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16 THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE:. SUNDAY, AUGUST 23, 1874, SPORTING NEWS. Ludicrous Sccnes at a Tab-Race on the Lake Basin ('Leary, the Pedestrian, Accom- plishes His Undertaking. The Turf-=-Cricket. AQUAT THE TUB RACE. Aquetic sports are 8 rariiy in Chicago. The pen-goupy nataro of our river's waters, and the stormy tendencies of the inke, aliks stand in the wav of Chicago’s becoming 5 great bost-racing cits. That Chicago will oventually beat the world 2t squatic eports, as st everything else, of courso ihero is Do Question; but as sho caunot hops to do everythuug at once, and more sorious objects do- inaud her immediato attention, she mast bids & weo befote sho undertakes to sevd along her erew to suateh the laurels aliko from Columbis, and Harvsrd, and Oxford, and Cambridge. In {he meantimo, howerer, it is not the intention of ber sors to allow ajuatic sports to go altoxether uncaltivated. Awoug the most persevering of Chicago's aquetic mea are the stalls of the different mul- tivery establishments of thoe city. Wheuever the surface of the lake ia favorable, they euter their hoste and enjos a good. old-fashioned 6 or 7 mmile row, a habit which has resalted in making them, physically, tho superior of auy similas set of weu in the city. Now that the season of aquatic eports Les drawn nigh to a closo it well became tleso esponents of aquatic sports in Clicazo to get up something in the shapo of a reyalta as a proof of the guccess which had crowned their cfforts. spd perbaps the® paculiar race which they got p was beitor adapted for public amuscment than a whole lst of contests with oot-riggers and in-riggers and the rest. The peculiar esaft which tho millines bors chose for the dis- pluy of their Dboating prowess was tho ordinary wasirtub. Now, the sympathy bo- tween millinery an 1 washtubs is 80_slight 38 Lo be almost unworthy of mention. No owe ever Leard of a lady’s entrusting the renovation of u last vear's bounet to a warherwoman. Tho probable action of a copious afiliction of ** suds ™ 0 a bunch of aruificial lowers needs neither ex- periment nor the explanation of one who bas madeit. 1fead-gear in gencral, even that which is framed to surmount tue masculine bram- backet. is 28 seusitive of an overdore of vater 2s 3 chromic rheumatic, 8 fact which Ci bats 8t £1.50 z-piece can abundantly prove. Notwithsranding sl this,the boys connected with our millinery estabiish- ments, feelivg & generous mvalry in ajuatic ports, hit upon a tub-race as the Dest meana of ciding the question of supremacy. Cut goivg as fally wto the preliminary s us is dou in sporting contests of greater moment, it is well 10 state that the prizes for the race were four in number, being $10 Lo the win- ner of the race, $6 to the second, #3 to the third, and 10 ceuts aud a leather medal to the winner by ten lengths, and Carver second, fifteen lenzths shead of Corning. Time, 1:57). ‘The second race was a eelling race for a purse of 2600, distance 134 miles. The starters wero Botany’ Bay, dollle Darling, avd Galway. Botany Bay won by a lengtn, Mollie Darling Ccomiug in second. Time, 3:09. - THE TRIGGER. ANNOUNCEMENT. A meeting of the Prairie Shooting Club vri}l be held Tncsdar evening at No. 179 East Madi- son street, for tho purzose of appointing dele- gates to the National Sportsmen's Convention, to De beld at Niagars Falls Sept. 9. Every member of the Prairie Club is requested to attend. THE BALTIMOKE SCHUET/ENFEST. Barrivons, Md. Aug. 22.—larget:shooting aithe First Festival of the Graud National Schuetzenbund _closed this afternoon. Tho prizes will be officially aunounced Mouday, but it is alicady understood that the first prizo, 31,000 in groenbacks, will bo awarded to_Theo. Kiein, of Now York ; aud recond piize, S500 in gold, to Willi . o Now York, Tho third prize, 5 rizo, 600 marks in gold. waich snd cham, valued and fifth prize, = gold a 3673450, "ara’s tio botween Georgo Schul- Tindotph Heunsch, of and = Adulph Swecker, of inc cach baving made ~two. The awards to these zentlemen willbe d ed by ballo on Mondsy. Tho sixth prize, a silver brick, is awarded to Courad Jleyer, of East St. Lows, who marked fifty-nino, and the eovenths prize, a silver goblet. toJosoph Belcher, of tho Newark, N. J., Schutzen. A large number of medals and cash prizes have been awarded during the week. The greatest number of bull's-cyo shots—i5: Were mado by Adolph Btrecker, of San Fran- ling, of Daltimore, Wacbingtoo, Sen Fr rix cinco. o festival was most liberally patronized, and in every way deserved success. The weathor Dbes been most favorable. Tho cloing cere- monies take place on Monday night. WAR OF RACES. Warlike Times at lancaster, Tenn.— Armed Parties ot Whates nad Bincks Coutending for Possession—scveral Aczroes Ieported Kilieds Loussvizee, Aug. 22.—In response to the call of Gov. Lestie, four companies of wilitia, 125 men, under Col. Clarke, loft this city at 9 o'clock to-nigut. for Lancaster. LoumsvinLe, Aug. 23—1 8. m.—The Courier- Journal hus received the following wpecial tele- grams from the eat of bLostiiitics in Garrard Couaty : Srasroro, Ky., Aug. 2! number of men reinforced the Kenveds party a Laucaster, aud rocruits are sl zowg iuto town, well armed. “Trouble of & serious nature is brewing. ‘The object is to quict th excitement peacefully if ey can, forebly if th nust. Tho Sellirs party sre mnesroes and whites, _ principally megroes, about fifty of whom wera gusrding lus houso, whero thev have entrenched thewselves and made bar- racks. They are armed with Speucer sifles, but where they got them i strango. Both parties are being reinforced. The Sheriff of this county, W. G. Saunders, has beon appointed Chief of the peace. Brizade skirmishing bas becu going on uince 2 o'clock this afternoon, It i8 re- portad that five nogroes lave beon killed, sud several wounded. Seller’s houso has been burned, and two othiers. The Uited States troovs came out and both parties fired on them. The troops returned tue fire aud dis- fixe i . their uarters. is oquet a sixed for tin race was vesterday afternoon at 4 it q e oot i goes 2 o'clock, and the Jocality tbat portion of the lake st the foot of Tweifth street which lics between the breakwater aud the lake-thore proper, 3 eheot of water some few acres in extent. At the appointed bhonr this spot was turonged with the friends of the contest- auts, aud others who had coma to ses tho fun, to tho number of sbout $00. Thanks to good mrrangements, thers was not much delay. At alouc 4 o'clock the various contestants were aterrible blacks. Fighting bas beeu going on at intervals siuco Wednasday night. somo negroes shot Mr. Fred Yeakley. Tus s0 exasperated tho whites that 5 large party Tiot vet resched, we fear, althongh earnest of- forts are making to stop hostilitics. SECOND DIFPATCH. Laxcaszen, Aug. 22.—Wo are really having ar between parties of wlites sud ¢ Yesterday morning owsossion of the town thia morping, and ordercd to man thew tubs, which were | 2O h ¢ ) e firny bas been kept up all eveping. pliced on a baige anchored 100 feot from | oy .5, 0 iog “arg fortided in the houso tbe lune ehore. They did 8o as follow: Gage Bros. & Co.’s tubbers, William Bauer, William Da . B. Fisk & Co.