000 over the 
ordinary vote. Nashville gave a majority of 
between 2,000 and 3,000. A telegram dated 
Nashville, Aug. 7, says: "The result through¬ 
out the State, a* far its hoard from is that, the 
Democrat.s have swept the State and elected 
their candidates in every county." The result 
is accounted for on the grounded hostility to 
the Civil Bight* bill and mixed schools. In 
Brownsville and throughout Knox County, the 
election was the most exciting for many years. 
HORACE Maynard made speeches in favor of 
the Civil Bights bill as a party (Republican) 
measure, white Senator Brown low was openly 
hostile to the bill. The result was n complete 
revolution throughout the city and county, 
with sweeping majorities tor the Conservative, 
anti-Clvil Rights ticket. 
The North Carolina Election resulted 
In a Democratic victory. A telegram from 
Raleigh, Aug. 7, says; "barge Democratic 
gains are reported from every section. The 
State is Democratic by from 10,000 to 20,000 ma¬ 
jority. Seven Democratic Congressmen out of 
eight have been elected. There Is a Demo¬ 
cratic gaio of some 20 in Hie Legislature. A nd 
a dispatch from Wilmington says:—"The 
Con ervatives have swept the State like a 
whirlwind. The returns now coming in are all 
one way. It is impossible to estimate correctly 
the majority for tHe State ticket, hut it will 
probably reach 10,000." 
The Elections in Kentucky, chiefly of a 
local character like those of Tennessee, also 
resulted in favor of the nomocracy by in¬ 
creased majorities. Junes, Democratic candi¬ 
date for the Clerk or the Court of Appeals, is 
reported to have received an estimated majori¬ 
ty Of 15,000 to 50,000. 
New YORK. -A correspondent of The Utica 
Herald writes a long letter from Albany giving 
the current gossip there on State politics. He 
says the prospects for Gov. Dix's renomination 
are as strong as ever, and that the probabilities 
are that Lleut.-Gov. Robinson, Mr. Barkley, 
Canal Commissioner, and Mr. Kirkpatrick, 
Prison Inspector, will also be renominated. On 
the Democratic side the correspondent thinks 
the choice for Governor lies between Judge 
Allen and the Hun. Samuel J, Tilden, while 
Smith M. Weed has the in.-iJe track for the 
Lieut.-Governorship. He also says that Waldo 
Hutchins is credited with the remark that the 
Liberals will join the Democrats. 
International Sports. 
And now the American boys, or men, rather, 
are showing the English how to play the noble 
and sometimes (toface and limbs) sanguinary 
game of Base Bill. Two of our u crack '* Baso 
Ball clubs—the Red Stockings of Boston, aud 
the Athletic* of Philadelphia-are now in En¬ 
gland, and played a game near London on the 
Gth Inst., the former boating the latter by a 
soore oi 14 to 11. The match was played in one 
hour and fifty minutes. The American field 
ij ,-t practice of our National game seems 
to be Quite attractive to the English people, as 
it is said that thousands of persons, including 
many members of the aristocracy, witnessed 
the play. 
On the same day a game of Cricket was com¬ 
menced between Americans and Englishmen— 
twenty-two members of our visiting base tiall- 
Ists playing against eleven of Prince's Club. 
A cable dispatch, sent during the progress of 
the game, says:—"It is probable that the 
Americans will gain an easy victory, because 
the crack players of Prince’s Club arc out of 
town." 
— We refer to this matter us u current topic 
of news, but In doing so cannot help thinking, 
and expressing the opinion, that much muscle 
is wasted by those who pursue so Industriously 
the sports above mentioned. Buskin's sug¬ 
gestion to English University student* viz., to 
build roads or perform other useful work, in¬ 
stead of rowing, playing cricket, etc. was a 
capital one and might be adopted to advantage 
In England and America. For. though play and 
recreation are all right and proper at times, 
the excessive "sporting" by our college stu¬ 
dents and other- is not only being overdone, 
but not unfrequently engender* a spirit (vide 
the Saratoga Regatta) unfavorable to both 
morality and scholastic attainments. 
Fatal Disaster on the Ohio River. 
On the morning of the 51.h inst. the steamer 
Pat. Rogers was burned on the Ohio River, near 
Aurora, and Borne twenty-five persons, mostly 
women and children, were lost by the calamity. 
