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probably* be our pleasant privilege to announce, 
In another part of this Issue, the end of these 
troublous times, and that the reign of law and 
oi dor and common sense has been everywhere 
restored. 
One of the Immediate results of the strike and 
the stoppage of freight trains, is a rise in the price 
of all the necessaries of life. The poor and labor¬ 
ing classes feel It moat. In Pittsburg and through¬ 
out the mining districts of Pennsylvania, a griev¬ 
ous famine Is threatened. This region Is chiefly 
mountainous, and depends on other parts of the 
country for supplies. These the strike has cut 
off, and starvation stares the rich and poor alike 
in the face, but Is closest to the poor. 
home as follows“ The chief branch of educa¬ 
tion of young men here Is rowing. The people 
have large boat-houses called ‘colleges,’ and the 
principal of these are Yale and Harvard.” 
The Pennsylvania Legislature has taken the 
cue from that of New York, and requires butter 
to be so marked, and oleomargarine ditto. 
Charles Bod mami's executors have paid his leg- 
Mongollan is the victim. Gaining a livelihood by 
theft, or sponging on hard-working parents or 
prostitutes, they are poor representatives of 
“ Labor Reformers.” 
In Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis, 
the strikers blockaded most of the railroads, 
forced the workmen In the factories to quit labor, 
and paralyzed all traitie throughout the regions 
tributary to those centers. 
Wednesday, 25tb.—On the evening of this day 
there was a mass meeting of Communists held In 
this city, on Tompkins Square, a large, gravel- 
covered lnclosure In the eastern part of the city, 
which Is used for drilling purposes. The object 
of these fellows was to express sympathy for the 
strikers. It was a miserable jUixco, however, and 
so excellent were the arrangements of the police 
and local militia, that the rabble who attended It 
were too cautious to venture upon the disorder 
which, It is reported, they had previously plan¬ 
ned. in Chicago there were several conflicts be¬ 
tween the mob and the police, and there, as well 
as In all the oblel cities threatened, the citizens 
commenced to enroll themselves in organizations 
for the protection of property and the suppression 
ot disorder. 1 be N. J. Central and Delaware & 
Lackawanna were the chief among the roads that 
aoy of $50,000 to the Cincinnati Natural History 
Society, which will expend It on the fine zoolog¬ 
ical garden established by It. 
Three hundred thousand young shad have been 
placed in the Passaic River, below the Dundee 
dam. They are expected to be lit for catching in 
about two years. 
Two of the Largest silk mills In Paterson, N. J., 
have just received an order from Paris for the 
manufacture of a certain description of silk goods. 
ThLs is believed to be the first, order received from 
Purope for American silks. If It Is satisfactorily 
tilted a considerable trade In this special line of 
silks is anticipated by* the raterson manufact¬ 
urers. 
The strike of the silk operatives In Patterson Is 
confined to the ribbon -weavers. One mill, which 
Is principally engaged In the weaving of scarfs 
and handkerchiefs, began on Monday to work 
two sets of hands, running until twelve o’clock 
every night. The trade generally Is dull. 
The Chicago Times says there are ao.oon labor¬ 
ers out of employment In that city and 10,000 un¬ 
employed clerks and book-keepers. 
HOME NEWS PARAGRAPHS. 
The little sail-boat. New Bedford, which started 
from that port for Europe, with Capt, Crapo and 
wife, has reached England after a voyage of 48 
days. She encountered three gales, and had to 
lld-to 15 days. 
Between Saturday night (July 21 ) and daybreak 
on Monday (July 23) 03 persons were killed and 
109 wounded lu Pittsburg, in the list of destroyed 
property Is 152 locomotives, coo cars loaded with 
produce, and five great structures. 
The trumpet vine now In flower on the lower 
wall of Castle Garden, In this city*, has "blown" 
In that place for forty years. 
The Indians in Sitka, the capital of our recent 
purchase, Alaska, are on a strike against the 
Americans who remained there after the depart¬ 
ure of the troops recently. The redskins threaten 
to imitate the Communists, and massacre all 
whom they think bettor oiT than themselves. 
It Is only within the past year that oats have 
been exported to Europe. Several cargoes have 
recently been taken on French account. 
llog products represent ten per cent, of all the 
exports from the United States. How important 
that we raise good grade pigs. 
Extensive forest Ares are raging in Albion and 
Benton, Kennebec Co., Me. 
