The New York Herald Newspaper, August 26, 1875, Page 4

E ECUADOR. Details of the Assassination of President Moreno. BLOODY SCENE IN A PALACE. The Peasant’s Weapon Tak- ing the Tyrant’s Life. MORENO'S METHOD OF RULING. Making an Entire People Hypo- erites and Infidels. By the arrival of the steamship Acapulco from Aspin- | wall we are enabled to give the full particulars of the assassination of President Moreno, of Ecuador, which fact was exclusively announced by the Hunatp several or Panama, August 16, 1875. President Garcia Moreno, of Ecuador, was assassinated {@ his palace at Quito on the 6th inst, The news of this | avent has caused a great sensation along the coast, | The details of this asvassination, as brought by the steamship Islay from Guayaquil, which arrived here on the 18th, are to the following effect :-— ‘The whole city (Guayaquil) was thrown into a state of | Ereat excitement on account of the news having reached | there of the assassination of Garcia Moreno in bis palace at Quito on the 6th inst. by an officer, Captain Rayo, whom he bad displaced from some offlee, and by two young men of Quito, called Cornejo. RAYO FIRST STRUCK THR PRESIDENT dither over the head or shoulder with a machete, and was | ‘mstantly run through by the sentry on duty, who Bred his piece at the same time, killing the assassin immediately. The two young men, aiter Rayo had struck the President, fired bn the latter with their revolvers, the PRESIDENT FELL ON HIS PACK mortally wounded, and has since died. The two young men eacaped. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. A correspondent at Guayaquil gives the following ac- count of the tragic end of Garcia Moreno:— According to the best information I could obtain it appears that the President was ATTACKED BY VIVE GRANDINOS (Colombians) in Quito, One of them was killed on the | Spot, and the President as well. Such is the tenor of one report. The other story is that a revolution in | favor of a liberal candidate for the Presidency was got | up by General Polanco, who had been disgraced by the President. Nothing was positively known. No letters with details from private sources have been received. We have nothing except what the government chooses to furnish, | | | | | | FURTHER DETAILS. [From the Panama Star and Herald, August 16.) By the Islay, which arrived late on the evening of the Asth, we have the terrible and unexpected news of the | assassination of I'resident Garcia Moreno, at Quito. On the news being brought to Guayaquil a decree was pub- lushed on the 9th inst. by the Governor of the Province, Signed Vicente de Santo Estevan, stating that on the ‘6th inst, a grave event had occurred in the capital of the Republic, in that the chief of the government had been mortally wounded. The address published by the Governor of the Province to the army and people further | states that the ultimate FATE OF THE PRKSIDENT WAS NOT YET KNOWN, but that in any case the charge of the government would be undertaken by the individual designated by the constitution. The Republic is declared in a state of siege and the Governor clothed with the extraordi- ary faculties provided for by the political code of the @ountry. The Governor appeals to the chiefs, officers | and soidiers to assist him in maintaining order and sus- taining individual guarantees. ‘A correspondent, writing from Guayaquil on the 10th | inst., says:—‘The whole city was thrown into a state | of great excitement on account of the news having | reached there of the assassination of Garcia Moreno in his palace at Quito. So far no disturbance had taken place, but our correspondent thinks that the people cannot realize the President’s death and are yet afraid to attempt anything. Great alarm has seized on all | the foreigners, aud strong reasons exist for believing | there will be 4 MASSACRE OF THE VORKIGN P: Up to the time the steamer Jett there was every ap- pearance of tranquillity. c From another correspondent we have the following:— According to the best information I could obtain it ap- | pears that the President was attacked by tive Grana- dinos (Colombians) in Quito; one of them was killed on the spot, and the President as well. Such is the tenor bf one report. The other story is that