% tnbbers, Walrer Eow- | mau, Maznus Andergon, Wilitam Smith ; Walsh & Hurchinsou's tubbers, Albert Stavit aud of Willwm Sellers. were killed thls evening, and several wounded- The whites sct firc to the warehouse near Scl- lers' resideuce with the intention of burning tho It is thought two negroes negroes, snd 1t i3 now burning. The whites Josepk Jupsou. As is the custom with tub rac- = ine the elars was ot effcted without » mumber | PO Diave tho | negrocs wirronmnded, it of amusg epilis on the start off, but a last the | tor “hore megroes. The whites have tubs got off together, Jupson taking & strong | start, which be maintained throughout, reaching tho 'shore n winuer 1o ono mivute and fortv-five _rcconds, with Anderson & good eccond, Bowman third, and Smith fourth. Tue saco from becinniux to end proved intensely amuzing 10 the crowd who had gath- ered to view it, and Lhero i3 no doaot that if tho millmers woald ouly get np a boua fide regatta they would not, ot any Tate, find 4 lack of spec- tatém. REGATTA AT GESEVA LAKE. Special Dispa to The Chrcaqo ['ribune, GESEVS LARE. Wik, Anz. 22.—Probutly one of the best contested reattas cver held in the Wexs was eailed here to-dav. The yachis en- tered were the following : Tho Nettie, owned by Julian S. Kumsey ; the Lotus, owned by Geo. Arthur C. Ducat: the French, owned by Mr. Freuck, of Gonera; tne Nettio, owned by ' A C. Colkin: the br W. F. Milligan; the Shooting Star, 4 by Mr. Lytle; tho White Swan, owned 1y 3ir. Bubire. Tie day was Loo, with & stroug north wind, incteased to s gale before the race was half galed, with beavy squalls. 7The race was 9 miles off the wind, and 9 to windward. Before it was the counlest was between tho etiie, and tho Fronch, and the making md fested the men aud vachts most thorouzliy, and was so close that yachtmen en snore ten mivutes before the close could not desigmata the winmer. The time was follows: Lotus, 2. 2im, Osec.: Nettie, 2h. 27m. 20sec.; 2h. 26m. 35rec.; the Nellie beating the Lotus 1 minute and 11 _seconds, on her time allowance. The Shooting Star upset early in the race. Her muster and crew were raved by Georgo L. Dun- lav, Ekq., in bis stcam yucht Gertie. Mr. Patton’s yacht, uot in the race, also was carsized io eail- ing over the course. The crew and passengers wero & ved nleo by Mr. bunlap. This will give goma idea of the weather and ses they each had to coutend with. The Lotus during the race carried away her jib-boom, and coming into the I refized it again and proceaded. The Nuttie enrried away her studding-vail and shrouds, and soran;; her masts badly. It Fias neen a gala day for Geneva. The sieam- vacht Arrow, belonging to George Stureis aud Grn, Stag Dunlap, Tated witl 1, aod the Gertie, owned by Georpre L. risented a eplendid _sppearance, deco- the flags of all nations. The khores crested_spectators, aud tho ar of the Whiting Jouse were crowded ! ¥ and fu<hiion. The time of the Lotus 1s the fastest secord west of the seaboard. et PEDESTRIANISM. O'LEARY'S WALE. The walking match agaiukt time, the progress h was reported in this morning's . came Lo » teimination yesterdas even- ing in favor of tho pedestrian, Dan O'Leary, who succeeded in walking his 105 miles in the unprecedeated time of 23 hoare, 17 minates, and 55 weconds. This performance ontdoes Weston or sy other man who bas set himself up in exher hemisphero as the exponent of the art of combining tlie powars of speed and endurance. Towards the cluse of 0'Lears's per- formance lust nizbt the West Side tksting rink wus crowded with an andicnce who eheered lustily the Cuicago pedestiian as o sped along the closing lups at & rate of nearly 7 miles an bour. Some discuscion_having ariscn a8 to whetber O'Leary did or did no: walk his corners fairly, Lie determined to put all doubt at rest, and walked an extia mile, the 106 miles being e~ complixhed in 23 bours, 27 miuutes and 133¢ sec- onds, the last milo being walked 9 minuies 354 eeconds. At the con- Zukion of his feat O'Leary was bbed down with aleohol and expreseed his millinguess to walk 110 miles within the twenty- lour bonrs whenever the mducements offered wlled for the exertion. Duriug the evening a purso was coliecied for the plucky pedestrisn. i CRICKET. Special Disvateh to The Chicaon Tribune, CIICAGO ¥s. ST. LOUIS. §1. Lous, Mo., Aug. 22.—In the cricket mateh between the Chicago Cricket Cinb snd the $t. George's Club, of 8¢. Louis, the first in- pugy wtood: St. Gearea's, 51 runs: Chicago Ciib, 5. Second innings—st, 's, 30; Clue: ) il S wicsens 10 sparg. 20 Ceage, THE TURF. THE SARATOGA LACES. Sinsroos, on tuis, the last d toga Racivg Association, was for the benefit of the public schoole, aud the attendance wes large. The first race was for s purso_cf £500, open nave alvo sent for reinforcements. A porfect reigm of teiror exists. There is oo law or order bere. The troops staticned here refuse to inerfere, aund citizens fear the town mey be bumed. A party of whites from Lwccin County sre here with arms ard ammunition. A regular engage- ment first occurred between the troops and rnoters. The troops were called into town to try and quell the riot, when they sere fired on Ly both parties. They returned tho fire, and several were wounded on both sides, Sollers’ dwelling is now burumng. TUIND DISPATCI. Daxviie, Ky.—The siiuation at Lancastor up to s fate honr this evening was ay followe : Ken- nedy’s friends occupy tho Court-House and Jlason & Saunders' hotel, situated on the road leading to Stanford. Soller's forces are located on Neller's premises juet down the Lill on the Lesingtou nike, and a Ehort distauce from the public squars. A third party, whoso mission is to Drceorse or restoro peace, occupy the corner building on the pubtic square between the two parties aud on the ruad to Lexington. No shooting since ny Iast report. ‘The Circuit Court has not adjourned. The man named Yeakly, who was shot, wos not a son-in-law of Kennedy, buta brother of that gentloman, The contested election caso between Konnedy and Faulkner, for the oflice of Circuit Court Clerk was set for to-dav, but not tried. Lusiness houres in the town are closed, and the people in momentary expectation of further trouble. FOURTH DISPATCH. DasviLie, Ky., Aug. 22.—Thero is more shooting at Laucaster. The pegroes vear Sellers’ premiees fired on o party of whites in Brown's Buiiding, on the coruer above spoken of the fire was returned, and the skirmish be- tween tho parties kept up till the time the mes- seugor left. 1'wo negroes wero suot and sup- posed to be killed, No other casualties are known. IMPORTANT DECISION. One Million Acres in Kansas, Clatmed by Railroid Compunies and Mostly Gccupied by Scttlers, Decided to Ke- long to the Latter. From the Davenvort (Ia.) Gazet The great Osage cede:l land case of Kansas has just been decided by the Circuit Court of tie Uuited States, and is now, for the first time, made public vy the Gazette. ' ‘The land in contro- versy was claimed by certain railroad companies under grants_trom Congress. The amount dispute was about 1,000.000 acres, and the dis- puted tract is 50 by 30 miles ;n extent, embrac- ing tho counties of Neosho aud Labotte, and part of the counties of Bonrbon, Crawford, Allen, Wilson, and Moutgomery, in Kausas, and upon which, claiming adverso to the railrond companies, are over30,000 people. The Conzt decided agamst the railroad com- pamee, bolding that they have no title, and setting aside their patents 18sued by tue Interior Department. The opinton of the Court was prepared by Mr. Juetice Miller, of the United States Supreme Court, and covcurred in by Circuit Judge Dillon, and the decrees have been forwarded by the lai- ter from his residence in this city to the Clerk, to bo extered nt the adjourned term of the court, which meets at s early date. The Court decides that when a patent for lands Les been issued contrary to law, the Tnited States may file a bill in equity to cancel It sleo decides that the lauds in question, having been reserved in a treaty with the Osage Indians for their use, and boing occu- pied by them at the date of_the railroad grant of public lands, wero not public lands of the United States within tho meaning of the granting clause of the act; and also, thatif such lands wero within the grauting clanse, they were oxeepted out of this grant by the words thas the graut fhould uot extend to the lauds previously re- served by the United States for any other se ur purpose. This decision will create some stir in Kausay— and pot ouly iu Kansas, but among a great num- ber of capitalists and land agents in yarions por- tions of the United States and Europe, have based Joans upon them—not to m the thousands of settiers who occupy the lands, and who have been nervous with anxiety over the claims of railroad companies for the lands thes occupv. The sattlers noed feal nervous no louger, for the Court decides in their favor. Pansoys, Kav., Aug. 22.