The efficient and reliable Commission of Agrl- 
FOREIGN NOTES, 
charged by Capt. Rainy at the head of m police¬ 
men, they resisted fiercely for a while, then dis¬ 
persed, but only to rally elsewhere and again 
present a formidable front. Fortunately the citi¬ 
zen enrollment of thu previous clay or two, had 
greatly strengthened the hands of the authori¬ 
ties, and, moreover, twelve companies of United 
States regulars, thorougldy equipped with re¬ 
peating rifles and artillery, had rondovouzed 
there, so that a larger number of the regular 
army wore in that city than at any olher point 
outside of the Territories. About the middle of 
thu artornoon, a small squad of 15 policemen wore 
sent to reconnoitre the mob, which had assem¬ 
bled to the number of at lease T.ooo at Halstead 
>St. Viaduct, and after a short encounter with 
them, the officers wore forced to retreat precipi¬ 
tately. Shortly, however, they were supported 
by a company of Veteran cavalry, who charged 
Into the dense throng and used their swords and 
pistols freely. A strong reinforcement of police 
assailed them at the saniu time, and they were 
force to retreat, sullenly and finally disperse. For 
some hours all the respectable class of citizens 
were In a state of apprehension, as the rioters 
had been loud In tiiolr boasts that they would 
lay the city In ashes. Two companies of the reg¬ 
ular troops were ordered out, as well as the Sec¬ 
ond Regiment, accompanied by 
; terrible proportions, and half a million of poor 
t wretches are estimated to have already died 
there irom starvation. 
I The old graveyards of London have been turned 
into vegetable gardens, and the dust of the past 
generations lives again lu asparagus and cauli¬ 
flower. 
On the 2$d Inst, the Forte Issued a circular de¬ 
claring that C,tifl0 Inoffensive persons of both 
sexes had been massacred In various places by 
the Russians and Bulgarians. On the 23d the 
bombardment of Rutschuk by the Russians was 
so severe that the city appeared like a column of 
smoke. 
M. Fhllaretc Chasles, In ills diary, recently pub¬ 
lished, describes a talk he once had with Bent- 
ham, in which the English philosopher, speaking 
of life, said"I don’t so much wish to live long¬ 
er than other men: what I should most desire 
would be to have a year at the end o( each cen¬ 
tury, that I might see how widespread my works 
had become among men.” 
Fifteen thousand more Spanish troops have 
been sent to Cuba. TUey have arrived Just In 
time to be stricken down by the full strength of 
Yellow-jack. 
The sultan seems to have got enough, and now 
talks of abdicating In favor or Youssof Isscddln, 
son of the late Sultan. 
A letter dated Quito, June 30, estimates the 
damage by the late eruption of Cotopaxi at over 
a million dollars. Most of the damage was suf¬ 
fered by haciendas, some of which were com¬ 
pletely ruined, or some families all the members 
perished. Over fifteen hundred head of cattle 
were destroyed. 
The impending meeting of the Emperor William 
with the Emperor Francis Joseph has been fixed 
for the sth of August. The Emperor William, 
desiring to receive the new Turkish Atnbassador 
at Ems with due magnificence, was furnished 
from Berlin with three Turkish orders, These 
deooratlons are richly set in diamonds, repre¬ 
senting a value oc $G5,u<to. 
Brewere, in Great Britain, consume 1,500,000 
bushels of Brltlsh-grown barley, besides import¬ 
ing largely from France. 
Accounts from all parts of Ireland represent an 
almost unequaied prosperity of everything con¬ 
nected with farming prospects. In the central 
and western districts of the country, onee the 
most backward, the cultivation shows a marvel¬ 
ous Improvement, and it is most remarkable that 
from many districts the squalid, thatched mud- 
cabin of the laborer has disappeared, and good 
slated houses are very common. The condition of 
Ireland is quickly assimilating in the agricultural 
districts to that of England. Seldom In the month 
°CJune have cereals looked more healthy and 
promising. Potatoes are a splendid crop, and 
week, boon the usual practice of the strikers. The 
rabble, like those wherever vlolouce has occurred 
was composed of few railroad men, a number of 
turbulent workmen, forcibly or voluntarily Idle, 
and a large intermixture of tramps, vagrants, 
thieves, and of the disreputable classes generally’ 
The Easton Grays, the Allentown Rules, and sev-’ 
oral other companies or tho Fourth Regiment, or¬ 
dered to the city, found their entrance to It op¬ 
posed by the mob, who jeered at and stoned them. 
Alter discovering that firing over the heads of tho 
crowd had no effect, 
nuisance. A firm of rope-makers In San Fran¬ 
cisco has recently discovered that from a species 
or the plant a fine quality of rope can be manu¬ 
factured. 
Nine hundred million pounds of butter and 
cheese, valued at over $124,000,001), were produced 
In the Unlted States during the year 1870 . 
Texas beer ts sold ror fourteen cents apouud 
in London, and for fifteen cents in Galveston. 
Texas. 
Mr. s. w. Jacobs, the groat Short-Horn breeder 
or lowa, has made an assignment for the benefit 
of his creditors. Liabilities over $ 150 , 000 . His 
failure will probably break up the Short-Ilorn 
breeding business m Iowa. 
A large fernery has been established In New 
Jersey, to moot the growing demand for ferns. 
1 he mocking-bird, hitherto almost exclusively 
confined in Its habitat to the Southern states, 
gives some Indications of becoming migratory and 
visiting the North in summer. A pair have re¬ 
cently been discovered In Rochester, N. Y where 
they have nestled and are raising a brood of 
young. 