One account says:—"The flro was discovered 
among the cotton freight, at an early hour in 
the morning, and when the passengers were all 
asleep. A score or more of unfortunate ereat- 
ures were burned or drowned the actual loss 
being no! yet known. There appears to have 
been t he usual number of incidents of fiendish 
brutality and cowardice, and the customary 
display of more manly characteristics. It is 
stated that the tiller-rope was found to be cut, 
rendering the wheel useless and t he boat un¬ 
manageable.” The (Ire Is supposed to have been 
or incendiary origin, and is believed to have 
been started by a negro thief who had been 
shot at by the watchman of the steamer two 
weeks before. This negro took passage at Louis¬ 
ville, and was heard to say to several negroes 
before starting that he would " make it hot as 
hell for the watchman before he got to Cin¬ 
cinnati." 
A dispatch from Cincinnati, dated the 0th, 
says:—"The number on board, all told, is sup¬ 
posed to have been from 72 to 75 persons. The 
exact list cannot bo lutd. The reports of the 
lost have ranged from 15 to 28 persons; 25 Is 
probably nearest the fact. Suspense and un¬ 
certainty as to the fate of the missing have 
added intensely to the painful Interest felt In 
the calamity here. At this time 45 persons are 
known to have been saved." The cargo of the 
boat was valued at about $70,000. The insurance 
is not known. 
The Crasshopper Plague. 
The accounts of the devastation caused by 
grasshoppers in the West have been somewhat 
contradictory during the past month, especial¬ 
ly from Minnesota, the first reports exagger- 
al lug the facts concerning the amount of dam¬ 
age done in that State, But even there the 
injury to crops has been grea t in some sect Ions, 
and must prove a serious matter to many 'Ol¬ 
liers. Late reports from Kansas and Nebraska 
give deplorable accounts of the ravages <d the 
destroying Insects. A dispatch from St. Joseph, 
Mo., dated August 6, states (.hat 11 the grasshop¬ 
pers have entirely destroyed the corn crop of 
Western Kansas and Nebraska. It is doubtful 
whether a thousand bushels of corn will be 
saved In those States In a line passing from the 
Platte River, Nebraska, through Humboldt, 
Seneca, and Manhattan to Wachita on the Ar¬ 
kansas River. Hundreds of settlors In Western 
Kansas and Nebraska are selling their stock 
and furniture at. any price and preparing to 
leave the country. The insects are as thick as 
bees, swarming everywhere, devouring every 
green thing in their way, and slowly moving 
south aud cast, t ears are expressed that they 
will destroy all the corn west of the Missouri 
River. The crop of wheat aud other small 
grains in this region was good, so that there are 
no fears of starvation. The plague, however, 
is u terrible blow to the prosperity of this 
region." 
National Educational Convention. 
The Educational Convention held at Detroit, 
Mich., last week, was largely attended, and 
most of its sessions were spirited and interest¬ 
ing. Papers were read and discussed by lead¬ 
ing educators from various sections of the 
country. Among others the following resolu¬ 
tions expressive of opinion were adopted : 
Resolved t That this Association reaffirms the 
declaration of opinion voted at its last annual 
meeting, that the proceeds or the sales of the 
public lands should be set apart by Congress, 
under such conditions as it may deem wise, as 
a perpetual fund for the support of public edu¬ 
cation in the States and Territories. 
Resolved , That this Association is earnestly in 
favor of the establishment of a true National 
University. 
An able committee was appointed to urge 
further the project of a National University. 
The following officers were elected for the en¬ 
suing year:—President, William T. Harris of 
Missouri; Secretary, W. R. Abbot of Virginia ; 
Treasurer. A. R. Marble of Massachusetts ; 
Vice-Presidents—C. S. Venable u! Virginia, J. 
M. Fleming of Tennessee, George Thatcher of 
Iowa. Miss Cakeler of Ohio, Joseph Crinkshank 
of New York, A. C. Shortridge of Indiana, Miss 
Anua P. Diehl of Pennsylvania, Mrs. M. A. 
Perkins of Detroit, Miss M. A, Slone of Con¬ 
necticut, J. K. Gllsoa of South Carolina, T. W. 
