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ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. VENEZUELA. ‘Foreign Vessels Admitted to the Coasting Trade~Monagas Preparing to Attack Puerto Oabello—Sham Blockade of Laguayra— BruzuaPs Position. Caracas, July 22, via Havana, August 7, 1968, Government has conceded to foreign vessels the privilege of engaging in the coasting trade until the Ist of January, 1869, General Monagas, with four thousand troops, is at Valencia preparing to advance upon Puerto Cabello. General Bruzual is gone to Maracaibo, which place had not engaged in the late revolutionary move- ments, 4 A little steamer in the interest of Marshal Falcon has attempted to bloekade the port of Laguayra, bit her attempt has all the appearance of a sham. All the sales and contracts made by General Bru- zual have been annulled, especially those relating to steamers. ST. DOMINGO. «eneral Alarm at the Capital—Wholesale De- sertion of Baez’s Troops. HAVANA, August 7, 1868. At St. Domingo city general alarm was prevalent owing to the progress made by the revolution, The troops were deserting in large bodies. ‘The Governor of the Seybo district had sent to the capital for reinforcements, but the troops detailed to aid him refased toembark. The detachment ordered to Azua deserted en masse, leaving only the ofticers to support the cause of President Baes. “ENGLAND. ~ ‘ Sei! Davis on 2Chax'se In Liverpool—Death of | PACIFIC COAST. NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, AUGU 8, 1868. ‘Treasare for ce York—Renetiivas State Coavention—Wreck or :%e Loutsa Dowilt. ~ vite San FRAN , August 6, 1863, The mail steamship Sacramento sailed to-day for Panama, with $514,000 in treasure, of which §500,000 is for New York. + The Republican State Convention adja after nominating five electors and unanimously endorsing the platform of the Chicago Convention. General 0. Va Lagrange and John B. Fulton were chosen electors “phe ship Louisa Downs was wrecked July 11, two hundred and fifty miles north of Sitka, The vessel is a total loss. had a valuable cargo of skins on The United States steamer Ossipee is reported at Monterey, Cal., having arrived there from Acapulco. The ‘entucky Mining Company has declared a dividend of $30 er share for July, payable August 10. Flour is quiet at $5 50 a $660. Good shipping wheat $170. The English wheat orders of 458. an 508. per quarter were cancelled to-day. Legal tendrss 6835. ‘nea, ships Anahuac for Liverpool, Cowper for Sydney. Flour, $5 50a $650 Wheat, $165 a $1 70. Legal tenders, 69. ARIZONA. Indian Outrages—Man Killed—White Woman and Children Captured. SAN FRANCISCO, August 7, 1868, Late advices from Arizona report Indian outrages as numerous. It is confidently asserted that the depredations were committed by savages who were drawing rations at Fort Goodwin. The peaceful In- dians were indignant and had expressed the opinion that a pursuit should be made from that fort. The Indians had made a raid on the corral at Fort Grant and killed one man and captured a woman and two children near Fort Tucson. Troops from the differ- rent forts were out in pursuit of the raiders. NEBRASKA. Mormon Emigrante—Democratic State Con- vention, OMARA, August 7, 1868. Sixteen car loads of Mormons passed through this city yesterday on their way to Salt Lake City. The Democratic State Convention yesterday nomt- nated R. J. Tappleton to Congress and James R. Por- via eed ter for Governor. Resolutions were de- a Veten’® Jurist, nouncing Co for imposing negro sulrage upon Liven Y00L, August 7, 1368. the ple of Nebraska, éndoral the platform of Jef Davis was on Change at iVerpool to-day and | the Democratic Conventiog, fen Fhe. —— was loudly cheered. ] The Right Hon. Stephen Lushington, of the Court of Arches, and an eminent yeteran in tle pub jie service, is dead. Turf Eyents—The Lewes Races. “ Lonpon, August 7, £468, The races at Lewes commenced to-day. ‘The De Warrenne handicap of 10 sovereigns each, 5 forfeit, with 100 added, for all ages, about five farlongs, was won by the Duke of Hamilton's three- year old ch. f. Leonie, by Newminster, out of Gas- pard’s dam by Hampton; Mr. H. Saville’s br. g. Reindeer, aged, by *Mountain Deer, out of Sultana, second; Mr. Gilby’s three-year old ch. c. Haymaker, by Leamington, out of Village Maid, third. The betting before the race was two to one against Leonie, two to one against Reindeer and five to one against Haymaker. Twelve horses started. FRANCE. Army Preparations. Paris, August 7, 1893. General Fleury has issued a circular calling for the purchase of additional supplies of horses for the army. The Bank Return. Paris, August 7, 1868. According to the official statement, published over the signatures of the officers of the bank, the amount of bullion in vault hag increased 19,000,000 francs since thé last report. * ITALY. Tho Debt of the Late Papal Provinces. FLORENCE, August 7, 1868. ‘The Italian government has agreed to pay that por- tion of the debt of the former Papal provinces which is held in France, and look to these provinces for re- imbursement. EGYGT. The Executive Succession Defined. CONSTANTINOPLE, August 8, 1867. The Subiime Porte has formally proclaimed the eldest son of the