Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 3, 1874, Page 8

Do FOREIGN. A Ruptare Between France and Ger~ many Apprehended. Serious Disagresment in the Spanish- Oarlist Oomplication, Spanish Representatives Ordered 1o Withdraw from the Brus. sels Congress. . TRANOE. [Térald Speciat from Par(a) New Yonk, Aug, 2.—Berious complications haso arisen betwoon Gormany and Franoo con- corning Bpanish affairs, snd o diplomatic rupturo botweun tha powors ia throatened. Panra, Aug. 2—Tho polico aro again searoh~ ing 1ho houses of promincnt Bouapartists, and seizing documents. BPAIN, ToxpoN, Aug, 2.—Advices from Drussells re- port thut the Spauleh dologates ta tho Luter- natioual Congross have beon instructed from HMadiid nov to porticipate in tho deliborations, becauss the Government is yet uvrccognized by tho Kuropoun powers. ———— GERMANTY. Toxpox, Auy. 8.—Tho Standard says that the liave . nnAlnd. py bas not proposed intervention to Aus- trin, u{ tho latter l;a rendy to join the othor gmmm fnan ackuowlodgmouy of tho Spamsh 2.~Prinzo Blsmarck, whose honlth hing grontly imptoved, will leave Kissou~ soport thnt Engloud, Qermany, and ltal (hout to waich. tha Spanith coast Is Gor Ropuntic, KisseNoEN, Aug, gen in & furtmiglit, —— GREAT BRLTAIN. Lowpox. Aug. 2.—Tho London Observer re- porls that tho Bonchorsof Gray's Inn Lield an- otlior conferenco yostorday to cousidor tho casg of Dr, Kenealy tpon tho issues aiising out of tho Iate Tichborne trial, and for the articles pub- lished io tho Englishman, Iu was decided to do- prive Dr. Konealy of his membersiup, sud to quastion of exselling him from the Bar if his publications in the English- furthor considor the man are continued. Tho Amorican baso ball clubs arrived in Lon- Yoy will take part in a gumo of crickoy to-morrow at Lord’s agsiuat ous of the don yesterdoy, famous English clubs, THE NORTHWESTERN STATES. Nowa Atems Telegraphed to The Ohl= cugo Tribune, ILLINOIA, On Fridy oveninz, at McLoausboro, an affcay occurred, durug which Cliarles Moore shot Jobn ]l}iu\\nrd, intlicting o alight tlesh wouud in the roust. mund the penco ab tho tuno he way shot. Moora was held to bail fv 83,000, In omo monner unknown, the blackemith- shap of the Clucago, Rock Island & Pucifio Rail- rond, at Poru, caught firc on Saturday when thero was oo person iu 1t, aud was totally dostroyed, with its contepta. Loss estimatod at about 1,00 0. Iho ilo of {the Rev. W. L Haight, pastor of tho Firat_Methodist Oburch, of Belvidero, died very suddenly on Saturday, Although sho had bocn gradually faling for the last fow monthe, bor denth was & surprise to the wholo commuunily, She was glflau{‘ beloved in the arious cLargen in which thoy have labored. A Gormau lod. Houcy Saltzwman, of Bloom- Inglon, seil benido tho oponing of the blow-off pipo of tha Novelty Millon Saturday, sod was Lthly sealdod by -the ctcaping stoam. His entiro body wus s mass of blistors, and s re- covory is doubttul. —Great srntirfaction s expreseed in many towurhips of Molean County ut tho result of the equalization of taxcs by tho Board of Su- ervisors of _that county, Dollflowor Townslup {:uu airaady discussed the brouriety of resinling the collestion of thotax h{ law, Noimal Town-~ &hip, #hiose laudy wora raised 11 per cent, mak- fug tho.r value §30 moro por aoio thaa the ud- jorung town of Hudson, on tho notth, las at-6. Tor & moet.ng of bho people noxt Satur- dayin Noraml. 1t 18 prolty certsin that s ma- § ity cf tho tuwas will call for a spcein] moet. 3. of the Buard vezording tu law, and demand i b such injust.ce bo ourreg:ed. —A Coto: 01's inquesl was held on Friday over tho bady of Dlre. "Luglor, who wns fouud at11 o'clock the night hefo,o hunging by tho novk to 8 t:e0, near hor residence, 19 miles wewt of Daue ville, Tho only fuct clic.ted before tbe jury was to tho effect that sho sroso frem ber bod about 10 o'clock, without speakivg to ber huse bund, and lefy the Louso, abd, not returning in & rentnnble tno, hior busband becawa alarmod, sl went in eonich of her, inding ber as atove ttalod. There is no couso to wuich tlus rash act cau Lo attruu.ed, us her family rolutions were of tho pieasaniest, and ber mind apparently sound when the family rotired for the vight. —Tho question of water supply for firs pur- poses in Bloomington has of lato, since the groat Chicago liro and othor conflugrations, oxcited much cowmment thore. The state- ment_mads the other day by the Pnnlflgrgfih that in enso of fite in tho business part of tho city water could be found for no more than threo hours' pumping for two steamers, hus given rise toa feohing of unxioty smoug all olassas, and ou- roorous plans s1e dovised for a groater supply of wator, On Friday uigat, at the City Council, a resolution was adopted appointing a conimitteo to investignto tho feurlbititv of bringiug water to the publia ur&uuu from the large pond in the rick-yard of llenfor & MoGrogor, sbout a mila southeast of tho city. Itis probuble tuat this system will bo adopied, sud if it id, a full and.| utmplo supply for ira purposos will bo oblained. —0On Wedberday Init two men, namod Garri- son and Early had s difliculty in thio westorn part of Wayne County coucermig an account thut Garrigon owed Enrlfi, whicli ended by Garrison gotling a guu and_ #hog rpot. At Just account Guirikon had not been founnd by the oflicers, ~Fourteen cars of wheat were shipped jrom Winchester lust weok. Asn rnlo whoat is above tho average crop, both in quality and gnnntity. Onts nud s+ ley up to expeciations, Dsrley is very good, us alco is rye, 'Timothy, clover, and otlier prass seeds aro vielding fully up to oxnee- tations. The fall graine hnyo prowised wall, but aie beginning to suflor for want of moisluro, Tho hiarvest of small gralus promisos o very fair yield througnout the couaty, which in cheoring o tho farmors, —The internal rovenne colleotions for the Po- oria D.strict for the month of July jnst closed wore §442,058,45, againes 898,005.10 for the cor- rospondiug manth [nat year, —A team driven by J, P. Walker, of Croston, took Iright and ran uwey with hin on Friday, broaking his oarringe and soriously, though not fatalty, 1u)uring him, —A wan namod Morrissey, a laborer, who was evidently intoxicated, lnid down on the railroad truoz ou tho lovee i Alton, Ssturduy night, and was rut ov: r by i frolght-train and bad one of He waa talion to the Busters' bi» legs ont off. ospital. ~—Yeaterday o party of men from Rockford went to tho Kishwaukeo Iiver to fish witha seino. Winle fishing, Bpencor Maoro, ono of tao party, got into deop water, nnd hnfim Y- iy ro~ sigtunce conld reach him was drowned. maius have been recovorad, ~—On Baturday a Lorse nttached ton nufigy in Tord, bocsmo frightened and ran nway, dashing the buugy to picors aud so badly Injuring one of thom, Mrs, Heury Muynard, thut horlife is which two Indies ware taking a ride, nt Rocl despairad of. —'T'ho Forest Cily Five Insurance Compeny, of Rockfuid, has completed s organization, It has o full paid up cusa capital of 100,000, hus deposited 1t gecuri.ies with the Btato Auditor, wiho hus nccepted them and issauvd bis warrant for permiseion to do buniness, The Company will commonce businesa this weok. . ~Aboput 8,000 colored poople swarmed the strcots of Gulosburg Butwiday, the ocoasivn bio- ivg tho celebration of tho British emancipation Dologates were prewent from oll tho neghboring towns, and Quincy turned out neatly