—Thero is great rejoicing here _to-uight over tho _ de- cision ~of Judges Miller and Dilion in tbe Ossge ceded land cases. Fully 5000 eaple met to celebrate tho evont, and their de- iverance from the railroad companies. Speechos were made by several prominent citizen, and at for al axes. distaoce 13 miles. Madge, Carver, and Ersstus Coming sgarted. Madge was the 2 laée hour the people adjourned. feeling for the first time that thoy could go to their own Lomoa. THE BLACK HILLS. Progress of Gen. Custer’s Exploring Expedition, Gold Discoveries---Magnificient Pastur- age-~--Building Material in Abundance. Sr. Pavr, Minn., Aug. 22.—The report of Gen. Custor to the Department commander, dated Bear Butte, Black Hills, D.T., Aug. 15, was received ihis morning az Gen. Terry's head- quarters. After detailing Lis operations and ex- plorations, aud the finding in one direction of an impassable barrier which was finally circum- vented, the General says : *1proposs to return by a different, although perbaps not shorter, route than that adopted in coming to the Black Hills, I am 1vduced to make this change in order to ombraco .a larger extent of unex- plored country within the limits of our explorations, and particularly to eunblo ns to locate as much as possiblo of that portion of the Littlo Miasouri, of which nothing is now known. I expoct tho expedition to reach Fort Lincoln on the 81st of August. The health of the command lias beon and is most excellent. This expedition entered the Black Hills from the weat pide, penetrated thiough tho eastern and most southern ranges. explored the mafor por- tions of the interior, and passed out the most eastern ranges which form the boundary of the Black Milla. From tho fact tnat, in all our principal marches through tho Black IDlls, wo lLave taken without serious ubstacle & heavilv-laden train of over 100 wagons, it may be inferred that the Black Hills do not consti- tuto the impenetrable rogions heretofoie repre~ sonted. In cotering the Black Hills from any direction, the most serious. if not tue ouly, ob- stacles wore encountered ak onco near the ontor base. This probably accounts for tho mystery wiich bas so lovg exwted regarding tho character of the iuterior. Exploriog par- tics have contented themsclves with marching around the exterior base, and, from the for- bidding aspect of the billy, a8 viewed at a dis- tance, inforred that an advance towards the in- terior would only encounter increased obstaclos. In regard to THE CHANACTER OF THE COUNTRY inclosed by tho Black Lills, 1 can only repeat what I have stated in previons dispatches. No portion of the Usited States can bosst of & richer or better pasturage, purer water, the tom- porsture of which in summer as it flows from tho earth is but Lwelve degroes above the freoz- iug-oint, sud of greater advuntages geuerally to the farmer or stock-rmser thun are to be found in the Black Hills. Building stone of the best quality is to be found in.inexhaustible quau- tities. WOOD FOR FUEL AXD LUMBER sufficient for all timeio come. Rains ara fre- K\Xmm, with no evidence in the country of eitter ought or freshets. Tho seawon, perhaps, 18 t00 short, and the nights too cool for corn, but I believe all other grain could be produced hera in wonderful abuudance. Wheat would particu- larly yield largely. ‘I'hiere 18 no doubt as to the exidténce of varions minerals throughont the hills, _As this subject Las received the especial attention of expertss who accompanied the ex- pedition, and will be reported upon in_delail, L will only meation the fact that iron aud plumbago have been fouud, aud beds of gypsum 1n appatently inexhaustible quantity. I referred in a former dispateh to the discovery of gold. Subsequent examinations at bumerouy points contirm sud strengthen the factof - THE EXISTENCE OF GOLD in the B'ack Hills. On some of the water- courses altaat every panfull of earth produccd gold w small vet payiog quantities. Our briel Balts sod rapid marching prevented any- thiug but a very hasty examination of the = comntry in this rospect, but in ono place, and the only one within mv knowl- edge where ro great a dépth was reached, a hols was dug 8 feet doep. The miners report that they found gold among tho roots of the grass, and from tha point to the lowest poiat reached gold was found in paving quantitics. It has not required an expert to fiod gold in the Biack Iills, 83 mon without former experience iu mining have discovered it at an expense of but little time or labor. . As an evidence of THE RICH PASTUBAGE to be found in this regivn, I can state that my beef-herd, after marchiug upwards of 600 miles, 1s in better condition thau when I started, being now as faf a8 is consistent with marcuing condi- tion. The same mav be eaid of the mules of the wagon train. The borscs of the command aro in good working condition. I have never reen 5o many doer as in the Blach Hilis. Elk and bears have al-o been killed. ‘We have had no collision with bostile Indians. (Signed) G CusteR, Brot. Msj.-Gen. U. §. A, Commanding Expedition. The Latest Accounts, as Keccived Irom Charles eynolds, Confidential Scoutand Bearer o Dispatcn ex from Gen, Custer. From tha Siouz City Times. The grest Northwestern wiystery, which has Deen the waking dreain of muners and adventur- eus for the pass taouty years, is at last unveiled. "o Black-Hills couniry baa been invaded jand explored. Custer and his command have tray- eled up their rugged ranges on tho morth, climbed therr highest peak, snntered on their sunuy southera lopes, and is now oo bis return to Fort Lincoln. At last we hae reliable infor- mation from the hills, which sbows a _reality ex- cceding tho brightest pictures painted by oer imagination. Cliarles Reynolds, Custer’s trusted scout, who has just roturned from tho expedition via Fort Laramie and the Union Pacitic Railroad, has kicdly farushed us the subjoining information in referenpo to the expedition and the resuits of its Inbors. r. Reyuolds is a young man of a very quiet, reticent disposition, extremely anxious to kay nothing but the uaexaggerated truth, and to tell notiung of which he is not fully acquaivted. through peisonul experience. Ho says that the expedition left Fort Abrabam Lin- colu ou the 2d of July. From the fort to the Little Miesouri their general course was west- ward. ‘They travelod to the headwaters of Grand River, sud thence up the Little Jiisrouri for 10 miles, which pomt they reached on the 15th of July. Their course from there lay =cross barren rolling prairie, very scarce in vegetstion and slmost en- tirely desditute of wator, until they arrived at the Balle Fourche, a stroam that runs near the beadwaters of the Little Powder River. The Bello Fourchie makes a circnit aronnd the north- eru base of the DBlack Hilla. The expedition crossed this stream, and, traveling about 15 miles sonth, arrived at Red Water Creek, at the weatern base of the Black Hills. The