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ment Iuables, Were mainly catried of and wiht Fie almost total joss, The stock of liquors in Murray's tavern, worth probably $100, | en into the river. A house belonging to Mrs. Clare, abd one or two others, stanuing be- tween Tustin street and Fifth avenue, were badly used np. Strange us it may appear to any one fu- | mulwr with the topography of what is known as | Soho, no lives were lust 1 the tempestuous tor- | rent Which poured down irom Centre avenue, car- rying with it stones weightings five or six hundred nde, The cuivert at ine corner of Brady und tin streets wus broken up adout hall-way across ‘Tustin street, a distance o} tutrty teet, The cellars | of all the houses in this section e Hooded, aud apy amouut of damage done which has not been estimated. The main water pipe on Forbes street apd the Greplug on Tustin street were broken, carried away and buried, several hundred tect of the bill in the rear of the school house -on the line of the Forbes street in- provement slid down iito Second avenue, gpriviag along @ quantity of coke belonging to loorhead & Co. The culvert on Second avenue over Four Mile Run was struck by lightning. and | shattered to such an extent that the water readily | earried a large portion of tt away, Messrs. Barton & Keeney, Hastings and Mackin & Sons, contract- ors jor the street improvements in that quarter, will suffer beavily 19 pecuniary joss, and besides, the work will wecessarily be delayed in couse- quence of the slides above noted, PROM SOHO 10’ HARDSCRABBLE. Fitth avenue is covered with uirt aud cobbie stones from the mouth of Logan sireet a number Of squares down, Which are being carried away a8 rapidly as possible, several men ana carts hi been engaged during the day, Logan probably Jet in as bad condition as any of the Streets in the hill district, unless we except Web- ster avenne, Coming down Fifth avenue we find large piles of Louiders at the corners of most of the satersecting streets untii the corner of Tunnel is reached, in the district calied Hardscrabbi where it is found that the principal aamsye ensued from Aooding the residences | of the poor people living on Old avenue, and tothe east of it, On Old avenue the water stood four feet above the level of the street, and when it finally fowed of,-le't the mud three ipones deep on every tidy lhousekeeper's foor, The mucbinery in Mul & Patterson’s planing mill was considerably injured. The grocery store of Mrs. Cook & Son was Wushed out. The loss in- eurred by the iatter firm will probably reach $300. J. & D. MeCaffrey, proprietors of a seed store on Old avenue, will lose Second avenue has sunk several inc Wavel has been besides obstructed by the faluug of telegraph poies across that thoron; DEVASTATION AL WIEST LIBEL The storm commenced its serious devastation sbout the corner of George Neeld’s land on the Washington road, bordered by Plummer’s Rap, which heads itselt in Colonel Espy’s laad, about haif mite above. George UC. Baker, butcher, who 38 located just at the spot named, lost a steer and a nomber vl sheep, and mach valuable property. His salesroom and tenapt house was flooded four or five iteet deep in water, C. Wile hem, next beiow, lost several wagons and much other property. Mrs, —_ Beltzhoover, who keeps the Valley Inn, was badly damaged; her hay scale, (ence and a cottage were all carried oi. But the worst that happened there was that this cottage was occupied by two very old ladies. Qne, an invalid, named Mrs. Nancy Ferguson, was drowned. ‘The cottage dashed against a platform road bridge and Was stuushed to pleces, and the oid Jady named Mrs. Ferguson perished in the jood. Her sister was found lying on tue hillside tn Paul’s Woous, much prostrated, and taken care of vy Mrs. Beitzhoover. A man who had sought semporury sheiter in & house started aguinst advice to make the Valley [nn, and was never seen again. He must have perished, as he could not bave gotten far below. Mr. William Haas lost his large coal platform and ali its belongings end a pile of lumber, This was also on the Beltzhoover property named. Curran Brothers’ family grocery was inundated, and would have gone also but for superhuman ex- Wue tak ertions, They had the flood to contend @gainst at two pomts—the run in front and a large break in the land in the rear, which received the water from 100 acres, Vhey suffered irom tnoudation only. Harry Smith had Mis kitchen carried off trom the main building, with the loss of furniture and a couple of small wagons. ‘Iwo men were carried by Curran’s store tn @ buggy and most likely lost, a8 the horse was pare to be seen at the time: if they did not make Ul within 100 yards oi that spot they would be past hope. The vody of Mrs, Ferguson has been btought back /rom where it was iound in charge of ’Squire joba Patrerson and uiiicer Mclivane. At the Bell louse, kept by Mr. Ce.an, the devastation is At complete. The water was at food height at t point, it being where the sawmill and Pium- mer’s Run form a junction. ‘The two men alluded to Were to bringin the buggy. When it passed West | Liberty they were most probably drowned, The Duggy was found two miles below. ‘The other en—Mr. Char.es Kertner and Mr. John Hay- jen—just made the Bell Tavern not a moment too soon, and were fortunate in landing safe, though ‘through much danger. Their buggy (a fine one) was subsequentiy smashed up. At this spot, on the city side of Saw Mill Run, Mr. Mike Newman, keeper of a greenhouse nursery op the Boggs land —a beautiful levei of tour or five acres—vhis spot was so situated as to receive the full force of the food at an angie. He lost all—his green- house, his hot beds, sash, crops and everything ut his dwelling, which was mercifully preserve trom the force oJ the water. LOSSES AT WOOD'S RUN. The flood in this vicinity seemed to burst from the ground, so quick did 1c become an element of destruction, Near the junction ot West End ave- nue aud the Beaver road stood the frame dwelling of Mr. Bond, and against this the water hurled itself at the outset. The building was liited from its founaation: and, with Mr. and Mrs, Bond and _ two children, was swept down the ravine which forms the bed of tie Run. A couple of hundred yards down the bulaing was throwa violently against that occupied by Mr. Bue. While quiver- ing in the balance between destruction and lodge- ment, Mr. Bond's tamily jumped through a win- dow into one in the house of Mr. Bue, aud almost at the moment their own dwelling separated in pieces anu floated on with the food, A QUARTER OF A MILE BI the house of Mr. Kreenan was ried from its foundation and shivered to atoms, the fumtly fortunately escaping. The next building encoun: tered was the dwelling of Mr. Gorman, which