her entira colorod population, A long procession, conipozed of tho speakors and oflcers of tho day, visiting,delegationr, and the Suuday-sohooly, warched 1rom the dspos to the City Purk whoro all was a soono of activity, the orowd tilliug tho Pure completoly and giving thameolves up to onjoyment and speechios. The ovonivg was dovoted to danoiis, nromnuldhm in tho West Indien. o, uud sotug, At tho Opera-1lvuse they had & fine time and rejojced 1 their fracdom, —At 8 o'elosk yestordny afternoon fire wag discovored in the Loy barn of Baldwiu & Rob- L n shoit time the outie #rridinre was ln unes, and It was goon butnad to (1o ground, Within tho building vere stured oue imdred tohs of pragsod iy, which, with the poard wid olher 1 _lomonts, wera ontirely cou- suwiod, . Losa; 80,400 5 Insurod ju tho Uerwman, L, To Oawege, Iloward was ouly attompting to com- oting Early doad on the of Frooport, for 2,000, By the extraordinary exortions of the citizen tho fire was prevonted from eproading to sny other buildinge. - —P, H, Riee, of nfimnnnlln hsa purchassd tho_extonpivo flour and. feod stors of T MaClure, 1o Elgin, -—hli.’iE. Porl lljml of Glil;tm;lvllllu, of the Town of Eigin, I8 quite ill. o onerativas I tho Natlonsl Watoh Fac- tory at Elgin will noatly all resumo work again on Monday, Aug. 8. NDIANA. Notwithatanding the storm of Fridsy night and tho threatening cincnotor of tho weathor during tho ontire foronoon, & mnss lemyexnnco convention® at Richntond, Ind., was 8 completo succoss, But fow came on oxcureion tra.us, but thio country poople tumned out in full force. Morningr sorvicos wor hold at Lyconm Hatl, xd- dressod by Mia, Gov. Wallace, of Indianapolis. A County Temporanco Assoointion wan organ- ized. 1In the aftornoon, at the Falr Grounds, Col. John V. Xay, of Indinvapolls, dolivered an exhnustivo defonwe of the Baxlor bill, which liad boon preparod with view to its, publication ae a tomperance eampaign document, The Rey, Aa- rino, of ¥t. Wayno, aud the Hon, Willism Bax- ter spoke brtefly, = —A Grangers' plenic was held § miles north of Goshon, on Saturday, Tho immonss assomblage was addrosaed by tho Hon, Houloy Jamos, of Marion County, Grand Master of the Grangers of Indinna, Judge W. A, Woods, of Goshen, also mado a fow remarks, More than 1,000 peo: ple woio prosent during tho day. 10WA. A heavy shower passed over Bouthorn Iowa Fridav night, doing much good to the crops and pasiures, \Whost, oate, and Lay, aroall har- vostod, and will yleld an_aversgo. crop. 'Thora 19 & good prospovt for corn, And potatoes ara genorally looking woll, althongh the bugs aro worl«:ug on them in somo sootlons of the country, —Tn’o ‘emancipation colobration at Reokuk on Baturday was tho largost and most enthusiastio of tho k{nd over leld in that city, Tho colored oltizens turned out on masse. ; In addition, thera wero oxcursion parties drom Hannajlal, Quinay, Lngrango, Canton, and other w-uou, wwolling tho totn] aumber 10 attendancs Lo at loost 5,000, Tha celebration was liold in & grovo a short dis- tanco from tho city. Eloquont addresses wero made by the Hon, Georgo McCrary, member of Congroes from tho Kookuk Dlalnulj Col, Will- iz)\m oighton, G. W. Guy, and tho Rev. Honry 10w, Buporvisor oo, A lnboror_nemed Potor Glenn, working ia the Atlantio & Lake Erio Reltwoy tunuel, back of Pomoroy, was_instantly Lillod, Friday ovonivg, by a 2ol of rock. —A Mrs, Azracl Terroll, fn company with ane otbor Iady on Baturday, was opproaching fhe A. Y. & P. loud, the horse beoame frightencd at a coming tram, frightenog Mre, ‘Lerrell so badly hat ene died 1n a fow minutes. ~—the body of & woman about 25 years of age waa found floating iu the river at Oalir{mlm Snt- urday morning, !it is supposed, from lettors ou th person, to be tho body of Laura Roborts, of Ponioroy, O —A barn owned by W, A, Giffioa wns destroyed by fire at Upper Bundusky yostorday, Losa, §500 ; nolusurance. —A plueuu-ahoodnfi tournament, under the manngement of tho Buckeyo Blsooting Club, of Cleveland, will be held at Itocl River, near that city, conmencing Aug. 4, and contivuiug four days, Prizes amoutting to $1,000 will ba com- poted for, sud a number of noied sbota will be presont, MIORIOAN. On Friday night, abou: 12 o'clock, » young ladv by the nameof Dliza Jaggor, about 19 years of ape, committed swicido Dy taking land- anum, while in the employ of Osmond Hinckley. Bhio was out that ovenlng with a young gontio- man acquaivtance, and, whilo at a wall Roiting o drink ot water, it s thonpht that sho took the laudauum, for about & Lall_sn hour fromthat timo 8ho was takon sick, Nothing sorious was thought of her complaiuing, o8 slio bad not been fechibg well for a few days. Therewas consider- able [10judice agaiost tlio young man, but when 8 post mortem examination wsa held by four of tho prominent_physicians, thoy zeadily apreed that rhio cano to hior dosth by hor own hands, —Frank W. Belleck, . a rich morchant of Paw Paw, wue scntencod on Baturdev to & year in 1nil for endonvoring to pass forged documonts, A potition tor clemency, with & preat number of signatures, ere proseuted in his bebalf, A boy noanoed TieAdly accidontally shot a young ron of Chailes Smith at Ada on Baturday, Whit playing with a gun, Pwo farmers, unmed Georpa sud Chatles Daach, of Honth Lyons, werd striok by a pass- ing train ag thoy wore driving over the iTack Into Bafurday night ond killod. George was killod outright, ano Charles was {atally wounded. —A son of Ehhu Mend, ab Oscods, was mrnm Saturday night iu & stream near Backus' —Trank, son of Jamos Bartlott, of Detroit, is to be nominated by the Hon. Moses Field for tho Nuval Acndemy, having passed s sausfuc- tory oxamina.fon. —A bold attompt was made to rob the stora of Nichols & Grabam, of Borrion Springs, Sate urdny_night, Four squaics Of sush wero re- movod from one of tho Main atroet windows, but ovoof tho clorks, who occupied rooms in the wocond story of tho building, hearing the nolse, made the discovery, and fired four or fivoshots at tho burgiars fiom the window, one shot pasy- ing through the brlm of the bat of one, which he'left bebind in his hasto togot awsy. Oficors aro o thoir track. ¢ —Tlhe aunivorsary of the omancipation of tha slaves of Work Yndios waa colobrated on Eat— urday at Galvin Centro, Mich., whers s larga number of negracs live. The colobration was vory largelv attended, probably 5,000 peoplo be ing presont. —The wifo of the Hon, Warron Chapman, of 8t. Joseph, died at her Into vesidence at that "'“fi' Saturday evening, sftor an illness of some weeks, WISCONSIN. ~—The Unlted States Maishal on Saturday sold Fond du Loo County properly on an cxecution In the cnse of Olcott v, the County of Foud du Lpo, The nmount of judgment avd costs are $57,000. Tho amount Tealized was £560. 'Ihis cuse Liag boen bufore the State and Unitod Btatea Courts for five vears, and was brought on bounds isaned by the county to the Bhoboygan & Foud du Lao Railroad. —Roports from all parts of tho State, caraful- Iy compited aud compared, indicate tbot tho imld of small graiu in tho Biate a6 n wholo will nu.ll{ ba balf a8 much as loat yoar. Wheat is especially ehort from drought and chinch-bug, and in tho vicinity of Madison the harvostis wtill lightor, Itis remnarked, however, thav even in tho worst districts there aro ficlde yielding Inigo orops of suporior grain. Corn and pota- toos are promising woll now, —DMadison is unusunlly full of summer visit ora, eepeoinlly from St. Louis, who soom to bo enjoying thomsolves highly, and more is being ;iunn to promote their plogsure than ever be- ore. —Hard times in Walworth County for farmers. Drought and chinch-bugs destroyod the whent and bailey, aud now thoy aro Bwooping through the corn that had so Dboautiful a growth, Old coru is plonty. ——— e THE WEATHER. WasnmNaroN, D, C., Aug. 2.