Viceroy of Egypt the rightful and legitimate successor to the viceregal throne in the event of the death of Ismaei Pasha. TURKEY. Cretan Appeal te England. Lonpon, August 7, 1868. A despatch from Constantinople, says the Levant Post, contains a statement that the Cretans have sent |. «a request for help to Queen Victoria. JAPAN. Ponition of the American Squadron—Opening of the Port of Negata—Arrival of the New French Minister—Heavy Gale at Yoko! San Francisco, August 7, 1868, The United States ship Onward, from Yokohama, arrived to-day, bringing as passengers eight oMcers of the Asiatic squadron, among whom is Lieutenant Commander Fyffe, late commander of the United States steamer Ashuelot. He reports the position of the Asiatic sqaadron to be as follows:—The Idaho was at Nagasaki, under ordera for the China coast; the Aroostook was on her way for Amoy; the Oneida was expected from Osaka; the Ashuelot sailed for China about June 20, from Nagasaki; the Cuyahoga, Pawtucket, Monocacy. Maumee and Piscataqua were at Yokohama. The United States steamer Piscataqua, flying the flag of Admiral Rowan, arrived at Yokohama June 24, after a favorable cruise, from New York. Admiral Rowan immediately instructed the Iroquois to pro- ceed to Jeddo. The ram Stonewall was stili under American colors, and had not been delivered to the Japanese government at the date of the sailing of the Qaward , July 5. Permission had been given to the Italians and Prussians to goto Negata on July 15. The British and American Ministers refused their consent to per- mit the merchants to assist in opening that port, on ee of the disturbed state of the neighboring districts. | the election for a municipal director at Yokolama, | June 20, resuited in the sac of E. 8. Benson, an American, over H. L. Boyle, poglishiinan, ' ‘The new French Minister vad arrived at Yoko. | hama. ‘vhe steamer Albion had arrived from Australia with an assorted cargo and a number of emigrants. it is thought that the venture would prove @ failure, a4 the markets for labor and goods were over- stocked. | ‘The mall steamer Colorado arrived at Yokohama June 26, transferred the shatt for the Great Republic and sailed on the 29¢h for Hong Kong. A heavy gale prevailed at Yokohama on the 2th acmulisting a large number of butldtiga. THE NEW DOMINION. direat Rifle Shooting Mecting—Wreck of the Bark Pomoun—The Feeling in Novn Scotia, MONTRAL, August 7, 18 ‘yhe Dominion Rifle Association have finally decided shat the great rife match shall take place on La Prarie Common September 15. A despatch from Gaspe says the bark Pomona, ashore on Fox Island, {8 A despatcn from Halifax says a caucus of the Dominion and local mewhers will be held to-night, a! which the Canadians will be present and the posi- tion of matters discussed, It Was thought that the dost violent anti-unionists will oppose every peaceful proposition for a settlement, This may cause a split in (how ranks, and in that event Mr. Howe wil: take a portion with him and support the views of the @auadians. Fire in the Woode=The City of Collingwood in Danger. CouLinawoop, August 7, 1868, A terrific fire has been raging in the woods back of (sts place all day. The forest for miles is one mass total loss. 1 _MISSOURI. Rn eee Attempt to Arrest Desperadoes—Two Men Killed—Congressional and Judicial Nomi- nations. Sr. Louis, August 7, 1868. A despatch from Sedalia says it is reported there that the Sheriff of Benton county, with assistance, attempted last Saturday to arrest several notorious desperadoes known to belong to the Ku Klux Kian. The Sherif’s brother and another assistant were killed. All of the desperadoes escaped. GA letter from Warren, Benton county, gives an account of the affair reported’ above. It seems warrantsjwere put in the hands of Sheriff Mitchell for the arrest of two men named Dickinson and Harris. The former was indicted for murder. Dickinson was arrested without difficulty, but when the Sheriff's party approached the house im which Harris, who is a notorious desperado, had taken refuge, the demand for a surrender was answered by a volley from double barrel shot-guns, resulting im the death of the Sheriff's brother, Jasper Mitchell, and a man named Horace E. Petts and mortally wounding W. W. Smith, The Sherit’s party retired for some hours, and afterwards the mail coach was stopped by Harris’ gang and the passengers robbed of some $700. The letter does not mention the Ku Klux or ities had anything to do with it. The republ 8 of the Seventh Co! jonal dis- trict yesterday nominated Colonel John F. Asher to Congress. The following nominations for Judge of the Su- preme Court were made by the Democratic Conven- tion this morning:—A. Lewis, Wash Adams and * H. Norton. The Conventton ,then adjourned sine die, OHIO. Escape of an Express Robber—Congressional INCINNATI, Augnst 7, 1868, Charles Davis, alias William Dearing, one of the party who robbed the Adams Express Company at Seymour, Ind., escaped from jail at that place this morning. A reward of $500 is offered by the Adams Express Company for his rearrest. The Democratic Convention at Monroeville to-day nominated Warren P. Noble, of Tiffin, as their can- didate for Congress from the Ninth district. PENNSYLVANIA. Burglar