was born resistlessly on with the whole family, cou: ing of husband, wife and three children, St All were borne on to raging waters, and one by one, all brut Mrs. Gorman disappeared, She, after floating nearly a quarter of a mile, Was swept up towards the bank, and seiz- ing a gaspipe whieh led over the bank of tue ra- Vine, Was drawn toa place of salety. On down towards the river the water swept along, tearing out the rear of many buildings and destroying many others, TRE DWELLING OF MR. JAMES FORDEN was the next which met wit wbsolute destruction. Himself, wite and three cluldren were swallowed up They were seen in the second story and heard to ery ior help; but uc heip came, and tue build. ing soon went to pieces. ‘Three hundred yards below the grocery storé of Wilsoa & ‘Irimble was gatied, involving a ioss of about $4,000, AS soon as the flood partially subsided and the vewlldered witnesses 01 the appailing Cuavos could recover from ther iright search Was made jor the bodies. Those of James orden and ls wite were found first in Eckert’s yard. One of Gorman's eniidren was found south of the ratiroad track, | and the bodies of two oi Forden’s littie ones were | discovered—the baby boy, about ten mouths of age, at the bridge, and the little boy, aged about ten years, jar Out Wilkins avenue. These five bodies, a terrible sight, lie at Mccaskey & McChes- ney’s livery stable, near the scene, A PEW STIRRING INCIDENTS. James Flanigan, brother of Mrs, Forden, when he saw the flood coming, rushed in to save his ister, but a biow upon the head sent him headlong into the torrent, and inthe boiling, bubbling, seething current tie floated some 500 leet finally climbing out by means Of a friendly tree. Along other houses struck by the water was a email frame, occupied by the Dillon’s and their little family and some neighbors’ children, to the number of nine souls. AWay sped this little ark, buffeted severely by the masses of timber and rub- bing stones. One entire side is battered out, and the water stands deep in the ruins. Most wonderiul to re- | late, pone of the inmates of the diminutive house were drowned. A providentialiy placed stump @nchored the Noating domi ana ail escaped, Almost directly in the path of the food stood the pretty littic Presbyterian church. But for an intervening building this church must have been totally destroyed. AS’ It was, the entire fvame edifice, measuring about tity by eighty, Was moved off its foundations tive or feet, “A giance inside the butiding showed toe w i What cracked, but otnerWise the building 6 unharmed. The hoor Was @ sea of mud to a depth of 6ix inches, and the telitale clock pointed un- erringiy to the hour and minute of the awful oc. | currence—ten minutes to nine, The number of horses and cows drowned in Chis small region is | large. i i H PARTIAL LST OF TRE DEAD. Ofthe dead which have been found in the vari- ous localities, the tojlowing names have.been ob- Mr. McVay, aged Si yer Ida McVay, aged eight years. Mrs. Sample, aged twenty-seven ears, ‘Thomas Britton, a miner, aged sixty years; bis geu fourteen years. gie Hunter, aged twelve years, Mrs. Thrap, aged ubout forty years. Joseph Connor, u miner, aged avout sixty years; Mrs. Betsy Dill, his housekeeper. Mr. Thomas Sraith, wile @ad three childrea, all reported drowned, Apiong others missing are— Frauk O'Neil and daughter, Mrs. McVay and two children, Willtam Horsely, wife and child, Thomas Hunter, wile and three sons, CHARTIER’S CREEK, Mr, vec nte eCieat. Vive chiidreb, Son of Josep: Hoover. Son of George Alnerts, Mrs. Mary Fergusoa. ‘The above gives but a faint ideaof the actual loss of iife. Many bogies are unrecognized, many known to exist In sOme iocalities. Nave not yet been recovered and the names of several have, doubtless, escaped the reporters. The following recayitulation Will be found to approach the sum of the actual mortality :=- Upper Allegheny. Lower Allegheny. Sawmill Run. Big Branch Sawmill Run. Little Branch Sawmtll Ran. Charuer’s Creek........ 3 Other suburbs reaching to Washington county. son, M | | | | THE STORM IN THE WEST. Damage from the Rise in the Ohio River. CINCINNATI, Ohio, July 28, 1874, River men to-day fee! hopeiul that the river will not rise much more. If it falls soon, whicn is probable, much of the sunken coal will be recovered, as will also many empty barges. it is now hoped that the loss will not exceed 25,000, but should river rise to fifteen feet, the loss will be over $100,000, The river here is pow a trifle above eleven feet and stationary. but rising above, and the Hanawha River at fleston is rising an inch per bour. RAN STORM IN UTIOA. Utica, N. Y., July 28, 1874, It bas rained very hard and almost incessantly here since Monday last. A LARGE THEFT. | the | A Mulatto Servant Girl Decamps from a Household in Connecticut with $3,000 Stolen from 2 Sideboard—Her Whercabouts a Mystery. Westport, July 28, 1874. Captain Platt Pearsol), now in his eighty-fourth and Mrs, year, earsoll, his wife, have, during a residence of sixty years in this place, been in the habit of employing colored domestics, They re side in the same old farm house which was occu- pied by Mr. Taylor Hurlbutt, father of Mra. Pear- soll, lorty years ago. They owna farm, have al- ways worked it, and in their declining years can boast of enough of this world’s goods to make them comfortable. During these long years it has further been their habit, when fortune smiled and bestowed surpiug funas, to loan those funds to citizens of Newport at a fair per- centage of interest and with good security, re- taining the borrowers’ note, as is usual in such cases, These notes and other papers, with such amounts of cash overplus as might accrue to them in the operation of the farm, were kept in AN ANCIENT SIDEBOARD, the key of wnich was carried by Mrs. Pearsoll and seldom left her hands. During the past year. however, Mrs. Pearsoll jell sick and had to confide the key to acolored domestic, Lizzie Mayo, aged seventeen years, who Was originally taken from the House of Refuge in New York. Lizzie proved recreant to her trust, a8 was sus- pected, aud the key to the sideboard was taken away irom her, but not till Lizzie had discovered the valuables which the sideboard contained, tts secret drawers, tilis, and hiding places. In ad- ditron to her stealth, Lizzie was an ingenious girl, and took good care to obtain DUPLICATE KEYS with which, when Mrs. Pearsoli lay on a bed of sickness, or the family had retired for the night, she practised on the sideboard lock until she could open or shut it at pleasure. Meantime, Lizzie Was not suspected of meddling, and was allowed the ireedom of tne house as usual. She was treated with the greatest kindness, was clothed and fed, and sent Co the village