Evening Star Newspaper, July 29, 1875, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY, Sundays Exeepted, 4T THE 8TAR BUILDINGS, Pennsylvanian Avenue, cor. Lith St. BY Copres at the AMUSEMENTS. OTH GEAND ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF THE Washington Schuetzen Verein, Aagust 2d. 3d. ith and 5th, 1575. Prize Shooting! Prize Bowling! Ladies Prize Shooting! M_ PARKER, With his world-renowned Troupe cf Celebrities TWO PERFORMANCES DAILY 1 Talteany € st Views geants, BY PROF. MURBAY THE MAKRINE BAND, auder the dir r f Poot ider, will far ninis the Mitsic for CUNCEKT AND DANCING THE WASHINGTON PANTOMIME CLUB Voeal ‘NS ENGERBCND TARTRITE CLUB. GBAN ILLUMINATION AND PYBO- TECENICS. PINEY POIN TRIED ON FRIDAY. JULY 3 THE STEAMER JAN will ma 2 touching TH. 1S75, MOSELEY Moor and re de ine. Per +r information. tickets. state-: appis Company # Boom 2 politan BE STEAMBOAT | NITES UBoaT ke Te CAPE MAY, COMMENCING THUBSQAY, Jnly 2, 1873. From PHILAPEL PRIA. making connection with So clock trains from WASHINGTON CITY POINT. Capt. Gevrge Sumner! TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS and SATURDAYS. Leave Cape May alternate days. + Railway from Steambuet landing tc ty 132 STEAMER SUE EXCURSIONS. ‘The elegant frou steamer SUE, Oap tain Janus Harper, is now makina glee NS TO POINT LOOKOUT EVERY SATURDAY, NEY Pp and MARSHALL'S, z amt Ieaves Stephen Penne«ytv ania av T PLEASURE SEERERS, SUMMER ARRANGEMENT Capt. WH. Byles or months the al tandings Sumner te- jand. Recarning, on Wedurwday and Fy tu edition to the Will take passengers © early “ame eve di y ing for Washington nthe Potomac being unenrpassed, ythe only steamer affording a view ¥ daylight, makes these most fal trips for families and social $2; round trip tickets a erty nt dr rhe sand Leonardtown, good tuul used, $3 Ape N # FITZUUCGH. Agent, Sicth street Whact. FoR EXCURSIONS. THE MARY WASHINGTON Das larger rorm for pivasnre partirs than any other AY beat OK CHAKTER bY LAY ANU EVENING. Regular trips te Giymontand retmrn Mon <x, . ye and Fridays, leaving Sth-street eb m Appiy on board, orto Da. HUW- La 19 Oy street, nS én P. BTROTH Fox oR TER = - be cummedivus trom Steamer PILOT Bi . having been epectally fitucd Bp for ean be charters! on reaecnatl= term Apvly te B. B. FITZHUGH, Agent, 6th street wharf. Oxp No. m Exhibition (New No. ane H and Sale 4390 Tita &r. 77a St. aT MARKRITER Bie. 439 Tih sree, eee ond B streats, ahs doors abors Odd Feiss’ Hall. sree sak on Pee aga Shades, Pictures, Frames, re end Tee ob Rings. Nail Sc., ia the District. Be Teams Cau. Please remember Name and Number. tyi-ly 55 Fras rencnter Name end Member 7-17 Ores AND FIELD GLASS “ CASES.” ede CASES, and ‘at very low prices. H. BH. HEMPLER, _et 4353 Peunsrivania arouse. WE INVITE AN EXAMINATION oF ore STOCK OF SLATE MANTELS, the best selections of colors tn eer ES, plain and fancy, summer c the ‘city. "Gur T KitcHES RANGE: Afler ten yeareextensive Use, ix conceded to be tus Lwnt satisfactory cooking fixtare ia the market ‘It = C been Cae yy ‘bes the be fatee-top in % itt elem’ Barston Heating et Elevated Colembie tend Amertoun Hortense Warkington, Bangers, also, a full lime of AITCHEN CTENSILS, TIN WARE, &c We contract for PLUMBING AND GAS FITTING En all their by x boys and only com- eg et 9 ranch of the b. “ness can good Work at fair Oruers for work speci- oiler 2 o HAYWARD & bola ppt srect, between Penpa. st. north- west. ely Vt, 46 N°. 6,971, WASHINGTON, D. C.. THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1875. TWO CENTS. EVENING STAR. Washington News nd Gossip. THE RECEIPTS ‘o-day were, from Internal revenue, $:7¢ from customs, $ THE National Bank currency received at the Treasury to«lay for redetaption aggre- gat d $7. 2,110. TNE conTRACT for turnishing the navy yards with live oak timber during tue pres- ent fiscal yearhas been awarded to G orge Southard, of New Y THe SPANISH INDEMNITY.—The amount of the indemnity from Spain growing out of the capture of the Virginins has been received b this government, and is realy for distri- to any share therela riment of State, THE PURLICATION of the rebellion re- conls, ordered by the last Congress, will prove to be very costly. Five oc.avd vol- ly been prepar>l for publi- ach velume consisting of about 500 s. The entire work. it is estimate, w uire one hundres volumes. NAVAL OrpERS—R ar Admiral ck bas reported his arrival a York, having been detached from the com- mand of the Asiatic station on the 24th alt. nd has been pla sitpman F. S. HE ed rom the Powhattan add placed on waiting orders, Midshipman A. T. Freeman has been detached from the late Saranac and placed on waiting orders. PERSON AL.—Secretary Robeson will leave here next Saturday for Rye Beach, expecting to be absent for several weeks. Ex- Seeretary Browning and Mr. Le Poer Trench chkin has been detac nt Mr. Haggord, of the British legation, re in New York vesterday. he Senator Wa gh. at Milford. N. H., was bed one night ; v3. R. Dodge anc vis wile, of this city. v mong the recent ors to that most delightful spot in the Tahoe. “++ Postmaster as returned ty the city. E BoARD OF INDIAN COMMISSIONERS L anch, the session being ehieily devoted to a review of the work of the standing committee for the last q' ter. New methods were adopted for the p ventic supplies eral Jewell G oa of frawts in the delivery of Tadian A cominittee waited on President & and made arrange: with him at his cottag ay. ioner Smith has bee: graphed to at Marblehead, Mass., a attend the conference to-da THe CHier CLER vry.