country here is broken sud barren, abounding in red sandstono, gypsum, and limestone. = Threo days up Red Water Creck, which sffords & pass through the mouutains, brought them to the base of lnyan-Kaka, the highest peak of the Black Hills. Hero the expedition camped and rested, while Col. Ludlow, Chief Engineer : JIr. Woods, his asmstant; Profs. Winchell and Grinnell, Gen. Custer, and other scientific mea, ascended tho peak. ' The summit of Ivyau-Kaka is 7,000 fect sbove the level of the sea. At the samo time the miners, Messra. Ross and McKay prospected around the base, without discovering auy precious metals. From this mountain peak the expedition proceeded sonth- enstward scross the hills. After three dsys, travel the divide was renched, aud the eyes of tho expedition, weary for weeks looking upon the barren plains aud rueged llls, now rested upon o paradise. The country, a3 faras the eyo could reach, looked bright and green. Natural parks, irregular in outline, bountifully supplied with pine trees of large dimensions, and water- ed by running brooks, were spread iu every di- rection. U'hese parks are of all sizes, from an acre-pateh to thousands of ncres. are divided_trom one anothier by narrow ridges of rock, chielly granite, which Lesr httlo or no vegetation. Even in the parks the land is gen erally not level, but of gently roling prairie but apen their highest ground “the grads 1s sufli ciently bigh to produce & good yield of hay. Mr. Reynolds, who has lived in Colorado for soveral years, says that the lands in the Black Hillx are, in point of soil, timber, and grass, su- perior to anything that he bas ever seen in Colo- rado. The trees, which are chiefly Norway pino, are in some caves as much a4 30 inches in dismeter, and correspondingly bigh. The streams are pure aud clear, and abound in various kind of fish. Numbers of thesc wers caught, and some of them measured 18 inches in length. Tho pine timber is by no means confined to the parks. * Thete i, said Mr. ., **pine every- where,—on the hills and in the valleys.” Burr oak abounds 1 the northern section of the hiils, aud birch trees are hero and thero to be seen, though they are not abundant. Game abouuds in many varieties and scem- ingly endless qusntity. Black sud white tailed deer and olk are to be found cverywhere, aud The parks-™>ad other places in Uhio; bears, including tho grizzly species, also make their sbode i the bills. Tho expedition, ns we have seen, entered the Biack Hills upon the northeast side, and pro- cecding in & direction s little east of south, tho miuers praspected all the couutry from the Bollo Fourcho Creek to Harney's Peak, where tho scout loft them, but of precious metala thov did not get the color until they crossed ths divide and got on the sonthwestern slope. Hore a very marked chango in the goological sppearance of tho country was visible. Siaste and queriz are the unerring indices of gold bearing lodes, and here these latter were sbundant Sumulated by the prospect, the minera operated on tho beds of creeks, and found fino-snot gold within 2 foct of tho surfaco, in quantities ranging from 3 to Bcentsto the pan. In the country around French Croek, whore Reyoolds left the Expedi- tion, the miners found shot gold in the dry creeks, and gold and silver-bearing quartz in abundsuce everywhere, From tho point of Reynolds’ doparture, which ia on tho headwaters of French Crook, the ex- finmmn returns in » northerly direction to Beac uttes; and it is the opinion of the miners, based uoon their prosvecting experionce, that 5% gold Las gradually increased in quantity in this direction, the richest diggings are yot to be found. Since the first knowledgo the white man gained of the Indians and their baunts on the Upper Missouri, tho Black Hills have boen recognized ag the Indian's sanchified ground; but, until Custer's expodition explored tho country, it ro- mained & matter of spoculative mystery why the Dlack Ilills were so assiduously kept sacrod from the foot of the = white wao. The reason is now apparent. The sbundance of game of all kinds, sud the unsur- pased stock ranges affordad by the well-watered and heawily-timbored vallays, afforded both pro- tection and sustenance to the families of the Indians, while the heads of tho lattor were ous making raids on neighboring tribes, or ou their regular visita to the various azencies for Govern- meot annuities; added to which the Indians wero aware that a knowledge of tho rich mineral deposits that lay undeveloped within its limits would be » powerlul incentive to stimulate white occurancy. Mr. Reynolds says that all through the Hills wore found fresh traces of large Indian camps, but tho Indians took the precantion to move out of the route of the Castor invasion. The vague notions that huve beon entertained sbout where the mineral bolt of the Black Hills is located must, in tho light of information gained by the explorations of the Custer expedi- tion, become revolutionized. Many persons, sup- posed to be well posted ou the Blaok-Hills re- gions, contendod that the northwestern rauge or tier of the Biack Hills was whore tho mineral woalth would be discovered, but the develop- ments brought to light by the miners and ex- plorers accompanving the expedition show that the precious metals are found, if not exclusive- Is, ot least in_ tho groatest atundance, ou the esst side of the Black-Hills rango. Gold-bearing quartz and surface- shot gold tave bean discovered on every stream’ sud ravine that empties into tho Missouri that has been prospected, a fact that will be fully uppreciatod, as it will givo to this city and tho routes radiating from here a do- cided proference with tho army of pioneers that willin the near foture immigrate to thia latest and apparently groatest El Dorado. Gen. Custer expects to reach Fort A. Lincoln on the Ist of Scjtamben where the expedition will be disbanded. It is currontly beliaved that ere the expedition returns, a gite for a fort in an accessible sud commandiug positidnin the Black Hills will be selected, with a view of at once commencing its erection and immediate occu- paucy. FOREIGN. FRANCE. Paris, Aug. 22.—Logal proceedings have been insticited against Le Temps, L'Opinione, Na- tionale and Le Bien Public, for publishing Mar- shal Bazaive's letter in relation to bis escape. —— JAPAN. Hoxa Koxa, Aug. 21.—There was s very gevers typlioon a¢ Nagasaki yesterday. Great damago wac done to property on shore and the shipping in the harbor. A considerable number of the natives were Jost. ——— GREAT BRITAIN. Loxpox, Aung. 22—The shore-snd of the United States direct cable has been laid on the Irish coast near Valentia. — SPAIN. LoNpox, Aug. 22.—The Ruesian Government has refuscd to recognize the Spanish Republic. 1t is in consequence of this that other powers delay complete reoognition : bnt it is reported that the Governmonts of Austria and Germany }A::.n-: p;n‘ credentials to their 1epresentatives at adrid. ———— CRIME. Shooting of & Dcputy United States Marshal. Special Dispateh ta The Chicage Tribune, Sr. Louts, Aug. 22.—A special to the £e) can to-night from Springfield, Mo., savs citizens of this city wera thoroughly shocked this morning when it was aonounced that s telegram had been receisod here that Deputy United Btates Marshal Horaco Metcalf had been ehot and killed by a man Bemed Wynp, in Wright County. Wynn had been engaged in illicit distilling in that ounty, and Meteall had arrosted him some timo g0, but he was quite sick then, and his recog- nizance was taken for his appearance, which ho forfeited. ard Metcalf went over thero yesterday and _rearrested him. He desired to go into his houge to make some arrangements before Jeaving, and Motcalf went with him, when, on entering the houso, Wynn srized s pistol and shot Metcalf, killing him instantly. 