The New York Herald Newspaper, August 21, 1868, Page 5

TELEGRAPIIG ALM ALL PERTS OF THE WORLD. THE PARAGUAYAN WAR. Additional Details of the Allied Attacks [on daily 16—Prospects of Peace. Rro Janeiro, July 31, Via Lonpon, August 20, 1868, ‘The attack on the Paraguayan fortress of Humatt4, ews of which has been daily expected for a fort- ight past, took place on the 16th of July. In the orning of that day the combined Brazilian and Argentine torces, under the command of the Mar- nis de Caxias, advanced to the assault in three iumns, amounting in the aggregate to ten thou- nd men, At the same time a heavy fire was pened upon the fortidcations from the fleet of tron- ads and the land batteries. After desperate 1d prolonged fighting at the foot of the ntrenchments the allied columns retired ithout effecting a lodgment within the enemy’s orks. The loss of the allies is reported to be three housand killed and wounded. Nothing is known of ¢ losses of the Paraguayans; but as they fought \ost of the time under cover of their entrenchments jt is supposed that the number of thelr killed and ounded will fall far behind that of the allies. { The allied force in the Gran Chaco also advanced ith the object of cutting off the communications of pez in the forest. They found them defended by large body of Paraguayans protected by breast- orks, After an obstinate engagement the allies thdrew to their former position. The casualties in is battle are not stated, . # The hopes of the war party in Brazil rested pon the success of this enterprise, and its failure ill give a great impetus to the peace move- iment. ENGLAND. The Bank Return. Lonpon, August 20, 1868, ‘The official returns of the Bank of England show ‘hat the amount of bullion in its vaults has decreased £60,000 during the week ending to-day. The York Races—Close of the First Day’s Sport. Lonpon, August 20, 1868. , _ There were nine races at York yesterday, the first ‘day of the August meeting. Owing to the lateness ‘of the hour at which they were concluded it was im- ssibte to forward the particulars of the last three the telegram of yesterday. The weather was rainy and the track heavy, but ‘the attendance was goed throughout and the racing irited. The Black Duck stakes of one thousand sovereigns ach, three hundred forfeit, three quarters of a mile, losed with iive subscribers; was won by Crocus. * A walk over, “The next race was the Chester Handicap Plate of ‘one hundred sovereigns, given by the race commit- » for horses of all ages; entrance two sovereigns, {to go to the fund; distance one mile. igo horses started on this race, which was won by sleweh. + The following is the summary:— he Du ‘eaufort’s b. f. Maeslewch. ir. doin J jinstone’s ch. c. Donalbain. rd Slautved'sf Happy Thougit... ie The betting previous to the race was two to one against Witcsleweh, five to one against Donalbain land five to one against Happy Thought, | The last race was for the Bradgate Park Stakes of ‘ive sovereigns each, with fifty added, the winner to put up at auction immediately after the race. ven horses started, * The race was won by La Mousse. /The following ts the summary :— . A. de Montgomery’s br. f. La Mousse.......... L. New 0's bd. by Gemma di Vergy, out of Equity bai rs . G, Bryan's Ambition. 3 ¥ The betting previous to the race was about as fol- esis to one against La Mousse, two to one inst Newnan’s filly and three to one against Am- tion. Mugli.h Cricketers for New York—An Intere national Match. Lonvox, August 20, 1868, A-se’ected eleven from the most celebrated crick- eters of Hugiand will sail from Liverpool September 8, and arr.ve in New York about the 12th or 13th. 4 The following are their engagements in Amer- floa:— | During te first week of their arrival they will play Matches against two selected “twenty-two'’s” from ‘various Tiubs in the State of New York and the city of New York and its environs. { During the second week they play matches in Mon- treal wit’: “i wenty-two’s” selected from the officers ofher Majesty’s regiments and from various Cana dian cricket clubs. { In the third week they play two matches in the INDIAN OUTRAGES. | pas os | Women and Childzen Carried Into Captivity= Preparations for Punishing the Savages. Sr. Louis, August 20, 1868, A despatch from Hays City, Kansas, dated yester- day, saye:—The body of Bull Comstock, the famous scout, has just been brought in. He was murdered yesterday by tbe Indians near here. His companions were rescued, badly wounded. A party of eighty Cheyennes drove off one hundred and ten mules yes- terday from within a mile of Fort Hi The In- dians are now retreating towards the Arkansas river, with the military and volunteers in hot pursuit, Several children that had been stolen by the Indians have been abandoned and found in the woods, It 1s known that six women have been carried into ca tivity by the savages, With the extensive prepa tions now being organized against the Indians it is thought there will be no more trouble in Kansas, one jostile tribes are the Cheyennes and the Arra- pahoes, THE PACIFIC COAST. The Central Pacific Railrond—Heavy Ex- ports of Wheat from San Francisco, SAN FRANCISCO, August 18, 1868, trains on the Central Pacific Railroad are now running to a station two hundred and thir- ty-flve miles east of Sacramento city. Advices from Idaho to the 1ith of August state that Judge Shaffer, the democratic candidate for Congress, runs 300 ahead of his ticket. His election is claimed by 600 majority. The ship Valparaiso has cleared for New York with 27,000 sacks of wheat. The Cordillero has cleared for Liverpool with 25,000 sacks of wheat. The ship Robinson has sailed for Liverpool with 42,000 sacks of wheat. Arrival of the Officers and Crew of the Su- wanee at San Francisco—Loss of the Ship Audubon. SAN Francisco, August 19, 1868, The officers and crew of the wrecked United States steamer Suwanee arrived here to-day. Manila advices to the 3d of July report exchange 4s, 34. for six months bills, The shipAudubon was wrecked June 19 while passing. e officers and crew were saved. Arrived, ships Clarissa, from Valparaiso; Hermia, from Acapulco. Sailed, ships Gold Hunter, for Liv- erpool; Eldorado, for Baker’s Island. lour is quoted at $5 50a $6 50. Wheat quiet and unchanged, Legal tenders, 6934. Tidal Phenomenon off San Pedro—The Steamer Constantine Saved. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 19, 1868, ‘The steamer Constitution, from Panama, arrived to-night. On the 15th inst. a singular tidal phenomenon oc- curred off San Pedro, Southern California. A series of waves commenced flowing upon the coast, causing the tide to rise sixty-three or sixty-four feet above the ordinary high water mark, which was followed by the falling of the tide an equal distance below the usual low water mark. The rise and fall occurred regularly every half hour for several hours, creating considerable alarm among the inhabitants along the coast in that vicinity, The phenomenon is attributed to some submarine disturbance. Monsicur Croszett, the French Consul at this port, has been appointed Consul General for France for the Pacific coast, which title he will assume on his retarn frcm Europe, The steamer Constantine, which ran on the rocks near Plummer’s Pass, about two weeks since, was got off and has arrived at Victoria. ‘The democratic convention m the Second district to-day nominated Joseph W. Cotfroth for Congress. Arrived, aap Great Pacitic, from Valparaiso. Cleared, ship R. T. Trumbuil, for Cape Town, with ,000 barrels flour, and Anjoniantic, for Cork, with 16,000 sacks wheat. Sailed, ship Oliver Madeline, for Cape Town. Y Wh: at flour unchanged. Legal tenders 70, ALABAMA. The Democratic Ticket for Presidentiai Elece tore—Mans Meeting, Torchlight Procession and Illumination. MONTGOMERY, August 20, 1868. The following democratic electoral ticket has been nominated by the State Convention:— State at Large—George Goldthwaite, of Montgo- mery, and Peter M. Dox, of Madison. First Distrut—H. T. Toulmane, of Mobile; Alter- nate, W. H. F. Randall, of Dallas, Seconda District—P. T. Sayre, of Montgomery; Alternate, J. G. Moore. of Coifee. Third District—J. Henderson, of Talladega; Alter- nate, F. 8, Ferguson, of Macon. Fourth District—B. B. Lewis, of Shelby; Alternate, J. J. Jolly, of Greene. Fifth District—J, Crook, of Calhoun; Alternate, William Richardson, of Madison. Sixth District—A. McAlexander, of Lauderdale; Alternate, C. C. Harris, of Lawrence, ‘The Convention adjourned at nine o’clock this morning. ‘The democracy held a large meeting here to-night, ratifying the nominations of Seymour and Blair. About fon thousand people were assembled, amid the firing of cannon, bearing transparencies and banners. The whole city was illuminated, Ex- Governor Watts, Alex. White, J. T. Morgan and several colored men mace addi C3. An immense mass meeting tal lace to-day. The city is full of people from all parts of the State and they are still coming in by every train, SOUTH CAROLINA. The Foreign Bonds Repudiation Bill Passed— Reorganization of the Police—Proposed Seizure of the State Arms, CoLuMBUS, August 20, 1868, Meighborhood of Boston against “twenty-two’s,” selected from the Massachusetts cricket clubs. , The fourth week will be given to Philadelphia, y will meet the American cricketers again, the best stand and played the best matches a ruinst the English cricketers in 1858 of any ‘of that series. » The Oith week wiil be given to New York, when, bly, they may be induced to enter into 4 contest an American nine at the Americanized English ame of rounders, alias base ball, for which the yr party refused the offer of $5,000 to playa on the Fashion Course. is considerable speculation among tne lead- English cricketers here on the coming events, it ts fully expected will end in a series of for “The Eleven." ** CUBA. Sugar Market—Exchange Quotations. Havana, August 19, 1868, Sugar—The market is quiet, at 74 a 7% reals per fafrobe for Nos, 10 to 12 Dutch standard. \ Exchange on London, 11 9 11} premium; on , 60 days’ ht, 8036 a 29 p nore Re rf al tat ore per cent os 3 days’ sight 25 a 3 per cent pre- CANADA. the Adams Express Toronto. TORONTO, August 20, 1868, ‘The Aciams Express robbers were up for examina- fion before the Police Magistrate this afternoon, own W. Brown, the express messenger on the ‘Trial of Robbers at ludson Kiver Railroad, identified the two prisoners, . Thompson and Morton, as the men who tered, gagged and bound him and robbed the safe, jo otlier witnesses were examined, The case will Presumed to-morrow. Bargis:ies in Quedec—Fatal Fall at Point Levi. QuEnRC, August 20, 1868, Burgli's continue their operations here. They attempted to force open the safe of Munderlos, Btencken & Co. last night, but failed. The Jaques ier Market was entered, and a large quantity of wer? stolen, q A sold cr of the Seventy-cighth Highlanders fell eras) one hundred feet high, at Point Levi, last ight, : | wus instantly killed. COLORADO. Spenk«+ Colfax and Party on Their Travels. ORNTRAL Crry, August 19, 1868. Speak + Colfax and his party have just arrived from i springs, Middle Park. They went over © Bay iound Pass, 13,400 feet, and returned over Bot: der Vass, 15,000 feet above the level of the 008, iv 4 iviving snowstorm. CONNECTICUT. Breswer in the Connectiont Rivera Dam and Bridge Swept Awny, Dani August 20, 1668, The dom connected with the large foundry of Har- fison fins, in this place, was torn away this after. Moon ») ‘he freshet, carrying with ft the stone bridge beiow the foundry ‘The bill authorizing the Governor to take posses- sion of the assets of the banks of the State to the exclusion of foreign bondholders passed the Senate to-day. The value of the assets is nearly half a mil- lion. Mr. Randolph (colored) introduced a bill authoriz- ing the Governor to take possession of the ai batteries and equipments belonging to the State. The bill organizing the State police into a semi- military organization passed both houses, ILLINOIS. A Cattle Quarantine Established at Chicago. - CHICAGO, August 20, 1868. The Board of Health of this city has decided to estanlish a cattle quarantine in the vicinity of the stock yards as a precaution against the introduction of diseased cattle into the city. Inspectors will be appointed, and no cattle suspected of being diseased will be admitted Into the yard until a careful examin- ation is made. The quarantine regulations are also extended to all slaughter houses. EUROPEAN MARKETS. Lonpon MoNRY MARKET.