arevolution in favor of a liberal candidate tor the Presidency was got up by General Polanco, who had BEEN DISGRACKD BY THE PRESIDENT, Nothing was positively known. No letters with de- tails from private sources have been received. We have | a except what the government chooses to pub- The following fly sheet was published st Guayaquil Just betore the sailing of the steamer:— Vicexte pe SantistkvaN, Governor of the Province, Arwy aud People -— aa Compatniots—The decree published to-day has brought to oe know! the grave event which has taken place ii sblef ooh the Republic on the 6th deat ich the supreme government was at ES preme government was ai ‘and fatally We do not yet know the fate of the President, Sefior Garcia Moreno; but in i case you know that, on account of this auexpected event, the Executive power will be exercised U; the Designado appoluted by the constitution, aud it becomes ts tu trust that Le will dictate measures which will conciliute the liberty and rights of Keuudoreaus with the respect due to the laws. Fellow citizens! The Republic being declared in a state of siege, and extraordinury faculties being conferred on me by | a code, I invite your patriotic aid to prese ‘hie! ge the only source of personal security. officers and soldiers! Faithful supporters of indi- | vidual guarantees, your bebavior will secure, under these circumstances, the gratitude of the people. Let me recom- pend to you the loyalty and moderation whieh jave always been the pride of the national army. Friends and countrymen all! While Houally st my post as Governor of the Province, you may that {¢ will be always ny prinetpal object to preserv lie order. ICENTE Di TISTEVAN. GUaraguiL, August 9, 1875. ethe | I remain constitu- MORENO’S REIGN AND CHARACTER. Panama, August 16, 1875. ‘The city of Guayaquil was tilled with fright and con- Sternation when, on the morning of the 6th inst., the Governor of the Province announced to the public that | President Garcia Moreno had been attacked in his pal- sce at Quito and wounded to the death, It was an event | vearcely to be believed; in fact, the people had come to the conclusion that he bore a charmed life. The pos- | wibility of the announcement being true, however, was | talked of in whispers. When there seemed no doubt of it the nation drew a long breath of relief, Here was terrible news. If was not the ‘Father of His Country” | that had died, but Ecuador had been released | from a man at whose ‘name every face grew pale.” If any regret was to be felt for the untimely end of a man like Garcia Moreno, it was that aman who could have flone so much good for the little compact Republic of Beuador had chosen quite the opposite path. Yet | Garcia Mareno was no vulgar tyrant, like M. Garego, | Rosas, Francia and others in South America, who gov. *rned by mere brute force. He war endowed with a Wientifically trained mind that leaned more to mete | physics than | THE PLRASCRES OP A CALIGULA. | Once im possession of power he set out with the deter- mination of making the promotion of a revolution a | dangerous game for those who should attempt it, The | tnd proposed was good one, but the | means selected for that end are what make | the history of the reign of Garcia Moreno a | history sui generis and one unique in Spanish America, While the few open attempts to rebel against bis au- thority were promptly met and extinguished by the execution or exile of the authors of them, he called to Bis side and enlisted in his favor all the bishops and } Prieste of the Catholic Church, put himself and the | Republic at the feet of the Pope and under the protec- | tion of the Virgin Mary and the Corazon de Jesus. The | small army he had was kept well drilled, and to attend | mass and the confessional was part of the obligations of both officers and soldiers, There was no exemption from the religious parts of their duty, and the man that fefused or showed the least repugnance to comply became henceforth marked; aud to be marked in Ecuador was ho trifle. The Pope sent his love to Garcia Moreno, and the latter, like a dutiful son, decreed that $10,000 should be forwarded to the Treasury of the Holy See, at Rome, | ‘every year. The Republic, as before observed, was ded- | Seated by a solemn