Shot by a Boy—Fire. PHILADELPHIA, August 7, 1865. Night before last burglars attempted to enter a house in the western part of the city, but were frightened off by a boy aged seventeen, who got a gun and threatened to shoot them, Last night the boy was on watch, and the men returned and made another attempt to enter. The boy fired and killed one of them, named Sweeney, blowing his liver en- tirely out of his body. Last night the spoke f this city, and Woodward's m: were entirely destroyed by fire. tory NEW YORK. Serenade to Senator Heury (. Murphy and Ex-Geovernor Church at Saratoga. SaRaTooa, August 7, 1868, Senator Henry C. Murphy received the compli- ment of a serenade to-night at the Clarendon Hotel. He was introduced by Mr, Charles O'Conor and made # brief speech, in which he urged men of all ee to join in an effort to raise the country to its former prosperous condition and reduce the enormous burdens of taxation. When such a result was attained the payment of the bonds tn gold or greenbacks would be # minor ques- tion, for the nation would be abundantly able to Meet all its obligations, Then it could resume its former influence with Lele no 4 governments, par- ticularly for the protection of adopted citizens of the United States. He returned thanks for the honor done him, through the partiality of tis friends, and concluded with, a proposal that his hearers pay a similar compliment to ex-Lieutenant Governor San- ford E. Church. The crowd then proceeded to the Union Hotel, where Mr. Church was stopping, and after a few airs by the band Mr. Church was called out and intro- duced by Judge Birdsell. He made ashort address in which he expressed the hope that peace and Union would soon be restored throughout the couutry, and after returning thanks forthe compliment, withdrew amid great cheering. Reorganization of a State Bank. August 7, 1868, The Mechanics and Farmers’ Bank, of thia city, ‘Thomas W. Olcott, President, has withdrawn from the national banking system and reorganived as a State Bank. MASSACHUSETTS. Yellow Fever in Boston Harbor. Boston, August 7, 1868, The brig Laura, from Cienfuegos, is at anchor at quarantine with yellow fever on board. The cap- dd the mate is still sick. American Institute of Instruction, PrTrgrteLD, August 7, 1865, The American [nstitute of Instraction closed its sessions in this town today. Presidents White, of the Cornell University, and Wilson, of Hobart Cot lege, delivered the addresses, John Kneeland, of Hoston, was elected President for the ensulng year, | Died of His Wounds. | Worcester, August 7, 1868, Thomas Moran, who was shot at Rocky Point yes. this evening. ALABAMA. Removal of Disabilities—Sharp Practice by the Legislature. MonTaomeRry, August-7, 1568, ‘The House to-day, by @ vote of seventy-three to thirteen, passed the Senate bill removing disabilities from all persons not allowed to vote by the State constitution. , In the Senate a bill was passed, by a vote of four. teen to thirteen, which neutralizes this by taking away from ine pects the right to vote for Presiden- ri tal electors a ving it to the Legislature. It was sent to the House immediately, where it was made ‘of Names. Great fears are entertained for the safety of the town. Several farm houses lave Yeed de eiroyes the special or‘er for to-morrow at terro'ciock. The bil) Will undoubtedly pass. Despatches from ttre recently elected Senators were revetved to-day ad- visliag tikes COULdS bak dik LOUISIANA. Dissatisfaction with Governor Warmouth—A Tolling Speech =: ine “777**- —~-, wre > NEW ORLEANS, August 7, 1883. In the House yeaterday @ protest from the two democratic members ousted, offered with a motion that it be spread upon the records, was returned to the displaced members by a vote of 45 to 14. jovernor Warmouth’s letter.to the President has comipletel¥ eradicated the good feeling towards him on the part of the copservatives which his speech tothe crowd a Canal street created. In the Senate to-day Senator Jewell offered a reso- lution that a committee of three be appointed to wait on Governor Warmouth and ascertain from him the time and place of the one hundred and fifty mur- ders which he gays have been committed during the last six weeks and also to obtain the letter of Dis- trict Attorney Hudspeth, alluded to, which charges the indiscriminate murder of men, women and chil- gree in the Eighth Judicial district. Mr. Jewell fot- lowed his resolution with an intensely bitter speech — the action of the Governor, in the course of which he stated that fifty-five hundred stand of arma were known to be in the building opposite the State House and occupied as the headquarters of the re- ublican party. Mr. Jewell also stated that as no iaw of Louisiana provided fora Governor's staff with military rank, the Lieutenant Colonel Deane, bearer of the jetter, must be a lieutenant colonel upon his staff as Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, there being as yet no militia organization. Governor Warmouth, in his enu- meration of the secret military but ostensi- Dy Beuticoral “heague. and Grand Army of ie tion yal ue an 2 of which latter he is the head in this wait it tumbered. ten. thousand issue of Jul; it num! n thousans trained