Sunday school tor instruction. Everybody thought her a good girt rr apes to help her, About ten days ago, Lizzie took A CONVENIENT OPPORTUNITY in the night, opened.phe sideboard, took out a pocketbook contajoing $400 in greenvbacks and notes of hand, as already described, amounting to $2,700. ‘The largest note was Jor $1,000, the balance 01 $1,700, being of the denominations of $50, $100 and $200, amd all held as stated. She tnen de- camped, and has not since beep heard from. Her departure was a surprise to Mr. and Mrs. Pearsoil, who made inquiry as to her wherea outs, but they did not dream of the great joss they had sustained, and it was not till last evening, when they first had occasion to go to the sideboard for money that the theit was discovered, and the real character of their renegade servant girl demonstrated. Their feelings and the PERPLEXING CONDITION OF APFAIRS can be imagined. Tus was the more so when they thought of the advantage whicn Lizzié had gained in placing a distance of ten days’ travel between her and her possible pursuers, This morning efforts were made to look for the recreant; but not a syllavie has yet been heard, When last seen Lizzie wore a brown straw jockey | hat, blue or purple figured calico dress and leather shoes. She is a mulatto, and a girl rather large for her years, It {s thought she took a tram tor New York. ° A SINGULAR ACOIDENT, James N. Sanders, aged six and a half years, died yesterday morning at the residence of his parents, No. 244 South Fourth street, Williams burg, irom chronic gastritis, caused by swaliowing a brass button. ‘Ihe lad, wilile playing about the house with a button he had found, swallowed it, and@ ashort time became sick, and lor seven weeks everything was done to give him ease with- out avail, death terminating his sufferings yester- day morning. THE SfATE TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION. Annual Meeting and Exercises at Bing- hamton. BINGHAMTON, N. Y., July 28, 1874. The annual meeting of the State Teachers’ As- sociation began in the High School building at half-past two o’clock this, afternoon. President MeMiilan cailed the meeting to order. A prayer was delivered by Rev. Z. Paddock, D. D., an ad- | dress of welcome by Mr. D. M,. Halburt, mayor; and a response by President McMillan, iollowed by his annual address, Dr. T. 8. Lambert, of New York, delivered an address on Correlated to Duality of Brain.” promipens gentlemen present are Superintendents Ais, OF Rochester; Smith, of Syracuse; Batite, of Troy; Field, of Brooxiyn; Santord, of Middletown; President Harrison, of the Normal College of New York; ex-Superintendent Slade, of Buifalo; Pro- fessor Jopnonat, of Missouri; Professor Clark, of Canandalgua: Mr. James Cruikshank, of Brook- lyn; President Hoore, of the Corviandt Normal ae Deputy Superintendent Buikley, of Brook- yn. A CANADIAN PROHIBITION COMMISSIOY. OTraWa, Canada, July 28, 1874. Among the The session with the consideration of the prohibitory liquor law question, having embodied in their re- port a resolution recommending that steps be taken to procure fuller aud more satisfactory in- | ration of the law iu | Jormation regarding the 0) such States of the neighboring Union as have adopted and enforced it, the government, in pur- suance of the terms of that recommendation, has appointed Fredesick Davis and the John ‘Manning a commission to make ihe necessary inquiries and report. EXPLORATION IN AFRICA tained :— ENY DISTRIC UPPER ALM Wolke pms tt Mary ft sone t Mre bar day Mrs. He Henry 1 Lewis uo Mr per Henry saan Mrs. He Four en Mary Couiou. Arebie Arno Mrs. Metzjein. dacob Lutz. LOWER ALLEGHENY DISTRICT. James Forden, rs. James Forden, Vour chifdreu of above, Mr. Joho Gorman and toree chiidrou. | TRMPERANCEVILLE DISTRIC 4 Summing up the loss in this section we have ‘the | fellowiag Lodies recovered:~ | or tne Mile. sered trom @ bad leg and to have been two or three | of recurrent fever, but he | | the Lake Tanganyika, he ward and my brother northward, the Nile problem Lieutenant Cameron’s Expeditionary Work, The Manchester Guardian, of July 3, publishes 2 following extract from a letter which has been ived in that city from a brother of Lieutenant Cumeron, of the Livingstone expedition:— We bave very good news trom my brother. We Juve letters dated February 25 and 2s, at Uyil, on \ fanganyika, whe he had arrived after a anu dangerous march, He had ound Living- si -fe's map and papers, and intended to send Hom with some of lis own men down to t HOast 4 early opportunity. He bad aire t deter. ¢ wititude of ' above i sea. He had eugaged ab canoe, With fourteca oars, and ine tended Lo explore thoroughty tis great inland s yhis has bever yet been done, aud wiil setue onc jur all as to Whether this 1s the source of the Congo He seems, poor iellow, to have sul- ton Ott verge Hy about hi ase, and was ull of and energ, ave also heard, strangely ough, Within t b sew Gaye, that Coloucl Gordon, WhO has succeeded Sir Samuel Baker, has had tidings of my brotuer betug ta his et i Gordon pres: umeés on the writes Very ch sout! tiay be solved, Parliamentary conimittee tntrusted last | | singularly reticent on topics where the confidence | column ts netng printed on alleged or real griev- | wise admitted as a common practice to color or Duality of Mind as | | \ JULY 29, 1874.—IRIPLE SHEET. * NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, ENGLISH FOOD ADULTERATION, | What Tea, Coffee, Milk and Bread Consist Of. SOME BRITISH KNAVERY. The Effect of an Adultera- tion Ac Lowpon, July 13, 1874. London journals hardly ever !ose an opporta- ity to ventilate matters, when British interests are enffering, in connection with mercantile tranaactions with the United States; but they are of American citizens is abused. Column after ances concerning ratiroad and mining affairs, but not @ single live has been publisned calculated to warn the American pubiic against shipments of spurious teas, adulterated wines and spirits or fraudulent packages of Roman cement and a variety of other commodities. It has been stated that for some time past spurious teas have been diMonit of sale m tne London market, owing to the vigilant eve of the law omicers, who carry out the provisions of the Adulteration act. It is fur- ther asserted that whenever a seizure 1s contem- Plated the owners of & spurious article have an Opportunity in putting the objectionabie mer- chandise on board a steamer bound to New York before the gear of red tapeism can touch the cul- pable owner. A Paritamentary committee has been in session for several weeks to inquire into the practical working ofthe Adulteration act. The public mind has been greatly disturbed by the alleged frauds, and a brief summary of the proceedings in com- mittee