—LONDON, August 20—5 P. M.—Consols closed at 93% a 93% for ag Mg 93% for account. United States five-twenty ds, 1X; Iilinots Central, 90%; Erie Railway shares, 81%; Atlantic and Great Western Consolidated bonds, 88%. NEPORT BOURSE.—FRANKFORT, August 20,— United States five-twenty bonds open at 7534 for the isgue of 1862. LIVERPOOL CoTTON MARKET.—LIVERPOOL, August 20—5 P, M.—The cotton market closed steady and a little more gt Lad vary KA yoy Sone ing the timate and reac 2 ales. uy fands, 10%44.; middilug Orilean: candi 10% 4. LivgeRPoot BREADSTUFFS MARKET.—LIVERPOOL, 20—5 P. M.—The market closed unc! Corn, 858. per quarter for mixed Western. Wheat, 12a, 6d, per cental for California white and 11s. for No. 2 red Western. Harley, 68. per bushel. Oats, da. 7d. per pushel. Peas, 478. 6d. per quarter for Cana- dian. Flour, 28. per bbl. for Western canal. LIVERPOOL PROVISIONS MARKET.—LIVERPOOL, Au- it 20—5 P. M.—Bacon has declined to 538. per cwt, for cumberiand cut. Pork has advanced to 77s. 6d, per bbl. for Western prime mess. Lard is flat and nominal and has declined to 668. per cwt. Beef, 102s. 6d. per tierce of 304 lbs. for extra prime mess. Pa 608, per cwt, for the best grades of American ine. LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKRT.—LIVERPOOL, AU- ry os P. at gor ass ae 64., ani now quo’ Rosin, . & cwt. for common North carolina, and 138, 6d. for ne. ONDON PRODUCE MARKRT.—LONDON, A\ 5 PM Sugar, to arrive, is quoted at 268. F out duty; on the spot, 358. 6d. Tallow, 46a, Clover seed, 528. per cwt. for American red. Sperm £90 per ton. Whale oil, £36 i, ton. Linseed oll, £81 per ton. Linseed cakes, £12 thin oblong for feeding. Calcutta linseed, 628. Pe- troleum firm at 18. 6%. per gallon. Spirits petro- leum, 1144. per gallon. PETROLEUM MARKET AT ANTWERP, August 20— Evening.—The petroleummarket closed quiet. Stand- ard white has declined to Sif. 60c. CTEO PRIZE FIGHT BETWEEN SAM COLLYER AND tare BILL EDWARDS. 2— ., With- per owt. Battimore, August 20, 1868, ‘The fight between Sam Collyer and William Ea- | warde will take piace at some point in Virginia on Monday next. Bdwards was arrested day and gave bail in the sum of $2,500 not to fight within the | land. Collyer, on hearing that the po- ieee ater him, gave ball. ins similar amount, Roughs and shoulder hitters from other cities are congregating in Baltimore. NEW YORK TERA uD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2i, 1868. WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, August 20, 1863. The Amendment Ratification by Georgin. The President oMetally announces in a proclama- tion that the Legislature of Georgia has ratifled the fourteenth article as an amendment to the constitu- tion of the United States, The Indian Troubles in Kansas—Confirmation of the Reperts. Despatches have been received at the War Depart- ment from Lieutenant General Sherman, dated Fort Leavenworth, August 19, via St, Louis August 20, in- dicating that the troubles on the Saline and Salomon rivers are acts of violence against the settlers by the Dog Soldiers—Cheyennes. The cause of the trouble 1s supposed to have grown out of the recent fight be- tween the Cheyennes and Pawnees, the former get- ting the worst of it, and they are supposed to have dan had sent plenty of troops and gone in person to the place of hostilities, Partisan Warfare in the Treasury—Deadlock in the Necessary Appointments. The requirements of section 49 of the Internal Reve- nue Tax law, approved July 20, 1868, do not seem to be in a very promising way for fulfilment. There is @ deadlock in the business of appointing the Super- visors of Internal Revenue to begin with, and gaugers, inspectors, storekeepers, &c., have not yet entered into the dispute. As was anticipated by some of the more timid of the candidates, Secretary McCulloch does not see the merits of the men who have been nominated for supervisors from the same point of view taken by Commissioner Rollins. ‘The Commissioner, feeling himself master of the situation, 1s not affected by any disposition to compromise, and has nominated nineteen straght ont radicals for supervisors. Mr. McCulloch, who doubtless begins to see the errors he committed in the past by ad- mitting to office so many political enemies of the President, stoutly refuses to confirm these nomina- tions. Mr. Rollins as resolutely refuses to present men of the political complexion favored by the Secretary. Thus the expectations of office hunters and the execution of the new Revenue law must be delayed until either Secretary McCulloch or Com- missioner Rollins throws up the sponge. The President Deliberating on the Ad Interim Appointments. The appointments to the vacancies in the offices of Collector of Customs at Alaska and New Orleans are still under deliberation, No selections have yet been made by the President. The President has also under consideration several appointments tn office to be made vacant during the recess of Congress by the resignation of incumbents similar to the case of the New Orleans Collectorship, which was the subject of the recent opinion of the Attorney General. The following is a list of the storekeepers, under the new Internal Revenue law, whose commissions were received at the office of Internal Revenue to- day:—Michael J. Crotty, Second district of Ohio, at Cincinnati; Henry F. Allen, Harrison O'Conner and Charles T. Crittenden, Thirtieth district of New York, at Buffalo; Thomas Conell, Fourteenth district of New York, at Albany; John G. Wasson, Ninth dis- trict of New York, at New York city, and William Smith, Eighth district of New York, at New York city. The commissions for nine gaugers were also received to-day; among them one for George M. Wherrett, First district of Illinois, at Chicago, who at present is a clrek in the Internal Revenue oMice. Old Jackson Democrats in