Cardoza of Mississippi, and Alexander Hogg 
of Alabama. A dispatch from Detroit says: 
"Richmond, Va., was agreed on Tor the next 
meeting, aud thoConvention adjourned. Every 
one is delighted with its success. The dele¬ 
gates present numbered over 000, and repre¬ 
sented twenty-nine States and two Territories. 
The papers have been remarkably able aud 
upon subjects of general rather than technical 
interest,” 
HOME NEWS PARAGRAPHS. 
Figures establish that the foreign immigra¬ 
tion has thus far fallen of! one-half from that 
of last year. And as emigration has been un¬ 
usually great, the balance against us for 1374 is 
very serious. 
The woolen mill at Dayville,Conn., owned by 
A. & W. Potter, was burned Aug. 4. The lire 
caught In the picking room, and the mill and 
stock were quickly destroyed, nothing what¬ 
ever peing saved. The loss will reach $70,000; 
insurance $40,000. 
A lire at Manchester,Mich., destroyed Messrs. 
Raynoids &■ Norderklrcher's paper and grist 
mills, last week. The loss is $50,000; insurance 
$28,000. The fire is supposed to have been the 
work of an incendiary. 
The managers of the Franklin Institution /or 
Savings, in Providence, which was crippled last 
Fall by the Sprague failure, have decided to al¬ 
low the Institution to go into the hands of a 
receiver and tic closed up. Complications aris¬ 
ing from the death of Edwin Hoyt in New Vork 
have precipitated this result. 
Lead and tin have been found in Pine Hill 
Mountain, on the line between Greene arid 
Ulster counties, N. V. Joseph Pfelder of Red 
Falls, is sinking a lead mine. The shaft is now 
120 feet deep. John Rider is putting down a tin 
mine nearby. Specimens have been discovered 
which under analysis yielded ninety-five per 
cent, pure tin. 
The Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company 
remmed work at all their collieries Aug. 4, hav¬ 
ing been idle from the 11th of July. Business 
prospects are much brighter in this section. 
The public schools of Maryland are, in the 
opinion of the Baltimore Sun, not surpassed by 
any elsewhere: and it also speaks of the advant¬ 
ages oT the healthy climate and central geo¬ 
graphical position. 
The regents of the University of Minnesota 
desire that the next meeting of the National 
Teachers' Association be held in their State, 
and have placed the university buildings at the 
disposal of the Association for such purpose. 
At a Tennessee institute meeting one of tho 
members advised that in Instructing beginners 
in geography the teacher should discard books 
at first and take an imaginative voyage to the 
various parts of the world, describing every 
place, the phy sical features of the earth In the 
route, the character or the people, productions 
of the soil, etc. 
A fews weeks ago Lueh, aged twenty, ab¬ 
ducted a girl aged eight from her parents from 
Orange, N. J.Jnit returned her safe the next day, 
and would give no reason for taking the child 
away, lie was arrested and indicted for kid¬ 
napping, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to¬ 
day to one year's imprisonment. 
Gilbert F. Ratebook and Charles H. Bertrand, 
New York lawyers, convicted of conspiracy to 
defraud the Gardner heirs of Brooklyn out of a 
valuable estate, were sentenced, at Newark, N. 
J., to two years’ imprisonment and a fine of $5C0 
eaclt. 
The following arc the payments made from 
the treasury by warrant during July: Civil and 
miscellaneous, $7,805,572 ; War, $3,173,930.87; 
Navy, $3,828,276.32; Interior, Pension and Indian, 
$2,948,490.78 ; Total, $10,516,376.08. The above is 
exclusive of payments on account of principal 
and interest of public debt. 
FOREIGN NOTES. 
Kaiser William of Germany is negotiating 
with the Spaniards, according to a French ac¬ 
count. for the cession of the town of S&ntona, 
in the province of Santander, to the domain of 
imperial Prussia. TheGermana propose,should 
they obtain the place, to erect a second Gibral¬ 
tar on its site. 
The two hundred aud fifty sulphur mines iti 
Sicily are last being exhausted, and it is esti¬ 
mated by the Italian Government officers that 
in from fifty to sixty veal's there will be no 
available sulphur left on the island. The 
methods of working tho ore are so defective 
that although it contains from fifteen to forty 
per cent, of pure sulphur, only fourteen per 
cent., is actually obtained. The prediction that 
Iron pyrites will ultimately replace sulphur for 
many purposes Is likely to be verified. 