—Probabilitlos— Yor the Upper Laka région and sonthwostward to the Lewer Missouri Vatloy, Jower barometar, rising temperaturo, osst to south winds, and in tha forwmer gonerally cloar wonathor, but thonos westwud partly oloudy woather, ' with ~ Light loca! ruins, LOCAL OUSERYATIONS. Os30A00, Aug. 2, 1874, [ 5] our of b, £ |pircctton ana seroation, 5 \foree of oin| Weathers aayp 2 ] LIPUOMLINL, 5w, m.. 0001 68 | 0 |N.E, frcan . (Cloudy, 14:18 n, m..[30,00' 61 [ 68 |N, E,, fresh.,,|Fulr, %100 p, m., (30,01 G [N, fresh. 'Olear, 33 [, .. 110,00 60 © B4 N, E., fre Clear, :00 b, 1. [30.00] 05 | 68 |N. E.; froshs,.. Eair, 10318 p. .. (30,00 65 | 63 |N: £} feoah” Fair. Muximuin thermoniotor, 63, Minimum thornometer, 04, OENERAL ODSERVATIONS, OritoAao, Aug, 31 s, m. “Thir Ty W, Wealher, Dreckenvgel20.07| “O1[B, W, fresb. loudy, Cheyeuno,, .m.gg LW, m;n.m # glm‘x"’.’ e o6, 3 Qovebud.: @ S Galto, Glucinn Duvenport Dutrolt, Denvere..o. Daluth r Louvenw 'thi Marquotk Milwaukeo | 451N, W, Tresh, GLN, I, fren EUICIDE, 8r, Lops, Aug, 2.—A YONng man, suppos to b 1o, Recd Thompron, Daving Teiohdo o 5 ack Cornwall, Conn,, cummiited suioide iu Bt Jo- npl;,-u:l:'.. ynm:'dhy by shootlug, ". . THE CHICAGO 'DAILY TRIBUNE: MONDAY,: AUGUST POLITICAL. . * - County Nominating Conventions in the Wost. Programme of the Democratic Party N - in Massachusetts, - Minor P:;utleul Items, Weostern Couniy;Conventions, * MAMILTON COUNTY, 1LL.—DENOORATIO. Spectal Dispatch to'The Chicapa Tribune, McLeansnoro, 11l, Aug. 1.—Tho Domoorats held a Convention hero to-dny to appofut dola- gatos to the Congiessional Conventlon. Tue attoudanco wsa very small, and thoro was no spparant eathusiesm, The Hon. B, 8, Marshall, present Domocratio Conerossman, apoke; and falled to awaken any cheers. ‘Tlio mass of both Damocrata and Republicans will support the Ro- form tickot, DES MOINES COUNTY, TA,~-ANTI-MONOPOLIAT, Bunuinaton, Ia., Aug. 1.~Tho Auti-Monopoly Qonventiun of Dos Moines County was Lold to- day, Thore was a-largo attendance, espeoislly of farmors, who almost umvorsally ack with this party, Delogates to tho Anti-Monopolist Con- gressonal _und Judicial Conventious wora olocted. Tho ~ following rosolutions wero adoptad: % Resolved, that tho country domand this timo in the selection of her public sorvants the qualitios of honosty, intogeity, and striot cconomy in the disbursoinent of publio monoy. Becond, that the fuanclal wolfaro of our Siate doponds upon ' the ruuhml(y of our farming_community, snd, until the questions Doaring directly upon their intorosts aro sottlod, their wisbes should bo especially regarded in che rolaction of our Rtepresantatives to Congress, aod that, with this viow, we recommond to tho Anti-Monopoly Gonvention of {he district a8 suitablo caudidato for that position the Hon. Shop Lofllor, of DosMoines Countyy also the following : Resolved, that this Conven.on is satieflod with tho_integrity and un‘ynouy of I’ Honry 8myth as Diuirict Judgo, and, recoguize g these qualifieations, wo rocomumend his clec- {ion by the people indopendent of party Lomiuas tion to the posi:lon, WABILINGTON COUNTT, TA —RETUBLICAN, Special Lnspateh to 9 hie Chieaon Ynbure, ‘WasHINGTON, In., Aug.1.—A Republicau Ganvention met here this aftornaon to sclcet doleguton to the Congreasional Convention which moeis ot Fairfleld Aug 4. 'I'ha bolng (ko lnst connty in the district to scloct delegates, much intoront was foit iu tho rosult. Tho conteal bo- tween Gear aud Van Vulkenburx was quite animated, and, cnnw?nnntl , the amttendauce wad nuusually lavge, Lbo Gear men camo in wizh s cut-and-diied tieket printed at the Demo- crane _newspapor office, but the Convention® epoiled their littlo gamo by declaing to take uquaro vuta for Cougresaman, tho man receiving s mojority of oll the votes cast to bave tho ansiro delegation, The vate stood 146 tur Yun Valkenbwig ‘and 71 for Gear, 8o Van takes tho eight dolegates from this oonnty, which will undoubtedly securo his nomination. The dolegatcs are J. A, Glasgow, M. ‘Gond- apeed, O, H, Wilson, J. W. Nichols, Goorga L. Aulg, 3, T, MeJunkin, Jaraos Dawson, and C, M. Holton, Tho roal fssie fuvolyed seemed to bo whieky sud ant-whisky. Van Vaikeaburg's choleo Is duo to his temyrance Atandiop. WOODLUILY QUUNTY, 1A, —ANTS-MONOPOLY, Specral Disgatch 1' ¢ Clhicauo 1y.bune. Srovx City, In., Aug. l.—llie Woodbury County. Auti-Monopoly Oonvontivn met in_this city tu-dsy, Six dolegates were eelected to represent tho county in the Covgrossional Con- vention at Storm Lakoe, Aug. 7, and the follow. jug nomnations mado »for euunty ofiicor Membois of the Board of Supervisors, II. lo Near, Solomoo Hoprer, Nornian Pntlorson ; Clerk of Court, J. E. Dwight ; County Iicevrder, 1. 11, Laacks. LAFOBTE CUUNTY, IND,—LIDERAL-DEMOCRATIO. ecial Lnavateh to Lhe Chicago Iribune, Lavonts, Ind., Aug, 1.—Tho Domocrutic Lib~ eral Dologate Gouveution of La orte County mot at this place to-day, making the following nominations : For Representative, Tugene W. Davis; county officers: Sucrilf, Edward Hawa Lius ; Treasuror, Georzo Mceurh; Auditor, Dr. E. J. Chueh ; Recordor, John H. Organy Ase ‘wonkor, Jncob ' Folant; Cotoner, D. T B own; I(i}ummlmlnnm‘, Clarios Wills; Burveyor, liram urnor, “1ho Convontion closed ita_ labors by passing & resolution to tho cffect that hereafter thire should be mass {nstead of delegate conveutious, MONTOOMERY COUNTY, IND.—DEMUCRATIO, Spectal Lrisnatch to the Clicauo Jeibune. CrawronvsviLLE, Ind., Aug. 1.—1Lo Demo- cratio Couuty Cenvoutlou mot heve ta-day, aud wus large and haimopious. It was pioslded aver bytho Hon. James A, Iaruey, and nomi- nated for Ropreseatative J, G. Jobneou ; Gierk, Toury Johuson ; Trensuror, J, A. Horseo ; Audie tor, J. A, Watson; Commissioner, 1'. J. Wilson ; Asteseor, T, J. Weet. ELKEART COUNTY, IND.—REFORM, Speciul Vispateh to Ithe Chicato 17ioune, Gosnen, Ind., Aug. 1.—A County Convention has been ealled to micot 1o Goshen, Aug. 16, in response to the domand of the pooplo for a ‘e form movoment, to nominato candidates for the aiffarent county oflines, to be olectad at tho Oc- tobor election, who will pledgo themselves to uge thoir ivfluence £ bring about suct logislue tion aa shall reduco the eularics of tho Htats, county, aud townshin oflicors to a ressonablo compousation ; also to securo such othor legls- Intion as will relievo nur over-taxed peoplo. Yhe call is eignod by noarly fow hundred °Liborsl- Democrais and Repul licons of Elkbnrt County. LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, KAN.—INDEPENDENT, Special Inepalch to Fhe Chicago Yrtoune. Lravenwonrs, Kan,, Aug. 1.—Leavenworth City to-day elected ably and prominent men as dolegates to the Indopendont Reform Convou- tion a¢ Topeks, Aug. b, The Couvention will bo Iaxgely atcended. DOUOLAS COUNTY, NED.—INDETENDENT. Svectas Divpaich o The Chicaao Tribune, Oaaxia, Nob,, Aug. 1.