Council. An immense meeting of the citizens of Washing- ton was held to-night at Carusi’s Hall, the old Jack- sonian headquarters. The meeting was called by the Jackson democrats and was addressed by Mont- gomery Blair, General Green Clay Smith and anumber of others. The large hall was filled to repletion and the multitude outside was of still greater magnitude, The enthusiastic response of the citizens to the call has greatly elevated the spirits of the democracy. Transit of Merchandise Over the Isthmus of Panama. The Treasury Department is engaged in framing new regulations with regard to the receipt and transit of United States merchandise across the Isthmus of Panama. Prominent merchants are to be consulted before the regulations are promulgated. Progress of the Union Pacific Railroad. Secretary Browning has received an affidavit from the President of the Union Pacific Railroad, an- nouncing that an additional section of twenty miles of the road, extending to the 760th mile post west from Omaha, has been completed, The government commissioners have been instructed by telegraph to make an examination of said section. Army Orders. Brevet Brigadier General Barton 8. Alexander, United States Corps of Engineers, has been ordered to Alaska to examine the coast of that Territory. Acting Adjutant General Townsend has been granted a leave of absence for several weeks, and has left here for Boston, General J. C. Kelton wiil perform the duties of the Adjutant General's office during the absence of General Townsend. By direction of the Secretary of War Major Gene- ral Baird, Assistant Inspector General, will report in person to Major General Meade for assignment to duty in the Department of the South as inspector. The Postal Service with Great Britain. Information has been received at the Post Office Department warranting the belief that the British Post OfMice Department will assent to the proposed modl- fications of the new postal convention between the two countries, by which, among other things, the postage on small pamphlets will be reduced. The convention is an improvement in various particulars over the one now in force. Postal negotiations are now pending between the United States and France for a more liberal exchange of mail, Personal. Secretary Welles is expected to return to this city from his voyage of inspection about the middie of next week. Senator Thayer, of Nebraska, has returned to Washington from the North, and will leave to-mor- row for his home in that State to take part in the Presidential canvass. attacked all the settlers for revenge. General Sheri- MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL NOTES. The Boston theatre opened for the season on Mon- day night with “A Flash of Lightning.” Mr. W. E. Sheridan, late of the New York and Washington theatres, goes to the Varieties, New Or- leans, next season as leading man. Emily and Betty Rigl, the favorite danseuses, have returned to the city and are contemplating an early visit to Europe. Burlesque, farce and comedy will be the principal attractions during the fall and winter at Brougham’, Wood's, Tony Pastor's, the Bowery and the Theatre Comique. Richard Wagner is reported to have quitted Ma- nich in disgust at the failure of his last opera, the “Meistersinger von Nuremberg,” and to be seriously ill at Zurich. “Foul Play,” having been foully dealt with at the New York theatre, has been translated to the boards of the Broadway, where it is certain to receive fair play. It will be produced on Monday evening next with new scenery and the entire original cast. The Hanlons are meeting with merited success in Boston. Pfau, the Russian gymnast, is with them and is nightly endeavoring to break his neck by try- ing the fool-hardy feat of enveloping his head in a sack and swinging through the vast area of the thea- tre from one trapeze to another. Miss Agnes Cameron, who was advertised as ‘‘an actress of American fame” and the “Directress” of Astley’s theatre, London, thought recently to capti- Fate the sturdy Britons by presenting the han enticing plum in the si f Mr. Disraeli’s poetical Snsely crowded; but both play and actors mere ‘was densely crowded; bu play and actors we un mercifully hissed. ‘The friends of Billy Birch—the “bones” of the San Francisco Minstrels—will scarcely be able to recog- nize him when he returns to the boards, owing to the fact of his hair having suddenly sprouted out in several ‘big bunches” over the bald spot where it is erally supposed the ‘‘wool had ought to grow.” juch, at least, is the current report. During the coming season we are to be reated “Barbe Bleue’ by Mr. Bateman Blu” by Kelly and Brown" by the San Francisco Minstrels; and ‘ Beard" by the Worrell Sisters. Somebody will pro- bably have the “blues,” and badly too, before the season terminates. Mra. Fanny Kemble will commence her nd series of Shi arian readings in New Haveh on the 2d of September, She will then travel West as far as St. Louis, giving one or more of her select en- tertainments tn ail the prince! towns that lie alos her route pacoage Coninere and along the line 0 the New York Central Kallroad. Returning haa 4 of Indianapolis aad Pennsylvania, sie will dnish in this city A YA) CLAMBAKE. The Phenst of the Phat Men (Not the Soap Fat Men)—Feather Weight “Mussell” and a “Heavy” Joke on Clams. GREGORY'S Porn, Conn., August 20, 1868, “Phew!” This ejaculatory word, so highly sug- gestive of the escape of a puif of steam from a loco- motive attached to a very heavy train, has been seething through the air here all day, as it found vent from sundry feather weight epicures who have been arriving in large numbers from the eastern part of this State. whey came, they saw, they conquered more denizens of the deep than were ever before overcome by an equal number of human beings on the shores of Long Island Sound. Forsome months past @ Project has been on foot among some of the sons of the land of steady habits, the object of which was to bring together a large number of the heaviest dealers in individual consignments of clama, and to-day this day dream of these sprightly