will tend to show the extent to which the inquiry became necessary.. The existing act of Parliament makes the sale of any adulterated article as pure punishable by a fine on proof of the adulteration; it also provides that all mixed. articles, such as cocoa, mustard, &e., should be duly labelled by the manufac- turer setting forth the fact of a mixture on each package. The local authorities throughout the country were directed to appoint public officers for the purpose, at the demand of any house- holder, of analyzing any article of whose quality there appeared reasonable suspicion. This is dore on payment of a small fee aiter the result is ascer- tained. The act was, or is, in operation-in London and most of the larger cit.es, but in tne rural dis- tricts it remained almost a dead letter. A great outcry was raised among country dealers against what was termed “oppression,’’ In the ontset it was attempted to defeat the provisions of the act by pleading ignorance of the existing adulteration. A magistrate could be induced to convict only on proof of the trader’s Knowledge of the adultera- tion, This absurdity was sudsequently overruled by superior courts, and then another device was resorted to by asserting that the additions made to pure articles were not injurious to health, and that in many cases it served even to improve the quality of the original arttcle. Thus, for tnstance, cocoa In its pure state was declared indigestibie. Being insoluble by water, the nutritious properties of cocoa were not fully developed until some other ingredients were mixed with the genuine article. Ground mustard, as brought from the mill, was declared a bitter, harsh sub- stance, which, unless mixed with tempering Matter, the public would nov purchase. Great stress was laid on these facts, and it was argued, With some show of trath, that all adulterations were not positively injurious to health. Manufac- turers demanded the abolition of the section which made labelling compulsory in cases where the mixvure was not injurious to health. The.ex- posure on the label, it was contended, did great injury tothe trader. The courts, however, re- fused to allow the argument and determined to leave no loophole, and thereby, if conceded, vitiate the wholesome provisions of the act. The traders, being driven to despair, began now to attack the law itself, showing it up as coercive and unfair. This, as already stated, resulted in the appointment of a Parliamentary committee. It seemed, moreover, necessary to improve and otherwise amend the act; hence a lengthy inquiry became necessary, It is, of course, impossible more than briefly to epitomize the evidence ad- ducea before the committee. STATEMENTS REGARDING TRA3. ‘rhis was the article around which the battle waged most hotly. The adulteration, it was stated, served the purpose of improving the ap- pearance, inereasing the bulk and adding to the weignt. For the two latter purposes, finely ground | quartz and iron or steel filings were made use of, Dut the favorite ingredient was “lie” tea or leaves, which, after having been used, were redried. An | astringent called catechu gum is likewise much in use, For improving the appearance, “lie” tea | is Sometimes mixed with low grades of ordinary tea and placed in cylinders under steam, with an apportiouate quantity of carbonate of mag- nesia, Dutch pink and Prussian blue. It was like- “face” as it is commonly termed, many teas. One ‘witness asserted that in some parts of the country black teas only were consumed, while in other districts green teas were purchased In preference. The articles were accordingly specially manu- factured to meet the demands of customers. These facings were acknowledged by some of the public analysts not to be directly injurious to health, and one of the witnesses declared that he would allow their use in tea just as coloring matter was permitted in cheese or butter. There is another favorite practice, namely, to purchase teas damaged by water, being in that State of liste use or value, and these teas, I am told, are generally exported, and, toa large ex- tent, ftnd their way toa market in the States. The adulteration with “lie” tea is carried on to | a great extent in China, where large factories are said to exist. The ‘facing’ is mostly carried on in England, where tt 1s done more carefully than in China. Out of 167,000,000 pounds of tea annually consumed in England, it is asserted that fully one- fifth, say 35,000,000 pounds, ts‘open to suspicion. ‘The blame of adulteration 13 laid at-the door of wholesale and retail dealers, who insist on selling | teas bearing first class brands at prices for whica the real article cannot possibly be supplied. Qn the whole it was acknowledged that the prosecutions which nad taken place since the act came into operation had proved beneficial to the public. A tea “facer’ gave evidence that he had lately been chiefly occupied in uncolor- ing previously ‘faced’ tea, A awell known tea deaier named Horniman was compelled to admit that his firm bought colored teas in the market, and, having unfaced them, their custom- era bought them as “pure” teas. Several dealers deposed that there was no such thing as pure green tea; that ereen tea was always “faced.” The remedy suggested was that all teas should be ex- amined on landing or when in bond; and, further- more, that governmont inspectors should have power to stop and seize all teas adulterated with trou filings or “le.” © BRITISH WINES woull scarcely seem to be a wholesome drink. One of the analyists declared that he had qaite given up port; that sherry was usually aduiter- | ated with sulpituric ether; that potato spirit was largely added, and that its effect was most injuri- ous, Wines and spirits contained, as iv were, large quantities of tsti oil, French treacle or brandy, which 18 often nothing more than beet- root spirit, colored and Navored so ae to puzzle a chemist to discover a cheat. [t was useless, said the analyist, to look fora pure vintage of foreign wines, ail being fortiied with alcohul—port and sherry wines especially so. On the other hand BEER is now coniparatively pure, while a short time ago the article was much adulterated with matter at rectly injurious tu health—such ws cocoulus indi | cus, logwood, tobacco and other things, The main adulteration employed at present is water. Still | yesterday. Mquors to the padiic taste. Previausly to the pass- Ing of the Aduiteration act MILK was habitually adulterated with water, ninety per cent being a fair proportion. ‘Stmpson,”’ as water is ealled, suffered many prosecations under the act. Whenever @ conviction has been obtained the seller’s name was advertisod, and the result is the quality of London milk has wonderfully improved. COPFEE 