soldiers ir this city and vicinity, and that. on that date but half an hour’s warning was needed to put three thousand of these men in Dryades street (the Lard in which the State House is located) ready for service. Mr Jewell's resolution was referred to the Joint Committee on the Condition of Civil Affairs, FLORIDA. Adjournment of the Legislature. TALLABASSEB, August 7, 1868, ‘The Legislature yesterday passed over the Gover- nor’s veto the bill to pay to members one year’s pay for services from June to December, and adjourned at midnight until November 3, when they will choose Presidential electors. TENNESSEE. tain’s wife and two seamen died on the passage, | terday by Edwara J. Campbell, of New York, died wane Fert eS Rumored Plot to Hutu Nashville and Other Places and Murder the Citizens. NASHVILLE, August 7, 1868. The Union and Despatch, 4 democratic newspaper, Published a charge this morning that white and col- ored men had entered into a Re to burn Nashville, Murfreesboro, Columbia and Pulaski, murdering mén women and children. The Union and Despatch says it can give names. It is supposed that some crazy fanatics are at the bottom of yd ger if it really exists. A meeting of citizens was held this afternoon, at which a committee was appointed to wait upon Mayor Alden and ask an investigation. Fatal Shooting Affray. MEmPHis, August 7, 1868, A shooting affray occurred this afternoon on Dun- lap street between two bailders named McKenna and Johnson, who were partners. While discussing some work the dispute arose, and McKenna drew a pistol and fired at Johnson, who seizea a shot-gun and fired at McKenna, mortaily wounding him. Johnson surrendered himself to the authorities, \ : KENTUCKY. Democratic Majority Increasing~May Reach 100,000. LOUISVILLE, August 7, 1868, The Courier estimates Stevenson's majority at bed The Journal thinks the majority will reach 000. The remains of the late Very Rev. J. B. Stephens were followed to the grave by nearly 10,000 persons. The ceremonies were very impressive. MAINE. Political—Large Re; Avavusta, August 7, 1868, Major General John A. Logan arrived here to-day by special steamer from Bath. The largest political meeting ever held in this city is being held to-night at Granite Hall. Hon. James G. Blaine presides, The post of the Grand Army of the Republic escorted General Logan to the hall aud he and Mr. Blaine made addresses. ’ A Steamship Struck by Lightning. Beurast, August 7, 1868. The steamship William Tibvetts, from Boston, while entering the harbor this evening, was struck by lightning, which tore in pieces the foremast and foresail, and thence pi into the pilot house, which was almost demolished. Captain Ingraham, who was in the pilot house at the time, was seriously injured, and a young lady passenger was prostrated by the stroke. Eugene Ingraham, the pilot, was so seriously burned that his recovery is doubtful. The fiuld passed along the wheel ropes to the rudder, and in its course knocked a man overboard, who was soon rescued, however. None of the other passen- gers were injured, The hull of the steamer is not damaged. Oe EUROPEAN MARKETS. LONDON MONEY MARKET.—LONDON, August 7—5 P. M.—The following were the closing prices at the Stock Exchange this evening:—Consols for money, 93%; consols for account, 94; United States five- twenties (old), 71%; Ilinow Central, 9245; Erie shares, 88; Atlantic and Great Western ‘consolidated mortgage bonds, 30 FRANKFORT Bov! —FRANKFORT, August 7—6 P. M.—Bonds closed buoyant, the last prices being at 75 for the old issue. Livenroot Corton MARKET.—LIVERPOOL, August 7—5 P. M.—The market closed steady, with rather more activity. The sales have been quite 10,000 baies of all sorts. The quotations are unchanged. The usual circulars issued under the authority of the Cotton Brokers’ Association contain the following remarks on the market for the week:—The total sales up to last evening were 68,000 bales, of which num- ber 11,000 were taken “ speculation. The stock o' shipboard amounts to 581,000 bales, of which 269,000 bales are American. The market has been generally heavy, with a downward tendency, and the quota- tions of American descriptions as fom red with Jast week show a@ decline of 74d. per lb. The follow- ing are the authorized bay is weel Last week, Middling uplands . 0% 1045 Middling Orleans oy 10% TRADE Report.—Liverroot, August 7.—Advices from Manchester are less favorable, but they do not affect the market. LIVERPOOL BREADSTUFFS MARKET.—LIVERPOOL, August 7—5 P. M.—The market is quiet and quota- tions are wit. out ehange, Corn, 36s. 3d. per quarter for mixed Western. heat, 128. 3d. per cental for white California and 10s. 9d. for No. 2 red Western. Barley, 58. 14. per bushel for Canadian. Oats, Js, 7d. per 45 Ibs. for American. 468. per 504 Ibs. Flour, 278. 6d. per bbl. for Western cana LIVERPOOL PROVISIONS MARKET.—LIVERPOOL, August 7—5 P. M.—Bacon is buoyant, though prices are quotably unaitered. Beef dull at 1028, 6d. per tierce for extra prime mess, Pork, 768. per bbl. for Eastern prime mess Lard, 668. per cwt. for Ameri- can, Cheese, 598. per cwt. for best grades of Ameri- can fine. Bacon, 49s. per cwt. for Cumberland cut. LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET.—LIVERPOOL, August 75 P. M.—Tallow advanced to 45s, Clover seed, 523, 6d. Other quotations unchanged. Rosin, 5. 9d, for common North Carolina and 13s, 6d. for fine. Tallow, 448. 6d. per cwt. Turpentine, 27s 6d. per ewt. for spirits, Petroleum, 18. 5d. per gallon for refined and 10d. for spirits. Clover seed, 54a. 6d. per ewt. LONDON PRODUCE MARKET.—LONDON, August T= 1:20 P. M.—Engtish linseed oil in common casks, £33 per ton. Sugar, 369. Gd. per cwt. for 1 Dutch standard, Linseed, 64s. for Calcutt: seed cakes, £11 158, for thin oblong for feeding. Sperm otl, £90 per ton. Whale oil, £36 per ton. EUROPEAN MARINE NEWS. rs RorrervaM, August 7.—The bark Peddler, from New York, arrived at this port to-day. GLascow, August 7.—The steamer lowa, from New has arrived out. JURENSTOWN, August 7.—The steamship Java, from rived at this port. it 7.—The steamship Carroll, of Liverpool line, has arrived out, THE ACCIDENT ON THE NEW HAVEN RAILAQAD, {From the Evening Telegram of P besten NorWaLK, Conn., Auguss 7, 1868, The eleven o'clock up freight train on the New York and New Hampshire Railroad last night ran of the bridge a short di beyond the Westport, Conn., station. It ap} at through some care- lessness on the of some one the draw was left open, and the engineer of thetrain, elther not notic- ing that the si was down or for some other rea- . Son, ran his engine off the end of the bridge. The en- gine, tender and nine cars were precipitated into the piled together in an inextricable mass, The engineer and fireman jumped off, the latter being in- jured by a splinter in the abdomen, but not danger- ously. A braketan was carried down by one of the cars, bat managed to free himself and swam ashore. The scene is one of disaster—engine, cars, freight and merchandise crushed into one mass of ruins. ‘The amount of loss in the way of freight is not cer- tainly known, but supposed to be about A gang of wreckmen are at work o'eari e bridge and surroundings from the wreck @ad tt will soon | be ia 2 wince of repair, — GTON Reported Intention of the President to ; Change His Cabinet. Explosion of a Gas Main in the Capitol. Considerable Damage Done to ‘ the Building. INSTRUCTIONS TO REVENUE OFFICERS. WASHINGTON, August 7, 1868, The President Becoming Excited—A New Cabinet Talked Of. Rumors are afloat to-night about proposed Presi- dential movements and purposes, but whether founded on fact or not Iam unable to state. One of these is to the effect that Mr. Johnson intends for the rest of hia term to be really President, and no longer the mere instrument of others; that he intends to reorganize his Cabinet and take other dedided action before many days go round. I do not profess to give this on authority, but merely as one of the on adits af the day. Cabinet Meeting—Rolliny” Resiguation—The Alaska Collectorship—Patent Office Appoint- ments. i Secretary Schofleld arrived here this morning from his trip to Newport, and is in attendance at the Cab- inet meeting to-day. The other members present at the Cabinet meeting are Secretary McCulloch, Secre- tary Browning, Attorney General Evarts and Assist- ant Secretary of State Hunter, Considerable inte- rest 13 attached tg the Cabinet, megting to-day, in consequence of a general belief that the subs Ject of the Internal Revenue Commissioner- ship will be prominently discussed. It is also believed that the question of sending tyeops {g. Lodisiana would erat aticntion, At- torney General Evaris bas been dAgagsd since bis return in preparing his opiiiofs at the request of the President. One is in reference to the resigna- tion of Mr, Rollins, Commissioner of Internal Rev- enue, and the other ia onthe power of the Presi- dent to appoint a Collector of Customs for the Terri- tory of Alaska. With regard to the former opinion it is said that in the judgment of the Attorney Gene- ral the resignation of Mr. Rollins is simply no resig- nation at all, and that the action of the President in accepting such a resignation does not cause a vacancy, but merely notifies Mr. Rollins that his unconditional resignation would be more than acceptable. The sub- stance of the opinion in regard to the Alaska ap- pointments is stated to be that the oMce of Collector of Customs for Alaska having just been created by legislation the vacancy existing in that office is an original vacancy not made by the resignation, re- moval or death of a former incumbent, and does not come within the meaning of the Tenure of Office law. The President therefore has the right to appoint an officer to that position. Nothing has been done to-day in regard to Com- missioner Rollins. The opinion of the Attorney Gen- eral on the points at issue has not yet been given and no action is expected this week. Commissioner Foote, of the Patent Office, to-day appointed Ellis Spear, a principal examiner, to be examiner in chief, vice B. F. James, appointed a member of the Board of Appeals; also Ransom Cook, @ first assistant examiner, to be principal examiner, vice Ellis Spear. Explosion of Gas in the Capitol—The Building Endangered. A gaa main in the Capitol, under the centre of the dome, in what ts known as the Washington crypt, exploded this afternoon with very great force, blow- ing out all