urchins has been consummated in @ man- ner that may tend ere morning to further dreaming of the nightmare order. Fairfield county has for some time past been on the qut vive for the event, the ardor of the populace being stimulated by the periodical distribution of circulars announcing that “all men in Fairfield county weighing two hundred pounds are requested to meet tn South Norwalk on Thursday, August 20, at ten o’clock A. M., to join in 8 grand clam bake on Gregory's Point.” The invitation was promulgated by a committee, of which L. S, Barnum, of South Norwalk, was president, and “Pop Nichols, of Stamford;’ “Uncle Lucas, of South Norwalk;’ General Curtis, of Monroe, and other vivacious gentle- men were vice presidents. The Dorlon brothers, of New York; R. F. Cook, of Winsted; Charles Brad- ley, of New Haven, and others were appointed “dele- gates at large.” “All vice dati were “re- quested to notify any man weighing two hundred pounds in their districts of the above mentioned clam bake.” At ten’ o'clock this morning Norwalk had more “two hundred pounders” within its limas than have ever been seen there before, not Sxoen ene: the trying times when Israel Putnam was chief of artillery in Fairfleld county, and their presence was attended by a greater fat-ality (among the bivalves) than the most desperate contest in which the ‘Iron Son of '76’ was everengaged, All the vehtcles in town were called into requisitton to convey the fat men to the Point, as walking there was out of the question ‘under the circumstances and the weight of flesh, The wear and tear on wagon springs and horseflesh has been s0 great that quite a revival is looxed for here in_ those branches of business. Buggies, barouches and stage coaches lumbered along the road, all agog, by reason of the specific gravity on one side of many of the conveyances, of their Falstamtian occupants, At the Point a large number of clam counoisseurs had already assembled, mostly of inferior weight, and as the eifin clammists arrived assisted them in squeez- ing through carriage doors and securing seats on the piazza of the hotcl. On the lawn in front of the “hostelrie” and close to the Norwalk bay beach a long tent had been erected, provided with a double row of tables and seats for the accommodation of about three hundred guests. On the southerly side of the Point about forty bushels of clams and oysters were sweating, roasting and yawning on the heated pebbles of the beach, under @ covering of tarpaulin and seaweed. After the “children of Anak’ had been allowed suilicient time to “phew” away their exhaustion and wipe away their perspiration they were sum- moned to the scales, and under the charge of Messrs. ‘folles and Wilcox, of Norwaik, we reg com- menced. As each sturdy candidate for the honors was “weighed in the balance and found (not) want- ing” the assembled crowd cheered him right royally, and his name and weight were entered in the register. A large number of ambitious ‘youths’? who had at various times in their lives turned the balance at “two hundred” stepped on the scales and the beam poised, the figures varying from one hundred and ninety to one hundred and ninety-eight. But it would not do—the record would not secure their en- trance to the “fairy circle,’ and the bystanders féted them with gibes and peals of hearty laughter at their chagrin, Standing a few feet off in groups those corpulent competitors who had been success- ful chuckled until thelr frames quivered, and the chuckle jound vent in broad grins, jolly old “guf- faws” and wrinklings of cheeks and double chins, When the weighing was completed the following were found to be among the number of those In whose honor the festival was inaugurated:— vc Residence, Weight, G.S; Charles Bishop. Merritt E, Sherwood Stiles Stevens. Samuel Bishop Jotham Merritt. - Greenwich. James Wilson + Greenwich. .. R. A. Williams. Norwalk... Andrew Hull.. 3 Crossman. Curtis. James Perry.. P, Dorion. Db. B. Whitney J.B. Case. Robert RK. Berwick Amos Barnes . Edson Hayes, . json Turner. L. 8. Barnum. Keeler. J. E. Wheeler. P. D. Braisted, Jr. Geo, W. Butt Otto H, Coop G Mann Jas. Daskam Hezekiah Ellwood... ScuMAny.—Thirty-nine men weighed ae or upwards of four tons, At two o’clock the party, including the light weights, sat down at the table and the festive clam—or at once’commences G, Sydney Smith was elected president and M. E. Sherwood vice presi- dent. Buxom lads of forty to sixty years old slipped thelr hats to the backs of their heads, pulied up their sleeves, and pe solemnly their entire ponderosities against the insignificant bulk of a roasted bivalve. Tuey either believed they were do- ing something highly satisfactory or playing, as is their wont, sly pranks on the shell fish; for at ine tervals roguish glances from beneath their brows stole out, and as they languidly encountered each other's gaze their faces brightened with rubicun ridgy smiles, and beamed with an expression tl And the joke was Ly Ba hl the surroundings; would have made Sancho Panza delirious with envy. for the sky, which was overcast and spat sundry showers of rai intervals, cleared up and illumined with ht the faces of the clamorers around the table, while the not less succulent og lay pa.) the festal = with their pearly jaws pe. ie Oyst ‘also ‘inné baht their yawning shells, the eels’ tails jay curled in fantastic twists on the dishes, and the very potatoes had burst their [apr unable to con- tam themselves. At last the it of the giants was ended, and a number of the youths were cailed upon for hes, but the effort had been too it, the: notst air was clam-my, and no one felt like doing any more mouth duty. A ae oe cupids mounted the tables and favored the epicurean assem- blage with songs in decidedly staccato movement’ owing to preponderance of the obese element an jack of wind. Nature could endure no | T effort, With a rousing chorus the party separated and held a caucus in front of the hotel, at which it was solemnly resolved that ‘the fat men of Connecticut” should hold an annnal clambake at Gregory's Point. SCOTTISH GAMES. The Second Annual Festival