1s princtpally aduiterated with “grounds,” or cof fee dregs, and also with cuJecors, ‘ihe poorer classes, WhO musi purctiase their wants in small quantities, ready jor use, searcely ever used to drink coffee without a large admixture of chic- cory. The law now compels the seller to label the package, and to mark it “oniccory” whensoever it has been added. But there 13 little doubt that “grounds” are at present more extensively added. An eminent analyst testified that an admixture ot ten per cent, if properly mixed in, could not be discovered by analysis. . BREAD is usually adulterated with alum, rice, potato and bean flour. The use of atum in large quantities has been stopped by the act, and in very small quantities it is not conmdered damaging to health. Analysts seem agreed that, although nos of very high quauty, London bread is tolerabiy whole- some. An enormous adulteration is carried on in BUTTER, Water is especially used, often as much as forty and forty-four per cemt. Patents have actually been taken out sor themmanufacture of “‘butterine,”’ as it is termed, The article, when brought into the retail store, of course drops the ‘‘ine.”” There are large factories in and about London of “Ans- tralian” and “Dutch” butter. The first consists largely of bone iat, extracted by steaming of aniwal bones. It is sold at about fifteen cents per pound, and 1s most @isagreeab!e in taste and smell. Dutch butter is made trom American lard, mixed With real butter, and said to be palatabie. But there ts @ French buster, totally artificial in com- position. It is made of drippings and kitchen stuf, colored with aunetto. ‘The subject on which, However, the greatest ex- posure took place was tn regard to CORN FLOUR. The article bas iately come to great favor in England, Mach of it is soid as especially nutri- tious and invaluable ‘food for children and invalids. An analyst of high authority declared that diter- ent varieties of manufacture which he had ex- amined were of very slight value, indeed, contain- ing at most about thirty-three grains of nutri- tious matter out of 7,000 grains, or a pound, whereas there should be from 400 to 900 grains. An article sold by one of the members of the com- mitee, Mr. J.J. Colman, M. P. for Norwich, was the special object of examination. It was “silver” meaalled, and the analyst described it worthless as an article of food, as being indigestible and as likely to lead to most serious results if depended on as food for infants or invalids. In tact, he de- clared the article to be nothing more than starch of tne laundry without the blue. A dog who had been fed upon it had died of starvation. If used as food without milk it would prove positively in- jurious. The commtttee will, after their deltberations, report favorably upon the act, and probably recommend still more stringent measures if they suggest any changes at all. > THE FLOATING HOSPITAL, Destitute Sick Children’s Fund. The following additional contributions have been received by Rev. Alvah Wiswall, Master of St, John’s Guild, in aid of the above tund:— Topham, Weld & Co. ns $10 00 . Koehler. 50 George , vine & C 300 George ii; Shred 30 A ¥ axe 500 A. Simis, Jr. 10 | “4 Total... Amount previously acknowledged Grand total. os one picts Also 50 Ibs. of candy from Bidiey £°Co. Contributions to the fund are earnestly solicited at once and may be sent tu The HERALD Office. Mayor Havemeyer, City Hall. Arnoid, Constavie & Co., No. 885 Broadway. D. Appleton & Co., No. 351 Broadway. August Belmont & Co., No. 19 Nassau street. 5. L. M, Barlow, William street. Bail, Black & C6., No. 665 Broadway. rs Lane, John R. Brady, No. 19 West Thirty-third street. Heury Bergh, No. 100 Fourth avenue. Henry Clews, No. 32 Wall street. Frederick A. Conkitog, President “tna Fire In- surance Company, No. 172 Broadway, H. B. Clatin & Co., No. 140 Church street. s. B. Chittenden & Co., No. 328 Broadway. Chickering & Sons, No. 11 East Fourteenth street. Samuel J. Courtney, No. 244 West Thirty-fourth street. Or Rev. Alvah Wiswall, Master of St. John's Guild, No. 52 Varick street. 8T, PAUL'S INSTITUTE EXCURSION, The filth annual picnic and excursion of St. Paul's Institute, of this city, was largely attended The steamer and barges sailed up tne Hodgson at an early hour in the morning, witn a full cargo of pleasure seekers. The ride up the river Was a delightful one, and at Oriental Grove the picknickers speut @ giorious time, returning to the city at alate hour in the evening. one and all much elated with the festivities of the day. ANNUAL CONVENTION OF NEW YORK SCHOOL TEACHERS, The twenty-ninth annual session of the New York State Teachers’ Association was opened in Binghamton yesterday. The session will last till Thursday evening of the present week. Quite ajarge bumber of teachers are in attendance from this city, During the session Professor Calkins will make & report oa “Improved Methods of Educa- tion.” Several interesting papers upon a large number of the most important educational topics are to be read and discussed, On Thursday even- ing Mr. Horatio seymour, Mr. Join Eaton, United States Commissioner of Education; Mr. Aoram R. Weaver and other distinguished gentle- men will address the association. The association met last year at Elmira. 16 is expected the meet- ing this year will outrival the preceding one. Some of the railroads have agreed to return free of charge teachers wio attend the session, ALSACE-LORRAINE. Joseph Strauss, President of the Alsace-Loarraine Society, has just reveivea the following letter :— Mon. JosrPH Strauss, President, and Messieurs the Members of the Alsace-Lorraine Society of New York :— GENTLEMEN AND FELLOW Crtizexs—When, as spokesman of the Alsace-Lorraine deputation, I delivered [rom the tribune of the German Reich- stag the provest of our unfortunate country against annexation to Germany, | /ounain my conscience alone all the salve which Was required to fieal the wounds made by the injurious slanders with which | my expos’ of our sorrows and my vindication of our rights was met. But, with an appreciation which I shall never for- get, my fellow citizens, exaggerating my bumb'e merit, have seen fit to add \o By own satisfaction and to avenge the contempt buried at me. 1 had also the pleasure to recetve not only from every part of Alsace aud Lorratoc, but also from numerous outside citizens, addresses and letters oi felicita- tion of the most affectionate nature. Connie these testimonials of sympathy, there fS non gentiemen, which has so profoundly touched m as the one from “La société Aisacienne-Lorraine”’ of New York, [have just received your flattering addvess and your beautiul medal, 1 am proud of e honor which you have dofhe me ana gratetul from the depths of my heart. Modest apostle