3r. Met- calf was highly respected hore, and his sudden death bas cast a gloom ovor tho entite communi- ts. His body will be brought Lero for iator- ment. Thrce Ncgroes Lynehed at Brooke haven, Jliss. BRrooRAAVEX, Migs., Aug. 22.—The three ne- groew, Dick Cooper, Anthony Grant, and Silas Johnson, who, at § o'clock on Sunday morning last, forcibly entered the residence of Mrs. Burnley and violated her person, wero taken fram the jail at 4 o'clock this eveniog and hung by the citizens, about 1,000 of whom were pres- ent. Johnson was captured on Sunday. The other two were captured at Canton, bronght hero this morning and lodsed in jail. “They all con- fessed their guilt on the gallows. A New York Editor Heported Killed in a Duel. ‘ New Yorx, Aug. 22.—1It is rumored in Cubsn circles that Jose Feor de Canto, the editor of El Cronista, tho Spanish organ in this city. had- beenklled in_a ducl nesr Brusnels, Bolgium, by P. Rosado, a Cuban, —— ANOTHER STABBING AFFAIR, Another serious sabbing affair occurred on tho West Sido last night, at 8 o'clock. Mika O’Neil met Nicholas Pierce at the corner of San- gamon 2nd Erie streets, and, having an old grudge sgainst him, drow & kuifeand cut him in the left side of the neck, inflicting a dangerous wound. Onoof tho nrtories was severed, and thie blood flowed until the man became very weak. A phbysician was called, and dressed the wound, and “Pierce was subsequently removed to his home, No. 75 Fifth streat. O'Noil was arrested. TURNERS’ FESTIVITIES. Speciat Dispatch to The Clicaan Tribune, Tovrpo, 0., Aug. 22.—The third annual Tarn- fest of the Cinciunati District of the Turubuud began here to-day, with an atttendance of be- ‘tween 4,000'and 5,000. Delegations aro present from Newport and Covington, Ky.: Cincinnati, Darton, Tiffin, Port Ctinton, Siduoy, Piqua, Fort Wayne and Lafayerte, Ind.: Ann Arbor, Mooros, Jackson, aud Adrian, Mich, The city is geverally deco- rated in_houor of the oceasion.” Tho District Convention was held this mornivg, but trans- ucted little business of importance. This after- noon a largo procession moved throngh the cil coming toa balt fiually at the Union Garden, where & welcoming address wes delivered by the Mayor, and respouded to by members of the order. ~Large increases to the multituie in at- tondance would bo made to-morrow by the arrival of excursion partics from Detroit and other citics adjacent to thus place. A monster picoic will be held in 3 grove near the city, at which will be given tho exhibitions usual at Turner festivals. On Monday will be given an excursion to Put-in Lay. and return in tho evening. The meeting will wind up with a grand banquet. =g A, OCEAN STEAMSHIF XEWS. QuEpNsTOWN, Aug. 22.—Steamsbi d Cl‘lzlbris. TImm angYax” ur;‘vr:; pe-Era a) New Yomk, Aug. 22.-Asrrived--ftesvish ‘Weser, from Bromos, : ki THE INDIANAPOLIS TRAGEDY. Suicide of Miss Flora Harding. Her Father Shoots Mr. Sol Moritz, Her Alleged Seducer. From the Indfanapolis Sentmel, Aug. 21, A little after 1:30 o'clock the report that Georso C. Harding, tho woll-known editor of the Herald, nad shot Mr. Sol Moritz, was circulated, and spread Yiko wildfire through tbe city. Re- porters flew ou tho wings of the wind, as it were, and finally learned tho_following state of facts : At ahout 1:30 o’cloci, Mr. Moritz and Mr. Hard- ing met at the junction of New Jerseyand Ver- mont streets with Mavsachusetts avenue. Mr. Moritz's first exclamation was, “George, what aro you doing bero?” Mr, Harding mado no an- 8 cr, but pulling out & pistol, bezan firing at Mr. Moritz. Tbe latter ran np Vermont street, erying out “Don’t shoot, don’t shoot.” Mr. Tarding contivued firing, TWO SIOTS TAKING EFFECT in the body of Mr. Moritz, the third missing. At the fourth pull of the trigwer the cartridgo did oot explodo. By this timo Moritz had reached the alley runping back of TRoverts Park Church, on Vermont street, the btood weanwhile flowing from his month and pose. At thia poiut ho was met by Dr. Runnels, who hailed an express wagon going by, and, with the asaistanco of tho drmver,’ placed the wounded man therein, and drove to the latter's bouse, at 106 Eset North areet. He was taken in and placed in the front room of the second story. The family physician, Dr. Parvin, was sant for, but, he not being ablo to come, Dr. L. C. Walker was_summoned. An examination of the pistol-wounds was mado, it being fonnd that ove had entered under tho loft shonlder and then through the basa of the lung, finally lodging on the outside of tho_ sternnm or brosst-bone, so that its aprearance was plainly indicated by a small swelling. A very slizht probing wonld have sufficed to havo taken out the ball, but in the man's weak condition this was unnecetsary. The second bull entered the loft arm just below the elbow, cut _throngh the - flesh, Lit the bono, and dropped out, leaving only atraco of its course. After tho wounds had been dressed, Moritz felt more comfortaile. and th:ouh weak wan comparativelv eass. He was bleeding internally. and considerablo anxiety wan felt lest this should crntinne and prove fatal. At alater hour, Drs. Parvm and Atheu worn callod in and bLeld a consultation. By 5 o'clock Moritz was coniderably casicr. and his physicians gave the opinion that the wound would not prove fatal uuluse inflammation set in. : At first the public wers bewildersd at tho event. ** Why wasit 2" ¢ Wiat doeg tha at- tack mean ?”* ‘etc. But this was explained when it was stated that Mr. Moritz was accused of KEDGCING MIS8 FLORA TALDING (the daughter of George Uarding), who had at- tempted suicido and was at the point of death. This was the key to the whole mattor, and serv- ed to repew the blaze of excitement, which now burned all the fiercor. On every side was heard the loudest expressions of con- demostion of the action of ° Moritz, and evmpathetic ones for tho father who had thus roucbt to avenge his daughter’s min. But amidst all this excitement the news of the sccne at the house of mourning ezddcned the com- munity, and every one felt the utmost sympathy with the afllicted househeld. THE STRICKEN HOME. The houre of mourning on Pratt street, pear the Fourth Presbvterian Church, presentsd in the afterneon of the fatal day a #cene tnat wonld have softened the hardert heart. No one who gazed upon the broken.hearted father yesterdar as he sat beside the dring conch of hia darling child wonld have found it in his heart to condemn the terrible vengeance that he had inflicted upon the nead of her alleged destrover. The dving child bad bidden adieu to a world which had brougnt to ber far more of sorrow and anguish than is wont 1n ono o yonng. Her father, to whom she had Leen as dear as life itsell, sat by her bedeide unable to stay the departare of the young life 1hat was fast fading out. Shortly before 5 o'clock in ths afternnon Flora breatbed her last, snd her earthly tronbles were over. The eyes of his loved child had searcely closed before the father was cailed upon to accompany tbe offircrs of Jjustice. ABREST AXD EXAMINATION. At 7 o'clock Mr. Harding was taken before the Mayor in his court to have a preliminary examunation. Thers were but o fes epectators in the room, and the bond wag readilv fixed at 210,000, on & preliminary examination beingt waived. ITe was taken &> the jait, followed br his attoners and frends, the later showing o willingness to stand to him to the Isst, At the jail office the bond was eigned by Jadge Gardon, MMr. David Stevenson, Col. . Holloway, and Thomas F. Rysn, and jndging from sssertions ma'le there aud on tho strocte, the smount could have been indefinitely