act to the ‘Sacred Heart of Jesus.” No wonder, then, that JeSUITS SHOULD SELECTED | to form the Ministry! The army itself, besides being | Grilled by the best French instructors that could be im- ported, was divided into four divisions. There was the “Division of the Obild God,”’ the ‘Division of the Good | Shepherd,” thas of the “Five Wounds’ and the | | | with such matters the result ix « | sary to the church, if not to the people, of Ecuador. | Spain repossessing herself of Peru or the Chincha | everything wud’ fiscalized everything. “He has given to | | tim that his rage condemned to the bastile was a | to be cooked and served up on His Excellency’s table | | was strongly pronounced and solid, and bia head and | monopoly of 300,000 tons, which will fully cover the | issued bonds in payment guuranteed by the establish- NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, “Division of the Purissima. Such @ pious army was never seen since that of Cromwell! That Garcia Moreno believed in the sacred paraphe: nalia with which he surrounded himself no one be- | eves, Distinguished foreigners who have gained his | confidence and conversed with him familiarly testify | to the liberality of his convictions and disbelief in | humbug: but it served his purpose so far and kept the | Republic quict for a period of years quite phenomenal | in Centralor South America. Theatrical amusements were allowed the people, and details about the latter, Chureh feasts and the weather were to | form the staple articles of the newspapers of | the Republic, Some young men recently editing a paper in Guayaquil undertook, in discussing the ques- | tion of President ia’s re-clection, to point out the necessity of changing ‘the man at the helm.” This freo- dom of opinion cost them their liberty and exile to the | headwaters of the Amazon, on the ther side of the | Andes and Chimborazo, where, I believe, they still re- | main. cia Moreno would again be re-clected; fact, no opposition. An army of triars, Jesuits, nuns and Sisters of Charity | stood continually round the throne of President Garcia | Moreno, and when they have their own way of dealing tain, But the | “Ipws OF MARCH’? were hastening on, The perpetual dictatorship of Gar- cia Moreno was cut short forever by that vulgar weapon | of the Spanish-American peasant, the machete, on the 6th day of August, 1875, after a reign of fifteen vears. | It cannot be denied that during all this time his religious friends, both male and female, stuck to him, and no wonder—the best and most lucrative posts of the | Republic were assigned to them. The friar in his cell | had money in com when the people could only deal in_ | paper. The werchant in trouble never thought of applying to a bank to lend | him | money on good security and high interest; he went to the cell | ofa padre. In fact, the friars and priests were so many leeches allowed to fasten to the body politic. Not only did the padres become rich from such sources, but all industries were at their disposal With so many exiled citizens abroad, when they could freely express their opinions of the Tyrant of Feuador, it was not likely that critics would be wanting | to keep before the world the doings of His Excellency | Garcia Moreno and his host of clericals. One of those | critics lately wrote a work entitled “The Republic of Ecuador Betore the Americas,’ in which THR CHARACTER OF GARCIA MORENO and his clerical friends was handled without gloves. The | high church authorities of Ecuador were ever watehful | for the fame and security of Garcia Moreno, so neces. | The Archbishop of Loja, Don Jose Maria Rio-frio and | Valdevieso, issued a pastoral forbidding his diocesans to | read the work above alluded to, as being contrary to re- ligion and good morals, or even to have it in their possession, under pain of excommunication. So much for the virtues of Garcia Moreno, if | virtues he had in the eyes of the friends of popular lib- | erty and [ates As to the political errors or crimes | he may have committed, the principal ones that his | enemies throw in his face and against his memory are | as follows:—First—That he tried to sell Ecuador to either France or Spain, although he did not dance quadrilles with the mother of Queen