—It is to- tele- i will Hip OF THE TREAS- ted that Treasurer New bas tary Bristow not to press Mr. n to 2ecept the chief-cierkship of the easury, vice A smissed, Inasmuch > wants him to remain in his present po- the Treasurer's office. It t Mr. Bristow will yield to -w's inelinatton, and” appoint fams to the chief-clergship. t present in Europe on syndi- te business. MILITARY INSPECTORS OF INDIAN Sre- PLIES.— General Sheridan reports tothe War rtment that in accordance with recent ons to have all supplies of flour. bacon and pork furnished for the Indians in- spected by regular army officers, he has ap- jointed the following-uamed officers in ad tion to those orlered two weeks age: G Jobn Gibbon, colonel seventh infantry, at Blackfeet Agen Montana; Capt. Tnai- deus S. Kirtland, seventh infantry, at Fort knep Agence: Montana: Capt. Angustus H. Bainbridge. fourteenth inf Ty, at Fort Hall, Idaho, where he {s aiso commanding the po t, and Lieut. Thomas B. Briggs. four- infantry. at Leroi, on the east for of on river, Idah: MILITARY CADETSHIPS.— The following persons have been desi ited to appear for examination on the *@6f August for ad- West Point Mili- my.to fill vaeancies cause i by ailores at the June examination: Arthur PF. senborn, first district New Hampshire; C. Nf Reavis, third distriet West Virginia; Ja: M. Bropley, 17th di ylvania; Lo- z0 Seventh district lowa; Paul Gibbs, fourth district tana; Edward H. Prowa, seventh district Michigan; Jas. 3. Ale shire, eleventh district Ohio, John L fall, third district Tennessee; Andrew J. er, eighth district Missouri; Hanson owder, third disiriet Kentucky; Wm H. Anderson, jr., seventh district. Missourt; Geo. L. Converse, twelfth district Ohio; Wm L. Burr, sixth distriet New York. THe FIVE-PER CENT. LOAN AND THE SyYNDICATE.—When Secretary Bristow as- sumed charge of the Treasury Department, on the sd of June, 174, the balance of the 5- percent. lean authorized by the retanding acts of July M4, 1870, and January 26, 1 then unissued, was $175,518.30, the original amount being $50,060,000. During July, 1574, Fomestic bids, aggregating $10,113,350, were epled, reducing the balance of the loan to hatesxtent since that time, and $75,000.00) have been delivered to the Londen syndi- cate, Which consists of the Rothschilds, Se- ligmans and Morgan & Co. Besides this the syndicate have subscribed to the amount of ss . There are, therefore, remaining of the new 5-1 nt. bonds $45,557.550. The option to st for the’ last-named amount until the 15th of November gives the syndic; Guiing th YELLOW FEVeR NOTES.—A dispateh was yesterday recelyed by the Secretary of the Navy from Commodore Cooper, command- ant of the Pensacola navy yard, stating that the yellow fever had not’ yet appearet at that place or the villages in that vicinity. There were six additional deaths and one new case at Fort Barrancas, the latter being Dr. Sternburg, post surgeon. There had been uo Dew cases reported from Fort Pickens for thirty-six hours. Acting Assistant —— W. R. Mande- vilie and W. H. Carson, U.S. A., have been orvered from New Orleans to Fort Bar- raneas for duty during the yellow fever epidemic. the entire control of the loan continu the option. The following telegram was received to-day by the Secretary of the Navy: Nary Yard. Pensacola. Jury 2.—Lieut. Tp galis died last night. Nineteen deaths ai Karrancas out of 64 cases. All well in the yard. GrorGe E. BELKNAP, Captain, U.S. N The following dispatch has been rec: by Surgeon General Barnes: Fort Berrancas, th July, 1875.—Lieut. Leshler died at 4.40 p. m. to-day. J, W. BRANNoN, Brevet Major General, U.8.A., commanding. - a A MINISTER FATALLY INJURED.—Rev. Mr. Hudson, @ Presbyterian minister from Willta: » Pa., with his sister-in-law, Miss Bryson, were thrown from a carriage ut Watsontown, Pa., yesterday 4 the horse ron ae one ek wae one ned there is no hope is recovery. ryson Was badly injured bout the neck. ———————=—= FRIGHTFUL RAILROAD ACCIDENT.—A freight train ae on the Louisville, New Albany and ron nay Jemterday allernoon went th: @ trestle forty feet high. between Putnamvilie and Ind., killing the engineer, conductor, a: bead brakeman. The fireman had broken. Ryser mile See ASsAS- SINATED. ingdeid 0. a report had reached there that Cal, Wm. e Koss, chief of the Cherokee Indians, and a candidate for re-elect jon, Was assassinated on near Fort Gibson a of Downing men, and that Col. Boudiaot hat fed from the Indian territory. AND IF Plymouth chareh is saortengen to raise the e20,000, what will they that dept? Not a missionary debt of & butiding debt; not even a debt the ‘ion of the faith. It will be trou- blesome to find @ nice name Herald. ives MOLLIE ALLEN It and can put five rifle balls in suceession into an ace of clubs, be gm Hy the editor of the Virginia Chronicie toat in Lakeport, Cal. | the frm sa | be confounded with tnea The Late Busine<s Faila:es. DUNCAN, SHERMAN € Co. The New York papers of yesterday devots considerable space to the failuve of Duncaf, Sherman & Co., bankers, on Taesday lest. Various rumors were put in circulation very soon after the news was mp le public rezard- ing the cause of the fa lure, some assigning heavy speculations in cotton and grain as the cause, while others att.ibute! it largely to speculations in unprofitable railroad se- ccrities. The firm has long been actiog as ihe New York fiscal ayents of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. More than a year azo, it was Stated, the firm was heavily involved on ac- count of its transactions with this road, whieh, however. it was