multi- phiod, and bondsmen easily found. During the afternoon members of the prominent lecal firms proffered tieir assistance to Mr. Harding, and a number of the busivess men of the community camo forward with profTers of all kinds ot belp. When the bond was signed Judge Gordon, who bad his buggy in readiness, drove him to bis home, where the neighbors wera congregated asking if they could do suything to assist tho beresved family. THE FACTS of the case, it seems, have been coming to the surface for a dsy, or two, and, in truth, the sus- picion originally reached the bereaved father some montls ago, Howeser, night beforo last Mr. Hardine, on coming homo about 9 o'ctock, was called by his dsughter to come up-stairs to her room, where sho made a full statament to him of all her troubles. Bhe fold him how evervthing ecemed to justify him in bis conrse yestorday. Ho talked to her in a kind, facherly way, and did all bo could to renssure her of his love, and, after get- ting her into s cheerful state of mind. she enid she had taken some opium about noo ; that it was not enough to cause any alarm, and that she did not do it with any deadly intentious, but rather to quiet her nerves. Ie farther saw that what she said was true, 8o far as the cffects was concerned, a5 she wan under no perceptiblo juflucnce of tbe drug. Aftsr again reassnring Der that ho had erased all harsh feelings ageinst ber, and went to bed feeling: at least satisfied thet a reconcilintion bad been affected bo- tween him and his pride. It may berd bo stated that for some tima past there bad been an estrangemeut betiween the two, ow- ing to the father's suspicions that she was not so conducting hereelf as to gain his love. He had spoken to Ler several tiwes before abont her af- fairs, but slo skillfully evaded ail questions that would lead to auything definite. l'(l‘e awoke yes- tarday morning, feeling like & man crusbed, ‘oot disheartened, a4 he had her full confession and promiso to lead a different lfe. Shortly before 7 o'ctock o went up to her room and knocked st tho door, and on receiving mno an- swer knocked again and called to ber to cwaken. On getting no response, to Lis repeated knocke, dark muspicion began workicg in lus brain, aud he biokeiutothe room, whers he found ler lying in her bed in s comatose state. In s moment it flashed on him tuut sho bad taken mors of the g DEATH-DEALING DRUA. He tricd to arouse her, but in vain, and then rushing down stairs, ho told the family of ber condition, at the same time dispatchunz his son, a young lad, to Dr. Fletcher's housc, a sbort dis- tance north on Pennsylvania sirect. The boy bad been gome but 8 moment, when the father ~ thought he ebould Lo back, and he ran to the residenco of Dr. Parsin, on tho corner of Alabama nud New York streots, fear- ing the bov could not find Dr, Fletcher. He re- turned with Dr. Parvin, and learned from tho boy tuat Dr. Fletcher was in the countrs. Dr. Parvin immediately began working with her, and after the arrival of Dr. Fletcher at 9:30 o'clock they began to bring ber to consciousness. At 10 o'clock she began showing signs of becoming better, sud Mr. Harding absently wandered out of the housosnd down street. Ho had been abeent but a short time when o messaze camo to him that bis daughter was worse, aud_he hur- ried home, arriving about 12 o'clock. She had told hum before going down strect that slo had taken 24 grains of optum, and ou his eaying this to the physicians they expressed a doubt as to its being ro much as bat. Sne them turned toward them aud said: ‘It was 24 graine, and Itook i iu the night.” Dr. Fletcher wrote s Tnote to Dr. Parvin about 12 o'clock and asked Mr. Harding to take 1t to the doctor's residence on Alsbama street, which he did, and on coming back met Moritz at the oross- ing of Massachuseits avenue. He did not see him until he was close to bim, as he was waltung with his face looking down. ' Aftes sceing he remembered nothing of what he done until after the snooting was over aud Moritz out of sight. A Sentinel reporter CALLED OX MR. HARDING 1ast night after he had given bail, aod found him st arising from the supper table, where he had been taking a slight repast. The room was darkened and he sat gazing iuto a blank dis- tance, while bis wife and friends were moving silontly to and frosbout the room. The re- mains of the —unhappy girl 13y in _lca, sovered over 1n the darkensd front room, where %he Beacon. somo friends were sitfing. Mr. Harding silently grasped the haod of the reporter, snd asked him to sit down. 1t was a delicate Dosition to bo placed in, and it was with considerable feeling that any questions could be asked conceraing the two tragodios, in which ho was so unhappily interested. ~ He said that, through the advice of lawyers, be would not answer any questions bub that they knew,the whole story, and 1f Gen. Tom Browne was fouud he could teil all that he wished 2s he, Haraing, had COMMUNICATED EFERYTHING to him. When asked about the shooting, he eadly remarked that be **knew very little about that, as it was a very small matter compared with”—38 he moved his head toward the next room. As any question was put by any of the for prosent about the affairon the street, ho would look up in an sbsent-minded way, acd, after a moment, seem to remember as thouzh thero had been something of the kiad happened. IIe has carried a revolver for a year past, and declares that tho meeting between himself and Moritz was Enmly accidental, 88 he was thinking of nothing ut his daughter's life while walking along. Tho Teporterropaired to the oftice of Gordon, Browno & Lamb, aud there learned that thoy had tho re- volver. It is onoof Hobkins & Allen's XL make, and is one of the No. 4 size, beiog & very largo bore. Threo of tho five chambers wero emptied, and one of the cartridges showed where the bammer had inoffectually struck it, making threo sbots fired. and, in all probability, the fourth at- temoted. Mr. Browne eaid, in anawer to tha ques- tion whather Moritzever said anything to Harding a8 hio (Moritz) states in anoiher place, sbout Harding asking him to watch over his daughter whilo b was nt ot Springs, that the statement was not worth contradicting. He added tbat there was an explanation to o imaie i regard to that which would show Mr. Moritz in a worse light than be now stood, and that it would come out at the proper time. It was stated at Mr. Hardiug's houge, and by Mr. Browne, that Mr. Moritz had eone to Harding’s house while the Iatter was South. aud was very impndent to Mrs, Harding. The latter. not knowing whether to account for it in his being drunk, or to a want of sense, spoke in very plain Isnguage to him and told him toleavo the house, which be did, In regard to the atato- ments of the young lady having any _connection with others, Mr. Brown asserts that Moritz hold her guilt over ber to mako her submit to all of these, and especially to the liquor dealer in tho sontheastern part of "the city, of whom so much is said. All statements and rumors as to the un- bappy voung lady being pregnant are emphati- cally denied, and it goes to show the fine sense of Tecliug that she had to allow her griof at be- g betrayed todrive her to death, MR, MORITZ INTERVIEWED. Mr. Moritz was called upon lasc evening at 8:30 o'clock, and fonnd laying quite easily. but ratber weak aud unable to speak much above a whisper. Ife exprested a desire to make his staternent, but was admonished not to talk too t is rumored that you seduced Miss and that that was tho orizm of the What have you to sav to that ? A.—The origin of the troublo is as much a mystery to me as anybody. I know as little about it as aovone. I only know from infer- enco and from what the Ecening News says this evening. but it 13 & terrible slander. Q.