Isabella of Spain, as Flores did, who was willing that a Spanish prince | shouid come and reign over the Ecuadoreans. Garcia, | it is said, even offered the Republic to the last Emperor ofthe French. And then, when the Spanish fleet came and prowled about the coasts of Chile and Peru, on the pretence that they were on a botanizing excursion, it is said that GARCIA MORENO WAS VERY FRIENDLY with Parzon and Mazarredo, and saw uo objection to Islands. The municipality of Guayaquil growled at the | want of republican patriotism shown by their Presi- | dent, ana Spain did not reannex Ecuador; nor has the | reigh of Garcia Morena and his apostolic cleri- | cal advisers been altogether one of peace. He carried war into Colombia and got beaten at Cuaspud, where many bones of Ecuadorcans lie whitening in the sun and rain. He again failed to be victor when pitted against Julio Arboleda, and, being taken prisoner, was frightened for his life. With the crucifix in bis hands, he said to his fellow prisoncrs, “Boya, Lexpect | THEY WILL SHOOT US TO-MORROW,’’ and, turning over the beads in his rosary, he continued Tepeating the litany, Virgo veneranda, virgo predicanda. | “It there is any republic in America wherein revo- | lution is a right and a duty it is Ecuador,” said Adrian | Paez, in Paris, The other republics, as’ long as they enjoy paternal governments, cease to have that right. | Garcia Moreno would have taken away from Ecuado- | reans all right and all desire for revolutions if he had | romoted liberty and intelligence among them, if he | fist. cherished public and private virtues—in which case | to conspire ugainst his government would have been unlawful and ungrateful He chose dif- | ferently, and the dagger of the assassin has | replaced the revolution. How were the people of Ecuador to be enlightened and kept up with tne | age when he institutes an Jndex Expurgatorius? N. books were allowed to be introduced into the Republic | without first passing through the hands of appointed | clerical censors. There was, in fact, in Ecuador the | soldier over the civilian, the friar over the soldier, the tyrant over the executioner and THE DEMONIO OVER THE TYRANT. In th.s unhappy Republic the President was sov- ereign, pontifica, judge and father of all families. No contract, enterprise or anything else could be effected | without his consent. Garcia Moreno reigned over | the uation, ruled in the temple, decided in the tribune, penetrated within’ the do- | mestic circle, pryed into everything, knew the country a few good roads, and be commenced many | public works at a great waste of money, which were dropped half way. He caused to be erected two great | bastiles, one for discontents and the other for himself and family. Whosoever was condemned to enter the tirst left hope behind, and not all the precautions in the latter prevented the ‘entry of the assassins, who put an end to the life of a chief magistrate who was becoming intolerable. It is said that the first vic- poor, fragile woman. On being led within the gloomy shades of that huge penitentiary she threw herself in despair from a window and was killed, and that Garcia Moreno, cheated out of his revenge, caused her brains im Quito. The morality of the laws of Ecuador took on @ similar aspect of ferocity. No mercy was shown to the erring women, that our Saviour forgave in Judea. ‘The Magdalens had a bad time of it under Garcia Moreno. At the corners of the streets, in Guayaquil, it was nothing out of the wd¥ to seeannounced:— “Fifty dollars will be paid to any one who points out the whereabouts of such and such a prostitute,”” GIRLS AXD MELANCHOLY OLD WOMEN were led to the frontiers and told to be gone. But m reality there 1s no end to the evil deeds at- | tributed to Seiior Garcia Moreno, and in which neither the Pope in Rome, archbishops’ or bishops in Ecuador saw anything wrong, 80 long as they were perpetrated for the beneut of the Church, Garcia Moreno is described by friends as well as ene- mies to have been 4 man tall and well formed, with ail the physical signs of a long life. His osseous skeleton feet were those of a giant, PERU. THE AREQUIPA TROUBLE—THE PRIESTS IN CoN- | FLICT WITH THE MASONS—THE INDIANS RE- VOLT ON A QUESTION OF CASTE—SUSPENSION ! OF SPECIE PAYMENTS BY THE BANKS. Lima, August 3, 1875, Congress closed its special sessions on the 22d inst., | after having reduced the deficit in the budget to about 2,000,000 of soles, for which sum the President is au- thorized to issue bonds—another method of creating more financial embarrassments further on, but, indeed, the only remedy at the disposal of tho Legislature. The | last news from Europe relative to the sale of 300,000 tons of guano to the Société Générale of Paris and the | Anglo-Peruvian Bank of London has not produced a fa- | vorable effect, since by this disposition of the national | wealth the fertilizer is now sold to parties abroad | in quantities sufficient to supply those markets up to the end of tho year 1877, Dreyfus will not be able to dispose of his 600,000 tons, remaining from the 2,000,000 bought in 1868, until Ogtober, 1876, and meanwhile no one else can sell. Then the parties already mentioned come into the market with their demand up to January, 1878, and meanwhile where is | the government to look for money for internal | expenses? It is true that the interest and sinking | fund of the foreign debt are secured by this last sale to | the Société Générale for the present semestre of 1876, | but afterward? Nothing new has transpired in the question relating to the expropriation of the nitrate’| establishments. It would appear that foreign capital- ‘sts are by no means anxious to furnish the money or | engage in the undertaking, even if the government | ments themselves. In my last despatch I communi- cated the intelligence of | THE REVOLT IN ISLAY | and Mollendo, and the subsequent defeat of the rebels at Sachaca, a few miles constward from Arequipa. The most troublesome feature of the affair is #till undecided, | and that is the open and avowed participation of the | monks of the Convent of the Merced, in Arequipa, in the unlucky attempt, Far from denying that their | church was made the headquarters of the revolutionists, | they rather glory m the truth of the accusation, and after the death of poor Bardales Arevalo, the leader of the insurgents, claimed his body as their own, and | buried it with all the pomp possible, asseverating that — he fell as a “martyr of the Church.” Many pious | women of the earthquake city apparently received this | assertion as a dogma and kissed the hands of the dead soldier with tervent lips. ‘THE CAUSE OF ALL THIS DISTURBANCE | is somewhat curio While giving an account of the obsequies of Dr. Francisco de Paula Gonzalez Vigil, I stated that for the first time in @ public proces- sion in Peru the Masonic fraternity, of which the deceased, though not a member, was am admirer, ap- Deared in full regalia im the Lima streets, and paraded | Providencia, represented | agreed to the followin | tions until they may be enabled to procure sullicient MERCANTILE FAILURES—CENSUS OF CHILI—CON- the 13th inst. is of little general interest. The chief | locomotive will arrive at the last named city on the 18th | manded the armed expedition sent against General Del- | some 300 strong in the vast funeral cortége. No action was taken by the populace of the capital regarding this phenomenon, since the memory of Vigil was held so dearly that all showing respect to his remains were held in honor; but the religious newspaper | Socidad, prognosticated all sorts of dismal w | the Catholic Republic, and called down the vengeance | of Heaven upon the audacious disciples of St. Jolin. | Nevertheless, the people kept quiet, But, as soon as the news reached Arequipa, it was received by the | pious inhabitants of that saintly city, where the least pretext is gladly seized upon tor turmoil aud disorder, as a crime which cried alone for redress, and they, the valiant Arequipans, decided to foreibly demonstrate | their extreme dissatisfaction, All this,” of course, was stirred up by these same fanatic friars who burned, it | will be remembered, ‘The Popular Educator” of New York, as a holocaust, and whose chief, Father Marias, was crema sent out of the country as a political incendury. Hence THY MERCED MONKS opened their cloisters to the conspirators, promised them: all manner of future rewards and substantially contributed to the cause, and will possibly be unfrocked