the heavy framework surrounding and tearing all the doors, frames und windows to splin- ters, and scattering the fragments through the base- ment passages in all directions. The effect of the explosion was such as to create alarm for a time for | given are All in America gold thé safety of the building. Part.of the funeral para- phernalia of the late President Lincoln, which had been placed for safe keeping in the crypt, was ignited by the flames and partially destroyed. The broken glass from the basement windows was blown through the passages as far as the west en- trance to the building, and portions of the wood- work were scattered through a large portion of the eastern and southern wings of the o!d build- ing. Notwithstanding the great apprenension and dread attendant upon an immediate investigation of the affair all the employés were promptly on hand to lend their assistance, and measures were at once taken to prevent further damage, as well as to repair that already occasioned. Fortunately no one was in the immediate vicinity at the time of the accident, or the result might have been much more serious. As it is no one was injured, A Banker Astonished—Somebody’s Profits Cat on, The laws for the regulation of our finances are turned out from Congress nowadays tn such mul- titudes and all of them #0 voluminous in detail that even those who are most deeply interested tn them cannot prevail upon themselves to struggle through more than a dozen pages before they are compelled to abandon the task through sheer physical and mental prostration, A striking instance of the fuil- ure of not only private citizens but public officials to become thoroughly versed in the many thousands of obscure though very important points of legislation occurred to-lay at the Treasury Department. A cer- tain prominent banker of this city called at the Treasury to transact some financial business. | While he was there it appears that one of the Trea- | sury officers, in groping through the Civil Appropri- jation act, approved July 20, 1868, in search of infor- mation on a law question then under consideration, | made the discovery that the act mentioned pro- | hibited the Secretary of the Treasury from paying commissions for the sale or conversion of United States bonds and notes. Finding himself greatly astonished at this discovery, he went from one officer to another in the department with the act in his hand, and had his astonishment con- siderably increased to find that none of them had noted the important paragraph in ques- | tion, Not even the famous banker was aware of it, | who also expressed no little surprise on learning that so large a slice had been cut from the profits of banking institutions fully a month ago, and the in- telligence of it had fot reached all parts of the fede- | ral capital unti! to-day. The first paragraph of the | Civil Appropriation bill appropriates $1,250,000 for all necessary expenses in carrying into effect the several acta of Congress authorizing loans and the issue of Treasury notes, provided that none of the said sum shall be used to pay commissions for th« sale or conversion of bonds and notes of the United states, Meeting to Ald Sufferers by the Flood in Maryland. A public meeting of citizens was held this evening at the City Hall ‘nm atd of the sufferera by the jate flood in Maryland, There wasa large representa- tion of prominent business men and others. The | sum of $600 was subscribed and a committee ap- pointed to canvass the city on behaif of the move- ment. Proposed Visit of General Blair. A grand family council of war ts to be held in this city at the mansion of paterfamilias Biair in a few days. The occasion will be the arrival here of the distinguished candidate for the Vice Presidency on the democratic ticket, and the reason for this swarm ing of the busy bees is the ddvisability of uniting all- | the various influences of the Blair family in the tn- | terest of its illustrious soldier, The Army and Navy Conservative Union and the leading democratic citi vena are now devising the best means for giving General Blair 4 cheery welcome, Exports Imports for the Last Fiscal Year. The Director of the Statistical Bureau has com- pleted the annual statistics of domestic exports for the Inst flaca year, the total aggregate return being ahown in specie value to amount to $352,616,006, an increase over the exporta of the pcoyloua yous of | The Cheapest and Bes | Scientific, Sportin rtiaatlitstetemameiesesusnics cee ut z | g1s,141,000. ‘The not importa for 1908 reached $349,903,819, being a decrease eunce the previous year of $41,215.7"7, The values in the returns as here dollars, end include specie ag well as merchandise. Amount of customs duties received, §143.287,925, ote gent at the value of the dutiable importa, © Thé Meturns em- brace the entire country from Maine to Alaska, and include all the river and lake districts from the mouth of the Mississippi to the Canadas. They are compiled from over 50,000 entries and dockets. Amount of Treasury Warrants Issued. ‘The warrants issued by the Treasury Department during the month of July, 1868, to meet the require- ments of the government amounted to, in round numbers, the fotiowing