Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 16, 1878, Page 2

2 ] T CillCAGO TRIBUNG ) : MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1878. ers, and some comment ls excited by the contemplated abadonment of the Sherman hard-money views by the [epablicans ot this State. The aspitanta for the Siate Treasarer- ghip are Capt. Kinnber, supported by Wells and Anderson, and Dr. Gardeer, of Enst Haton Rouge, Independent Greenbacker, An effort has been made to get ten. Beanregard to run, but his friends will not accept. ZACK CHANDLER. BOMETIING ABOUT THR SOUTIL AND T3 WAR. CLAIME—MIE GIVR: A NINT TO TNE POTIER COMMITTEE—IP THEY WANT TO KNOW AUOUT FRAUD HE CAN GIVE TIEM INFORMATION, Bia Rarips, Mich., Sept. 1l.—The Hon. Z. Chandler addressed an immense audience at this plsce this evenlng, His -enthusiastic re- ception shows that he was nerer more popular with the masees than heistoday. Below i3 what he ratt about Retiel war-clsims, how the Rebel archives were obtaincd, the reating of Tayes, and why the Potter Committes did not summon him: There are other reasons why (his ts an Im- nortant eampalgn, The South is a unit for 0. flation, because it will finally reautt in repudia- tion. There Is not one of them that has not, in soma manner or other, toa greater or lcas degres, repudiated their Stato debts. They or's nomination for Congress, | Ing thelr orzanization intact, El‘l‘-(:?::;‘lullylcm"flcprn:clnll\-. who are scoking nom- | perhaps with reason, that the party wiil poll inatlons for the county offices, see sure defeat | BO.00) votes fu the State, and 1o that e |yll|l(’|l; far themaclvea iF Deuster shontd be nominated, | may be tallots snonch to hold the balance o ms it would overload the ticket with | vower in the Lrisintare, as was the casn i (l,l(‘ that clase, Mayor Black, .James 8. | Svnate two years ago, In such an event, which White, and other Court-Honse officials, are at | i more than probable, It would healm work for Denstor. There are indications to-day | Droblicer tipon the next United States that there 1a a give-away on foot on the purt of | hip, Wwhich 18 the real issue of the rnm;inlmz.' the Carpenter managers, and that Rupublicans ‘The aith of the Democracs 14 'N":ql‘“lll: he fusorine Iiis tnovement are_throwing cold watee | roots, bark, and branchics of the T l‘.\\ll' on the cfforts tonefeat Deuster. Sunie well- | miore of the Watmah,! wiile the Ropublicans, known Carpenter tnen are openly at work for | it the event of sucvess, wiill umluu:»rfll}]vhu:slxr. o Deuster's nomtnation, and, il he ‘nlnlmm rec::he l:w srrandaon of his grandiatber, Gen. 4 en llar- it, expect help in return by way of slecting Uars | rison. penter men 16 the I.eml-mrc.v The present dn- | _ On account of the wvmllnrdln'lriotln{z o(fl!l;: dications are that tho contest between Johnston | State, a Democratie njority 0" i;n 58 .I d Deuster will ba close. The caucusea are to | 16,00 on the aggregate vote rm 3 he lnt:" "ll‘! be held to-morrow throughont the city, aud the | i unler to secure a control of t e‘ “‘“” el s> Congressional Convention_ will be held noxe | Iative ballot, and it is "fll‘"VM!h e IIMMI Wedneaday ut Weat Hond, 'uwentpive aies | be bl 1L o his e, and bt Y I ik ey Isovas ok Lounty, m-un"nnd Iarrison_arc beating the afr and the brush with much vicor andconshderable muscle. The at of wind is aleo being invoked, = “Ihe great trouole with the Republicans is the 1ack of a bold, nctive, and aggressive lender, one worthy even to wobble around In Morton's shoes, while, on the other band, though lacking ttoa cdistinct leadership, the Democrats have assumed the offensive, They arecharging at all poiuts, and the cross-roads and school-houses are being uttlized in_every county amd township TRR CORGRESSIONAL KOMINATIONS. Fnectal Dikpateh to The Tribune. Miwaokeg, Scpl. 13.—The Congressional ‘Tominations of all parties are now complete in this Blate, except for the Fourth (the Milwaukee) Diatrict, tn which the Conventions will not be heid until next week and the week afterwan, The candidates n tue various districts are as follows: in the State. 'The two United States Senalu;‘s want :lll,!] Nr}flh tc; ?fitfl{flvfi as ;nor ns|tho South i o are billed to spenk In places where even jack. | was at the close ol e \War. have in my pose Din ., Radlican, Demoeeatic, | (Grnback: | le lawyers wonid hestato befare acceptiiig an | seeelon 8 list of Rebel claims azgregatingat Ienst 0,000,000 srhich they yet expect to see pald. You condemned me for writing what s known a8 the *Chandlor blood-letting Jetter,” but [ think you are satiafied that [ knew what 1 wi writinz abont, It is hard to make people b lieve these things, but here is a copy of a peti- tion written by Ur. J. F, Foard, ot North Caro- ling, and being largely circulated in the South: To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Statea: We, the citlzens of the Umited States, most respectfully petition your honorahle badics to enact n law by which all eitizens, of esery section of the United States, may he naid for all theie property destroved for them by the Uaverns ments and armies of both aides during the late war between the States, in bonda paying 3 per cent tn- terest per annum, maturing within the nest 100 ears, ¥ And wo also petition that all soldiers, or their legal representatives, of both armlesand every sece tian, be paid in bond or pablic Isntis for thelr loat time, limbs, and lives while cngaged in the Inte un- fortunate conttict, ana we will ever nray, etc. ‘The £300,000,000 of claims of which I have spoken are not & molety of what we may expeet to come up in tha shape of the Southern Pacltie Rallroad project, the Misalasippl levees, und other similar schemes, We gave the Sonth 2, 000,000 acres of Lhe cholfeest lands for the im- provement of the Misslasippl River, which they Imm squandered, and now ask us to make these tmprovements, here Is, fortunately, a anaz in the way of the allowance of su many of these claims. 'The Revel archives which L purchased in 172 is that snag. Partics having chargo of these documents first asked £2,000,000 for Lthem, but Hinallw came down to $150,000. An amendment, the import of which was known only to myself and two other membrs of Congress, was gotten throuch for the purchase of these archieves, and in get- ting those which were inCanada, 1 finally hod to deposit in my own namu $75,000 in bank for thelr pavinent before wo succeeded fn getting them across the lines, The Rebels don't ke these archives, for they have heen the means of de- feating handreds of thousanda of their clalins, and only last week two soverign States of the South, North Caroling aud Mlississtppl, demand- ced tho roturn of portions of those archives. ‘T'ere Is another question of importance, All T biave to sas of President Ilayes is that he 1s ne Tegally the President of the United States as was (corge Washinzton. Tha Potter Uorn- mittee was instituted for the purpose of the Mexicanization of thls country. In January, 1877, there was o little man sitting in the 1resl- dentini chair who was interrogated as to the In- auguration, and who sail that whoever was de- clared clected wonid be inauyuraled, nod so that hunared thousand who were to have been in Invitation, and it may be noted they are always on hawl. ~ Voornees preachies his inflation doe- trines and captures the boss, while McDaonald stivks to hard money and therehy gobbles