supposed were set? tied, more recently the coupons of the road to the umount of about $709,000 fell due and the road was unable fo meet the payment Danean, Sherman & Co. bought up the eou- pons, and it is not known that any part of Unis $760.000 has since been paid. T that heavy speculations in ex #bout the suspension was gen ted at the Cotton Exchange. as spread among the Ame failure of Dunean, Sherman & Co., of ‘ew York. The Rothschilds shat dowa on eredits of the firm and tried unsnecess- fully to get back money paid to holders of bilis and jetters before thedenoument A PUBLISHING HOUSE EMEARRASSED. J. B. Fore of New York, have asked advice and assist of the creditors of their publishing ho who were requested to meet this morning. The cirealar issued by “This circumstance is not to ts of the Chris- tian Union Publishing Company, which is & separate org: ation, and good for all it owes.” It is s' that Henry W. Sage and Henry M. Cleveland, associated with Mr. Beecher in the Christian Union, are in no Way connected with the publication of books. Mr. Ford's partners are Samuel Wilkeson, John K. Howard and Edward L. Ford. FAILURE IN LOUISVILLE. The Tobacco Exch nge Bankingeompany. in Louisville, closcd its deors yesterday. The institution has been regard~4 for some time as in & precarions condition, and its present suspension has no co whatever with the New York failure. as can now be learned no bank or person in Louisville has been affected by the Duncan, Sherman & Co. ure. BLICAN CONVEN- vat St. Paul and maie tions: John G. Pills B, We: Pfaender, Wilson, attorney-gen - jan, railroad commissioner. The econven- tion ‘made no nomiuation for chief Justice of the supreme court, but recommended the yy sent incumbent, Julge James Giilfan Phe ticket Is eoncer a triamph for Tie pl regular or Ramsay % affirms the cardinal principles of the re ca rty—the unity anc indissotnbili the union, and the equal rigat aud protec tion of all men before the law; favors a Sicacy return to spee'e payment, a tariff for rey ue, the subordination of railroads aud other corporations to the law-making pow r. declares against a third term, and cadors he 1 polley of the state aud nationai administrations. How THE TRADE DOLLAR CouNTERFEIT. ERS WEKE ARRESTED..Late 1a ht Treasury detectives mad: @ concerted d enton & number of men suspected of eoun- terfelting trade dollars, and arrested James aber, of 109th street'and 2d avenue, who bad served two terms in England for coun terfeiting; Jas, McGrath, Michaei Tagae and Mi-hael Boyle, and captured a qnantity of spurious trade dollars and half-dollars and a@ number of dies and counterfeiting imp! ments. Clarke, broker, of Chambers and hatham streets, five months ago had a counterfeit trade dollar passelon him. He gave notice, aud the ease was glyen from Washington to Mr. Drummond, who, by the purchase of 100 of the spurious trade dollars and 100 of the half dollars, gained the conti. dence of the counterfeiters—N. ¥. Jownad Cmmerce, THE Mountain the trial of Jolin D. Utah, several wit mony previously yesterday at Leaver, confirm the testi- given for the prosecution The Geter ce presented an affidavit by tele- xraph from Salt Lake eity that Briza: Young aus George A Smith were too feeble to come to Beaver, and asked that their depositions be taken, which was refused. The defence stated that they would take th af¥davits any way and present Ueem, and wsked until to-day’ to open their case. Lee's cell was searched yesterday and foun tain numerous articles to assist L eseape. A MEETING OF HARD-MONEY MEN Was held in New York yesterday, aud a number of prominent men appointed’ as delegates to @ convention whieh meets in Cincinnati in October to coujer about measures to restore specie payments aud to correct the evils of the revenue system. Resolutions were adopted against all schemes foran increase of curieney so long @s that currency con- sisted of irredcemabie promises to pay, and opposing any policy which had not a direct purpose to put eurrency on a convertivle coin basis. THE SMASH Ur on Tr TON Pacrric RAILROAD. Additional particalars of th= disaster at Brainerd,on the Union Pacific railroad, say that the engineer heard the cracking of the bridge and endeavored to es cape by putting on full speed, but his efforts proved unsuccessful, the central and the two western spans golng down, dragged the entire train into the river, which is six to eight fectydeep at that point. The noise of the crash was heard ata distance of Uuree- quarters of a mile. Tue Exiz RAILWAY.—Jobn Livingston, fn person and as attorney, has given hotice to the directors of the Erie Railway © pany that on the first Monday of Aus next a motion will be made before the Su: preme Court, special term, for an orer vacating and setting aside an alleged elec- tion held on the tith inst. for seventeen di- rectors of the Erie Railway Company, and that a new election for seventeen directors for said company be held pursuant to law. FRANCE WANT» TO OW THE REASON Wiy.—The permanent committee tosit dur- ing the recess of the French Assembly will consist of thirteen members of the right and twelve of the left. M. Raoul Dayal has given Olice (hat he will ask the government why indemuity due French citizens by the United States for losses growing out of the late war have not been paid, while claims of other foreigners have been settled. DAMAGING STORMS AND FLOODS IN THE Wrst.