for their wanton interferen Fortunately for the country the ballets of the Prefect’s troops proved more potent than this spiritual assistance, The movement Was smothered in the first conflict, Arequipa, still, is far from tranquil. Troops are being rapidly concen trated there, not only to maintain peace im the town itself, but also to be in readiness to move ugainst the Chucuito Indians of the Department of Puno, who have recently assumed a threatening | attitude toward the few — whites settled in | that vast section. These Indians, more than half savages, have been sadly abused by their white neigh- | bors on many occasious, aud more than once have re- | sorted to arms to protect their rights, Now it appears that some mischief maker has been in their midst, doubtless an agent of the ill-disposed party, insinuati the idea that Communism is a capital principle, better | in practice than in theory, With this a couple of | caciques came to the front, and, after a short respite for | preparation, came down ‘on the Prefect and drove him | intu Puno with the few soldiers at his command. ‘The Prefect, Colonel Suarez, telegraphed to the Prefect of | requis, stating that he counted his men by teus, but the Indians numbered theirs by thousands. A WAROF CASTES, the bloodiest of all armed struggles, ls imminent. The troops at Arequipa now consist of the 2d of May regi- ment, part of Pichincha, Zepita and the Husares de lunin, probably 1,000 men in all, well armed and ready | to fight. The soldiers under Suarez, being of the same | race and from the same country as the rebels, refuse to | enter the tleld against them. The War Department here | considers the atlair as serious but not dangerous, A few | well disciplined troops making an example in the first instance would soon overthrow these bloodthirsty de- scendants of the Incas, but the difticulty is to get ut them through the defiles and ravines of that naturally fortified district, In my next I hope to be enabled to give further purticulars. The Indians are generally Without other arms than their mining and agricultural utensils, spades and scythes being the favorite Weapons. THE SUBMERSION OF THE CABLE ig progressing well. To-day the shore station at Arica should have been completed and the line brought to SPECIE PAYMENTS SUSPENDED. The most important news from this quarter is the sus- pension of specie payments by the banks, under authori- zation from the goverument. The prospect looks like hard times in store for the country. THE MONEY CRISIS—FIGHT AT AREQUIPA—EX- CITEMENT OVER THE SPECIE SUSPENSION. Panama, August 16, 1875, ‘News from Peru to the 7th inst. chiefly deals with the consideration of a money crisis that is threatening there, and which bas been brought about by the gov- ernment having decreed that the banks be authorized to pay their obligations in the bank notes which, for years past, had been in circulation in Peru. It is expected that all matters in reference to the sale of guano in Europe will be terminated satisfactorily. A VIGHT TOOK PLACE between the supporters of Prado and Montero at Arequipa. The rioters took advantage of the occasion to rob and sack many private houses, taking all the silver plate, money and valuable clothing, &e., they | could lay their hands on. Admiral Montero, it is said, rebuked his unruly followers, but they retained the spoils notwithstanding. Some 18,000 men formed a grand procession at Lima in honor of General Prado, their candidate for the presidency. With respect to THE SUSPENSION OF SPECIE PAYMENTS by the banks, public confidence does not at all appear to be shaken in those institutions, Specie deposits at three, six and nine months have been continued as usual in the different banks. | The banks Nacional del Peru, del Peru, Lima and La | by’ their managers, have | ‘First—To suspend specie payment of their obliga- coined money for their necessities. ‘Second—To receive during the period of suspension the notes of banks signing this agreement as current money. ‘Thitd—To submit this agreement to the government, signed by the banks already mentioned, and by Mr. John Dawson, Director of the London Bank of Mexico and South America, who states that he believes this plan to be the only’ method of tiding