the old Jacksonians, to whom a wold” dollar always looked blgeer than Lthe moon, But hard money, soft money, shicep-pelts, *coun-sking, paw-vatws, or stippery-elin bark, it s safe fo wasume that the toosler Demorrat will vote the sirplght thcket tirst, lust, and all the time. The Hepublican campalm 18 being conducted very differently, and has lost the distinetive features that made it so notable the country over during the Morton regime. A show of helllgerency is bein- made upon the surface, but 1t Is emphatically o ‘*still hunt,” aiter the style of Uucle damuel, alleged President. They aro hunting lor members of the Legisia- ture, and are atter them in a very lively atyle. Under the able management of the [Ton, Sol B, Chatrman ot the State Central Commit- tee, it 13 possibie the tactivs adopted may win, but the Republicans of the vld school ave (ear- ful of the result. The party here, as else- where, bas ever been negressive, aud the change {s so great as to he sumewhat discouraging to many. Morton s missed, ‘Thnt unknown nud abnormal quantity, the National partv, no fellow can_ judge nnder- atandingly about o tils Sta| It 1 located in spats, 10 thrives on the Wabash, has a sickly existence in Northern tndiana, and breaks out occasfunatly on the Ohto linc. and nlony the river Is senii-chronic. 1n Central Indiana 1t hns o {air foathold, but is liable to slip ofl any mo- ment. ‘The ncknowledied leader fs the rover- cud follower of John Wesley, before referred . TV, Canwell, Tt B. Davia 0, A Tenuey, 4, C. fiazelton, M.M,Cothren. Uwen King. i ram Smith, Fdw, 8 iteacg. D, Giddin 6.0, Grimmer, (iabe Bouck. G, Grimi 7.1, L. Tlumphrey, C. 11, Park §..7had, C. Pvund, A. ). Barrowe. A.R. The nominations of Iliram Smith in the Fifth Districs agalnst Bragg, and of George Grimmer in the Sixth District acalnst Bouck, are ex- ceptionally etrong oncs, anid render the result doubtful {n both alstricta, but more especially in Bouck’s district, Iiiram 8mith resiles at Bheboygan Falls, §8 President of the Norile western Dalrymen’s Association, and is & man of grest pereonal worth and popuiarity, Mr. Gtimmer is now Senator from the First Senate District, lives at Kewaunce, Is n wealthy lumber- man, and a man of high character and Inteerlty. Heis not a political hack, but s a man of the people. and he will make a splendid run, giving Bouck, doudtless, all the work he will want to do. ITe will unlte the Republicnn party os fully as Philetus Sawyer could have doue. and hls nomtvation is probably tho wisest chioice that could have been made, TOE B1G1TT DISTRICT. The indorsement of Barrows, the Greenback candidate for Congress, by Fighth District Democrats, was a weak surrender after a great brave protests. It will, howeser, meel fded resistance Inolt parts of the dis- il will probably drive as many Repnblic- an Greenbackers into thele own party as it will attract Democratic votes. In entire counties of | to,—tha Rev, Dr. Do La Matvr, e i a man of the Mstrict it i3 not probable that Harrows will | sreat abilite and wouderful nerve. Heo had tho poll onv-half the Democratic vote, and there is | nbility to denotinee in bitter terms and tn the no reason to apprehemd the defeat of Goy. | most” venvmous siyle all who took part in Tound by the Democratic and Greenback ali- | Decoration-Day exaruises when that suniversary ance. fell uporf thie Nabbath, aud ho had the nerve to tackie n fowling-plece and o grunning for rats when death was hovering near his own home- stead. lle is an tntense enemy of the Cathollcs, and Is rozcuning for thelr votes tn a manner that would mauko * Lonue John ' o very Infant in politics. Ha 18 nli things to oll men, and, tiko oll ministers who attemnpt to combine re- ligion aud nulitics, a gross fraud. ke will bo defented by the present inctunbent, the llon. John 1Tunna, The Huo, Godlove 8, Orth will have a lively race 1n the Lafavette District, as witl Gen. Toin Krowne in the ** Oid Burnt District,” thouzn both will undoubtedly be cleeted. There will probably be no cliange fu the ratio of represent- ation in the Lower ilouse, though the Ite- publlcans may lose the ‘Terre Haute District, with s probability of gatning the Evanaville District with the flon, Wiiliam Heilman us thelr 15 THR MILWAUKER DISTRICT, Deuster has substantially the Democratie fleld to hunself, novody appearing Lo caro a8 to the reruit, and the process of packing the Dearo- cratic Convention goes cheerfully forward. Jolm Jolnston hardly appears to be makliug a mave to secure the nomiuation; in fact, it was nearly uscluss for him to do so, Tor, during his absence, the Deuster plan had boon set up be- yond the paasibilities of ts defeat. In the Senate Distriet composed of Wastington and Uzaukee Counties » bargain was made to wgive the Nenatorshlp to Tors and the - Congressional delezation to Deuster, Itappears at present that wne end of the bargain will fall through, for while Deuster will probably get the dele- gontes for blinkeil for Congrese, ho 18 unable to dehver the Senatorship to Fors, And Lyman Morgan, who represented the diatrict in tho Washington to witness tho lonuguration of o friend of theirs didn’t come to Washington, Senaty several vears awo, 18 likely to get the | candidate. 4 & They knew Urant was In the hablt of shootini Sennte nomination promised by “Deuster to | Uen. Butler will address bls fellow Kearnes- "“"f”"'h ‘f“"“‘gflé“ Jrotiimice wero realy Tors. So appurentls successful s Deuster's | ltes here on the 1Uth inst., aml the | IN search of froud, thera was one.man in this country who could have given them au inmense amount of Informatfon on the subject of fraud. Why didn't they summon mel 1§ could Lrace every fraud of the last clection to No. 15 campalen B3 likely to be, it s not altogrether a smooth and happy road to_teuvel, and bas ita rouuh oud unhappy places. 1t Ja ovident that Deuster can e defeated, even thongh unan- Communist element, which 18 not very strong here, will appuor at its best or worst, A lurge meetlug may be anticipated, however, N fmonsly nomfuated, it ths buelvess men of ) Grataerey Fark, tn tho City of Now York, They Milwaukce and those fntcrested In tho pros- MICILIGAN, gero afrald théy would et fmure fruud tuan perity of the district will take = the BLISSPIRLD, they wanted, neceksary wessures to .prevent his Special Dispatch to The Tridune. vlection. Therw are good , men dn tho | - APRuN, Mich., Bept. 14.—Hon. A.D. Hall, CANADA. distrlet who ean be electe, But the cane dldute must_be one, in order to secure that re- &ult, who can carry Milwaukee Connty by 8,000 mmjority. With the defection which the Green- back and Sodlalistic vote from Deuster will vro- duce, sud with tho strength which the huslicsa aud Industrinl interests could bring to the proper mam, there seems o probabllity of suc. cess. Tho opposition te Deuster's nomination among Democrats, which is represented by the News, has had the eflect to produce a threat of 1 new emocratic paper, as to which there ore various rumors, none of which s vxceedingly prohable, Gicorge W, Pecl name, and also that of Ed Keogb, are connected with tho vro- poked new publication. It 18 Lo be in Deuster's interest, and will be printed at his newspuper oflice. of Tecuinseh, bas been nominated by the Re- publlicuns as represeotative of the First Lenuweo County District In the Leglslature, and Willlam M. Corbett, of Blissflcld, bas becn named for the s=me nosition by the Nemocrats, Both Cunveutlons met {n Bliss@leld thls afternoon, DEIIOIT. Special DispalcA to The Tridune, Dernoir, Mich,, S8ept. 14.