—The heavy rains of the pasi week in Ohio and Indiana have almost completely destroyed the wheat crop. A tornado swept over @ portion of Switzerland county, Lad., on Tuesday, scattering the harvested grain uprcofing ‘buildings, uprooting trees, and prostrating the growing crops. The farmers are very much discouraged, and look upon the wheat crop as an entire failure, RECEPTION TO THE AMERICAN RiFLE TEAM.—The American rifle team is expected home on the 2ist of next month. A pro- gramme of reception has been arranged, and ineludes @ military escort up Broadway, a grand banquet and @ formal presentation of @ testimonial in the — of a handsome bronze medallion. Mr. Sheridan Shook has offered the use of Gilmore's Garden for the grand recepti; ————— Goop Crops In rae pt from Meas get saving Ae jaebec, New Bruns- Wick, Prince Edward's Is! and Nova Sco- ta are to the effect that fall wheat, although below an a: will be a li than erage, Spelug one Stove an average, dnd onis, barley mat neds gre heavier than for many years in propor- DEAD UPON THE FLOOR.—Adolph Schut- SSvarssueeonighett eeveaeee cee alone in the house. When his wife returned yesterday she found him dead uj ‘TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR. THE BUSINESS FAILURES DUNCAN, SHERMAN & CO. “TRANSFERS” OF $1,250,000. FORD & CO.’S SUSPENSION. THE SARATOGA RAOES. Damagirg Oil Explosion and Fire. THE FAILURE: An Unfortunate Banking EW YORK, July C fompany. ng paper ysthe Trenton Banking company, of Tr ton. N. J. which lost £160,000 by Jay Cooke's c failure, loses $100,409 by the susper Duncan, Sherman & Co. Some of Dancan, Sherman & Co.'s Losses. The Tribune saya:—A responsible off one of the largest banks in the city stated to a reporter yesterday that the firm (Dunean, Sherman & Co.) had neariy $700,000 tied up in securities of the Mobile and Ohio railroad company, of which Dunean was president and the firm the fisea! agents, and a small amount in the Selma and Gulf railn an incomplete scheme, It was underste says the Tribune, that in one of th ments Dunean, St ged to take bonds, whieh ar the dollar. Some of Thetr Gai) It appears that transters of real estate hav been recorded at the register's office this we on the part of Win. Botler Duncan and othe: bers of the firm io the amount of a mil. and a quarter ofdollars. ‘The dee recorded date from Iss to isit. The the grantee is freshly mserted ina handwriting from the body of the dec Teurists Discourag: Paris, July 1 t been received here fr: ous parts of the conti jou of leer of t holding lette, credit: iss) i by Dunea Snerman & Co., which have been dishonored, inquiring about them. It was rumo.ei he © today that F ish and Amertean b accept Dunc notes, and ther: rd, state that depression in their book business, contint since the panic of . and WAS Agerava y the fire in their building in February which peralyzed the spring saies. They that their 4 at bare cost ites uy over $80.000. they say, Is sustained hy ample capital. [is condition is sound, and its prospects bright. A statement that {t has lost ground since the Beecher trial is not true. Ford & C connection with It Is simply that, besides leing stockholders in the company, they have heen employed as publishers of the pa - per. They have resigned thet charge, aod after the ith of August the business of the paper wall be transacted by thelr snecessors. A GOOD SOWING. Creditors of J. B. Ford & Co. held a meet- ing to-day anda statement was submitted by the finn showing that their assets e 1 ed their Mabilities by $58,000. This wae referred to a committee who will report at a future meeting. The amount of tiabilities was not stated ai the meeting. It was Stated that the business of the firm wil! be continued subject to action of creditors, bat here will be a temporary suspension of pay- ments. atm cewd liabil- The Christian Unio: — FOREIGN NEWS, Fluctuation in Cable Stocks. Lonpon, July 2).—The Post, in its foan- cial article, Says shares of Anglo-American Telegraph ‘compasy advanced yester: > while those of direct United States cablo de elined on an unconfirmed rumor that the steamship Faraday bad abandoned the at. tempt to repair the inj to the direct cay) and Was returning to giaud. The dirce eable shares are now quoted ab The International Mayors’ Bang A grand banquet is to be given th ing at Guildhall by the Lord Mavor FE don to various municipal heads of British end foretga cities aad towns who have as. bied here in response tothe Lord Mayor's invitation, Preparations for the banquet are very Glaborate; it is said the de ions alone cost 850,000. A bali in honor of the visitors will take place in Guildhall to-mor- row misht. — BISHOP WHITTING HAWS CASE. The Court of taseiry in Session ro- 8; BAtrimone, July 2) The cor in the matter of the presentm Whittingham, for refusing or neglect bring to trial the rector at! nssistant re ot Calvary chureh for using certain for the dead, which were charged to be trary to the doctrine and canons of th 4 copal church, assembled this forenoon i lecture room race church t of inqn of Bist ra yers on te 16 mem of the court wei The proceedings are strictly private, this hous, 1:30 p. m., it is not known Ww the boty has organized. The presente seated in nte-room adjoining tue | room, but have had as yet no commu tion Whatever with the court eh rilhaedaici Saratoga Races. SARATOGA, July 2).