of the Caledo- nh Clab of Brooklyn. The second annual excursion of the Rrooklyn Caledonian Club was held at Myrtle Avenue Park, Brooklyn, yesterday. The exercises were after the manner of the New York Club, and closely followed the arrangements of last year in the same place. The Caledonian games were indulged in by the mem- bers of the club, who assembled to the number of a hundred, and were witnessed by about three thou- sand people of both sexes. The early part of the day was favorable to the exhibition of Caledonian skill in tossing the caber, throwing the stone and the other exercises peculiar to @ Scottish in the afternoon the outdoor festival; but rain. came down in torrents and interru the festivity. With the exception of the last item in the programme, however, the entire exhibition of Scotch athletics was gone through with to the satis- faction of the members of the club and their atten- dant friends. The following is a list of the winners of the prizes in the different contests between the members of the club:—The neatest dress, Dougald Campbell; putting the heavy stone, A. Forester; put- ting the light atone, A. Forester; standi: mp, D. Lawrence; throwing th hammer, Alexander Robinson; throwing the light hammer, Alexander Robinson; running amp, Alexander Mitchell; bread sword dance, Peter Reid and Jolin West; short race round the » D. K. Campbell; run- ning high jump, Alexander Forrester; _ race round the ring = f G Watt; three-I Tace, A. Mitchell and Peter Reid; vauiting with the pote, Alexander Forrester; long race, McAdam Holmes; Highland fling, James Totter; ‘Lossi! ing the caber, Alexander Frazer; hurdie race, Alexander Mitchell; sack race, A. Mitchell; high standing jamp, A. Forrester; bor face, James Campbell; eag ) D. K. Campbell; hop, step and Jopthclag was muintained with great in one anc aintained w init in o1 tet the ground, while the aduiirers "or muscle, legs and ipes cheered the athletes tn another, The heavy rain that fel) at five o'clock, however, put ® stop to the Igttor aad drove the spectators under the shelter of the m: sheds that occupy the grounds of Myrtie gone Park, by Aes the members of the club and the friends of the organization were detained by the rain tilla late hour, but good humor, music and pleasure reigned suprethe to the last. CITY POLITICS. The Republican State Committec, The Republican State Committee has opened its headquarters at the Fifth Avenue Hotel and has commenced the work of organizing the State, Seymour aad Blair Club of the Thirteenth Ward. A stated weekly meeting of the members of this club was held last evening at their headquarters, No. 470 Grand street, the President, Patrick Carraher, in the chair, The evening was ‘filled up with a series of enlivening speeches—though m with hoarse voices, from the most having spoken at the outdoor meeting in Ridge street—by Messrs, Patrick Lia A P. T. Delaney, P. J. McAlear and T. J. Campbell. No other business than making ana Iatening to 8) The proceedings were orderly as Thirteenth Ward William M. Tweed Demo- cratic Campaign Club, An open air meeting was held last evening by the members of this club in front of their headquarters, Ridge street. Music and bonfires and the roar of cannon had their trresistible charms and drew to- gether @ large caowd. It was a most spirited out- door political demonstration. Mr. Jacob King called the meeting to order and moved the sSpeofatinans of Timothy J. Campbell as ch was carried. Mr. Campbell deliv- vigorous speech in favor of the democratic candidates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency and in advocacy of democratic principles ‘as opposed to radical misrule. Addresses in similar strain were delivered in turn by Messrs. Peter T. De- Janey, John J. Blair, P, J. McAlear, Jeremiah Barton and William C. Greer. These speeches, which were most attentively and respectfully Mstened to, were sandwiched by patriotic airs played by the band and a series of resolutions endorsing in general terms the nomination of Seymour and Blair. The German Democrats, An important meeting—in a political sense—was held Jast evening at Schmenger’s Germania Hall, the executive committee of the German democratic union party being in session, with Coroner Schirmer a6 chairman and Mr. Julius Hennett secretary. After the transaction of some merely routine business are- port was made by Mr. Magnus Gross, chairman of a committee appointed to confer with a similar com- inittee of a rival organization of German democrats, known as the German Democratic Central Club. These latter are of the anti-war schoo, while the former, as indicated by their name, were Union or war democrats and seceded from the Central Club in 1862 to form an organization of their own. Both support the Tam- many Hall candidates and platform, and it was agreed yesterday to unite in one common ‘Central paign Organization,” for the purposes of the present election, the first meeting of which, com- posed of one delegate from each poll district in the city for each organization, will take place next ‘Thursday evening. The committee of the Central Club, Mr. Max Goepf and Dr. Ph. Merkle, were pres- ent in the ante room and were informed of the suc- cess of the movement, REPUBLICAN MASS MEETING IN BROOKLYN. ‘The friends of the republican principles to be sus- tained by the election of Grant and Colfax, on the platform of that party, assembled at Temperance Hail, corner of Fulton and Concord streets, last evening in large numbers, to celebrate the opening of the Central Union Club headquarters, that organi- zation purposing occupying that piace during the campaign, Previous to the opening of the meeting guns were fired, skyrockets set off, and a banner unfurled to the breeze extending across Fulton street. The latter was displayed through the agency of the variegated hues of pyrotechnics, and was received witn re- peated cheers by the crowd assembled on the street beneath, The meeting was called to order by STEPHEN M. GiuswoLp, President of the club, who announced in afew appropriate remarks the objects of the call for the present assemblage, lauded