~The Waysne Coun- ty Republican Convention to-day nominated the following ticket: Sheriff, Walter I1. Coats, present lucumbent; Clerk, Robvert A. Lezgett; Tressurer, Calvin B, Croaby; Registerof Deeds, lenry Plass; Prosccuting Attorney, 8. E. En- ele; Audltor, Francis W. Turner; Circuit Court Commissloners, John B, Corllss und Bamuel B. fillfiullnger; Coroners, N. B, Howley aud Danfel S 8. Arrest of Kisterman J. Inman—The Grand Ladge of Masons—Lorne and Loulsn—Eme- bezzlement by Street-Car Conductors, ., Bpectal Dispated to The Tribune, ‘ToroNTo, Sept. 15.—Kisterman J. Inmau Las Leen committed to jail for thirtydaysona criminal chargze. [nman bas resided bero for some time, angd cked out n precarious living by peddling bool For some years he has been greatly addicted to drink. .. The story of his life 13 a most eventful vne, and none of those who knew him fecl aught but sorrow at his degrada- tion, Ileisa bruther of the proprictor of the Inman line of steamships, and at one time hely un luterest in the business; but o too free use of whisky was bis ruln. Tho particulars of his fall aro as fuliows: 1o visited a store in the western part of the city, and asked change for u $10 bill, at tho satne time producing n counterfeit note for that amount. - s propric- tor stated that he coutd uvot change it, wiere- upon luman produced o &3 bill, with the same result. ‘Tne proprictor unon e¢xumination dis. covered that the blll was of no value, wnd In- maun left the store hurricdly without the bitl, and was subseqguently folinived by a policemun, Inman, scelug that o was followed, darted iuto adoorway; byt the officer was tou quick for him, and took him in charge. Bufore cntering the doorway, Inman threw something over o fence, whicn, upon investigation, was founa to Dbe 855 in Confederato bank-bills. The prisoner 1s between 60 and 60 years of age, acd o man of goud education ava nddreas, ,The twenty-third Annsal Communication of the Grand Lodye of Masous is belng held here, Tho aunual repors of the Grand Master records thy princlpal events oceurring since tho last woeting. Dispensations wers {ssucd for olgnt uew lodges, ‘f'he fluaucial statsment shows o batancs of $00,000 to tho credit of the Urand Lodge, of walch 855,000 1s fnvested {n Govera- meut_atocks, and the balunco is st its crediv fn the Cauadalan Bank of Commerce, Tho Graud Master, in bl address, said: 5 Some yeant agu the Grand Orient of Prance fo. ally adoptod w clause asserting a bellof in God 8 & fundsmental principle, At its last anoualassonib. Iy, after the propoeition bad beo constituent lodges, aud ample time taken for its mature deliberation, the Urand Orient, by a hirge majority, repenied the clauso, with the avowed vh. Ject of permitting the nitiation of Atheists. The revious sbolition oy this vody of the Geand Mas- rmmu the Masonic world had wabmitted to, but § wae horror-atruck at the Just andacious Innovatiou, All the Grand Lodges that have spoken hava con- demned il, agd 1 have felt it my duty to withdraw the crodentials of our representative uewr tho Grand Orlent, 88 § could Dot conuliue 10 recognize 1t aw Mawonle. % Brother W, H. Weller, of Coboury, was clect- ed Urand Masterof the tirand Liut: ¥ ada. Bev the widows aud orphans of deceased members of the Order, and $1,000 subseribed tuward the rellef of members of the f[raternity sutfening trom yellow fever. Bperial Dispatch to Tha Tridune, MONTREAL, Sept. 15.—~It Is erstood that the Governor-ticneral will reaian until the Marquis of Lorue and the Pria Loulse arrive at Quebee, where Lord Duffertn will meet then, As the event will be of sume moment, sna ticet is to wecompany the new tovernor-teneral, Ivis propuscd Lo have au appropriste colebra- TIW CARPENTRIL MOVRMRNT doca not prouress rapldly, but the eall {s belng slencd and will recelve threo or four thousund _stenatures. The tmpresslon grows that the re- DIy will be shuply an appeal” to the people at Jarge withont respect to party, and that bo will e made the more particular candidate of the opposition elements of all shades. The po- culiar course of the Sentine! s fnterpreted us tending in that direction, and as for the pur- pose of breaking up the Republican party to such an extent as to make “bolting” in the Leutslature fashlonable among all pardes, in the expectation that all the irregular factions will guin fuaiding Carpenter’s cloction, 1t will be n fortaight or tbree weeks before Carpeuter will wnake bis auswer to the call. NOT DISCOURAGED, The results of the Maine election have had a marked effect on the Republicans of the Btate, Neverses discourage Deatacruts, and ore aecept- «d by them as a judzment agaiuat them, but an electlon like that in Malno clotbes Repuhlicans with renewed energy, and they enter with de- termination and vigor on the work of repairing losses aud waking up for defections. Such is apparently the case throuchout this State. newed ana oetive work has been nndertaken, s campudien will be vigorously pressed in ull the Congressional and Legtslatlve Districts, and a very determined effort witl bo made for vie- torv. The Republican State Central Committeo hiad u meeting ut Mudison last evenlmg with thy Coneresstonal —candldutes, mombers of tho Lerislative Campalgn Coumittee, snd leading Republicans. A'resolution offered by the Hon, It 11 Buker, of Haclve, member of the State Comtnittee, wus unaulnously adopted, provid- dng for jolnt action and labors with the Legis- Tative Commlttee, and jor an apportionnent of campalgn work between the two orgsnizations. Matt Wadlelgh hus been nominated by the stralzht Dewocrats for Stato Senator from the district compusedd of Portage, Alarathon, and Waupaca Count! 1ls was ovoosed to the Democratic and Greeubaek coatition on Barrows for Couzreas, but un eflort wil now be made to eecure Greeuback support for Wadleigh i re- turu Tor Democratic support for Barrows, Spectal Diapaieh 13 Ta Tridune, ILLINOIS. TOB TENTIL CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. v the Kditor f Ths Tribunas. CAMERON, 1iL, Sent, \.—As I bave not scon soythiug in Tus Tiinuxz in relation to the volitical situation in tois diatrict, composed of Mercer, Warren, Henderson, M¢Donough, Rane cock, and Schuyler, T will give your readers an toslzht of the struggle for sscendency by the three parties now fn the flield, The Natlonal Greenback party wero the first that met In Convention, at Bushnell, and nomlnated for Congress A. J. Streator, of Mercer Countv, s farmer, formerly o Democrat, once a member of the State Leralature. For State Benator, Jumes Madden, of Monmoutl, formerly a Re- K-Iub"uu' next a Democrat, now a Hat Greens cker, For the Legislature, Jon Downaa. ol MeDonough County, & farmer, formerly & Re- publican, 1t Is claimed this ticket will carry Mercer County, and that it wiil poll a large vote In the district, Tho Republicans held thelr Conventlon in Bushuel), Scut. 15; nomiuated Col, B, F. Marsh, of Warsaw, the prescut member, for Congress, For State Benator, W, M. Venable, of Macomb, 8 merchiant; for the Legisiature, hnnry Bluck, of McDonough, aud E. W. Allen, of Warren County, farmers, This {s couslderod o fair ticket, Mr. Marsh's record In Congress being viry satiafactory Lo a majority of the voters in thy district. ‘I'lie other eandidates are men sclected from smong the lndustrious class of veople,—uot politicians, but & true type of Iabor ond Induatry, There seems 10 be o doubt but this tieket will be elected, ‘The Demacruts et in Convention at Bush- netl, Aug. 20, und nominated o rezular hard- sticll Buurbun ticket, For Congress, D, P Phelps, of Motmouth, a lawyer, & man of con-, siderablo ability, the most of it being Phelpa’ and for ’helps atone. It issaidthat heskedadidled ofl to ldaho ut the tiwe of the draft when there 5 l‘:ll‘l duuger uidblclug cuulnlml.nd lbyi lh-()n-l 1an150N, Wis., Bept. 13.