—What do you know of Miss Harding? A.—A great deal. I first got acquaiuted with her through him. It was not until that trip Harding made to Arkanesa Springs. Ho came to me vefore ho weat there and mado a few ro- marks with regard to some of her way of doing, and wauted to know whother I would interest mvself in_ her behalf, I agreed todoso. But Do insisted that T ehould not let hor know that he had wisbed me to do so. I noticed her strange conduct, and afterward told hier of it. I told her only a8 o particular friood. I have not spoken to the girl for three or four months. b Q.—Had you ever boen on intimate terms with or? A—T wue not at all intimate with her st sny time. She finally persuaded me to tell her what her father Lad told me. Sho did not for a mo- ment belicve that ber father had ever confided euch a thing to me. She thought I was one of her enemies, and had put her father up to these suspicions about her. aad so stated to another party. she insisted upon knoking who told me. I said that her dearest friend bad intimated. But sho coaxed it out of me at last. Q.—What did you say to her, and where did you say 1t? A.—I spoke to her abont it in the office. I told her that"her running around aud her carer Jers way of showing hereelf in the street was creating rathor an unsavory impression. hQ.—Ynn did it simply oo the score of friend- ebip ? T did it merely because of Harding's pat- ting mo up to do go. But all the whola trouble with herself was based upon her conduct with & cortain gentleman on South Meridian street, with whom she had been intimste. Q.—Would_you have suy objection to telling me s uame ? A.—I do not wish to do so. I kuow him well. Ho is &_Jew liquor-dealer on South leridian strees, I got the information from Miss Hard- ing hersolf. I never had any more to do with Dor than either of you gentlemen. In fact, [ was_acver mware _that such a suspicion existed atall. Isaw ilr. Hasding yesterday, and he i timatod nothme of the kind. He was, oo the contrarv, verv friendly with me. Q.—But Miss Harding confessed to hor father yesterday that you had sed7ced oer. A.~It'is strange she didn't confess her real name. This man Ispoke of she got intimate with when she was boarding in the samo house with him, She was on the most intimate terms with this man. Mrs. Harding at one time told me that Flora was getting aristocratic. She had just oblained s pew watch and locket. . She (Mrs. H.) was also surprised at hor possessing theso articles. | Q.—It1s also stated that you made improper advances to Nirs. Harding—is this true? .—No. I pever was slone with her in mv life. Sho has been in my store several times for Mr. Harding, buc there never was anything im- proper in my conduct toward her. Mr. Moritz would have told the reporter more, but he became very weak, and was advised to devist from talking. THE DEAD. Mies Flora Harding, the unfortunate girl who, insuch s tragic manner, sswfit to end s briof carcer, was. nearly 19 ¥ a: Sho was & npative of Taris, IiL, thongh for the last year has lived in this city. #er mother was the firat wife of M. Harding (from whom he was divorced some twelvo vears azo), and who now lives in Charles- town, Tll. Miss Larding bas been in Indisnapo- L for the past year, eagaged as a teacher of German in_tho Seventh Ward district school. Sho was a girl of unusual promise ; gifted to an extraordinary degreo.and a favorit with not only her echolars, but all who knew ber. During the sbsence of her father to the Hot Springs, sbe filled the editorial chair, and most abiy. The many sporkling paragraphs of wit and bumor, the esssys om enlivening topics and lotters’ under varions noms de plume, in the THerald, wero from her pen, and, in sddition to translations from the German, evinced a Won- derful , versatility that gave promise of etill riper fruits n tho future. Her determination was also & predominant trait of her cnaracter, this being only too well shown by the last act which closed tho brief drama of hor life. The following URIEF SKETCE OF MT. HARDING, . which orixinally appeared i the Southside, will Le read with interest at this time : George C. Harding. editor of the Sunday Her- ald, was boru in tho 'Town of Clinton, the coun- tv-seat of Anderson County, Tenn., Aug. 26, 1820, After a rhort residenco in Clinton his faiher, Jacob Harding. removed to Knoxville, where he had formerly resided. Ho rewained there until the fall of 1336, when he removed to Edgar County, IlL., and to the Town of Paris in 1837. George was the second son of a fumly of thirteen children. Pecuniary circumstances ren~ dered it_impossible for him to take a colle- giate edncation. DBeiuz an spt schol- ar at common schools, however, ho received a very fair education, which ho com- pleted by learning tho printing trade in Terre Haute. In 1848, hus father having established a paper (tho Prairie Beacon) at Paris, 11L., Lo re- tarned home and worked ot tho cage for soveral months, and” finally became associate editor. Here he romained for some time, but at lensth commenced travcling 18 & jourusyman printer, and at the same timo corresponded for the Beacon. His lotters at thi time, written in strong, sepsivle, aud positivo Anglo Saxon, without redundancy, attracted con- siderablo attention smong the readers_of During this tramp be went to New Orleans, where he became correspondent ta the Cincinnati Commercial. Returning from Now Ortenus, ho took editorial charge of the Charles- ‘When I told ber of her strange conduct | a Rebsi prison. e afterw Count of il-health. © Tn 1908 et Homy started the Mirror, first as a weeklv paper, 1’1’2 was aftermards changed into & aily. gLl paper bo remained through several” chy. L propristorship. _On tho Ist of January, 115e: started tho Sunday Herald, wilh whih po' since been connected as Kol5 editor. "Ana joeryt st 3r. Hardiug has deseloped romarbaise i ity, his strongest points boing i his pescyati and letier writiog. In laogwige slsen ol and sometimes bitingly sarcastic, his pate oot are alwavs readable. His insatinto quplit Dews makes bim st times ntterly ropalt of persoual feelings. Hia nowspaper pociee™ gained for him another title, tlat. of nihe B8 George C. Harding.” which waa first appeccs: him by the editor of the People upon foy mor'® sfun of bis atsending and ‘taking some interest : tho great revival me i tho ot revival mooiag Xocealy B by g MR. BOLOMON MORITZ. Mr. Solomon Moritz was bom i Darmstadt, and is 36 vears old. b\"v-unm':uxufzig years of ago he emigrated to this country, coeding to Cincinnati. whero two brothas hed preceded him, and wero then living, Thege o commenced business as a merchant tailor, gag about seventeen years ago he was onabled to eatablish & braseh firm" in thia sty Ao AMontz finally camo te Tndianapolia i 1368 tranaferring his entire business to this city, aod eteadily established himself im & srccessful bags. mess, Mo in 1860 marricda beautifal you lady of Cincinnati and came to thi city to s Mr, Moritz_has a brother in New York, a e in Cincionati, and a nephew in Lafavotts, Ao ‘!)lnmz 18 well kuov:n i(n llI:s city, and is one of ho most prominent of the Jewish citi: Indianapolis. g THE WEATHER. ‘Wasarxoros, D. C., Aug. 22.—Over the region Lizlior bu;lumu'wr. winds mostly !xomhu: ortheast to soncheast, and partly clo ‘weather. 7 iy daeod LOCAL OBSERYATIONS. Cicaco, Avg, 2, Direction and force of wind.| Weatker, sertation. g ey 90N, E., frosh . Clondy. % |N. E fresh.. Light ntn, 9 N, E, fresh ) Cloudy. < 20 E., fresh,.. ., Cloudy. 8 E., fresh. ] Clondy, E. freah..2..| Cloudy: e OO T3aztmum therm Minjmnm thermometer. fall {n 24 houry, .19, THE ILLINOIS PENITENTIARY. Speaial Disrateh to The Chicado Tribune, JouiEr, IIl., Ang. 22.