aums, viz.:— Ctvil, miscellaneous and foreign inter- course, eee + $46,549,000 ‘The warrants issued for the redemption of the public debt are not included in the above. Instructions to Revenue Oficers. Instructions in relation to the assessments and reassessments of special taxes, under the act of July 20, 1868, have just been prepared at the Internal Revenue Department, as under that act several new special taxes are imposed and some existing taxes are increased in amount or otherwise. Distillertes commencing business subsequent to the passage of the act will be assessed for the unexpired portion of the year at the rate of $400 per annum, beginning with the first day of the month in which they com- mence business, which will entitle them to produce or manufacture at the rate of one thousand barrels per annum. Distillers who have been as- sessed and paid @ special tax for the current year of $100 will be assessed at the increased rate. In making the assessment allow- ance will be made for the proportion of the tax already paid appropriate to the unexpired portion of the year, The tax will be reassessed from August 1, or three-fourths of the year. Rectifiers are re- quired to pay $200 for not exceeding two hundred barrels, and fifty cents for each barrel in excess of that number. Persons who engage in rectifying under the new act will be assessed the pro rata proportion of the $200, and the fifty gent tax per barrel will be collected on barrel in excess of such pro rata pédportlot ot ia H w hundred barrel he 3] ers is ag chee | tax on wholesale liquor deal- at 4 change ig je in the rate of the additional tax on sales and in Ont of sales in excess of which the additional tax is to be paid. If person commences a business as a liquor dealer in August he would be tiable to the special tax appropriate to the unexpired portion of the year, or three-fourthsfof $100, and this would cover the sale of three-fourths of $25,000, or $18,750, which when exceeded he must begin to make separate returns and pay the additional rates required under the old law. A wholesale liquor dealer who paid the special tax of $100 at the commencement of the year should be charged for sales made prior to July 20 at the old rates, and for those made afterward at the new. The end will be reached by exempting him from the monthly tax until his sales made after July 20 shall have reached Half that amount which he might have sold had there been no change in the law. Thus, if he had sold $30,000 before the change he may sell $10,000 afterwards; if he had sold $40,000 before he may sell$5,000 after the change. Manufacturers of stills will be aasessed pro rata for the unexpired portion of the year, f. ¢., seven-ninths 07 $50,000, or $38 89. If, however, he has already paid a special tax of $10 as a manufacturer, he will be entitled to a deduction of seven-ninths of $10, or $7 77, making the amount for which he is to be as- sessed $31 12. In’ addition to this he is liable toa tax of $20 for each still and $20 for each worm made by him for distilling. If, however, he manufactures other articles besides stills or worms he is not enti- tled to any deductions on account of the special tax paid as a manufacturer. Dealers in leaf tobacco whoso sales do not exceed $10,000 are to pay $25, and in addition $2 for every $1,000 in excess of $10,000, If in business on July 20 they will be assessed seven-niaths of $26, and when their sales exceed seven-ninths of $10,000 they will become subject to the additional tax of $2 per thou- sand. Dealers commencing business subsequent to that time wfll be assessed a pro rata proportion of $25, counting from the first day of the month in which they so commenced business, and the tax of $2 will attach when their sales shall exceed the same pro rata proportion of $10,000. Wholesale dealers, tobacconiats, manufacturers of cigars and manufacturers of tobacco who sell leaf tobacco must pay the special tax of dealers in leaf tobacco in ad- dition to their other spe: taxes. . Every person whose business it ia to sell manufs tured tobacco, snuff or cigars is regarded as a dealer in tobacco, and where his annual sales exceed $100 and do not exceed $1,000 he must pay $5, and in addition for each $1,000 in excess of one thousand. Any retail dealer, wholesale or retail liquor dealer or keeper of a hotel or eating house who sells tobacco, snuff or cigars must pay, in ad- dition to his special tax as s' the tax as a dealer in tobacco, The assessment ic? the unexpired por- tion of the year will be in accordance with the prin- ciples before stated. Manufacturers of tobacco are required to pay a special tax of $2. If they manufacture cigars they must also pay a special tax as such, in addition. If they have aiready been assessed & spectal tax as tobacconiate they will not be reassessed ax manufacturers of —to- bacco. In addition to tne special tax of $10 a tobacco manufacturer where the amotut of the penal sum of his bond exceeds $5,000 is liable to a tax of $2 for each $1,000. In making this assessment assessors will estimate the amount of tax which would be due ,for a year, and where the assessment is to date from the time of the frussage of the act assess the manufacturers seven- ninths of that