—The bi] ullets; that, and lus course lu ussistlug the State Centra) Uotmittee, to :nmrm\pl':h ‘f?.!.' Rockford & Rock Island Railroud Compauy tu several Republicun candiastes for Congress, met, | WX this county not lesi than §100,000, when iu the Governor's room &t the Capito} Inst eyep- | lithzation aud everytine else are fiyrured up, 1ng and discussed the policy to be dopted dur- | Will Dot @ssist him in the canvass. Furstate ing the coming canvass. It was determined, | Senaton, W. 1l Nvese, of Sfacomb, a lawyer, amons other things, to rely chietly upon iwu. | formerly s member of the Constitutional Con- uents to be sent Intu the various school dis- | Yeution, and wlw & meniber of the Legislature tricts, but a number of spcakers were selected | Ob€ terul. For Representative, I M. Loewls, 10 address the people of cortain localies of the | 9f Warren, = To stow the weakncss of Btate, this ticket, they feared to make but one uonina- | tiou at Quebec, - —— tion for the Legislature; the ouly chance the | « Mr, Thowas Kearns, of Durham, has filed a INDIANA. remsinder of the tcket can have of bejmg | bill of complnln_:} cnarging Me. tieorge B Ba. elected i1s the hope that wany Republicans may vote the Natlousl ticket The canvass is now opeued, and determiued efforts wade by euch party w galn the ascendency, . QGarm. TUK POUKTU DISTRICT, To the Edilor of Tae Tribuns, SrcaMon, 1L, Beot 10.—Te nuwlsation of Jobn C. Buerwin, of Kane County, fur Con- kress (Fourth District), mects with gencrat satisfaction througbout the district, sud ospecially satisfactory 1o the people of DeRalb County, although the Hou, Willlam Latbrop was its irst choice. 1t 15 belleved that Nlherwin il 1weke o encreetic, reliable, and pgelul niember, If elected, and jo bis nominatiou har- ker, vx-3olicitur-General, who is now coutesting Mississyuot County 1 the Couservativo interest, With unprolessivual couduct (v a sult jutrusted to his care. An cxtensive svstem of ombezziement has been going on by some of tho conducturs of thie street rallways, by means of falsu keva for upen- jug the fare-buxes, Oune, named Laplante, bas been arseated. ————— An Ingenloys Tallor, N San Prunctsco Post. An incenlons tailor of this vty zot 'alot pt empty pop-botties, put one of his busiuess-cards CONDITION OF AFPAIRY IN TIE NOONIXR STATE ~—FUROBABILITIES AND POSJIBILITIES OF TUB COMING ELECTION, Byectal Corvespondenca of The Tridums, INDIANaPOLLS, Tnd., Septy 14.—Althoogh the result of the Matno election has been barcly made otlicial, the consequence upoan the Indisna contest i3 already apparent. The Nationals have braced up, arched their splnal columuns, sud proposs to swallow thelr Democratic co- Yaborers as aid thelr brathren in the State which unce went * Hell bent for Gov.Kent,” A laryre- szed straw dndicatod the feellng fu this aty | monyand - fecking I8 secured, aud it I8 in each, theu wrabpel up every botile scpargte- st uight, Uere, as elscwhere, the Natiouals | thouhi. ali- discord Abat ha beco grudully | 05 (& Soisoned teuderiohuateaks, ol - threw from the wrrxu.mu. oue by ons e vaturally- supposed that the muat wuuld b swallowed by wharks; that the polson whuld kill the latter; that the fishtwould it ashure, be cut open, the ottivs discuvered, the fact Le' roported Ly the mewspupers, and oa orignoal and effective advortlsewent seeoral. ‘That - was yrecisely what - happened. | Day befure yeaterday & yachting party pleked up oo immense shark not (ar from Alcatraz, In 1te stomach wus fouud ong of the botties shiuded to, sud the card it coutained wus hanted tu & reporter of this paper. “Tuo name of the merchant it contaimwl —— will by pudly dt our regular advertising rates, il yo directed by bitm, See terms on inaide pa ot i Those shitrks, Duandury News, The man-catersharks arg becoming numerous futhe Sound. They ure probally "New York bachiien thrown out of Lusiuess by the cievated tuade dave 8 full ticket' in every county fy the State, and fo consequence of the indopsement of. Dr. De La urlyv\('!!elpodmfinlnmer of the wwst radical “type,” fhe’ Natioual nomiuce for Cungress, by thie Democdrey, the uyterritigd be- tau to tisk somctbiog. was: being glven for uothing, -Quid “1pro quo was! de- -mapded, IV was thougby nu | 'more - -$h3u reasonable Ut Jopah should oy b ul- Towed Lo swalloy 109 whale, Jouph betug kugwn . Bsdames Buchanan, sjias “Tle Phun” ,Ab 8 towpromise measure the: witkdrawal of 4wo or thigs of the Nuuonal candidates for jocal of- fices was aurgested, .10 be followe’ «d by tbhe todunsemeut of the Demwratic nowincee, aud thiy would haye yurably Wiou one week o, chsnzed, utd Jutiah lias the wh; tiouals reficed Lo udorse auy ovy, :E:A'uiuu o pbe Republican ruoks of this Arwt, on-soount of the complications, asyirations, -and’ quarrcls of Cungressioust ubed, will be reaioved, and @ much farzer aud tuore wnted Hepublican vots for Colwress- man wilj be pust this fall thap waa polled two oF fuuryears Sgo., " ¥ EF D, LOTISIANA 5 i : , TUR REPULLICANS, v New Ourkaxs, Sept. 15—Tle Republican State - Couscution. will asscwble fn thig city Mouday. Bune aleleutes have urrived from he pasisheds bus represcatation will u«.u-:rnlly *be by proxy. 11 secmd tuhe undurstood’tha the uction of the Cuuveutfon Wil be cgaflued to the fudorsemcnt of the Btate nouiniuations of the Natiouals, whose Covventiou will meet of Wednesday, accordgr o the prozramiue on + Wole, Audersup, aid the Custom-Ho use kad tection for the Christlans threatencd by the 1t 1s pald, has decided to defer making any defi- nite proposition for jolut action on beball of Ureece in consequenco of the opposition of En- #land and the hesitatiou of ltaly. against the fusurgents' intrenchments on tho banks of the 8ave. Fighting so far Is fudeclsive. ‘Tho Austrian loss between the 4th and Oth of Scptember is about 100 ofiicers and 8,000 men. 1 (irnly Lelieved a treaty has been concluded wherehy Bervia, In consideration of n subsidy of 230,000 rubtes monthly, undertaken tognalutain 50,000 ten on the Albanian, or any other fron- newspaper of Bucharest, reports that Russians are reconnoltering the Transylvanian frontier, and calls upon Roumania to be prepared to mske sucrifices fn the event of o rupture be- tween Russla and Austria, the Porto will not only uccept the English pro- grammo of reforms for Asi Minor, but will ahortly lssue a proclamation cxteuding it to the wholo cmplre. markets. Nevertbiless, holders stood out for No tidings have heon recefved of the stesmer The City of Now York expericuced lasting forty hours between Cape Ifatteras and very ralng. castern and contral departments. selds {8 not very seridug. eloners charged with coustdering o reform of the custums tarill, and cstablisblug & Juntato rve- vise and classify the public debt of the Jslands. cluded 875 from yellow fever mud thirty-cight from small-pox. arrived yestorday. 