—The races \ tinued to-day. THE FIRST RACE was for flash stakes for 2-year olds, 219) each, H. F.. with S300 added; the second iiorse ww save his stake; 30 subscribers, Half mile. Ten started. Faithless won by six lengths, in 49 seconds; McDantel’s War Dance ily second, and Pastor third. The riders of Lady Clipper and Warlock were Uirown at the three-quarter poie, and « claim of fou! ruling Was put in against Faith by Lady Clip- per's jockey, but uuallowed THE CUP RACE As the time for the cup Face np 2 the interest increas fouey flowed into the pool box as fast as it could be laken, McDaniel’s entry being the favorite. The race was for the Saratoga cup of $1,200 dol. lars. Of which $200 goes to second Lorse, adil- ed to sweepstakes of $50 each. P. miles, twenty-three subscribers. Rather- ford and Wild Isle were leading in pass- ing the grand stand the first time, bat at Furlong, Wild Idie went out, Rutherford second. Wild Idle led for amile aud a quar- ter, when Preakness went up and took the lead. Coming up on the home stretch, Springbok took issue with the leader, and a most exciting race took place to the siand, both horses running neck and neck, so that it was im) ble to say which won, and decision the judges was awaited by the anxious crowd for several minutes. At last dead beat was announced amid cheers; See ath ea tea enn a s er= ford 6th, Wild Idle7th. It has been decided to run dead beat off after the last race. ————. Ap $5,000 O11 Explosion. New York, July 29.—An oil ler was caret yy, explosion at Jersey City, last Dight; loss, 5,000. 5 THE WORK OF RIVER PIRATES. AC Pay e work of river two of whom posed to have Q sion. In addition pete bec ~cateeel Bay German ‘Tenchers’ National Conven- ToLEDo. July 29.—The German Teacher's Nationai coavention convened here last eve- ning. About 200 teachers were present. —— Y., Jal So fhe national ama- Troy, N. tour regatta wil 1" lace on the Hadson river, here, Aug. and ith. sagiass of Joha misberg ceConti. Under this treat ment he braves the excessive heat with com- parative impunity. c ten dispense j With his sta‘Tin walking. The issues con- Severe Storm in Ohio. MARIETTA, O., July 29.—A severe storm of rain and wind Massed over this & ‘on last night, causing a heavy loss of property. The nve story warehouse of the Marietia chair compay, which was filled with vor- niture, was blown down, and, with ity con tents, destroyed. The loss is estimated at ; NO iwsurA-ee. The whole county ts submers 1, and crops are greatly injur 1. There has ‘been great havoc amoog shade trees and chimneys. ee NFw YorK Dry Goons Msrket.—The trade movement during the week was spas- medic and irregular, but there was a better feeling !n the market. and the outicok {s far from discouraging. although the fall trade will probably be later than usual. Cotton gocds were in irregular demand, but the ag- ate distribution of the week was quite susiderable. Several of the manufacturers’ agents closed ont important lines of brown and bleached cottons at aconcession in price, afier which quotations were restored to for- mer figures. Cotton flannels were taken so by city and out-of-town jobbers that y some of the leading make; are sold receipts, although the has scarcely begun. Prices of many descriptions of cotton goods are so low that farther milis contemplate @ curtailment of production, and the Wamsntta mills have determined to stop running during the month of August, or longer if necessary, which is a prudent step under the circumstances. The supply of bleached cottons between 9 and lis cents continues excessive, and some milis have concluded to change their production to print cloths in the near future. Woolen goods for | men's wear presented less general activity than during the last few weeks, although the shipmeats—many of which were on account of former orders—reached an important ag- gregate amount. The general market for imported goods was quiet and uninterc ing.—N. ¥. Bulletin, th. Tur WFALTH OF THE Pore.—On Monday, the 5th inst., says the London Lancet, Pid along and fatiguing Consistory, ich he gave thirty distinet ences, aid yet at the close of the lightness of stepand conversatio.al \ was something arkable. Without tributing this bodily and mental vigor (as the O: ‘e Romano does) to a miracle, enon Is interesting enough to ment. ¥ Nono’s physicians recently prescribed baths of sul- Nono beld w (ber water, broaght all the way from Civita Yecchia for the purpose. A large bathing ivance somethi like a dimtoutiv reservoir stru by a litt in size has been expressly for him, and into tia be con- | deseends bus he Sits for coming ont of this ing—or buli cane, as Pope is served with st AS been boi tinue open, but probably oa that v count he has for many weeks b from those epileptoid se constitutional! TRAMYS ARTE: AS AYMEN, AND MURDERERS. pe are refusing $3 aday t t + and wil! not work at any price. stole a roast ont of a kitchen, a: ing for the lost meat, the remains of it were found ina laue by the side of the tramp, who ha’ gone fast asleep. In Yarmouth, the other night, a number of thai nearly raised a riot in that quiet village by refusing crackers, cheese, and fish that were offered them, and de- manded meat. On Saturday two ine 1, after having tthe farm-bouse of Mr. Hill, at West Berlin, Vermont, demanded mone and were driven away. They returncd on Monday, and attempted to fire the premises, and in the afternoon four men broke in the dicor and fired at Mrs. Hill. who escaped un- injured. The nei in pursuit of the In New Hampshire, Mr. Brockway rke'mar, was halted on the Amberst road, and an attempt made by tramps to rob and murder him. His clothing and hat re lets, and his eseape was a ut with t ANT AND HIS FAMILY. lier says: “The Presi now fying to Washin 1 meeting. then up to ! to West Point with Colonel Mrs. Sartoris has reappeared @ the drives in her pretty little phivic ad, being a charming young wife and attracts just now more than or- interest. Her husband, Alge..on Giant on mother, st dinary Sarte ess. For him on the piazza of tho Ling last week—Wwhere ail en were dark-coated—in a long- te overcoat, baggy, dark troa- ers and an immense black satin scarf tied in huge bows A STEAMBOAT 4 Saw Mr Hay Me.. will ir have pill In oF j lion. It is constructed by fastening a ste bout to an old-fashioned saw mill. Mr aynes lias fora number of years been en- | gaged in maunfaetncing lumber by means of an ordinary water-power mili, but this spring be leased of ‘the Messrs’ Poor the stea ver which they have bee Medway and Winn, backed it up the off ‘the paddtle-wt y to the framework of at siis on strong blockings, Inning be- will furnish the po for the msebinery he may wish | _ ij A STATUE To O'CO: ELL.