amount, and where he commences business subsequent to the month of July the pro rata proportion of # amount for the unexpired portion of the year, dating from the first day of the month in which he so commences business, Manufacturers of tobacco are not required to | pay special tax as dealers in tobacco for cn Jompared with Tat of the Corresponding Month of Last Year aud of 1868. The following statement of the public debt on the isp of August as just been issued from the T reasury Departizsut, We compare the figures with the statement mace at the corresponding time last year:— DEBT BEARING COIN INTEREST. ‘August 1, 1867. August 1, 1868, Five per cent bonds.,... $198,431,350 $221,534,400 Six per cent bonds, '67, '3 14,932,141 od Six per cent bonds of ‘81 283,677,300 ‘Six per cent 5-20 bonds. . 1,583, 108, 190 Navy pension fund. - Total bearing coin int... DEBT BEARING CURRENCY INTEREST. Six per cent bonds...... $15,402,000 ‘Three per cent certifle’tea 50,000,008 ‘Three year com. in, notes 21,604,390 Three year 7.30 notes.... pies Navy pension f'd, 3 pret. 13,000,000 Total bearing cur’cy in. $574,964,855 $34,604,890 Matured, not paid....... $15,636,416 $15,099,175 DEBT BRAKING NO INTEREST. United States notes. $360,164,844 — $356,021,073 Fractional currency 2 729 31,967,813 Gold certificates. . 22,414,000 Tota! bearing no int $417,177,532 $410, 302,808 RECAPITULATION. Debt bearing coin int. .§1,678,906,691 $2,088,371,800 Debt bearing cur’cy int.. 574,964,855 84,604,490 Debt bearing no int’st.. 417,177,533 410,302,304 Matured debt not paid.. 15,636,816 18,099,175 Total debt... + 82,636,685,896 $2,601,378,756 Bonds tasued wo Pacific KR. 32,210,000 Grand total..... AMOUNT IN TREASURY. $2,633, 583,768 Coin... $102,905,174 $83,400,918 Currenc: 72,474,206 20,644,358 Total in Treasury..... $175,379,470 $110,054,276 Debt leas cash in Tre’sy. $2,511,306,426 $2,523,534,480 Increase of the national debt since August 1, 1867... Perr rere . $12,228,054 VARIATIONS FROM LAST YRAR. Tnerease. Decrease. Debt bearing coin int. $29,465, 109 — Debt bearing cur’cy in — —- $400, 359,965 Debt bearing no int’st - 6,374,040 Matured debt not paid... 329,465,109 a The following table compares the August statement of the public debt with the previous one made on the lat of June:: ame vee Five per Bi bond: Ry |X per cent b’ds, '67, Xx per cent bonds of 81 Six per cent 5-20 bonds. Navy pension fund. June 1, 1868. August $29,213,400 $221, 582,64 283,677,200 Total bearing coin int. $2,020,| DEBT BEARING CURRENCY Six per cent bonds...... $25,902,000 ‘Three year com. in, notes —_21, 604,890 Three year 7.30 notes.... 105,610,050, Three per cent certifica’a 6,000,000 Navy pens'n fd, 3 per ct. Total bearing cur. int $84,604,490 Matured, not paid $15,009,175 DE , United States notes. $356,144,212 — $356,021,07% Fractional currency. 32,531,590 31,867,315 Gold certificates. . 20,298, 180 22,414,008 Total bearing no int.. $408,973,98: RECAPITULATION, $410, 302,998 Debt bearing coin int... . $2,020,827,341 $2,088,371,00 84,004,890 410,302, 898 18,000,175 Debt bearing cur'cy int. Debt bearing no int’st.. Matured debt not paid. Total debt... «+++ $2,643,758,5068 $2 Bonds issued to Paciflic R.&. Co...... 203,117,540 408,973, 982 10,834,202 Grand total AMOUNT IN TREASURY. $90,228,559 $33,400,918 . 20 26,644,355 Totalin Treasury..... $135,507,679 $110,054,276 Debt less cash in Tre’sy. $2,510,245,886 $2,523, 634,480 Increase of the national debt since June 1, 1868... : $13,288,604 VARIATIONS FROM LAST JUNE. Inerease. Decrease. Debit bearing coin int’st. $17,545,959 pon Debt bearing cur'cy int.. -— $114, 512,400 Debt bearing no interest. 1,328,909 — Matured debt not paid... 7,264,973 a The debt of the United States, les# cash in the Treasury, Was a4 annexed at the undermentioned dates:— March 4, 1861. . $66,180,855 June 1, 1867. $2,515, 415,987 duly 1, 1867.No statement Aug. 1, 1867. .2,511,306,4268 Sept. 1, 1867. . 2,492, 783, 206 Oct, 1, 1867. .2,495,277,446 Nov, 1, 1967. .2,491,604,450 1967 . 2,501,205, 768 508, 1 ‘Aug. 1, 1866. . 2,633,009, + Nov. 1, 1866. /2/551,310,005 Maren't, 186%.2630, April 1, 1867. .2,523,428,070 Jay 1, 1867, .2,620,796.07% Ang. 1, 1968, .2,523,534,480 The foregoing states +: sows one or two distinc- tive changes in the position of tmportant items since the statement which was exhibited on the lat of June last. For instance:—The Navy Pension fund, which appeared in the June statement under the head of ‘Debt bearing coin interest,” 1s shown im the present statement under the ‘Debt bearing cur- rency interest" and as “Navy Pension fund.” The amount is the same in both, Another item, which appears a# a separate feature of the August state- ment, fs the “Six per cent lawful money bonds’* issued to the Pacific Railroad Companies, which ta in leu of the six per cent bonds formerly appearing in the currency interest debt table. AL t itil 1 y. Cockroaches, fleas, bugs and avery kind of (naect varmia Kiled at once by this remarkable powder. It I not polsoa- ous, but certain todo its work. Asinge 2% cent ask bee kilied A Peck of Cockroaches, Be a get Lyon's, It ia the original and oni) are raying Powder, Ber of imitations. ture of E. 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