8he experienced very heavy weather, aud took off tho crew of the American Lriz Bally Brown from Pensacola for Bantos, abandoned ot sea. Cuba arrived last night, perfonced o Florida const, lay-to four days off Cape Car- navelal, and was oolized to throw a deck-load overboard. % subscriptions fur the French fnhabitants of Nuw Orleans suffering from the yellow fover, provinees of Peurto Platy, SBantlazo, und Cibas ns enjoying perfect tranquillity under the rule of the revolutiontsts, *The City of Ban Damin- 2o was besieged by revolutlonary forces, The Government of Gonzales was virtually confined to the Capital, and {t was expected he would soon Icave fur teurto Plata. Awmerican provis- {ous are in good demand. bellion, ‘The President had appealed to tho peovle to allow him to finlsh his term, It the most violent means bofore restgning. ments of tho Btate, the Vatican {ntends to pro- greatly to the interest attaching to it, nearly half a century has elansed alnee the electors of Aruyle have heer ealled nvot to dechile botween the clafms to their suftrages of rival caadidnat ‘The last contest was fn 1535, between Mr, dohn Camptell, of Islay, and Mr. Camobell, of Monzie. There fs no county in the Three Ringdoms in which so great diflicnlty is experienced in per- forming the task ot canvassing, intersected as Arayleshire 18 by great mountain ranges and long arms of the sen, and ncluding as 1t does within its honndarics several outlyine fslanda. Yet in splendid summer weather the Inbor Is not without its compensatfons, The supporters of the rospective candidates were conveyed in separale steamers, and were marched o the polling-booths in companies, oceastonally under the chargs of an agent, and necompanled by plpers who flled ithe alr with what Iighe FOREIGN, e Rumors of a ‘New Treaty Nego= tiated Between Turkey and Great-Britain. Eungland and Franco to Assumen Protectornte Over Egypt and Tunis, ¢ Turkey to Shortly Establish the British Programme Throughout the Empire. landers aro pleased to regard as mar- tial etralns, Mr. Malcoln was pres- ent In - Iuversrav during the [forenoon, aud had an enthusiastic reception from his friends, \Within two hours of the opening of the poll all tho Duke’s tenants had voted. Mr, Malcolm bronght with him in a steambost large contingent of his supporters from Ard- rishalg, Lochgilpbead, and alung both sides of Loch Fyne, In the Campbelltown district much excltement prevatled. er proprictors accompnnied their tenants in ve- nhicies to the town, the vroprietor of one estate leading the vun, while the proprictor of the ad- Joining estate brought up the rear. Election aquibs and cartoons hnve been nrofusely used, In one the stripling Campbell 18 represented na slaying the glant Maleolns with a Burials bill, In another the electors nre warned to beware of the Duke's scratching-posts, {The mmount svent by each candidate was about $50,000, A eeat in Parllamcut is a costly luxury.) CASUALTIES. ACCIDENT AT A COAL-BREAKER, Spectal Diszpted to The Tridune. PrILADELPINIA, Bept. 15.—A specfal to tho Times sava n thrilling accldent occurred yester- day morning at the Wiiliam Fenn Collfery, re« sulting in the death of a boy, Joun Rice, and the serlous lnjury of two others. It appears that, duriug a temporary cessation of work in tha breaker, o numher of the - slate-pickers nmused themselves by riding down tho * tele- graph,” which conveys the coal from the screen into the big chute. Whlle playing in this Russia Said lo Be Reconnoiter- ing on the Frontlers of Austria. TIIE. EAST. AENSATIONAL STATEMENT. RoME, Sept.15,—~The Fanfulla makes the sen- sotional announcement that the basisof the new treaty between Englgnd and the Porte has heen settied, giving Engiand aprotectorate over Eeypt. The Fanfulia adds: * France consents to the treaty, and will take part in the manage- ment of tho finances.* The Fangulla adds tofts report that Eneland is negotlating for o protectorate over Egvot, and that Lord Salisbury Inslsted that Franco siould oceupy Tunis. TROTECTION 1MPLORED, CoNsTANTINOPLE, Bept. 13.—The Furopean Amuvassadors have made a representation to the Torte tn consequence of a telegram from the Armenian Arcnbishup of Ezeroum asking pro- Mussulmans, ‘Thirty thousand Russians have entered Batoum, SCUTARL . Loxpox, Sept. 15.~Trouble s aborehionded o Scutart, The Governor lias taken incasures to protect the Greck nnd Austrian Cousuls agmwst any attacks of Albanians, GIRAMANY, commenced deawing coal from the chuto into the cars. Tho boys, unwmindful of thelr danger, siid down the ‘tclegraph” Into tho cual, and bofore they had time to gt back out of the chute, the conl rushed out through tho gate into the ears and buded them compietely. A number of other !mlysnbAcrv-.-u thelr compan- {ons disappearing under the conl, and guve the alaem. It wos eoon decided that the best way to rescue was to continue emptying the chute until the Loys would appesr at the gate below, at which the coal was rushing into the cars. Vretty foon young Rlce avpcared, but was found to be lfeless. His two companions caino wvut the gate almost at tho same time, and, strange ns it may appear, were botd alive, "Thes ware unconscious, nowever, ond were resuscl- tated by the application of water. The affale caused fntense excitement tn the vitlare, and, while the coal wns belng drawn, bundreds of people flocked around the breaker, some erylng aud sereamning n a heartrending mwanner. TILB AUSTRIANS' TASK, BelGRADE, Scpt. 15.—Austrian reinforce- ments have commenced offensive operations . BERVIA. Loxpoy, Bept. 15.—A Pesth dispatch says 1t cv Russia mav appolut. The Romanie, a TITE GREAT STORM, New Manrker, Ont., 8cpt. 15.—The flood was very destructive to this section, Dulldings floated oft ond millduns wero carrled away. The fron Stidge on the Northern Rallway was eeriously damaged, and thivteen others destroy- ed. A large amount of property was destroyed fn Brantfurd. West Drantford was entirely ‘abmerzed, 'The fron bridge geross the Grand River gave way yesterday, and threo man were drowned, AU@alt thers was n rainfull of six Inches. ‘the Grand River overfluwed, and houses along its banks were greatly damaged. Oue person was drowned, ACQUIESCENCE, COoNSTANTINOI'LE, Sept. 1 1t 18 stated that WEST INDIES. COMMUNICATIONS RESUMED, ITAvANS, Sept. 14.—Shaultancous interrup- tion of communleation with the United Stotes by cable and steamer has caused o dullness of DYNAMITE. Brapeonn, Pa., Bept. 16,—A rlycerine maen- zine near bere, belonzlug to N, B. Puiver, and containing 70 pounds of glyeerine and 100 pounds dynamite, exploded to-day, sud N, B. ulvor, J. B, Burkliolder, Andrew P, Iliggins, and Charloy Pagu were blown Into fragusonts, pretentious prices, und the market closed flrm. Santlaga de Cuba, from New York, ten days our, and much anxlety I8 felt for her safety. ‘The steamner Caroudolet, from New York, Sent. 7, fa stlll overgue. The steatner *City of Naw York arrived yesterday, and reports possing the Carondolet about 150 miles frum New York, ACCIDENTALLY SHOT. " 8peeinl Dispaich (o The Triduna. Decatun, 11k, Scpt. 15, —Arthur Baker, aged 18 years, the only support of a widowed mother, seceidentaily shot liimsell at Loringlon on Bat- urday. ‘The ball paesed through his abdomen. He cannot recover, THE SILVER DOLLAR. —_— Explanation of Recrotary Sherman's Latest Order. Special Dispalck to The Tribune WasmxaroN, D, C,. Bopt. 14.