—The commis- | sioners 0! ¢ parks ai their meeting yes- terday pred a petition from various Irish societies of this city asking for a suita- ble site for the erection ofa st © Connell in Central park. Th i id jon was granted, and a piece of gronnd tween the first two trees on the east side of land south of the concert grounds, set aside for that purpose. The gentle- who Lave the statue in charge and the delegates from the Irish societies who were present express themselves as With the selection made by the ¢ ers.—\. ¥. Times A FEMALE BLACK MA#LER.—Mr. Shields, » satesman for Libby & Co., a! penard street, bas been sued by his wife in Brooklyn on a charge of abandoning her. He ackuowiedged that be had lett her, but offered to sfaweek for the support of herself and ehild. Considering, however, that she Was in the habit of prosecuting @ thriving industry, peculiarly her own, court awarded her but =i a week. Her plan has been to find out the peecadillos of married men Of weaith and to threaten them with ex- Fosure unless they paid her for silence. ANOTHER SWIMMING Maren.—It is said that another swimming match between J. B. Johnson and Thomas Coyle, the amateur, has been arranged at Chester, to swim teu miles, from Chester, Pa., to Red Bank, for thechamptonship and a purse of $2900, on August22. Captain John Rutter, who will take charge of Coyle between now and the Ume of swimming the second mateh, states that the course, when made, would in all probabitity be from the Block House to loucester. MvstN’T LEND NOR BorRow.—On Tues- day last Mr. John C. Davis, masier me- fsoued am order pronititing tivo suse une? bh an men his from loaning or borrowing a - charge re ane : ‘money, tion was rendered necessary by the eee § of some of the men who were loani: at usurious rates of interest. FEMALE SHARP SHOOTERS. Massachu- setts tried its i in Mott Haven, was fifty feet $200 In gold and @ gold ‘ive young ladies on each side were the cou- testants, and Massachusetts won both the prizes. Hamilton, Ovtario, © new motor said to janilion, 1o rival the Keely motor, isin operation. ‘The motive power consists of nine of air ee ee eer an css on ex- josive. The Keely inotor toa trial. that at least one-half of the votes given inthe Goamsuieas Togislatare for the fauere suffrage proposition were cast for fan. S7 Moody and Sankey are on a tour be North Wales. They will assist at the laying of the corner-stone of a Preabyte- rian chureh at Roseth on Monday next. {| the most touchin A CoLontD MAN'S ATTEMPT To Swix. DLE WM. D. KELiy. Atiempt was ma te by acclored man yesterday to swindle the Hon. Wm. D. Kelly by representing himself t) be the son of a distinguished color: igen. tleman. The fellow told the judge that he Was the son of Stephen Douzlass, of Roches- ter, N. Y.. and had run away from bome taking with bim a sum of money, but that want tohave bis father acquainted of the fact of his ca'lor his whereabouts. He then boldly asked the Congreseman to al vance him some money in order that he might be able to leave town and get out of the way. The fellow during the interview told the Jndge that he had seen h'm in the barber saloon at the tional Hotel, tn the city of Washington. Mr. Kelly thought a moment and looked at his visitor, but could not remember that he had ever seen him be fore, and then quickly sail to the colored in dividual: You said that your father’s name is Stephen; is it not Frederick?” The fellow looked puzzled. but speedily recovering him self, replied: “It has been so long since I have seen my father that I forgot his nam: it is Frederic! The judge said: “It seems strange that you would forget your father's name, however long it might have bee asaw him. I think youare an im He then callet for a servant and sent for @ policeman, who arrived soon and the sharper handed over to his ten der mercies. The fellow was taken before Alderman Johnson, when he gave his_ nam, as Wm. Lane, and his residence at No. 1101 Is He wes held in $400 bail to Phila. Ledger, 25th, answer at court THE Liver St SUT BY HENRY. RowEN.