of liberty as 1 am—that liberty which is exempiified so Wellin the noble practice ot your adopted fatherland—I attach a price alto- gether special to that approbation which has travelied to me trom one shore uf the Atlantic to tue other through your society. My wife will Wear with pride the medal which you have sent tome, she charges me to express her protound gratitude you have conterred Spon, represent the ladies of Alsace-Lorraine. Accept, gentiemen and dear fellow-citizens, the assurance Of my affection and my fraternal devo- won, EDOUARD TEUTSCH, Deputy of the Reichstag. JULY 11, 1874, ‘ate ~~. WOO cna * BIENBR’S REVENGE, On Monday last Ferdinand Walshofer, who keeps a restaurant at No. 113 West Twenty-third street, had oceasion to discharge an employé named Her- mann Biener. Biener, not relishing bis treatment and smarting under a sense of real or fancied in- jury, determined on vengeance, He waited until late In the wight time, and, taking a heavy suck, | broke the Wildow ot the saloou. Priyate watch. man Fagan chanced to be in the neighborhood aud caused Bieners arrest, Judge Mui held ta there {s a large amount of mixing going on to suit cused in $3,000 ball to answers or the distinction which | her in designating her to | THE BROOKLYN CRUISERS. — The Yachts Lying in New London Har- bor—The Sainte, the Fireworks and the Serenade—Off for Newport. New Lonpon, July 28, 1874. The qnietude of this dead and altve town was thoroughly but pleasautly yroken im upon last evening by the yachtsmen of the Brooklyn Club. Every one who has visited the place during the Past six or eight years is aware that there 1s Dut littie activity left of what once wasa very bustling seaport. Gas and petroleum did it, and mogern civilization accepting these agencies of tllumina- tion im prelerence to olj, the business of whale catching is now no more, aud with its de- cay the greatness of New London departed. Instead of big ships that could be counted by the score, now and then @ lumber or coal laden schooner is seen at her tumbie down docks, and her fishermen are limited to Whitehal working boats or the Block Isiand ssimmy, with its mat- ton-leg sails, that make an occasional trip for cod and bluefiah. True, extra exertion has given its residents one fine city hotel, and a libéra! national government constructed them a handsome pubitc building; but there the architectural beauty and grandeur of its edifices cease, and were it not for the daily Sound steamboat from New York that gSlvanizes it into fresh life, and the arrival of a few ratlway trains over the uncertain Shore road, it would indeed be a forsaken and forgotten place. New London has fallen from her high estate, and as the poet sung of a greater city :— The sea was proud to bear thee, and wears a troubled row; And evermore the enrges chant for thetr vain destre— Where are the sbips or iarshish, the mighty ships of yre: But New London can boast of something. Alo) its beach is one of the finest drives in America, an at eventide, when the sun’s disk becomes faint, and looks from on high, as tt did last evening, in pur- ple, golden apa amethyst glories on the hurbor, a more beautilul picture cannot be had anywhere than 1s presented trom its winding shore. Groups of lovers stroll here arm and arm at such times, my as the goath winds trom the far sea blow in wanton riot ‘on the enchanted scene it is not easily torgotten. Last night was a glorious one on these waters. The fli orbed moon rose in all its majestic splen- dor, making clear in the bright light each yacht, witi its symmetry of spars and del- icate tracery of cordage, so that it was but little trouble to distinguish one from the other. Parties trom shore obtained possession of every availavle boat, and paddled around the barbor, taiking pleasantly with the visitors and trying to read the names on the sterns of the neat craft. Then the Comaiodore, from the Madeleine, opened the bali by saluting tle cstizens with # gun, and instantly there was a prolonged blaze and con- tinned reports until every yacht having a gun nad been twive or thrice heard irom. The salute Was at eight o'clock, and one hour after a rocket went up from the Madeleine, and at once every boat in the squadron was imitating the example, until the harbor seemed one sheet of fireworks, Rockets, Roman candies, lights of all descriptions and colors were discharged, and so protusely that at last the curious citizens Who gathered on the docks went away satisfied, and that is saying a good deal. Following the fireworks came an interchange of visits among the yachtsmen, and situng in the cockpit of the neat little sloop Cithe, with those thorougo yachtsmen Messrs. Benjamin E. Malory and M. T. Davidson, of New York, as com- panions, we could hear the melody of chunking glasses and hearty laughter on board mony of the yachts, betokening high feast and revelry; and the roll of the yachts, as they movea to the gentle swell that came in from the gea, and the creaking of blocks und the ansinng Of anchor chains all the night long were mingle with the music of many voiees and the strains of Many attuned instruments. This isthe zest, the champagne of life; its’ brightest hours pass un- heeded by, and the trolic and froth and effer- vesence are forgotten before the morning dawns. Then at ten o'clock the town band came down to one of the docks and serenaded the fleet, and there were more guns and more revelry, aud the number of oarsmen on the waters suddenly in- creased. How bright the hours were, and how speedy Was the tight of time! Going ou board the Madeleine, | found tne c. tains in consultation as to the time of leavin, here, It was decided that the fleet should star quite early, the gun ‘to prepare” being fired ata quarter past eight o’clock, and Ofveen minutes aiter the start to be made. The fleet will form in squadron order off the Une at Newport, and proceed up the harbor, with schooners in advance. The sloop Recreation, that has been with the fleet since the commencement of the cruise, but did not belong to tue club, was practically added to the register yesterday, as Mr. Webber notified Commodore Vorhis that he would like to be en- rolled on the list of eeerupersl pe ‘The schooner Gypsie, Mr. ul. I. Livingston, came into the harbor last evening, joned the ficet, and will accompany it to the end of the cruise. ‘rhe surveying schooner Dolphin, I belleve, came into port last night, and from her beauiiful model and tapering spars some of the young marine ad- venturers, Who did not know any better, troubled their heads to find out the name oi the “strange acht.’