It is asserted that the Duke Decazes, the 
French Minister of Foreign Affairs, has sent a 
note to the government at Madrid, containing 
a formal denial of the reports that France has 
favored the Oarlists. 
There was a terrible gale off the coast of 
Aberdeenshire, Scotland, last week. H undreds 
of fishing boats were overdue, and it was feared 
many of them had been lost. 
The Ropolo Romano (newspaper) of Aug. 1, 
says that the Cabinet of the Vatican is negotia¬ 
ting to obtain from the governments of Austria. 
Francs aud Portugal the renunciation of their 
right of excluding the candidates at the Papal 
election. 
The Cologne Gazette publishes a telegram 
from Paris stating that in the Superior Council 
of War, Gen. de Clssey, Minister of War, de¬ 
manded an immediate credit of $800,000 and an 
eventual credit of $200,000,000 for army purposes. 
Bayonne advices state that the Carlists have 
received 6,000 Remington rifles which were 
landed on the sea coast. It is also said that 
5,000 other rifles destined l'or the Carlists have 
fallen Into the hands of the French police on 
the frontier. 
Marshal von Moltke has directed the German 
officers to consider the following oontingincies 
in preparing inarching orders for wartime, 1 
Germany alone against France. 2. Germany 
alone against Russia and France. 3. Germany 
and Austria against Russia, Denmark and 
France. 
On the fifty-eight anniversary of the battle of 
Waterloo, which occurred on June 18, there 
were living fifty-nine men who were commis¬ 
sioned officers under Wellington in that battle. 
Mr, C. Dannfeld. the special commissioner 
sent by the Swedish government to make ar¬ 
rangements for the representation or Sweden 
in the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia, 
is sojourning at the Brevoort House, New York. 
The Bishop of Strasbourg recently sent to 
the Pope 05,000 francs ($13,000) of Peter's pence, 
whereupon the Xorth Rinnan Gazette observes 
that the “oppressive taxes" do not seem so 
troublesome in Alsace a* they were. Alsatians 
may anticipate an Increase in the impost, for 
Berlin never Indulges In a joke for a joke’s 
sake. 
The Prussian press Is giving considerable 
attention to the subject of the demand which 
has been made by the French Minister of War 
for the appropriation of a large sum of money 
for the use of the army. The items of the 
Paris estimate have been duly telegraphed to 
Berlin. 
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THE SEASON, CROPS, PRICES, ETC. 
Hnrntogn Mitrings, JV. V., July 2ft.—Spring 
was late and cold until the last of May ; then 
we began to have frequent shower* and warmer 
weather. Crops were put In late, but the fre¬ 
quent rains and warm weat her brought them 
on very fast, and on the whole, we have had a 
very prosperous season thus far, and crops gen¬ 
erally are good. The apple crop will be good; 
pears not so plenty, but a fair crop; some cher¬ 
ries and plums; grapes are set very full. But 
little winter wheat, sowed about here, but the 
crop is good. Rye Is rather thin In some fields, 
hut well filled, and as a whole, a good crop. 
Oats look well. The hay crop is good, and a 
large amount of It waa cut and secured in fine 
order. Corn has come on very fast since it made 
its appearance above ground ; it is now tassel- 
irig and silking out. Potatoes look well; some 
are digging Early Rose; Peach Blows are in 
blossom. Buckwheat is coming on finely. We 
have hud no drouth this summer, and on the 
whole it is rather an encouraging outlook for 
farmers, aud on them depend all for suste¬ 
nance.—8. 8. w. 
THE MARKETS. 
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS. 
N'KW YOKK. Monday. Aug. 10. 1874. 
Receipts,—file receipts of the principal kinds oh 
produce for the past week areas follows; 
Eggs, Obis... 6,28(1 fkirii meitl, bbls. 1,450 
Cotton, bales. .... 0,>85 Corn meal. Img*.... 532 
Dried Fruits, pkg*. 228*Bop*.bales. 510 
Flour, bids. 88,1(J()|Pork. bbls. ... . 424 
Wheat, bush. 6(2,500 Beef, pkgs. 215 
Coru, bush.. ...... '.150,600 Cut meats, plcgs... 2.311 
Oats, hutdi... ..... 66,3001 Lord. tCB... 3,204 
Grass Seed, bush.. 220, Butter, pkgs....... 18.755 
Use. bush. 10.4,10'Cheese, pkgs. 93,100 
Malt, bush. 26,100 Peanuts, bugs. 76 
Resits.bush.. 6.200Wool, bales. 3,349 
(Iran* and Peas.- Exports of beans for the 
week. — bbls. Although the receipts of beaus 
have been very free for this lau* date of warm 
weather, the Confidence of holder* is notiu all Im¬ 
paired hv tiie fact. The local demand Is moderate 
but Meudyror mediums, while the Eastern t tad e is 
oMm.' them liberally In the absence of pea beans. 