—The Mr. Henry C. Bow against the Brooklyn Daily Eagle to recover =100,000 damages for the publication of an Aiieged libelous “interview,” was yesterday brought up in the Brooklyn Judge Reynolds, through an ¢ me bene esse on the part of the defenda Mebermott, an D to go to Chica ut has dented the the report of terview. The witness testified that he had known Henry C. Bowen person- ally for about two years and a half; that he met him frequently st daily—afier the publication of the trip : that their relations INTs; he es gust frequent! ? that—perhaps Umes on that day; that he saw M wen about & p m.,and that the subject of the charges against Mr. Bi pm. The withoss id that “the artic 1 purports to be an interview with Mr. non ANgUSt Gh, 7 lished in the Eagle ne lich he preferred to call a conversation, Was not intended to be an in part from the duction, and so far as that parports to stale woat Mr irelative to him self, Mr. Reece Tilton. Mr. Ma aml Mr. Claflin, he said fa sut there attributed to him. y called ation. I le same sub SCENE. The Newtown (M1. ys: The steamer Tangier last Sa vied at onr wharf a negro wom who had been “wa, 4” some twen- ly years ago. § zed to the Rush es mother, whose heats vered with the frosts of many winters, ave remained on the farm ever since. Dur g the war they lost al! traces of thelr dauzh- ter, and gavehber up for lost. In the past few years, however, communication was re: Stored between pareuts and child, and it has been the one grand hope of their declining years to once more see thelr daughter. F cently they received a letter from her at New Orleans, saying that she would soon start for place. For the past few weeks every boat day theold couple could be see ring with eager e races of the ngers as the boats wonld reach the rf. A shade of silent disappointment, and anon a tear, could be seen upon their wrinkled faces when they found she was not aboard. But last Saturday they were not pointed. As the boat neared the wharf om, comely mulatto waved a hacut| chief at the old couple. Pen cannot describe the joy of the party when the woman finally found herself in the arms of her parents. The oid lady executed a halfshout, half-fanda’ £0, skip around, and the old man stoot on nis head, and the “hour of jubilee” was on that wharf for many minutes. It was one of incidents we ever wit A Divorce RoMANcr.—A Miss Marsena Nelson, who was a few years the soprano singer in the Datch med chureb, Joralemon street, Brooklyn, id, and we: eru, Where he was a by Henry M v med 1. B. Thomp-o: ne enamored of the lady, and she em- ployed him to procure a divorce forher. He obtained the decree, and she soon after mar- ried, a week or two o, Mr. Frederic Rob- ert psident of the Hastern Transportation The couy an tour. The ff isexpected in Brooklyn by the time return, and writes that he will have the decree reversed throngh informality in the proceedings. Notice of the suit was se on bita simply by publication, and he d not hear of ituntil it was ended. Whe finally heard of the divorce through a fi his occupation prevented bis com He states that other testimon would render a divorce impossib} A_ MERCHANT'S SvicrpE CENTRAL Park, N. Y.—Mr. 8.N. Robbins, ma tu.erand dealer In felt druggets at Canal street, and a guest at the Grai tral hotel, committed suicide morning by shooting bimself through head wiih @ revolver in Central Park, n 110th street and 8th avenue. A few weeks ago his wife and son went to spend the sum mer at Keen, New Hampshire. His eldest son, who was in business with bis father, re- mained in New York and noticed that his father gradually became depressed in spirits and had an idea that he was bankrapt. Laie- ly he talked of suicide and was watched. On Mouday he left the Grand Central hotel, and his son missing him at the office indueed In- spector Dilks to send out a general alarm ailing for nis detention if found. About 3 &. 1a. yesterday # Centra! Park officer heard the report of a pistol, and soon after diseoy- ered Mr. Robbins’ lifeless body. The rema'ns were by permission of Coroner Woltmmn re- ved to an undertaker's, and Mrs. R o»btns 5 telegraph rrived in this city last night Toe lnL Ma ul was yesterday rly yesteru. fore Judge brought Westbrook, in supreme court chambers, on a writ of habeas corpus and an ay lient made by Wim. F. Howe in her benalt for a re duction of bail, which had been previonsly fixed by Recorder Hackett at $10,000. She is charged with jaalpractice which resulted in the death of Mrs. Josephine Cartis, who was & soprano singer in Rev. Dr. Hepworth’s church. The application was based a at fidavits alleging that the case had been placed on the calendar several times, but owing to some cause which had not been ex- plained the district attorney had never been prepared to try it. Assistant District Attor- ney Dana being unable to assiga any valid reason for the delay, Ju: ‘estbrook re- manded the $2,500.—N._Y. her [was referred to | [Oonerier-Jonerma. | ‘The government ts going to build - ington &@ monument to ty ye contemporary of Gen. Greene's, and & great many years ago they started to balld a mon- umeont to his yz but they got tired of the job and quit. “That old gentieman's name. as neariy as we ean remember, was George Washington, and we wonder if the | Forernment couldn't be induced te contri- | bute fifty or sixty dollars towards the com. Pletion of his monument when it gets through: with that of Gen. Greene and others of like importance. A MApMAN Sor at SFA.