the noble efforts of their nominee for the Presidency and urged all pa- triotic citizens of Kings county to assemble at their headquarters for deiiberation throughout the ensuing campaign. Mr. J. J. Coven next came forward and read a lengthy series of resolutions, which were enthusias- tically received and endorsed by the audience. The chairman then introduced General Jonn COCHRANE, Who spoke at some length. He consid- ered this initiation of the compan auspicious, but cautioned his hearers against alarm. He spoke peaceful and powerful governinent assailed, of bloody battle fields, and said the issues of this canvass were issues of the war, The Unton could only be restored by the ballot box. The will of the soldier and the election of a citizen have the same object. The speaker then went on to discuss reconstruction, It had been dubbed Con- gressional policy. He would not quarrel neither ‘with its sponsor nor its baptism. To say that Con- gress has no right to make reconstruction laws is to say that the people have no right to preserve theirown government. Keferring to the black population he said but 4,000,000 of colored men had been found, and Congress thought that loyalty grew as pure beneath a black as a white surface, This right of Congress was objected to ag unconstitutional. After dwelling upon the powers of government he referred to the plat- form on which Frank P. Blair, Jr., had been nomi- nated, and stated that it was the same as could have been accepted by General Hampton. There was no occasion to inquire into the views of Horatio Sey- of the monr. He embraced the plattorm of revo- Intion, based on the words he used in 1861, “that successful coercion would be as revolutionary as secession.” After reviewing the litical status of Seymour and Biair he referred to repudiation. He said :—There are public debts which, when measured by what they purchase, constitute no small portion of the glory of a Pars Ours is one of those debts—it is the purse of the Union. Three hundred thousand of our brothers died to save this government ; they paid their greater portion of the price of freedom. Let us pay our lesser part without murmur. There are no words with which to fitly characterize the in- famy of national repudiation. No people can sur- vive their lost honor. To repudiate is to die, and yet such is the democratic penne Our lusty demo- crate, of the white man’s government, propose to pay this debt in nbacks—in plainer words, to cheat. You will participate the fraud if yon help these gentlemen to success. lajor Z. K. PANG@BORN, of New Jersey, was the next speaker, who entertained his hearers by aa able discussion of the comparative merits of the re- spective platforms and the personal records of the candidates of the two parties. Mr. Pangborn’s remarks, which were replete with lively anecdote of a highly humorous strain, were frequently interrupted by applause. or followed, and the assemblage, her Speakers which had been both numerous and enthusiastic, dispersed at a late hour, leaving the members of the Central Union Club well satisfied with the result of their efforts to make the opening of their new hall a perfect success. DEMOCRATIC RATIFICATION MEETING AT BERGEN, N. J. A large democratic meeting was held last evening at Library Hall, Bergen, N. J. The meeting was called to order by Mr. F. G. Walbert, of Bergen, who nominated Mr. Edwin A. Doolittle as chairman of the meeting. Mr. Doolittle made a few very appro- riate remarks, condemning the course of the radi- Sa party for the past few years and laudatory of bee ga Bs bo he sald was the frst states- man of the present a Mr. A. ©. Davis waethe first speaker. He said that he did not wish to make a strictly democratic speech, but came to the meeting with the desire to speak only as an American citizen. He was filled cary. with a sense of the greatness of his country, and the republicans could succeed in convine! him that their tenets were better calculated to serve the interests of that country than {hose of the demo- cratic party he was willing to by the repubil- can ticket. He would not imitate the example of his political o] enta, but wished only to state the case clearly. ie had no word of slander inst General Grant, as he is the hest chieftain in the United States, selected for their candidate the ablest statesman in America. The reason of the selection by either party was that the republicans wished to change our government into a military despotism and the demo- crats only desired to bring back constitutional rnment. extapoke of the financial question. He denicd that the ‘lemocrats advocated repudiation of the na- tional debt. The democratic record since the foun- dation of the republic has been clear on this point. The difference between the parties is in the manner. of paying the national debt. The democrats wish to pay nf honestly and also. desire to adopt the proper means to do so. The republicans also desire ind it, but they take @ Hy 4 method of payment. y y the national t by plunging the country into ih expenses. ‘The 8} er was loudly applauded in the course of his remarks, Fire tN THIRD AVENUB.—A little before eight o'clock last night @ fire occurred at No. 632 Third avenue, in the dry goods store of McEwing & Arena, caused by the goods in the show window taking fire from the gaslight. The fire burned quite furiously for @ short time, but was soon extinguished. Damage to stock $600; insured for $1,500 in the Con- tinental Insurance Company, and $1,500 in the Astor Insarance Company. No insurance on fixtures. The — iS, owned SL Pamer Burns, No. 142 East. ty. street, insured but for what ves broken in etn out tho was damaged about $200: ant or in what company deol arta Auaur ry . Printing Establish nN LABOR MOVE! The Wholeenle Clothing Catters- The Wholesale Clothing Cutters’ Provective Jimom met again last night at No. 10 Stantow street, Mr. Henry Schaefer in the chair. Sevetty-five aew members were enrolled. It was stat-xt that th: movement for an increase of pay to $4 pet & perfect success thronghont. A comm. 2 then appointed to collect funds from the