—1Tho Indepeudonts un- dertook to bold s Mass County Convention Lore tb-day. Only sistcon persons Wero presont, Thoy passed resolutions favoring sn houcst, economicnl Government; {miff for rovenne: cheap transportation, und free banking ; oppos- ipg a spoedy retwin {0 epocie payments ; patent right and otltor mouopolics, and sumpziuary laws. Adjourned for ono week 1o bope of scouring a inrgor pitondavce, whon the delegutos to the Couvention_ will b oloctod. ‘Threo hundred farmers had signed the eall for the County Cou- veutiou, but would not leave tho harvest, TROMIDITIONISTE~—N'LEAN COUNTY, ILL. Speciul isputeh to T'he Chtcano 2'ribine. Broowmivoron, 1ll., Aug, 2.—The DdoLean County Prolibitioniats will hold a County Nom- inating Convention in. Bloorington to-morrow. 0. M. Colman, of Normol, 1 tulked of a8 the probable victim of tho Convention for candidate tor tho Siato Legislature, The Massachusolts Domocrncys Bogrox, Aug, 1.—Tho Demoe:utic Stato Con- tral Commitieo mot to-day aud dooided to hold a Stata Convention nat Warcoster. Sopt. 0 alto, to jasun a eall to the Domocratlo votora of the Btate, and all others apposed to misrule in tate and National Governmonta, The polioy of thia party on the subjoct of ligaor was Ieft £o bo dotormined by the Onmmitiee on Resolutions, but itis intimatod that the pian for tub-chmpiign will embraco the advocaoy of z Btringont liconse Jaw in the intereet of tomperauce. ‘Yhe llon, Willium Gnuton will probaly bo nominated for Governor, Apostasy of the New York ¢ Times.? Special Diapateh to Fhe Chicagn Trbune, New Yosk, Aug. 1.—Tho Ccmmercial Adver- tiser hes a curious aviiclo chmping Limt. the Times, sftor personally solicitivg Thutlow Weod's advico and guidancs through: the cauvass of 1872, Liak sinco lost no opportunity to ropay bim by' “indecont jeers and despicablo inuon- does.” Mr, Weed in almost a daily visitor at Whitelaw Reid’s office, and also writes "tnr the Tribune on various topies, © Gov, Dix,"{t also suys, *aftorshowing bir. Jonniugs, oditor of the Times, ovory wivihily, was snecred st on account of his mge and ambition for ro-sloction,” In tho anme way, it s said Roscon Conliling has boon pereonally insulted Ly Ay, Jonmings through tho Jumes, snd honca the whole Guulmu-fiouuc gang are at eumily with tho Times. When tho newsparor io Lo Tun by Noruell, Ctapsoy,, Williams, aud others, sll dis- charped coltors of tho Times, s sturted, it s #oid the T¥mes will loso all the Govorumont ad. verising, which will bo givon {o its now rival, Suspacted of an Adtempt to Bribe n 3 Nowspupors Srectal Disguteh to 1¢ Chivaoo me{mn In‘."‘Auz‘ 3.~ 1'ho Cooloy lotter, Just Dbrought to lieht, offering a loan of £100 xu.lpufin ‘'owan, of the Indopeudence Dulielin, aftor the firo at Indepondenco, iu orcating quito a Bonkn- tion in palitical cuclus, sud may be the meaus of defeating Cooley's -nomination . for Cungredn, ‘o dolegaton to tho opublican Congrexsional Convention for tig county haro oumo ous In & lefonea or apulogy for. Cooloy, bub noverghiologd public opmien 18 mu.un;i mfllnul lum, and, who.bor nomuatad ac not, the bitor wiil do him barm, The Indepondienco Zuldn and moWu‘u burning, Union Gazelte, both Repnblioan papers, as much 83 eay thoy wili not 1t ‘!hD\\‘x bo nflmh‘lxl‘:fld-‘“p"nr‘ 000)0’ Sasiplt by Mass-Meeting of Farmers and Mo ol:‘nnlu in Scott County, il. rrespandence af (he Chicayn Tribuns, WiXonearen, 1il., "f&ua. L—’Tlfi’m wiil be & mass-mecting and baslot-pionio of the Farmers' and Meclianice’ Club of Hcatr County, at Coulter's Grovo, hnil s milo enst of Winchostor, on Thurudl:’v. Aug. 18, at 10 8, m, Piof, J. B, Tammor, of acknonvillo, and Judgo Vandoveer, of Shelby County, aro engaged aa thio orators of the dny. Wiilo 'this' honest pienfo han beon Q.nmm up undor tho auspice of tho Bcott Connty tarmers’ and Mechnnics' Club, yob thoy extond to all, of whataver olass or profession, a cordial invitation to bo prosont. Farmors of Groon, Morgan, and Saugamon Countlen, como ovor and spead & pleavant aud profilablo day with us in God's firet tomple.”" Equal and exact juatico to allj grindiug monapolies to none, A. Ducnawan, Jaxgs Brey, ‘Winntax Gonpox, Commiiteo of Ariangements. Grangers lenic in Michignn, Spectal Ditmateh to The Chiengo T'rfbure. Lawsine, Mich,,“Aug, 1,~The Grangers fof Slawesses, Clinton, and Ingham Countlos will hold & grand yianig At Pino Lino, Aug. 20. Tho Ion, 8, F. Brown, Mastor of {he Siato Grango, andJ, W. Childs, 'will addresa tho Ordor. It 18 ox~ posted to bo the laraant gnl\mllns of ths Oxder ovor hold in Contral Michigan. —_— - —— CLIME. Snot While Giviag n Cont of Tar and Feathors. Bostox, Aug, 2.—A srecisl from Onk Binffs to tho Adverliser snyst *For somo weeks thoro Lasbeen o good deal of scandal in connection with adlr. Vinson, of Edgerton, and 8. KK, Eliott, of Woicestor, who bave occupied o cottage in company with two married women bolonging to Logerton: Thees ment bave beon threatoned with & cont of tar and feathers, and Vinson, fearing troublo, loft tho xland somo woeks ago. Last night & party of men wont to the cottnge and called out Llliot, Aftér s considerablo serng- glo, they forced bim fnlo & wigon in which was n pot “of tar and- a Dbag of feathors. Ellior, drew & rovolvor and flred twico, ths. sccond sbob liling - Caleb Hmith, .a brother of tho two woneu., Tbo roport of tho wiatol frightoned the homo, which ran away and throw the whola party fvm tha wagon. Effiott ercaped and surtendered himeclf to'tho autbori- tie. Iwiende excilomen: prevalis loro in con- sequence of the affair " . A CHILD'S TERRIBLE MANIA. Morbid ¥mpuise for Baby-Burning. From the New YorkTribune, Ava, 1. A girl namod onrivtta, Warblo, sgo 15, living ‘with ber mothor, Mrs, Soghin Warble, o Getmau aresstuuker st. No, 418 Last Buventeenth streot, wan autcsted on Thuisday night by a speoisf ofticor of tho ‘Whirty-fuurth, or Tromont Pre« cinct, chaiped with' ateoe, The pirl was tuken to'lromout and thexo armiened befors Justico Wheelor, of the Sisth Dustrict Polico Qourt, Yrom lio examupation then lield, the following stiapgo faots wore gathmod : Che girl Henri- otts war omployad by Mia, Stern, of Hobuken, two weeks ago, to atlord her clild, o baby of 8 or 9 mouwhs, Mit Storn is passing tho summer ¢ Leqold Appol's hotol in West Farms, wiore, among othor buorders,fare & Mr. Frankaud his family, of Now York. Duang tho fivst wolk of tle now sorv- nut's engagzement M. Sory found hor incom- petont, bue concluilod to try hor a wook longer boforo disounrging her. Whe dutios of the sor- yang during this tme wor¢manly to toud Mra, Sieru's ebild. On Wedneadas morning a eoryant in tho Liotol, namod Raochd, in pasking along the second fluvr, sceated amole, and, broaking opon the door of a lull-roomjwhich Mr. Frauk tad engoged and usually occujied, found the room Sljed with umoko, tho bed'on’ tire, and, in the widdle of tho bed, cryiug lustily, Mr. Frank's little child, aped 6 mnullu‘ tachol rescuad tho baby, whiclh was slujst suffocated by tho smoke, and, giving linguiehing The niueh daninge. tho akrm, succecded i1n ex~ nuwies Lifoio thoy had doue The flry cansed’little com- ment, Muny theorlei of jts origi most patural under |the clroumatancor wero advauccd aud (ccopted, aud iho mateer would bave recolve] littla hotico but for sutsoquent ovents, A fol hiours after the ox- citomebl Liad £utsided, a dnsa volume of smoke wag olserved yvoutiug folh from ove of the dining-room closets of tho Lotol, and thoe duor beiog oroxen open, pile (¢ (ablo linen was div- covered to bo Lning. Ab fuventigation of the sccond fire olicited the fart that