—It Is as diM- cult to-night as It was last night to explaln See- retary Sherman's Iatest circular rescludiug pro- vious orders respocting tho silver dollar, Dis- patehes of anxlous Inquiry as to the correctness of the report that the order had been rescinded have been rocelved from oil commerelal centres to-day. Baukers who bad made arrangementa to purchase largu quantitics of 4 per cent bonds in legal-tenders after Monday next on the basls of tho order of Saturday last have scemed par- ticularly anxious, as the rescinding of the circu- Iar aud the conscquent rise in the gold premium will occaslon themn couslderablo loss. Thoclrculnr hias beenniore readlly acted upon by banking meo on account of the known opinions of SBecretary Stierman, In consultation with bankers in New York City some werks ago, Sccretary Sherman had repeatedly declared his ntontion to employ sllver dollars AS LARGELY A8 T0SSINLA in the wark of resumption. 1le thero constantly sought to loeform himaclf by conferences with theso bankers as 1o the probable effect pof freo paymeuts of coln, elther silver or gold, or both, and bo then made known the fact that he ine tendeud to begin such payments ot an carly day. ‘That this te truo {s vouched for Ly the most competens - fluanclal autborities. It st be concluded, therefore, that Secretary Bherman's purpose to commence paying in silver was the result of mature dellberation, Upon belug-ap- proached to-day by your correspondent to know whetlier hie desired Lo make any more dotailed explanation of his order than nopcars upon the fuce of the cifculur fteelf, Becrotary Sherman repiied that the dreular contalued Lirsubstance his redsons. The polnt had been ralsud fn some quarters, ho sald (without stating where), that the Becretary of the ‘Lreasury, under tho exist- g law, A MURRICANE Charicston. The woather at Havana Is {tempestuous and ‘The hurricane did the most damage in the Not so much by wind &8 iunundation. ‘The damage to cune- Decrees bavo been {ssued creating Commis- The deaths st [Tavana during August In- LATER, TIavaxa, 8cot, 15.—Tho steamer Carondolet ‘The steamer Bantfago de All well, 8he ex- tremendous hurricane off the The French residenta of this city have opened BAN DOMINGO, Advlces from Son Domingo represent the HAYTL Rumors were rife iy Hayti of approachlog ve- people realst, the Prestdent will resort to the Yellow fever wus raging at Haytl, TOMME. HER RELATIONS WITIL SWITZERLAND, TRoue, dept, 15.—In consequence of the am- neaty granted by lho‘flmml Councld of Berne to Catnolic pricsts deprived of thelr Lviug, n 1874, for refusal to womply with the require- 1AS KOT THR AUTHORITY to exchange Jegaktenders for silver dol- lars prior to the date fixed Dby tho Nesumption act, Jun, 1, 1570, It s -Jearned from other sources than the Secretary that the abjection on thls scoro nmounted to a clumiorous protest agulust the order of 8ept, 8, and that thess protests proceed in the maln from those who are {nfluenced by the Malnos ciection. Becretary Sherinan sald that, for him- self, he had always held tho view that the right to disburse sliver dollars juvolved thu right to exchange §t for legal-tenders, but as serlous doutts had been ralsed upon the subjeet hie had dechded to resclnd the circular, It bad been re- ported that the Sceretary - had chaoged his views on nccount o the oplulon of Attorney- Gieoeral Devens, who arrived from bls Western rip yesterday moralug, bus Mr, Shorwan sald ‘that Judge Dgvensds, i NOT WIMSELP ENTIRBLY CLEAR upon the subject, and was not prepured to say nhether or wot the exchauge of silvep for wreenbacks could be lawfully wade-or uot. - Upun belng asked what+ mesus he should take 1o put the silver dollur In arculation, Mr. Shermansald that ho Lad full sutnority (s they were compicterdezal-tenidérs) to pav them .out fur soy obllzation ot Lhnis_id\'cnmwnl, oven Tncludiyye bowfy, apd that hé ‘should vay thew oul i du.- nequldy disborsenicuty, 50 fan as .oreditors of the Govaruacut wese willwg to receive thent Ho wlhould uot, buwevery fvrce ‘| peusioners or any ‘particulur class 4o receive siiver dollars if they dld not want thens. . - “Yhe clavse in-the onginst oriter of July 19, requiringe that tchum why pecelve Fttver Jollars throuzh e Bub-Treayurics shadl state tnay they will Lot W them fur Custous purpgees (bot- withstaudiuy the Law declarga nus iley might be used for kiy pufpuse woatever), s of coune to be ptricken out from the new cireular Bssued touight, Secretury Sherman wus contideot that ander thls system A VERY LALGE AMOUNT OF SILVER DOLLARS woull be dewanded for cuatouss dues, but what pose 10 othicr Cantous to adopt sitnilar measyres und solve existing difticuitics by common wgree. ment GERMANY, TIE BMPEROL. Casser, Sept. 15.—The Emperor Willlam ar- rived to-dav in good health, and proceeded to Wilhelnihohe, lle was euthuslastically chcered ou the way. B INDIA, N, e CALCOTTA, Sept. 15,~Floods have destraved upwards of 1,000 houses lu tbe Jutlinder district of the Punfaub. . kY A BCOTCILELECTION, CLOSE AN EXCITING CONTEST—ATTHNPY TO . DETRRONE THE ARGYLE DYNASTY. : 1 Lundan imas, Aug. 24, The votes were courted at lnveraray yester- day. Atalate hour tho result way dectared ge follows: e Lord Lolld “Campbell ;! Ar. Mulevlanpe.y ooy, ©oMajority.., Ll i L , Lord Colln Camubel] Iy tho fifth and youpzcst ‘sun of Gearze, pryseut aud eighih Duke of Argyll, by bis marriawe with Lady Eizabeth Georgiana Sutberlamd-Luveson-tiower, - cldést dauzbiter of Gieorze, gecond Dukie of “Bother- land, K, (" Thay the contest just cuncluded there bas been none iore dnportaut o Seot- land, from a party polut of Wy during the cx- fstence of the present Partianent, While per- tvual aud fawlty cousxicrations lave wlded Afewof thesmall- 1 mauner, the men under the breaker outside | sneed of locomotives, Thi trclatt rplling-atock. dea row-ganwo savings in frst cost, b dead welght, wear I’ernlfl, and taxes, raten. and in Intereat. Mississippt Valley, clowmly westher, southiern — e vroporton of the 10,000,000 would by Lhis meany get into cirealation would not under- take bo conjecture, A oanker, he gall, woakd be 1n o hetter position to muke the estiinate than he w: A cirenlar which defines the nitimate dectston of the Sub-Treaaury on tnls question was la- sued late this afiernvon. Jt designates 120 Natlonal Danks as depositories which, woon their appiiention, will b supplied with the standard sjlver doflars from the mint freo of expenge ol transportation. ‘The lotentton is thut these eotn dollars shall put {nclreula. tion through the disburaing oflicesa to manufac- turing establishinents, hanks, and bankers, and to whoever may desjre them, and wherever, as money-«lisbursinzagents, are EXPECTED TO USE SILYER DOLLARS when possible. The order rescinding was de- cided upon at a conference botween Scerctsries Sheiman, Evarts, 8chnrz, and Attorney-General Devens, The Treasurer of the United States was of oplniion that had the order been permit- ted to stand, he wold have apcedily placed a iarze amount of miver dollars in circulation. Orders were rapidly coming for them for places remote from vommerclal centres, where the dallar would not have been likely to have found {ta way back tothe Custom-Ilonses. The orders under the 810,000 circutar amouuted yesterday 1o £200,000, v The Sccretary of the Treasnry decides that all standard sflver dolinrs ordered under the former