—The new Board of Penj tentiary Commissioners met at the Penitentiary to-day, and_elocted Woodbury L. Talor Pres. dent and J. M. Southworth, Secretaty, and, after finishing up the business of the old Bosrd, ad. journed to mect at the Penitentiary sgain on Monday pext. Col. Bane left lha%amumfim ast night, and Dr. J. T. Canisius this morning, CBITUARY. New Yonk, Ang. 22.—Charles G. Risson, one of the wealthiest cavitalista of New Jersoy, died at Tenafly last ovening. MARINE, -~ The Storm. 8 terrific thunderstorm which over city Friday evening has done no mm far 38 m":fi be learncd, to the vessels onthe way fo this hart tha storm extending but 3 fow miles out in the lake, ‘but the thippingln the river suffered slightly {rom ths lightning. Tbw most damage done was betweem Burilngton slip and Twenty-rscond street bridgs, where the storm seems to have spent ita fary, and & number of the veseels lying between this ridins have had their canvas torn and rigging disordered. The bamikJ. G. Masten, lying at ber dock nesr Twenty-second street Lridge, was strack by lightalng, tering her main topmast into small fragmets, the tinid passing down the mast and fearing up the deck, Tae Csptain and the crew, who wers on board st tha time of the accident, were stunned by the shock, and. Liave not yet fully recovered. The barge Advance, belonging to the Peshtigo Comm pany, and the scow Harmon wers also strack by Lighte ning, and tuere foremasts splintered into pleces. ‘The €ity of the Straits Lad her force-pamp btrsted by lightning while lying in Allen's slip, Miscellancous. . caicago, Thers is quites large lumber flsct fn the markel again. —W. . Ingralsm received s dispatch Baturday informing him of the safe arrival of the rescued schr 5. V. R, Watson at Buffalo, '—The new Canadian scar Antelope arrived at this ot Saturday” for the frat Hms, 'Bhe isa apleadid ooking craft. —The new schr J. E, Baily, of Toledo, arrived hers Saturday, having lost her cathead while on her vorage 1o this port. —The steam-hargo W. T. Graves, which was taken o Miller Brothers’ dry-dock a few days ago witha full cargo of corn oz board, baving sprung a lexk whils Ising at the elevator, hss been repaired, She was un- loaded Saturdsy, and will be reloaded to-day. —During the storm on Friday evening, & water- spout was seen to deacend near South Chicago, sprar= ently 3 miles from shore, It seemed to travel quits . fast, and soon dissppeared. TLSEWHERE. Manstes has nine tugs, and ten regular vesnels. —Work has boen commenced upon & large mew vessel at Jones” shipyard in Buffalo. —Tho schr New Hampehire has been in servioa twenty-elght years. She still carrios grain and coal. —Tho prop City of Montreal mads the round trip recently between Chathfa and Montreal in thirteex days,—the quickest time on record. =X fog-whistle has been established at Msnitow Tsland Hght, uear the entranco to e Bay, —Dessrs. Noyes & Reed hiave sold the prop Buffalo to Mr. Amos_ Easton, of Bay City, for the considera- tion of $12,000. Bae will contiune in the Jumber tzads a5 before, —One cf the largest of dry-docks o the lakes bag Just been corapleted by Capt. J. M. Jones at Spriog- Swells, 1t i3 capable of taking in the largest sbippiug atloat, is easy of access, and of umilicient depth of was ter, Tais dock comstitutes the of the kind at at polut. e third snnual meeting of the ational Boare of Steam Navigation is to bo held st Buffalo, Sept.2, It 1a clafmea that the meeting will be one of more_than ordinary utercst o the steamboatmen of tha United Siates. —Tlie steam barge Saline, of the Anchor Line, which paszed Detroit Wednesday night, had s deck~ Joad of lumber 12 feet high, and in the’ aggrezute the largest cargo of the season which she has yetcarried. —A lelter received by the Detroit Trbune from Capt, Charles Leaby, who went with Lis stesm-pamp 20 ralse the barge Waverly, which sunk a few days g0 st Sandusky, says she bas been raiscd, very elightly damaged, sud taken to Cleveland for repairs, Leshy expects to retwrn bome to-day, ‘raging along the west shora of Lake Huron. He says Siginaw Bay was shrouds ed during vesterdsy in a neavy cloud of smoke, and considurable anziety prevalls st the shore tawns may in be viaited by tlie Ares. e s 3. T, aferril, on he last trlp from Mk waukee, was picked up immediately after getting out- #ide of that port by the steam barge Tecumseh, and towed throngh to Lake Erie at the river card-ralcsy This is but one of numerous instauces that are con- stantly occarring. P vo tage weve recently delayed mine dasa at the Tower extremity of Lake Erie before collecting veszels suflicient to warrant their retura to Lake Huron. The ‘patronsge heretofore derived from veseels trading ta Lake Superior may be considered as virtually over, 3{ there are a sufficicnt number of stesm craft plying ix that direction to moro than meet such requirements —There {a now building at Buffaloa new propellet for the Union Steambozt Company. Tho keel for tha new vessel was laid about the Ist of June, and alresdy tho new boat has assumed ample proportione. 1t 8 expected that sha will be liunched about the 1st of N ovemter, but she will ot be finished until spring. She 18 to be used a8 a freight-boat. Her dimenious are 3 follows: Length of keel, 216 feet broadth of bLeam, 3 feet; depth of hold, 14 fect. TWith the ex- ceptidn of being abont 25 feet longer, sho s the mame size and style a4 the prop Waverly. 22 Tho staars E. B, Halo and Selah Chamberlsin, be- longing 1o Capt. Bradley's ficet at Clovelsnd, and trad- ing to Lake Superior, on tli last trip down had an op- portunity of teating their rolative qualities as o dest- Dess, Both reached the Sault at the samc time, with two veasels 1 tow, and arrived at Lake Huron togetl- er. ‘TheHale proved sugerior to her rivalin fleel ness, arriving in Loke Eric gome 3 hours in vauce, and, at the finzl tesminationof the VOyage, gained an additionsl hour. Vessels Paswed Port flurom. o, 3 Evening—Down— Pont Hugo¥, Mich., Aug. 22— # o H. . Props India, Lawrence, Canisteo, Montant. I 2 Barnum, D, AL Wilsou ; schra Mouterey, Ferey, Mineral State, Negaunee, C. J. ) Up~Frop Aberdeen. MARRIAGES. MEADER_IRISH--in this clty, Aug. 15, at tha red - AT et T W Good- 2omcs, Hatmmon B Mesder aod Miss Neliln K. Trish, both sy ¢~ Bafalo sad Piattsburg (. ¥.) psyers plesto covy. :— . 21, James E. Trowbridgs, w2 o R G A ize, akod 5 maoaths azd 18 ton (IIL.) Courier, and gome time after he and bis brother William, now of the Cambridge City Tribune, established the Coles County Ledyer, which thoy continued to publish for some time. Bat the acope of s conntry paper not being wide enough, Mr. Harding sgain struck ot for the cities, and st different times did editor- ial duty upon quite s number of citv pa- pers, amoug which are the Commercial and the ' Enguirer, of Cincinnati, the Louisvillo Ledger, and tbe Indianapolis dailiss. During the War of the Rebellion be served with the rank of Licutenant in tho Twenty-first Indiana Regi- ane, partictpatin In agvaral Latilea, recaiving alight wound or $w0, and bringing up fnally {n O eral from restdence, No. %68 West Polk-st., 108. 7 Bunday. At Haverhill, 3asn., o the lith fnsts (HANMOND AL Hagerhil Musk, o2 M of S B 8. Sticka of thiscity. ERMANN-Willism D, Zimmermans, s o Jxfixn”gfl lrl:‘fll“zl[mihvfllgflflfl‘. Il('flms mnlfld":nl;;.d %&ly& ‘3o place from tho 3 Ao the Bosatactus Cemstory, todey, st I o'clock a. m. the =2, of cholers t n ¢ T mont: tnfant S0 of Wiliain K. snd Fmill {fan| A. Whits. " 1 , No. o6 West Indisu: e e ta ct a5 ) Fasndacl WU T sdatac (1l Srrsinel snd Gedar Bapids (1a.) paes plasis 0571 ] =z | Be——: EE¥ T Y . (3 F (53