over the financial difficulties of the situation. The government issued a decree approving the agree- ment entered into by the banks of the capital, and recognizing the necessity of a temporary suspension of the specie payment of their liabilities, ‘The cable is now open as fur ag Arica; but tho heavy tariff imposed, it is feared, will deter merchants and others from using it. CHILI. SULAR APPOINTMENTS AND APPROVALS—CUE- | RENT ITEMS OF NEWS. Paxama, August 14, 1875. ‘The news from Chili received here by the steamer of items are as follows :— The failures and forgeries ot Messrs. Azagra & Bello result in showing that the liabilities of the firm are up- wards of $500,000, and may reach nearly $600,000, The } assets available will be very small The amount of the forged bills are about $100,000, | According to the late census the total population of | Chili is 2,067,524, an increase of 247,701 since the census of 1865, There are 26,525 foreigners in Chili. The De- partment of Valparaiso beads the list with 7,179. Mr. George W. Keite! has been approved of as Con- sul for Ecuador in Valparaiso. i Mr. Edward Boonen has been approved of as Consul General for Holland in Santiago. Senor José Garcia Mesa has been approved of as Con- sul for Bolivia in Serena. } The Opinion says that the prospects for farmers are excellent, and that the young plants are looking well. The raims have proved very beneficial, instead of in- Jurious, as was at first believe Senor Fernandez Rodella, who has ably filled the post of Chiilian Const ral in France during many ye past, returned to Chili in the Atacama on the 20th ult, ‘The works on the Curico and Talca line are in a very advanced state, and it is fully expected that the first | the | Bradley. AUGUST 26, 1875.-TRIPLE SHEET. Btate steamers opened anew on the forces of the gen- eral government. Very soon the latter were re-em- barked on board of the Mosquera, which had headed up the river in retreat, linmediate pursuit was not undertaken, the steamer not being in condition to Manwuvre well, ‘) forces of the State of Bolivi on board the two steamers, after a. fight of tiv hours with the national troops, lost only one captain aud two soldiers killed and twenty-nine wounded. ‘The above being favorable to the views and expecta- tions of the Nunez partisans was hailed with joy by the pr ma authorities, but doubted generally by impartial people. THE STATE OF BOLIVAR had in the meantime sent Dr, Real as commissioner to President Perez, at Bogota, to urge on him the desire of the government of Bolivia for peace, and to impress on him the risk of 4 general war in the Republic, if he still insisted on sending an armed force into the States of Bolivar and Magdalena, The mission of Dr, Real was unsuccessiul. He arrived at Barranquilla on the 2d of August to give an account to his government of the re- sults of his mission, On his way back military matters on the Magdalena stood as follows:—I'wo steamers came down as fur as Pinto? WHERE THX NATIONAL TROOPS ARE, and, having landed their full cargo, were sent back to Honda by the General-in-Chief, with the object of bring- ing down more troops. The mails were detained by the General, passengers only were allowed to come down in acanoe, Bogota is in great excitement. Dr, Real lett Bogota on the 17th of July, The treaty of peace be- tween the State government at Panama and the Com- missioners of the general government was already known there. Dr, Real met Generals Salgar and Cam- argo near Honda, but had no conversation with them, About $500,000 in specie was returned trom Narésh Medellin, as they were afraid to send it to the coast. The arrival of General Salgar with the news trom the coast States must have been received at Bogota on the 23d ult. Although the following telegram was published in the Star and Herald, dated the 3d inst., at Aspinwall, the doubt about the national forces having been beaten by the milida of Bolivar still continues, The telegram was to the following effect, the news coming from Barran- quilla by the steamer Moselle:— ‘tory over the national troops is confirmed. No for- ve been molested. Two English and one Freneh of war had proceeded to the Magdalena River for the ection of foreign interests. Savanjla dates to the 