Henriorta \: bie ind Deen eeen omerging from tho diniug- room just aa the smokio ffaw the closot wan did- covergd, 1t wes consilerod impossiblo,. howe ovor, by Mr. Frank snd Mis, Storn that alio could bave been implicatad fu tho first attompt &t inendiniisin, Ilor youth and gonorally quiot aud obligiug mennors, as well as the oxpression ot hor faco, whicl was thai of u simplo-mindod, condid, sud'truthiful girl, forkade such terrible suspiclons, But balf éE, hour Inter Hen- rlelin was observed spaling away from & closet in ono of tho Lhils, and almost ini- medistoly afterward emoko- wos ouserved irsuing {rom that door, sudu small quantity of clothing was found burpivg ingide. “enrietts was thoroupon ssized by Mr. Appel, the pro- pristor of tho hotoel, and taten bafore Alr, Fisul and Mra, Stern, to whom shs gonfessod Lhe three incondiaty attepte, Whos Mr. Frank remon- strated with bor aud said ibat she might have burued lis little child, shs ealmiy roplied that sbe know that; sho wantedto bura it up! Dir. Yrank, in borror at thia strange acknowladg- mort, quesrioned the girl closely, aud becamo convinced that sbe was the victim of & torible worbid impulee for child-burning aud house~ most a6 irresstible iu ity influenco sa the mania that ageails tho Doston boy-murderor, Jesise Pomeroy. Bho sdmitted quiotlyand ealmly, @sif it wore o mers ordinary Incident of life, that abe Lind attompled to burn s number of other children, and had st fire to nearly evory houso in which shie had been, in obodignco to the impuleo. Sho bad nover trfed to kill Mrs. Storn's baby, becauee ehe Joved it,. but sho bad nevor liked Mr. Fraok's baby, aud the moment ehe saw it asloep in bed tho wlea seized her to burn jt, and sho ins(autly lit the matoh. Bhe would not designato_any othor families with whom 8o had Iived, cloiniing to have forgotton thoir names, oxcopt that of Nrs. Kinnoy, of Lar- rytown, with whown sbe steid two woeks. She was once sejzed with the ides of burning rs, Kinnoy's baby, but Mie, Kinney had beon vory kand to ber, aud at the momenk tho morbid ini- Enlnu Beized Lor, the thoupht also vecurred of ow sorry Mre. Kinnoy would be, sud the ime pulso was conquered. Ionrictiastated also that she had lived for's month in tho fanuly of Dr. Ulnlug, who {8 now serving & teim of imprison. ment in the 8iato Prison for an nttumple(y fraud upon an insarance compavy by means of the coflin of bricks, but she addod, aimplg‘ “thora Wass 10 baby (hiore.” Whan asked sul dequently "K a reporterwhy shewaoted 1o burn Mr, Franl's «luld, she roplicdl in tho same complacout way, 1 just wanted to burn it,” Mrs, Btorn was complotely ovorcome by the dangor ber child had been 10, whou these stato- nients were made by Henriotta, and she dis. charged tho glil at oneo. Through the noglect ol eitber Air, F'rank or Mr. Appol, bath of \vinul failod to repurt tho mattor to tho polico, the dangerous servant was sllowed to dopary, and it was uot uphl Thuraday thas,Mr, Frauk becxmo aware that it wos bis duty to inform tha pallca authoyitios, Capt. Btears, of tho Lhirty~-fourth Precinct, at Tremout, &t onco aont & syeclal oftlcer t0'the girl's residonco at No, 418 East Soventoenth streot. Bho was found snd {alon to Tremout, The mothor is a dressmuker, and i vory poor, Shio was overwholmed with ' grief aud Lorror on hoaring the nature of tho chargos against Lor daughtor, Juatice Wheoler, having examined Mossra, Frauk and Appel relative to tho charges, ealied tho gixl héimolf to tho witness-box, when sho made s confeseion subasantially B given aboyo, ‘Lo Justico hold hor in $1,000 bail to awalt the action of the Grand Jury. 1t is undorstood thut an {nquiry as to Loy uunll?' will bo made by arder cf the court at an early day. Iu Ler cell yastor- day she moaned and wopt loud enough’ to ba hicard plainly in the sltiing-room above, The child is smail for Ler years, thin, and frail in Lody, and bas b protty faco, with vnr{‘dnrk brown Lair, aud large black oyes, Bha looks both 1n- tolligant and kindly, and she shod toas while acknowlodging to the roporter tho crimos which sho had alreauy confessed in goure, She way on- Raged by Mrs, Btorn from an intolligeuce oftloaat Hocond street and the Bowery, THE PITTSBURG DISASTER. Prrrsnura, Pa., Aug. 2.—Auother bodv was found smong the rulus of Butchor’s Ruu to-day, that of w femalo child, found o “the collur of & houso, whote it bud beou waslud by tha water. e RECEIPTS OF WHEAT AT MILWAUKEE, MILwAUKER, Aug, 2,—According to statistics compiled by the Chawmber of Comuerce, the re- occipts ab thls port of tho wheat-orop of 1973, that e, the recomta from Aug, 1, 1873, to Aug, 1, 1674, wore 40,000,030 bushiols, ol A Famnune Approhension, In Wlusttation af tha ipuorance comwmon con- cosuing housekespjog displayed by men whose wives have gone lnto the con: e the Wilmin, ton (Dol.) Commercial rolates thla storys ' Wo obsatved pleaeant instanco of feminitio app onslun of the wealnicss of the masoulive Intel- Jeot In (hat direction on the part of A feminine “deAler In vegetables, the other evoning. A boy | presented a baslet, with the anccinct demand, ¥ Mr, — wants 'aif-pcok tomatoon.’ ‘Iialf n eck | ! echoed the huiclster, with surprizo, ¢ A dollar’s worth of tomatacs for them t)mm! Did shoeayRo ?' tBho'naway. 1losent mo. Tho situation was [patantly clear to the feminino mind, *¥You don't want any half-néck of toma- {oor, nor you won't zot thom,’ was the imnerlous deelilon, * *Til giva vou o qudrt, and that's moro than you noed.” Thus dooa tha sox ‘combiue to educato waak man.” © - ¢ THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR Vondalism of the Fronch Engincors, Attention hns froquontly been dirccted to the 1eckless deatruction of privats proporty by French onginaoera beforg and during the siege of Larta. Tho following uio? in told by tho Paris Goriaapondont of the London Times: * AL, fuour ia & great tannar, end a membor af tho Council-Goneral of tho Dopartment of tho Balno. Ko was the owner of tho Chatoau do Montoreau, of which the site alono how re- mains to him, It was a very large building, nnd the fitting up of tho interior bad cost hun 100,000 francs, It was surrroundoed by s park of upwards of forty acres, in which stvod 1,200 flno old trees, and at ong oxtromity of which waa the tannery, Therethis groat manufactuior led a patriarchal oxistonco. He ond his jartnor, with thelr familles and tholr prin- cipal nssistants In " tlio businoss, all found spacious accommodation under the ous roof. o park was ono of tho fincat iu the environs, ounossing benutitul viows, good walor, hade, iniries, sbundaut bot-houses, phoarantiry, eto. Tho tannery compricodsix vast buildings, sbun- dant mative power, andail the modorn improva- ments, ' The Chatenu atood botweon o fostsof Tlosny apd Nogent sur Marne, not more than 9,000 molros In thoir rear. Tho zano of tho fort of Rosny meluded s vory emall poition of -tho Intchon gerden, but pothing clso. Towards tho ond of Anguat, 1870, troo[s. were sent for tho firat timo inta tho Park of Montoroau, aud tore rocelved with patriotio hna‘rlhllly. M, Bucur put all Lis resources at tho diaposal of the en- meors, {1 gavoup bis wine, hls wood, aud ,600 trnsucs of bLay and straw, He bad bis fmrniture moved into Paris, excopt that of one room for himeclt and of eoveral sllotted 10 tlo oflicors whom ho Lokpitably entortnined. ** On {ho Gth of Suplember, tho “day after tho nowa of Bedan Lad