circulars to this date will be filled upon their arrival licre, notwithstanding the order of rescinding, il the onders bear date Scpt. 14, Therefore the dollars will bo sent out. RAILROADS. NARROW-GAUGE RATLWAYS. A Nationn! Narrow-Gauge Convention was called to meot In Cincinpati, July 17, It mot, and after n two days’ scssion, at which the fol- lowing committces were appointed, adjourned to meet In Cincinnaty, 0., Oct. 23 Centrat Erecntire Committee—E. Muribert, ciairman, Bedford, Ind, Committee on Rolling-Stock and Machinery—E. Tiaribest, Chairman, Bedlord, Ina, Committee on Construction—8. Woodward, Chalr- . W Transfer—Thomas A, Mellon, man. Cincianati, O. Commattee on Operating Erpenses- Wright, Chatrman, Kantou), T1l. Commlttes an Chafrman, Mittsburg, . It {s proposed o offer an opportunity for nars row-gauge contractors and maongers,” lovotwo- tive builders, car bullders, manafacturers ol raltway supplics, rail-inukers, raitruad project. ors, and {uvestors: Kirat—To practically compare the cost of the two nystemn, standard and nnrruw-anuge. Second—To practically compare the power and ird—To practically compare the capacity, comfort, and salety of \mln-m:c' rolling-stnck. Fourth—To practically compare the capacity of "fth—To practically comparo the gnestion of welaht, Sirth—To practically comparo the operating ox- penncs of tha two wauges, Sereuth—To practically arcarlhin how erent d tear, repairs, material for oct passenger and frowght htA—To practically compare the narrow. e with the standard gauge, as the means of o development, Ninth—To practieally demonstrate from the comparntively aoill cost of tho narrow-iauge, that it ts witliln thu means of namerous localitica to provide themselvo the adoption of the wew, cheap system, where otherwise they must necessarily remaln without them for many yenrs. ita raliroad facilittes, by Zenth—To vractically demonstrate to the fall satisfuction of capital, that narrow-gaugo rathways, in favorable and operated, ara good and eafe Insestments, localities, cconomically countrncted These questions are of grauve Importance to the present and future fnterests of the peopls ol the United States, and delegates to the Con- vention shunld come prepared to make full re- ports in detail of the costof thelr respective ronds, and full roports of operatiog exnenses. 1 parrow-gauge rallways completed, par- tinlly cunstructed, or projected, narrow-gauge construction companies and countractors, all focomotive and car bullders, manufacturers of rollway supplics, rall-mills, railway journals, cominerelal and municipal bodles, are tequmzcd 10 send delogates to the adjournod Conveutlon, Clieinnatt, et 3, 1878, The Convention will be an fmportant one, should be Jargely attended by tho partics Delegates, as appointed, and others who con- temulato aticudivg, are requested to report the sama by fetter Lo John Conventlon, Cincinnatt, l‘?'nm, Sucretary of tho 1TEMS, Tha 8t. Paul & Paciile manacers have gaingd avirtnat leaso of tho Pembina Branch of the Canadian Pacific from the United States bound- ing to Winnlpeg, The eale of the 'Parls & Danville Rallroad set for 8cpt. 4, has been adjourned to Uct. 2 The snle of the Indlanepolls, ISloumington'& West. ern has been sct aside il Oct. 1, time the validity of the Foreclosurs act in the 8ute of Hlinvis will be argued bofore Judeo Intho tmean- Harlai, o this city, The present luw appeurs to moke no openiug for a redeaption of prop- erty, Tho law, as it uow stands, unly makes roumffor a redemption of real estate, und makes no provision whateyer for personal property. The Tlinols Central Railroad reports the re- ceipts from tratile on the lincs In [llinois, for the mouth of Augnst, as £02,100, azainst $501,. 859,30 in the correspondimg month Just yeur, There was a decreuso on the Jowa Division vl 829,083.50, maklne a total decrease fn both States for the month, &31,707.80. The Land Department reports that during the month of August 650.70 acrea of laund wera sold for $4,502.17, Tho cash vollected on land entered was $3,03.08, ‘The citizens of Vassar, Mich., havo ralsed $1,000 with which to purchase ten acres of laud, which ls to be presented to My, James F, Joy, fur the use of the {otroit & Bay City Railroad, on ‘which the repalr-shops, rouud-liouse, ete., for the uscof that road nre to be built, the resent shons at Bay City belng moved there, Mr. Joy statea that “the Detrait & Bay City s now disconnecting itaelf from tha Michiran Central, and were soon touse their own rolling- stock exclusively, to Detroit, East Sagluaw, Bay City, and Caro, nwklnuu the wost convenicol point on the ne. At Vassar the road brunches ————— THE WEATHER, Orvice or Tue Cmer Signan OPPICER, Wasiixary, D. C., Bept. 10—1 5, m.~Indica- tlons: For Teunesseo, the Ohio Valley, sud the Lower Lake Reglun, warmer, clear, vr partly cloudy weather, possibly followed by Increasing cloudiness, statlonary or falling burometer, und wind mustly sbutherly, Fur the Upper Lake Region and the Upper clear weather, followed by fucreasing cloudiness aud occasional rain, warin southerly veering to colder northwest winds, and faling followed by statlonary barometer. For the Lower Missourl Valley, clear or partly variable winds, -and, [n the wortions, lowor tumpersturs sod nearly statlonary harometer. ‘e Lower Olio Kiver will rise rapidly, LOCAL ULDSKRVATIO: " Maximun, 731 mininum, 8 UENBRAL OUAKRYATIONY, v Cuscadu, sept. {S=Midalghe, _ faii |B7n-._(nr.’| Wind. " Rain’ We TSI oo '8, freah . (T b it m Etll“‘..u. auld mLTE .10 - - A Curtous 8tory, ) A curlous story about the reveogo laflicted on Gen. Meade dunng the \War by soue licwspaper carrespumbents bt told by a’gorrespondent of the Pliladelobin Zunes. ” Just befors vne of Sfead wotewplated movealeats the corre- spondent of @ Philadelphia newsvaper seut Lo it adisputeh desctlbing the Genoral’s plan, with. as injunction not tu use the intelljcence uutit ho telvgryphed S“alk right.” “This last part of the dipateh Talled 'to regeh the newsguoer of- fee, und the Geuerald plais was vublished be- fore §t was cxvcyted. Gen. Meade was very 1 " and, rr[\y uz to sceept the correspond- cut’s excuse, ordered bim to be marched back and forth within thelines, bearing a placsrd an- nuuncing that be was sutlerlng punisbucn® for pivivg Information to the cucmy. As soon ay o wis felesed ho hastencd ta Washingzion, and, Jaying L Jildeanie befure iy coiteaponds Sau s 8L Paul -} been made to entn in Newspaper Row, they met and paared o resolutlon ns follows: * *SGen, Mende's nams Al never be mentloned nowdy I disnateloy by any new: e correspondent exeept n e of defent. the successes of the nemy | Al commands ahall b credited 1o Gen, Grane, The Times' corceaphndent saga that he has 41 wavs thourht this resolution made Gew tirany Trestdent, IN ¢Imeado, A fire, wwhosa origin I8 as myaterfous ne that of the Inciplent blazo fn Hooley's about tyw, Wweeks ogo, broke out yesterday morning about 10 o’clock on the third floor of No. 155 Rap. Aolph strect, occupled by 8, C. Lum & Son, tio-printers. | How long 1t had heen fu the smouldering stato none coutd toll. Wiy, was very apparent, however, oy the fact “that it _didn’t take long 1o met up a pretty pood blaze, which was specdily extinguishesd by the fire Inddies before it coniy do any great amount of hari. From all thar coutlil'be learned, no one was in the room nfter B o'clock Saturday evening, when the printers quit work. The fire apocared to have started near the hall door, but whethier it wia nrady by somebody carelessly throwingz n eigar stub where {t° mivht lenite something, or whether soma loose matches witlh which tho mice might have played, was the causc of the tronble, or whether it wna spontancons com- bustion,—usually the causs nssiened when there is no other way of accounting for a bl e, —were matters for general discussion, which waa productive of no definite concluston. 