—_A private let- ter received July 16th In Sheffield, from one | Of the crew of the tron ship Glance, of Lon- don, which arrived in the Thames from Ade- laide on July 15th, gives intelligence of | terrible event which recently occurred at sea, On the th ult the Glance passed an out- bound vessel, bearing the name of Jessie Osborne, and was halled by the captain of the latter ship, who reported that one of his crew bad gone mad; that for five days the maniac had placed himself aloft, and that Dothing could induce him to return on deck. The captain further reported that the mad- man bad armed himself with a la with which he was eatth that the boatewain had town. The marti hina threw a block ng him on the deck at the boatswain, k and by his ar d leg vessel nnd crew borne CoMsi Asa matter the captain A that it was ¥ to shoot the maniac, and after tation that course was decided upe Pw and offleers af the Glance were mested to be present as witnesses, and their presence the man ws twith a re er. In conse: way ta which ed about the "shad Ted before tie w lly injured. He a1 on the deck, and his boly was eventually throw a overboard ALMOST A DUEL. axp A Mermopter Bistior THE INNOCENT Carse. — It absurdity to suppose that a Methodist would fight a duel, anc hat be sh is an 8 OLeAaSION nt by « iL is true, never- » Hieven was the assigned cause of @ encounter which came off near Atlanta, Georgia, the other day. The unrecoustrocted papers of thas city have lately been striving to Oo each in vituperation of th Ther n {them fa to agree mtamely of became so Weapons ide pen and ink appeared to be demanded T started off with taeir seconds for a gory but after getting there prudently hung about until the police could come ap and ar Test them, or until their apprehensions of capture justified them in runuing away They then re te of attack umed their old m nts derane of their res; { the d shop has suile Albany (N. ¥.) Jonermat. in any way TRE WHisky-TaAx Crvsapr.—The st | Louis Republican of the 25th prefac st | of over seventy indictments for whisky av tobacco frauds by saying: Never in the b ory of whisky-making in th ited Si a tthe practice ‘audon the part of officials, distillers and rectitiers of and dealers in whisky as that which Sec tary Bristow is now engaged in, and letters have b: en shown to the Repub) Written by Cabinet officers during the ok, im which It Is asserted that the tration, from the P enlisted in this fight, the pay of the United "Sta ent in'this straggle §s look picion, and will be likely to | drap” before tong. The ac: nue official, aud those offi lireetly connected with the whisky frauds, wiil b serutiniz- ed, to make sure that f act justice be meted out to all of BReTar SAULT ON A Boy BY His Aust. While riding along Fifth avenue Brooklyn, on a Greeawood car, Iast event Officer’ Jaques, of the 10th preci Woman at the corner of Fifth a Butler street stamping on a boy the ground apparently ingens jumped off the arrested the Woman and, procuring a stretcher, took the the prisoner to the station-house » wor man’s pame was Mrs. Manaton, and the boy George Ling, ishernephew. Mrs, Mann husband keeps @ low groggery on the whee the assault was con oung Ling was sent by bis aunt to bring her a bot- ue of whisky. He got the whisky, but in- stead of carryir When the grow whisky. i because she did not re- ceive the liquor, the woman commenced to ump on the boy. At @ late hour last night or. Gleary, who was attending on young Ling, had but small Lopes of his recovery.— . ¥. Times, 230. A FIFTEEN MILLion LaNp Svtr.—A suit involving the ownersh p of six million acre of land in Arkansas and Missouri, worth about. $15,000,000, 18 to be tricd at Jefferson City, Mo..'in September. The suit is brought by the heirs of Don Joseph Vailiere, caj ofa Spanish regiment that was station: Arkansas in 1743, when that territory be- wmged to Spain, to whom the tract was granted by the governor general in that year. Valliere died intestate in 1799, and no- thing was heart from his heirs, but the ori- ginal grant and other documents have re- cently been discovered in the royal archives at Havana. Aout & third of the 6,000,000 acres are owned by private citizens’ under grants from the United States, bat 4,039,000 are still unentered. The heirs, however, do not usk to have the present occupants dis- possessed, but want land warrauts whieh Will entitle them to the same amount of land elsewhere in the public domain. Goo law yers say that their claim is perfectly valid it to his aunt drank it. RoMaN Lonxpon.—Mr. John W. Forney writs an interesting letter from London on discoveries made there recently while work+ men were making deep excavations for the foundations of the National Safe Deposit building. The relics are supposed to be nine teen hundred years old, the date being fixe by the seventy specimens of coin found | the rnins of “Roman London.” The articl found besides the coins consist of red glazed pottery, decorated with figures of birds, anl- mais and folis specitaens urns Li > i large num= f specimens of th tealied the which the Komans did their writing, @ variety of knives, daggers, keys, bolts, bronze ornaments for the person brone €gg spoons, chain work, <c., and fragments of glass, woolen spi gear, chisels, and other 100 tool shoes, &e. Roman-British ver i in ComNecriceT.—Tho eriean says that as a young and lady were driving to that city om Meriden, Conn., Sanday evening, for the purpose of being united in marriage, two tramps sprang out upon them as they wero passing throuch @ piece of wools. One bat a club, and be struck the horse over the head. The young man, quick as thought, struck the highwaymen @ severe blow, and also gave his horse one and suceeeted iw making good bis yo Tis fair companion nearly fainted with fright DEATH OF ALADY ON A Hovsrror.—Mre, Hiram J. Nason, the wife of a prominent eltizen of Boston, was accidentally killed under peculiar circumstances Thursday afternoon. She was visiting a relative at No.2 Myrtle street, Charlestown, and with another lady was swinging on a hammocic on the roof of the house,one of the being attached to a le on the chimney. The husbands of the ladies were ——— them, when suddenly the chimney sor over, and Mrs. Nason was instantly od The others escaped uninjured. ——— ger fro a : i } : i E i a fe [ ie