becomo Kmbllu 1u Pazis and Dbad boen followed by a revolutlon, the ongingers DMl & consulie'ion n ono of bis drawing— rooms, and on coming out they Informed him thiat tliey had decided to raze the Obateau, fearin, that in {ho ccurso of (ho expcoted operations i might become useful to tho encmy. Conelder- g kt stood 2 miles 1n rear of the line (f forts 14 in not gssy to conjecturebow this could bo the caso, and tEo messure scema at the vory least oxtremely promatuio; but av thut time tho ollicora of the Franch army weie stunned or maddaned by their misfortunes. On tho 5th tho deowsion was come to, aud on the 10th tho build- iug hnd dieappeated, and with It tha_imeginary asbgor 1lat, situated as it was, it could exfber sin- pedothe defenso or covoer au attnck. At tho samo timo the 1,200 flne trees had been loveled with the gtound, not 88 & defonsive mensure, but bo~ cxuno thoy Wore wanted to make casemates, Tha ax soon coloed among them. and_as thoy foll 1hoy weroearied oft to the forts, In a few days of all that vast parl ‘there remaincd but ono small glump .of trees and turce secovdary bulld- ings, requirad for officas’ quarters, Btables, commitaniat, &o, Toiy was vot all. ‘Tho tan- pery remained, at which 250 yorkmen wero em- ploged, nnd whora vast quantities of bark wuro sroted, DL, Buour was informed that it bad boen resolved to burn it sll down. With an _agonized hesrt he had uncomplainivgly beheld the do- srruchion of bis park and maosion, althongh un- able to dicern its necessity, but he protested with all Lis might againt the ruin of his taunery, declering it an act of vlolmcu,unnnceuan{ to the defouso, pointing out thay the buildings woud afford aholtor to the troops. Inshoit, Lo struggled Lard o savo tho vast snd prosperous establishimont which gave bread to so many fan- ilies, apr ingisted on tho mutter being relorrod tothe I authoritles, * Burp " wae tho ro- ply quickiy recelved. M. Suour declared that it 1t weie buined lio would pluce himsclf in tho centro of his property aud porish with it. ** Hin enesgy provoilad. ~A delay was graoted, It soon Lecame evident tbat moro folly bad dictated the “order, and during that Jong aud bitter wiuter tho stoves wero Lopt hoated, aud thousands of men went to warm themsclves iu the tavnery 0 baatily conacmuedin & mio- ment of yauie and_confuslon, But tho military authoritien soemed poskessed by a domon of destraction. Thore was (0,000 francs warth of bark on the piemiss, ‘It must bo burnt, cried tho engincora, * lost tho onemy abould mako fascinea of it.” It was 2miles in the rear of their torls. Clearly they Liad littio conlldenca in their powers of reristanco, AL Bueur scomns to have boon the only man ou the Bpot who ro- taiuod Lis presenco of mind, ‘Tho ecagincer wera glad to take the tanncr's hint, and tho bark was found usoful in the constiuction of oarth- works, 1M, Suour remained on the spot during the riego. His sou was with tho artillory al tho advanocd posts of 8t. Donie ; his wifo wos at the hend of an ambulanco, to which he sont 25,000 eakea of turf for flrlnt(.j:lvinz up the ro- moindor, besidos coal and dry tan, {o the suldlors, It wes .clearly a family which did its duty to Its conntry. “The tan- nery was Lomibly revegod, and ab last BI. Buour was obligod to go loto Paria, Ilis losses were lieavy, but still ho was better oft than mauy, for, at that timo, wumbers of por- gous usnslly in opoy circumstances were com- polled to liva by charity, Lo now claims {rom tho State componsation to tho amount of £20,000 storlng, Half o miltion of francs will not nearly covor his losses, but ho gavo willingly what ho could afford, and makes 1o claim for provisions, fuol, c¢to. His claim is for bl domolishied man- alon, Lis treos cut down, hiu proporly ravaged aod ruined. Tho bark alono uked by tho on- ginoers in construoting tacir works is eatimatod at £4,800. Tho youngest of the 1.200 treos was more than a contury old, and the emallest was mora than 3 feet in circumferencs, and if tho on- gineora had not takon that timboer thoy must bave fio‘lt from Parin wood morchants, aud wond avo had to pay for it." A Femile fcdestrinn. v From the New York fieruld. A beantiful young women,. apparently 20 yearn of age, sr:plied for lodging o few nights ago_at the Nineteenth Preciuct Police Station, jn Last Fifty-ninth strcot. Iler dross, al- though weil worn, was ment and tide, Tho blondo hair of hor head hung in. curls down a woll-shapod peck, Hor form was petito, ond her apecol indicated that Lior education had not boen neglected. To Sorgt. Whitcomb, who eat bohind tho dosk, ebo gave a remarkablo story of how, sixtoen months ago, sho mar- ried & man named Anthovy Driggs, a carpenter of no mean eapacity, residing in Boston, Mass., whete her patents also lived in comfortable cir- cumstances, The young couple lived band- somely fogether ou the outekirts of Boston unlil Jast Februnry, when, In company with several other families, thoy ecnugrated to Nurth Carolins, On tho way thither her hasband began to show kis truo chur- noter by buulu; hor without the slight- eat Fmvucntim:. This ho kept up at intervals until sho loft bim iv tho country nonr Chnr- lotte, N. O., with tho detormjuation of go- ing to hor parouts in Mascnchusetls, oven if 8o was compellad to walk tho whole distance, Ble xccoxdinfly atarted ou bor trip the - socond weok 1o April, with only a fow conts more than €3 in hor pocket. On her way North she stopped at farm-houass, and, by, cooling and washing, carnod food and lodging’ for the night. On &n avorsgo ehe spont five Lours & day iu walking; tho rost of tha dny was epent in slgop and workmg for familios in ordor to proouro a moonl. Blo traveled through North Carcling, Virginla, Maryland, Penusylvania, Now Jorsey, and arrived in this city last week, toot-sore au slckt from tho long Journcy whioh whe Liad undor- takon, Beiwg an sdopt with tho noodle, en ox- collent pianist, and & good oook, sho sought for work:in auy capacity, but without auccess, Sinco her arrival In this oity ahe bas beon Liudly taken caro of by tho doveral Oaptuins of polico-utas tions, whero sho Lips applied for lodging. Dy the Iiindnoss of several woll-known business-mon dowu-town, to whom her cnss was mado kuown, shio wan enubled to start for Loston yosterday afternoon. Bho doeu not kuow, or at loase does not earo, whore ber husband le, Itis hor iuteus tion to apply fora divoros at an early dato. Efteot of Shovs on Health, Woodon shoes sro highly recommended by somo of tho svtentifio sooletios, and in somo i~ ataucos by tho Governments of Liuropo, if-lisving beon ascertained that not a fow disouses, rosult- ing 1 impaired constitutions aud oven in the lous of lite, Lave rosulied from the practice of wearing loather shoes in Wet weathor, An ex- pervienced workman from France was a shory time since oalled to dermany to superintond the mauufacture of wooden sliues on un oxtcnsive eenlo iu the Intter country. Theso are ropro- seuted as bolug light and c0sy {o wear, and aro pravided with a &inall cusbion within the upper #lile, to obviste any protsuso on that part of tho fuoot; they nro alsp suid to be of voat and ploas- ng u\)peumuco, Dblackened or varnlsbod, ara mado large envugh to ascommodate comtortable wtookiuge, and are furnishod with loather utraps, NEWB. : . Rocat. The thirteonth anpual roportiof the Board of Publio Works, for the year onding Maron 31, 1874, lias just boon Irsned