'Thy lux:’\glll probavly not autount Lo more than §x) or o B The atarm fromn Box 018 at 8 o'clock vester. day alternoon was caused by a five fn & bara in the rear of No. 134 Eugenle streot, owned aud occupled as o milk-depot by Charles Weyer, Dninage $200, fully covered by n policy In ‘the Traders’ of this city. The flamea atao pread to Weyer's houss, which was damaged to the” extent of £50, covered by @ pal. fey fu thu Rhode Island Association, Damare *to fornituro #30, covered by & $200 poiley In the Shawmut of Hoston, The ndjoinlug cottage and barn, owned by Charies «Jacobs, nlso caughit fire, anid were dainazed to the extent of $150, covered by policies fur $o0 in the Traders’ of thiscity, - AT BAST SAGINAW, MICIL. Fpectal Dispaieh to The Tribune. FasT $161NAW, Mich., Sept. 13.~The rest- dence of Henry Estabroal was totaily cousumed by fire this morning. Tnsurance oo the house, £3,507, in the North Amerlean; furniture, #1,300, which will cover the loss, 0DD-FELLOWSHIP. The Grand Lodgo of the United States, &pectal Diszateh (o The Tritune. BarTntonre, Md., Scpt. 15.~The Odd Feilawg are gatliering fromn near awd from far, and at the onening of the session of tho Gramd Lodee of the Uuited Slates to-morrow morning, there will doubtless be a full quorum present. Every incoming train for tho pst twe dayshashrouht numbers of delegates and vialtors, nnd still they come from every uuarter,—North, South, East, and West. At least threc-fourths of the ne. credited represontatives have alyeady arrivea, The corrldors of the principal hotels are Mled with distinguished members of tha Order, who are exchanging fraternal greotings ns they meet afier n year's scpardstion. But o shadow falls aver the vartous groups of brethren as allusion 1g made to the prombicnt members of the fra- ternfty who, auring the vear, have gono to thelr flnal rownrd, amone whom are Past Granit Sire Frederfel: D. 8tewart, of the District of Co- lumbia, and the llon. Nathan Porter, of Call- fornin. Both of theso brothers were well known and highly esteemed thronghout the weneral jurisdiction of Odd Fellowship, aml were among the ablest and most faithful work- 91" llu the cause of Friendship, Love, aud (ruth, 8 The very Iargo amount of important husiness 1o by iransacted during the sesslon will fully oveupy the Grand Lodge throuchout the week. ‘The thme to-morrow will bo taken up mainty In oreanlzing, ajlotting scats to represcotatives recclving the nnnual revorts of the Grand Otficers, and appoluting standing ana special cummlittees, The reports will siow the Order to be in 8 healthy and tlourishing condition {n all parts of the world. CUSTOMS. Concerning the Importation of Silk Waste— - Books by Iuternationnl Mail, Bvectal Diaatch to The Tridune, WasminetoN, 1. C., Bept. 15.—A Bpeclal Treasury Azent at New York has recently in- sisted that artlcles finported as sili waste by a promiucot Now Jersey silk manufacturer should pay & duty of 35 per cent ad valorem, which Is the rato lmposed upon silk fluss, Slith- erto, silk wasto bas been Imported duty free. Tho question was argucd before Assist- ant-Sccretary French Saturday on behnlf of a Patterson, N. J., compsny. Numerous samples of the art'cles known to cpmmerco 1y sllk wasta wero presented, and prool was ad- “duced that they have always been imported free. The declsfon of Judge French will be swalted with great interest by sllk manufactur. crs,‘The vulue of silk wasto annually tnported Is $200,000, and it las aiways beon regarded as oW material To the Western Assoctated Press. WasninuToN, D, C., Bept. 13.—The 8ecretary of the Treasury has Instructed Colloctors of Customs licreaftor to decline to permit the de- livery of buoks smported through the mails, which from quantity or uther circumsiances are presumubly Smendc(l for the use of any other person thau the one to whom they arc uddress: ed. or o3 merchuudise, and {n no instance wiit tho usa of the mall be permitted to enable par- tiea to fnport articles of merchandlsy which shoutd be properly treated as subject to dwy under the Customs law; und books In the latier case, ad In thy eade of newspapera and perio - cals, should ba returned tu the forelen countsy from which tney came as unmailable watter. TRADE WITII CHINA. aw We Can Securo It—A Consul's' Testl mony Agasinst Our Navigation Laws, WasiNatos, Sept, 11.—l. J. Henderson, United States Cansi! at Amoy, China, reports that there is not ouly ample room for Amerlan trade tn Chino, but there s a lorge and rich fleld for the reception of mauy - Amcricsn Inventions. "Fho people of Chlns clothe themselves with cotton. No Tess than 8,000,000,000 yurds of cotton cloth are required annually Lo cover thelr nakedneds. The annual kmports of cotton goods are liss than 1,000,000,000 yards. The Cunsul enumer- ates the various ndvantages the American maunu- facturers have for oblalning the Chiness trade, and at the sanie thne shows whercln thoy fail to Improve thelr opportunity, The demand for cotton cloth in Cflhll must, for years, he alino:t ilimitable, Transportatlon enters largely intw the problem of supplylug Chilna with Ametias goods, ‘T construction of the Northen and Soathern Vaeifle Raltroads, and more vs- pecially of the Darien Bhip Canal, are enter- prised of the greatest inportance 1 this connee tion. A line of steawcrs from New York t2 Cutna by way of 3ucz (‘unsl §s surgested. the trauspurtation cannot be in Amerlcan vese scis, then let the fifteen or twenty British steamers, for {nstance, thuat clear from Amoy for New York annually, be fnduwc to return to Chius direct ‘with our cot- ton goods, machinery, ete. American lead inds » largo warket In Ching and wight o used 3 return fretght, The beat thing, In the opmlun of the Consul, would be 10 alter our navigution laws and throw the ocean open to Amerkan trade aud enterprise. Armn%&menu for dolug our exchange business with New York fnstead of London are much needed, The beat banks fn Amoy ure bol prepared to draw on Ne York. Morc Amecrican merchants of moders ideas are nocded fo Ching, Cheap cabls cor muglcation betwoen San Franclaca and Chiu soanorts is wnother want, It scets to be monstruted that American goods can he sold Chiug us cheaply as Enginb, yet oo elforl Lss scll our cajton cloths of tho proper texture in Awoy. . U 1s of the Bret o> portance that American manufucturers st tnerchunts should know the partieular, stvies _which the Chincsy people prefer aud démard. An expert visiting China would scquire valuable iuforuwation ou thls essential pont, et ——e GEN, SHIELDS, . Nzw YoRrk, Sept. 15.~3a).-Gen, Shiclds, who became quite gick o the Astor House Fruday night, aftes addressing . the Mexiean War veler aus, improved autizlently to-day to permlit Lis yewoval 1o a fri ouse in Brooklyn. g ki Yy Meau. Waeeling Leader. Anv father who would go oat aud put tar of the top of ks front ate atter dack wust be fuat 0 41l sena of bumanity wud vrdivary fespests Lahiy,