nem’ the money recelved to be paid over to the 11" ers’ Unions to help them in the eight hoar strik The Piano Makers. ‘The piano makers assembled last evening at th Cir hall, No. 23 Stanton street, Mr. Henry Seibert pr * siding and Mr. John Appel being secretary. The* chairman was elected delegate to the National Con- Gress of Workingmen to assemble in this city on the 2ist of September next, On motion he was spe- one page to oppose any attempt to nominate a cket for President and Vice President, as the candidates of the workingmen’s party. A cir- cular of the bricklayers was read asking support an@ material ald. After alengthy and at ifmes warm debate it was finally resolved to send subscription lists to the shops asking for contributions in aid of the Epakiarers. All the speakers expressed them- selves firmly resolved in favor of the eight hour movement, the divergence of the opintons being. be as to the best way to raise the funds to help the strike, some complaining bitteriy of the iukewarm- ness of the piano makers, who, though numbering: some fifteen hundred in the city, muster but about eighty at a mass meeting in aid of this great move- ment. Some other measures were then perfected for the picnic to take place next Monday. and then the meeting, at a late hour, adjourned. Operative Bricklayers’ Union. The usual weekly meeting of this Union was het@ last evening in their hall, corner of Second avenue and Twenty-third street, There was a large attend- ance. Mr. S. R. Gaul, president ot the association, oc- cupied the chair, The chairman stated that ata meet- ing held on last Monday night there was a, resolution passed to consider the present tax and to levy a fu- ture tax of two dollars per week upon all bricklayers earning over twelve dollars a week. There being no | abe made as to how the (ax should be cottected e would suggest the propritey of banding it in to the financial secretary. » Mullins brought under the notice of the meeting the fact that several fore- men, members of the society, were working for the atten hours a day, and were superintending the labor of other workmen who likewise worked ten hours a day. Under such circumstances he earnestly contended that those foremen should be expelled the society, for their conduct. was ex- ceedingly detrimental and unjust to the bricklayers now on strike. A member of the society observed that at the last meeting a resolution was passed notl- fying all foremen employing ten hour men to desist at once, Since that notification had been issued several foremen had left of work, ‘The chairman read a series of resolutions passed at a meeting of Bricklayers’ Union No. 2, to the effect that there were a few members working against their own interests; that in consequence Union No, 2 offer those who should quit the ten hour jobs or who should demand eight hours, and failing should have the right hand¥of fellowship, and that all lawful means would be used to place them in better situae tions. This invitation was to extend for thirty days. ‘These resolutions were laid on (he table. Several new members were subsequently admitied, and some routine business having been disposed of the meet- ing adjourned, THE NEW HAMPSHIRE HORSE FAIR. MANCUESTER, N, FI., August 20, 186%. The rain of last night and this morning clouded the prospects of the fair, though the forenoon’s pro- gramme was carried out, First came the family horses, on which the judges were F, W. Miller, of Portsmouth; Lafayette Hall, of Newmarket; L. T. Church and N, Thompson, of Lebanon, and George W. Dodge, of this city. The entries were the horses before named tn other departments, except the one entered by D. A. Brown, of Fisherville—a chestnut mare without name. They were inspected by the judges and sent around the course at various gaits. When put to their speed Lady Carter made 2:58 and Ira Bailey’s Farmer made 2:50. The awards were given to C. N. Howland, of Concord, for Lady Carter, 15; Dudley Smith, of Concord, for Dudley mare, 10; Ira Bailey, for Farmer, $5; D. A. Brown, of Fisherville, for chestnut mare, $2. The stallions were called, the horses having been entered. Flying Morrill was withdrawn. Young Draco and Hiram Allen were entered for the race. The judges were Dr. Robert Wood, of Lowell; A. Fisher, of Nashua, and F. W. Miller, of Portsmouth. ‘The horses got the word and made an even start without delay, Draco having and Gretna the pole and constantly gaining on Hiram, and winning the race in 2:3944, taking the first award of $50, at the opening of the races at the Ridiug Park this afternoon a gentle rain was falling, which soon thickened to a heavy and continuous shower. Only six of the ten horses entered to compete for the $250 purse came forward at the call, four havit been withdrawn, Those going into cont started in the following order:—Jack of re Wyman’s chestnut gelding Little Mischief, Dolphin, Fred and Cora Mathes, Fred won the first heat handsomely tn 2:42. Dol- pin was distanced, Fred won the’ second heat in 2:44, Little Mischief and Jack of Trumps following © upon him. The third heat was won by Fred The track in the meantime becoming somewhat heavy, judgea Dr. Robert Wood, of Lowel; Alfred Fisher, of Nashua, and Dudley Smith, of Concord, ed the awards as follows:— , of Manchester. A. S. Drew, of Great Falls. In the race of geidings and mares only two came forward to make the trial, viz.:—Neil Prescott and Snowflake. The latter was entered by Mr. Church, of Lebanon. Snowflake won in three « heats. Time—2:57, 3:04 and 8:01, Th pouring at the time and the track was Snowflake took the first prize, $70, and Nel The final races by horses that never beat postponed till half-past two o'clock to-morrow afternoon. y sticky. TROTTING AT DEXTER PARK. CHICAGO, August 20, 1868, The trotting race at Dexter Park to-day between Bashaw, Jr., Silas Rich, Jim Rockey and Tackey, best three in five, was won by the first named. Best time, 2:27. A.=Phalon’s |“ tan Lotion” Removes FRECKLES, PIMPLES AN, SALT RHEUM, ERYSIP- ELAS, &c. A—Phal Tt wii{ not oh BATH aad NURSERY. 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