in Yflnm form, Tho document oontaina an intoresting oxbibit of the ;}npe‘ll‘llnt departments undor tho oharge of oard. 8 ~—Thoannnal roport of tha Bosrd of Edneation tacompleted and In resdinosa for tha printer. A synopsls.of the roport was given In yosterday'a TRIBUNE. —So far, the Grand Jurv has failed to proouro ovidenen which wonld warrant them in 1oturnlog bill of indietment for Lribery nnalnstthe Aldor- mon whoare charged with having heeniufluenced by monoy 1n the solectionof the Court-Housoar~ ohitects. Another Grand Jury will be drawn 1m tho Jnnt week {n August, and 1t Is highly probas ble that the investigation will then be resumed with better succons, —A vory poor gano of baso-ball, Saturday, bo- twwoen tho Dutnais, of Now York, and the Whito Stockings, of Chicago, rexulted in the dofoat of tho Jatter elub by & acoro of 6 to 2, —A firo on YWont Fouticonth atreet, Saturday torenoon, destroyod tou buildiugs snd nnhoused fifteen famitios. ~ It originated mysterioualy in » barn, and but for the stronuous offurts of the Fire Dopartmont anather groat conflagration would bave oconrred, Miscolinneotss In the French Assombly on Saturday a Ropub- Jiean Deputy challonged o Bonapardist to repeat an oxpreasion derogatory to the Ropublic, and thon gave tho lia to bis assortion, croating a sceno of inteuse excliement, during which the siitlog wan puspended. Tbe Pormanont Com- mittou of the Assembly, which in tosit during tho! rocess, io composed of sixtoen Doputies haviug monarahical preferences and nina Topublicans, Tis Bonapartlsta bolng whally excludod. * wIn the Beccher luvestigation littls of impar- tanco was doveloped on Baturday, except a synoprls of Mre, Tilton'a testimony the second time_ bofore the Committes. She’ deniod thes sho bad ovar acknowledged bor guilt to Sasan B. Anthony, snd ngaln siated tbet - she had novor written. anything implying guilt ou her own or Mr. Boechoer's pest, except in copying what Mr, Tilton ordered Lor to write from his digtation, Mrs. Elizebath Cady Btantan, on the other liand, repented her gecount of the confos- elon mado lo Miss Authony by Alra, Tilton. —A fire ocourred at Muskegon, Mich., Satar- day morning, deafroying about 100 businoss- houees and 200 rosidences. The loss will bs from $600,000 to 830,040, on which tho total in- surance will not-bs ovor one-third. B —1lho yostal-car. controversy oo the Wil- mington liuo lins beon suaponded until to-day, whon thors will bo a conference botween tha Post-Ollice authorities and Prosidont Hinckley, of !{Il Live, the cavs, moantime, running aa usual. . £ —_——— * THE RACE-ISSUE AT VICKSBURG. The Orizin of the Difficulties~The Frauds and Corruptions of the Car= pet=liug Governmout—"The Coming - Municipnl Contests Vickaburg, Miss. (July 36), Corre York Heral That the peonle of the whole country may havo & correct understanding of tho racé-lssiio now pending in this oity, I purpase to give you n summasy_of transaciions for tho past sovaral ‘monthe, I will sayinadvance, howovor, that there {5 an undua oxcitement razurdmg affnira hote, Though nogtoes and whites are organized and armed, thers is liutls approhiension of & collision, vary littla oxcitemant heva, ard_thers hns nover been a time when o Magisirala's warrant was 6o cusily served and offenders prosceuted as now. The " police force las beon inoreased snd sixty Doputy Sheriffs appointed, and with this force every turbulont charactor is im- modintely arreeted and punisbed. To sacconnt for the fears'of a collision you will rémomber that » munieipal election talics place on tho 4l of August, The city and county bave for eight years beon under the control of the negrocs aud adyentnrers, Tuey hnve built up a dobt equal to ane-fifth of (he valuo of tho taxable porsonal and real proportyin tho eity; thoy bave in- creaged taxation uotil now, with counly and State taxon, it amounts to 63¢ por cont. Owning almost _no preparty whatover, they have multi- pliod offices, squandered the pablio moneys, and wera recklees and partinl in their legislation. Dut with all this the white peopte, intont more upon their peraoval Lusiness and building up their falien fortunce, paid htle heed to political ‘mattera, until finally lioy ner omewhat moused o tho sitnation, They formed ainxpayers' lzaguo, withcommi tee’s to examineall the proceediogs of {he County Boord of Supervisos and tho City Board of Aldormen. The negro County Clerks nsolently rofusnd them permission to oxamive 1hio boolt, though the nction taken influenced the Aldermen to rotiench to asmall degroe, Tins was sovornl months ago. About the snine time tho negroes cemmenced to organize militis com- nnios. Arma they Lnd no_dificulty fn_obain- g from the State. They drilled dsily in differ- aut 1.orts of the city, but of this tho whito pso- plo took little notice, attributing it more to the nogro’s love of dikplsy itian anything olee, though those srmed negroes wers often insolont and overbonrlug. I have known froquontly, durs ing tho Lenton sonson, of Irdies,. going to and roturning from church. being turnad into the stroel from the sidowalks by armed bauds of thiesn biack, greasy, and fmpudont folloxs, On tho 16th of June tho Radicala—that iv, tho no- groes and a dozen or 8o carpot-bag whites— mot in convention and nominated a city ticket. Of tho thisteen nominees ten were nogroes of tho worst order of politicians in the city. The nom nee for hlnyor waa o whito man, under mdiol ment for porjury and bLlackmailing a8 formor Chiof of Polico ; another one of tho white men cnunot write Lis own name, while tho third wan ayouth, tofortuue and ‘> fame uuknown, o mere fignichead, The wiutes saw in ihe elec- tion of such & tickot more debts, more taxation, fartbor oppressions ; indocd, with the City Gove ernmont in the handa of such mon thore could b nothing bus ruin to every commoroial interest of the city, and they atousod from thelr long spathy, formed wavd clubs, and propazed to Dialo A vigorous campaign, ‘About this timo—sny tinos weoks ago—n loadl- ing colored politician—G, W. Davenport, Clork of tho Chancory Conri—at a mogro politis cal meoting referred to -alnto escapade and marrlage of pyoung white girl with a nopro, and gaid {ho timo was wvot far die- tant when such affaira would bo ropeatod daily; it would be nothing to see largo numbors follaw the oxample of that young lady, Ho would g0 furthor and sy that thoie were thousands of Soutbern womon, many here in Vickeburg, of the most rospectablo families, who wonld do so lo-day wete they not afraid, Dut those things woutd chango; barriers would be broken down, for the winto women now koo that tho nopro f4 the coming man, and that they have the control of thio Clty and Stato Governnients. If he wore not o matried men ho conld get tho daughter of one of the best. familios in' Vicksburg, tnd wero boin the matrimonial markot, ho would bucklo on Lrgce of rovolvers and meot tho women's brothiers or fathers who would daro to Interfore with his love affaivs, or attempt .to proveut dauglters aud eisters from their choice in tho solection of a good busband (whom thoy wore anxious fo have) smong the colored men. T'his foul glander upon the ladies of the city aroused tho whitos as no political move could aver huye dono, The evoning after ita_dolivery, at evorv whita ward club in the city, Davonporl nud by ntrocious sentiments wero denounced ; but beyond that and threata by a fow of Davonport's 