? % ‘The morning is fine enough fer the run to New- port, The sun rises with a crimsou haze, like @ glass of old Cognac, and in a twinkling the thin Mist that covered the harbor is dispelled; but just now there are sim chances for wind until ‘aiternoon. THE STAPLETON YACHT CLUB, ‘The annual regatta of the Stapleton Yacht Cinb will take place to-morrow. Sixteen boats have been entered, the following being their names and numbers :— Nantilus, No. ver, No. § 25 3; Monte, No. Queen, No. 6; B. Underhill, No. 7; Lily, No. 6; Maude, No. 9; Sappho, No. 10, Second class sloops— Tindale, No. 113 Three Jacks, No. 12; Kdivh, No. 13; Signet, No. 14; Eiza- beth, No, 15; W. 8. Powers, No. 16. The start will be from off tne club house at Sta- pleton, and the distance over the whole course 18 twenty-five miles. The first and second class clab prizes will be solid silver goblets. The Commo- dore’s and the Citizens’ prizes will not be an- nounced until the day of the race. A steamboat will accompany the yachts over the course, stop- ing at Vanderbilt janding at 10:15, Stapleton (0 :30, Tompkinsville 10:46, ADARING ROBBERY ON THE EAST SIDE IN OPEN DAYLIGHI, For some time past the east side of the city has been infested by a set of robbers and thieves of the most desperate character. They have not only taken advantage of the darkness of the nignt to siteld them in their tnfamous plunderings, but they have not hesitated to commit their daring deeds in the light of day. Yesterday alternoon, about tnree o'clock, two of this band took advantage of the absence of M. Junker, who keeps a grocery store at the corner of Delancey and Orchard streets, to overpower and beat the young man leitin the store aud rob the till of some $15, more or less. The way tu which these wretches accomplished their work was to send one o1 them ity the store, under the pre- vence of purchasing 4 bushel of coal He said he had no basket, out woula deposit seventy-five ceuts as security for the return Of the basket. As the coal Was outside the door, vhe young man, Joun streck, went out to get it, but Observing something suspicious in the appear- ance o; the man WhO remaimed on the outside, he rau back to ind the first rumfan coming Irom be- hind tue counter. Winding that he was discov- ered, he gave a signal to bis confederate, and the two ruflang attacked the tan Streck, kuockin | him down and Jeaving him to a position in whieh he was unavie to give the alarm, their escape, and John Streck says he'would be an- | able to ldentily them, Mr, Junker states that tuis has occurred once or twice before, and on several occasions when his wife was in the store she has been approached to the same way, but she Was too spare tor them, Thus eg in the broad day in a thickly populated district, ana where there ate huudreas of people constantly passing. | CLOSING THE DENS, How the Jersey Police Deal with Disor- | derly Houses. In the very midst of a most respectable section of Jersey City—Palisade avenne—a gang of question- able characters Were venturesome enough to es- tablish What 1s 80 expressively termed a den. They employed the old pencti factory for this purpose. They existed here for some weeks, until they be- came bold enough to challenge attention, The of the Third precinct, Who entered the place wt two o'clock yesterday morning and cleaned ont the foul habitation, Unwiling to leave tne in- Mates exposed to the cooi morning air, the oM- cers transierred them to quarters in the poice station, The captured squad were Samue: tT. Brown, of Orange county, N. Y.; George Roberts, Samuel Crowell, Emtly Reed, an actress Joun Waiker, proprietor of the house, and his wie, They were Drougat betore Justice snackte- ton, Who fined Croweli and the atiractive Kinily 10 each. The others had to pay double that tS or go to the Penitenmary for threa months, ss Coroner Woltman was yesterday called to the dead house of the Emigrant Lunatic Asyiam, i Aschheimer, a German woman, twenty- three years ve age. nts Mg ese hep % Friday nyght by jumping dock islen: home, Meceased was a patient in the asylom, They made good | chaleuge Was accepted by turee police officers | Ward's Island, to hold an inquest on the body of | 5 SS | WR. NATHAN’S UNDERTAKER. | | His Experience wit Baltimore and | Washington Detectives—All About the j Nathan Shirt. |S A reporter of the HERALD, learning that Mr. Levi \'J. isaacs, the undertaker who had charge of Mr. Nathan's remains, had returned home from « rather extended trip southward, yesterday visited that gentleman, at his residence on Eightn avenue when the following conversation ensued. HERALD RerorTeR—1 have called upon you, Mr. | Isaacs, to bear what you have to say about the bloody nightshirt found ut the Nathan mansion, and about which so mach was said a few weeks ago. Mr. Isaacs—Wel!, | have several times refused to be interviewed about this matter. But you are exception, I wrote to Captain Irving from Balti more, and told bim that I removed a shirt from Mr. Nathan’s body, which 1 ent in several placer and alterwards threw aside. I lave no doubt thé garment in question ts the same. I took it off che in the presence of the Coroner, Gover pets and several other gentlemen.’ {can ony infer that it Was slowed away in some corner af the time, where it was revealed so recently, HERALD HEPORTER—Was not the shirt takes from Mr. Nathan’s body sent to the wash at thé tumet Mr. 134aCs—No; it was not. { could not iden the shirt positively, Dut am sare the potrerss ceutiy found is the one | removed from Mr. Na than’s body. The policeman, Beveridge, 1s respon: stble for its lying in the house so long; he snoule bave destroyed it. Beveridge’s statement about the shirt I Saw in the HERALD; it 1s correct— entirely so. Mr. then went op to teil of the annoyance he had been subjected to by the police, detectives and newspaper re. porters during his absence from New York, since the discovery of the bloody shirt was first made public. “Why,” said be, was down in Balti. more at the time, and 1 got @ despatch about tt. It seemed ail the detectives and newspaper men in Christendom knew me. The former followed me about from place to place—dogged my steps by night and day; and the reporters, they all tried tc Interview me.’ I persistently refused ‘to be inter viewed, however. and this only made them more suspicious and anxious. Some of ‘the papert Spoke of me as the Coroner who jield the inquest over Mr, Nathan’s remains; some got it that I was the undertaker, and it was reported in others that | knew something that I didn’t want to tell aud had run away from New York to keep out of the way of the police. No matter what | wonld say the detectives wouldn't be satisfied. They Sollowed me all over Baltimore, to Washigton and to Alexandria. The day I ee to Washington the clerk at the St. James’ Hotel, upon my arrival, told me that several detectives were looking ior me. | hadn't been there jong, either, before every newspaper reporter in the piace called and wished to interview me. 1 couldn't tell what in the name of common sense the detectives were toilowing me tor. I gave them a denced nice time to keer up with me, however, for a jew days, Iveli you.’ “Upon my honor, sir,” continued Mr. Isaacs, “1 begun to get scared. Iu Wasbingion one night I Went to the theatre. Who should I see next to me but two detectives. On tue boat between Washing: tom and Alexandria, the very next day, there they were watching me. Really I leared some one might think Lreally did know something about the Nathan murder, i told some of my friends of the annoyance occasioned me by the detectives, and they kindly volunteered to go bail in case I got in trouble, But 1 didn’t, Upon my arrival in New York 1 went to Police Headquarters and toid Cap- tain Irving all 1 knew abont the matter. It is the same I have told you.” BALLOONING. Donaldson's Ascent Yesterday—A Young Lady Among the Passengers—Incidents of the Ascension—Narrow Escapes. Yesterday afternoon, at hali-past four o'clock, Professor Donaldson made nis second ascension from the Hippodrome with the big balloon. In the car, as passengers, were three New York journal- ists, Miss Annie Thomas, and an elderly gence- man, Whose name could not be learned. Precisely atthe bour named Professor Donaldson gave the word “let go,” while at the same time he directed three of his passengers to empty as many sand- bags, 80 a8 tv allow of a quick flight being made into space, This was imperatively necessary, owing to the heavy southeast wind then blowing, which added considerably to the danger of getting clear from the ground and houses. The occupants ot the car, With the exception of the young lady, however, appeared to have lost their Senses and all control of their nerves jor a few moments, lor some time ciapsed before the ballast was thrown out, The vallvoa had ascended by this tine just clear ot the rouf of the Hippodrome, and the passengers, still failing to obey the order to heave out ballast, Marrowly escaped a collision with the louses on the west side of Mathson aver nue. The chimpey puts were, however, cleared by a miracle. and the huge aerostat foated off at Great speed toward the ilsey House, the fagstat of Whica Was caught by the car und utterly de- molished. When over the small park at Thirty. third streei aod sixth ee nutwitistanding the fact that one frighten: individual had thrown overboard a whoie bag of sand, which crushed throug! the awning oi a store im Chirtieth Sircet, the bajloou began tv deccnd until it was not more than lever with the housetops. More ballast was put out and the huge machine rose rapidly, without doing any damage until it reached au altitude of about 1,000 feet, when it floated ofin acourse about norul-northwest, and was still sail- ing along at a féariully rapid rate when lasi seen, Professor Donaldson expre-sed lis intention of making # Voyage this time for taree or four days, alchough, if circumstances are favorable, he will come aown tnis morning to land his brave litte lady passenger, abu possibiy the remaiuaer of his crew, Whose company, Ndging (rom appearances at starting yesterday, are lixely to prove of more embarrassment to iin than service or company. THE JOHNSON HOMIC:DE. Coroner Woltm in Investigates=—0'Hallo- ran Recommitted to the Tombs. Coroner Woltman yesterday held an inquest in the case of John Jotinson, late of No. 37 Hamilton street, who was alleged to have been killed on the 2ist inst. during a drunken quarrel with Jonn O'Halloran, allas “Cockney Jack,” in the bucket shop No, 30 Baxter street, on the sudject of religion. Below will be found a brief synopsis of the evidence adduced and the verdict of the jury :— John Maher, of No, 116 Mulberry street, deposed that he wus in the place, No, 30 Baxter street, on the alternoon when deceased aud O’Hallorau were arguing about religion; both of them were tntoxt- cated; O'Halloran sirack Johnsen on the sie of the head with nis hand aud Johnson ieli back; he did not speak again aud died some time afterwards > ony one LiOW Was siruck by O'aulloran; dece: was very Jond of arguaient when intoxicat Michael Leary deposed that he saw U'Hajioran strike deceaseu, Lut fie knew noting more about tt James Fitageraid heard Johnson and O'Hall arguing about religion; Jonusou Was sitting down when O’Halioran struck deceased with his naud aud knocked him olf the chair; both of them were under the influence of liquor, Timothy Flaherty deposed tat deceased and prisoner were in his piace and Jonnson asked u'alioran to treat, and he replied that he would not treat any ons who cursed Father Burke and the Pope; they had sowe words, wen U’Halloraa struck Jonson with tis Hand or fist and he feli, never rising again. A report of tie post mortem was read to the jury, showing that cerebral hemorrnage was the Cause of death, this dia uot result from violence ibe jury found tiat “death was caused by cere- bral hemorrhage, irom rupture of a vessel of the oram; we do not believe that the blow given by O'Halloran was the cause of his death.” © Notwitustanding the veruict ot the jury Coroner Woltman lela O'Halloran to bai in $500, in default Oo! Which he was committed to the Tombs. . —————_—_— PROBABLY FATAL FRACASES, Yesterday alternoon two cases of felonious as- #ault came up at the Tombs Police Cunrt, defore dudge Wandell. The frst happened at No. 149 Cherry street, where Thomas Maher and William Jenkens vecame very forcibie in their beiligerenoy towards each other. Alter a pummelling tourna- ment of some dimensions Jenkens produced @ clasp Knife and inficted asevere Wound on Maber. The blade of the knife is supposed to have a trated Maher's left lung, aad be is now at the Park: tal in # critical condition, Jenkens ting the result of in the Tombs aw; her's 1 Juries. The other Was a brawl in which James Foley anc Daniel Henessey were the principals. They quar: relied in # Saloon on Rector street, near. the cornet of West, where Henessey was thrown violently against the stove and dangerously, probably im tally, injured, Judge Wandell committed Foley to await the re snit of Henessey’s injuries. A JEWELLER’S DELAY8, Marguerite Borner, of No. 110 Elizabeth’ street, went to the jewelry establishment of Adolph Hartman, at No. 120 Essex street, on the 6th of Joly last, and left her husband’s watch fur re- pairs. The watch, together with the chain at+ tached to It, Was worth $60, But Hartman, not- withstanding Mrs. Borner’s frequent demands, Kept deiaying heron various pretexts until ber? suspicions Were excited, and she ude inquiries which led ber to believe Hartinan had pawned the article. The latter, who 13 an elderly and appar. gnty, Fespectable man, was heid to answer, by juage Kasmire, im $2,000 batl