Bessie Turner, wbo figured In the Ttlton-Bcechcr 
scandal, and has since been living some of the 
time at the expense of McDermott, who claimed 
to be her brother, has lately repudiated the rela¬ 
tionship under circumstances reflecting some¬ 
what on her prudence, or perhaps virtue, and the 
wisdom of a Major Orr, a newspaper man. ’Twas 
at Long Branch. 
Mr. Oakman, the owner of the bottle works 
burned at Somerville, Mass., on the 2«d lnst., esti¬ 
mates his loss at. $50,01)0. Eighty persons are 
a volley was discharged 
among them, killing a dozen and wounding four 
times that number, several of whom have died 
since. The mob having been lu this way dispersed, 
began to tear up the railroad track—a piece of 
mischief in which no one interfered with them. 
1 o Harrisburg, Fa., a mob blockaded the railroad 
and Intimidated the military. Several squads of 
Philadelphia militia made a cowardly surrender 
to the rubble without striking a blow, fraternized 
with them and voluntarily distributed among 
thorn their rifles and ammunition. The Pennsyl¬ 
vania militia will not hear the last of their coward¬ 
ice rrom rival organizations for some years to 
come. 
At, Buffalo, N. Y 
unu negimenc, accompanied by a battery of 
artillery, but. the mob had begun to disperse be¬ 
fore their arrival. The number of casualties Is 
difficult to ascertain, as the crowd have a habit 
or carrying off their wounded and dead, but It Is 
probable It was lass than that at Pittsburgh. As 
the telegraph flashed Intelligence or the 
wic iiwsueu mreiugonce or the progress 
or the struggle to different cities, It, created in¬ 
tense excitement, and was everywhere discussed. 
In this city, the crowds about the newspaper 
bulletin boards were as large and excited as on 
the news of a battle during the late “ onploasant- 
ness,” or at a general election. Throughout the 
rest of tho eoiiulry, there was little rioting and no 
bloodshed. The better class of citizens had ap¬ 
preciated tlic necessity of vigorous action, formed 
| Vigilance Committees and cowed the disorderly 
element. Numerous arrests of rioters were made 
In all the scenes of tumult, aud la this many of 
the railroad strikers, conscious that disgrace was 
brought on their movement by past excesses 
aided the citizens and civil authorities. Several 
o‘ the Western roads had yielded to the demands 
of their employes, while on the Pennsylvania, 
Erie, N. Y. central, and several other lines, tho 
men manifested a desire to return to work, hop¬ 
ing the authorities would lend a favorable ear to 
their complaints when the roads were running 
again. 
Friday, 27th.— The old telegram, “ All quiet on 
the Potomac," was this morning received from all 
parts of the country, with the name of some rail¬ 
road substituted for that of the yellow river. But 
as In former days of anxiety and strife, hostile 
forces were opposite each other, ready at anv mo¬ 
ment to come to blows, so to-day In many 'parts 
of the country*, antagonistic elements are still in 
existence. It Is generally conceded, however, that 
the bristling backbone of the strike is broken or 
badly Injured. Everywhere there Is a more as¬ 
sured feeling among the people, public opinion 
has become hostile and resolute against those 
who foment and participate in disorder; most of 
, a dctachmentof troops In pos¬ 
session of the ronnd-house belonging to the Lake 
shore Railroad, was forced oul by the mob, who 
took possession of It, ano then seized upon the 
shops of tho N. Y, Central and Erie roads. In the 
metre, two are known to have been killed and a 
half dozen wounded. During the day, the strike 
extended to several other roads, and the Slate 
authorities throughout the disaffected regions of 
the country, began to take vigorous measures to 
meet the emergency. 
Tuesday, 24th, was a day of anxiety and sus¬ 
pense. There was a great deal of disorder at. sev¬ 
eral points, but no bloodshed. At, Albany, N. Y., 
the multitudinous shops of tho Central Railroad 
wore all closed, and the excellent, disposition of 
the mlUUa, combined with the resolute attitude 
of the authorities, state and municipal, alone pre¬ 
vented a riot. At Hornellsvllle, N. Y., the block¬ 
ade on the Erie Roar], referred to last week, as¬ 
sumed a menacing aspect, but troops were poured 
Into the place from Brooklyn and other cities, and 
peace forcibly* maintained. In New Jersey, at. 
Trenton, Patterson and other railroad centers, 
vast meettug8 of the employes of the railroads 
were held, but the wlso precautions of Gov. Boole, 
and his determined resolution to permit no rloG 
ous proceedings, had a salutary effect on the tur¬ 
bulent element. So excellent, has been tho con¬ 
duct of the authorities of that State, throughout 
j ne nrst turee weeks’ work of the dog catchers, 
In this city, yielded a harvest of 4,378 dogs The 
catchers received $i,i>7S.30 for the first two weeks • 
$147 was paid for redeemed dogs, and $54 was re¬ 
ceived for dogs sold. 
A child two years old, bitten by a Spitz, dog two 
months since, has just died of hydrophobia. It is 
utterly Impossible to call the disease Imagination 
in this case, and some distinguished nhvsin.i»n« 