Further Boutborn order* are also looked for. though 
the supplies that have Bonn forward this season are 
unusually heavy. Harrows are very firm, and In the 
opinion of a portion of the trade they may go to $3. 
We should here remark for the information of boiho 
interior owners that the Loan trade i< apt to settle 
into few distributing hands at this KeusOD, ana ir¬ 
regular receivers are unable to report the extreme 
rates that arc quoted for actual shipping or jobbing 
tius'nes I'ti b-prioed dock has been more or 
less selected nod put a&lde by dealer* who have a 
sure run or trade whim anything Is doing The ir¬ 
regular shipments tout arrive to outside parties a r e 
not apt to contain even regular quality, and such 
iota have to he hawked around considerably. Tho 
slock of kidneys Is unimportant and prices are nom¬ 
inal. Greet! peas are quiet, but holders are not anx¬ 
ious to sell .under tho prospect of a moderate incom¬ 
ing crop. Canadian peas are not active; the stock is 
entirely nf mi Hi In bund. 
The quotation* areMedium*. S2.IOii2.lt for prime, 
and *1.85(31.96 lor other trades; prime marrowfats, 
*2.ii6@2.?6: other crudes, $2.U0@2.56; oritue pen beans. 
*2.3062.4(1: do. fair lots down to f2.40m2.ai; kidnev. 
red. *4.50(46: Kidney whitu. *2.(Kl,V-'.35. Peas, new 
Ounimmu, In bbls. free. 41.3nrrl.85: do., m hulk, 
and bond, FlJfitel.lS; Green, new. *2.10&2.25; split 
peas. In bond, *6.75. 
Beeswax.—There has been a liberal export de¬ 
mand and firmer prices have prevailed; sales at 30@ 
Sic. for Southern, and 61@32>*e. for Western. 
Brouhi Coru.—Offerings are -mail and at firm 
prices, with a light call Irora manufacturers. W'e 
quoteBrush, lOiadle.i hurl, 9@10c.; green, 8@9e.: 
red, 5@6c. 
Ctaeese.—Exports for the wees. 93.600 bxs. There 
bus been a good demand from shippers, und the 
stock has been closely worked off. For best lines of 
State factory at tho close of the week l;>Xe. has 
been obtained, aud in Instances IS.ifo. Western fac¬ 
tory is strong at the advance. There is a very good 
home demand. Tho farm dairy coming tu are gen¬ 
erally poor in quality and sell low relatively. The 
quotations are: 
State, factory, fancy. .— @13)4 
State, factory, good to prime.. 12 @13 
Suite, factory, fair to good.. 11 @12 
8tate, factory, partly skimmed. 8M<»1DK 
State, factory, skimmed. — @- 
Stuto, farm dairy, good to prime. U>£@12}4 
State, farm dairy, fair to good.10K3U44 
Ohio, factory, prime cheadar. llVS^X 
Ohio, factory. Bat, good to prime. 11 -312 
Ohio, factory, flat, fair to good. . , »j£@U 
Ohio, factory, skimmed... — ta¬ 
ll utter.—The market is quiet, but not unnaturally 
so f.,r August, und the receipts are not of a volume 
that are directly adverse to late lull price*. This is 
certainly the case in good to fine tubs and firkins of 
State, while Western is utmost in a position to be 
reported firmer. Business in palls is to some degree 
scattered—that Is, consumers of fine river and fresh 
Orange County occasionally turn from the boats 
when rates are very * till and find selections of State 
creamery that give aatisluistlon, with prices in buyer’s 
favor, Welsh butter koups a very steady Itne of 
quotations. Western stock obtains much favorable 
comment this season cm account of its good quality. 
We de not call to mind when so many good-sized 
lots exhibited such evidence of careful make and 
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