1ife, 110 overs act was mado by tho white pcoplo. That his lifo waa not {n dangor is shown fiom the faot that ho it etill waluing tho strcots un- molested, Trom that limo for two wooks the excitement was intouso. Tho nogroos congTo- gated in the noighborliood of Davenport's houso, armed with musliels and neadlo-guns, and armed equads were dotailod by bincl leadors to_patrol tho city, with the npparent design of Intimidat~ g tho ' whites. Evon Washington street, tho prinoipal businesa tharaughfaxe of the city, wos not free from tho presonce ot theso armed no- groes, who morched baclk aud forth, with their gubk -on their ehoulders and theli Vayorats giummng in tho sun by day and voilecting the glare of gaslight by night. Thewr sttitudo was mouacing in tho extreme, “White wmou whoso whose busldess or incliustions de- tained thom down town till a lato Lol at night were hialted on the publio highways wlile poaco- ably returning to their homes by negro plokets oand ukismishors, In some of tho Buburban nojgh- borboods thero tas aoustornation among white £amilies canned by tho presonco and bolsterous condutet of the bands of armod negroos who wera somotimes lond in thoir denunciation of nnd throats against tho whites, Itlasted thus for two or threo days and nigbta beforo tha white peopla iwere stirred up o full knowledgo of Lho ituatlon, . They saw that thoy ware wouaced trom ull sides by tho cotorad elomont. Tho alx wan prognant with storics of outrage on Cliorty street and on the Jackeon road, wherd the nogrocs wero lialting aud tometimos sesrohing white mon boforopeimitting thom to avs, Tho Court-1Touse and grounds woroccouplod by the colored troops, and from thia polnt scouis weragent ontin variouy directions, Inflammatosy specclhies weso mado by negio leaders at publie meotings, aud etill tho whita people forbora until tho inovitable law of rolt-prevervation forced ther: to oreaniza for thoir own protection and Lo propured to pre- vent riot and bloodshed in tha streots of Viok- Lurg. Thoy did orgamaze, and organizad thoroughly, with tho dotormination to pus & stop ? affalrs, which might st any mos mont foad ‘to irreparable a 1 3 Dintes woio formes S Vi men to patrol the At 2 botligeront or oo eotn and pive notlos of any us gonduct on the part of tha 1 arranged for immediate Eatlioring in exee of daye It “masmed that mn]m. imminons and by ardly ¢o bs avolded £ The srmed bang of negroos soom.dlsappested men wers mastors of The autlioritios at this time bLat when affaire again tho Doard of Alder~ and prohiblted the as. had beon doing 1 beran to sotlio down mon Incrorsed the poli :;'I,m‘}'tlrnfi of nmllsd‘ ‘el horifl also appointod aixty 1ho oity Is porfectly q 7 qo Lioit.-Gov, Davis, hia demand for iroop upon the fnctihat he sont bis Adjutay o this city to disarm the m| arms to the Btate Arsenal, wns disobsyed, the office thelr guns. Thoro'sts hoth mililia organizations in thin ci rival of the Adjutant-Goneral he domay commanding the Fourt artas, : Cal, Tronch rolat tho stato of affairs, and declined pt ap’ n candition that the colorag urrenderod the arms in thelr pos diutani-General, Packer, then Iisll, colorad, commandiog the , Who positively refused to comply r“lnl tl:lbt(}n'llnmandfir-lnifllfllfl, and oturned to the Capital, leavin ST 1o he honds of tha ey 1o whom tiy Lind boen {esued by the State, fonra hero of & collision, The whitos sod now t oqual’ efronglh in tiie citv, poople raquirc—and 1 belle: 88— 10 linve # fair ballot. city officors ara now both In & iave put forward a tiokel eputablo obizens; men of utation and lary o ot and peaceable, who I8 a colored m; 8 to be mont to ilitls and return th ), and that the orda: efuning Eo rotmrn xhite and coloroq applied to O, P. Thate ata little Rroes ara of abiou and o) tho while most of the negr Tho tclats for of the oldest, irreproachable rep: and thoy ae confidont, with eloctinz.them on the 4 cals Lave modiflad 1hough thors Ia no e sinco diod, and his thof August. Tho Radie thoir tlcket considerably, ompirison botween the twa v;:tc :u‘:ninn;ufl for Mayor hag A3 been supplied by & 1o the Aldormanio toliet aye: placed nogro nominecs, Nearly overy white Tiadical {n tho eit é&:rrlnuermflfifl;], and "’};hom of atos Army will vote the white man'a tlckat, Many of them aro working aolive with s election fow, 1f 803 who hee o] with the lgnlllll nfl:\rfl of tho clp new era of honeaty, oconomy, retranchment, Prosperity will dawn upon gl and patient community. ornl whites have re| v, doubt that & pon” this long-suffering ' MARRIAGES. tor of Janios and Em! TITZA A URIOT-Tho. tangral of B il s b Torbtons, Mo, 590 Comgresn o o Aot Tho 3 laats, a% 11 o'aiook, and frot thence Calvary Comotery, rrivada are fnviiad to attond COFFIN~Sunday, Aug. Warreo, safaus vou of Wai i Funora) from residen: 842 clock, Trlauta of the 1h MURIAY-On Avy ot ot Riox 297 Walnat.at., Tussday, mily ara lavitod'to afton; of hrala fover, Niontaus Metzler, 0. 24 West Buparlonat., at 1 o' i 2t Ty e evtiod o asbond o0 At x‘{u. %65 Archer-av., Sw o Cnivary - Cme ecr, All mombars of iy oxpoctod to attend, SPECIAL NOTICES. Centaur Liniments Alay pafn, subdus svullings, heal borus, and will cars rhoumatism, spavin, and suy flosh, bons or muscle "™ aliment. The White Wranpor s for family use, the Yollow Wrappor i for Prico 50 cents; Iargo boitles 81 Chitdren Cry for Castorin.—Plessant to tiko—a perfect subatitute for Castor Oll, but more eMcscious la resulnting the stomach and bowals, AUCTION SALES. By C. C. THAYER & CO. HXHBECUTOR'S S.ALH. 16. ACRES CHOICE LAND! HYDE PARK, AT ATUCTION, On TIURSDAY, Aug 6, 1674, AT 12 0’CLOCK Mw At Roal Estate Exochange, 118 Lae Salle-st. (entrance from alley). Py ordor of the Exaotor, wewlll sell to olos v o e PReks o radad, i art Warne Koads ran 0. Dopot near ko propord o imure & Ol mile oast of Cornell Wateh Faotory, and 1 outh Ohicago. Tha extonslve limproe: . 40, Jt. I fu the [mmediato” viciuf will tond groatly to incroaso fts va Tliero {8 no inoality fa the coun‘ry that offors hatter in duoemants (o thare soekin 3 e o o By GEO., P, GORE & CO., 68 & 70 Wabash-av. DRY GOODS. Qurregulacasls of Dry Guods, ato., will take place TUESDAY MORNING, Aug. 4, at 9:30 0'Clock. Hoslary, Undorwear, White lots, Yatinots, atonts A tall linov.of Natlon: Goadv, Lijons, Huiiogs, ‘Asor & fiuo-of Ulnetims, A R stanr ot T . 55 4o Btatoats ror G3and 79 Wabssh-ave 300 Cases Men's, Boys’, aud You'hs' Bats, 150 Cases Assorled Women's, Mews, and Children's LEATHER AND SERGE WEAR FOR FALL TRADE, (ESTABLISUED 1850), By WM. A. BUTTERS & CO., Augtioneors, No, 108 East Madlsnnat, Salou of Real utata sud Morehandieo of erory desoripe CHATTEL MOI%TGAGE SALE o HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, a8 10 aod 13 Fidelgo-gourt, MONDAY "August, a4 10 alook, it R SRR TR o Tablas, Tirobin, TeRaaol and pthor Onrp smbye. bots, Machl outgos. ORA(ES, o 1l Kitobos oo chitale ‘ordor of the Mortguces. d BUiTens 2 co., Austionsers. BOOTS, SHOES, TATS, OAPS, &o, Anguat 4, st 9)§ &, ., sbour Al A, BUTTERS & C0,, Auctlonoors. CARRIAGES, FURNITURE, CARPETS, osker, &0, &0:, Wodnovtas M 'al or maioaroains, 106 Kal 8 & (0., Auctivuoers, DRY GOODS,0LOTHING, NOTIONS, BT R WAL AL B 5 By HARRISON, ROCKWELL & WILLIAMS, AUGCTION BALD OF FORFEITED PLEDGES a 208 Fask 1 S0 il amonds, Juwolry, Ravolvarss &os 4. ON, ROOKWELL & WILLIAMS, Austiousams, TUESDAY MORNING, Huisivous, IR 1 llatora) k, fadliou-at., HONDA Lo