4th inst. state that it has been decided that the French ship Sané should leave for Mar- tinique on the Sth inst, Her Majesty’s steamer Wood- Jark was to proceed to Santa Martha in a day or two, and then return to Savanilla, probably en route for Kingston, Jamaica, Her Majesty’s steamer Bulliuch Was Lo relnain at Savanilla, ‘The above comprises pretty much the information that has reached Panama up to the present from the scene of war now commenced on the Atlantic. PORKIGN VESSELS OF WAR. In the harbor of Panama there are two vessels of war, via, the United States steamer Omaha, and the Peru Viuil corvette Union. The latter brings despatches from Peru to be telegraphed by cable to England. here are vessels of war at Aspinwall. ‘The city of Panamu is still deprived of gas on account of the inability or unwillingness of the State govern- ment to pay the amount they owe the company. ‘The Hamburg-American Steam Packet Company will rosume their semi-monthly service to Aspinwall’ alter October next, Colonel W. P, Tisdel, recently arpointed agent of the Pacific Mail Company on the Isthmus, entered on his duties on the 10th as General Agent of the company. The United States steamer Richmond, flagship, was at Callao on the 8th inst., and was likely to remain there hot 4 week longer, When she would proceed to Guay- aqui THE FAT MEN. NINTH ANNUAL CLAMBAKE AT GREGORY'S POINT, CONN.—THE GRANDEST BIVALVULAB DEMONSTRATION EVER KNOWN IN NEW ENG- LAND—THE HEAVY WEIGHTS. Gueaony’s Port } Nowak Hanno, Conn., Auguss 25, 1975, The ninth annual clambake of the Fat Men’s Associa- tion took place at the Dorlan House, Grogory’s Point, to-day. In point of numbers it was the grandest and most successful bake yet given. The Messrs. Stedman & Son, proprietors of the house, catered to the wants of fat men in an unexceptionably liberal manner. The “bake” which they prepared was com- posed of 100 bushels of clams and oysters, 10 barrels of sweet potatoes, 1,000 ears of corn, 300 pounds bluelish, 100 pounds eels, 350 pounds lobsters and 100 chickens. ‘This was served at two o'clock, under a pavilion erected for the occasion, Fully 600 ladies and gentlemen sat at the bivalvular feast, the scene being enlivened by music by the Wheeler & Wilson Band, of Bridgeport. ‘The weather was of that bracing sort which mduces strong appetite, and during the two hours ut table very heavy work among the bivalves was transacted. Pre- vious to the feast the weighing of the fat men took place by Superintendent B. W. Naples, secretary of the asso- ciation. THR WEIGHTS. Following is a complete list of the fat men, their resi- dences and weight:—Harrison Pardee, Croton Falls, 211 Iba ; H. Bynglin, Croton Fulls, 255 1bs.; W. Kant, Carmel, N. Y., 24 Ibs. ; J.T. Kant, Carmel, N. Y., 218 Ibs.; A. Adams, Croton Falls, 222 Iba; A. S. Dorne, Brewster's Station, 212 Ibs. ; Mary Ne J., 216 Ibs. ; W. H. Crossman, Litchfield, Conn., 236 Ibs. ; 8. H. Hill, New Milford, Conn., 223 lbs. ; F. M. Squires, New Milford, Conn., 205 Ibs. ; J. C. Tompkins, Orange, N. J, 248 Ibs. ; W. IL. Townsend, Brewster's Station, 206 Ibs; J.’ H. Raymond, 8. N., Brewster's Station, 186 Ibs. ; J. C: Joslin, Providence, R. 1, 290 Ibs; P. T. Clemens, ‘Thomaston, Conn.,'244 Ibs; H. Lawlin, Thomaston, Conn., 230' Ibs.;’ A. Dorlon, Fulton ’ Market, 230 Ibs; J. D. Plunkett, New Haven, 212’ Ibe; Theodore Reed, Southeast, N. Y., 250 Ibs! William Turner,’ New York city, 224 Ibs.'; William M. Rich, Greenwich, Conn., 202 |bs.; Gedrge Himall, Waterbury, Conn., 238 1b; Daniel'Kelly, Waterbury Conn, 216 Ibs; A.J, French, Waterbury, Conn., 22 Ibs. ; ‘Louis Bristol, Danbury, 221 Ibs,; F. W. Hotch- kiss) W. Meriden, 202 Ibs; L. Blinn, W. Meriden, 285 Ibs. Ezra Potts, Long Itidge, 214 lbs.; J. W. Lock- wood, Long Ridge, 231 1bs.; J. E. Taylor, Paterson, N. Y., 209 Ibs; W. H Bouton, Danbury, 202 Ibs.; Williain Green, ‘Paterson, N. Y.,'201 Ibs. ;°'G. . Jen: nings, Danbury, 209 Ibs. ;’L. R. Kerr, Putnam House, New York, 214 Ibs, ; “Pete” Reid, New York city, 287 Iba; 8. Duker Brewster, New York, 216 Ibs: C. De Klyh, Danbury, Conn.,'208 Ibs.; Ovid Warner, W. Meriden, 222 Ibs; Willard Perkins, Waterbury, Conn., 369 Ibs. ; Captain Burdick, Putoam House, New York’ 200 Ibs. ; E. P. Corwin, Newburg, N. Y., 200 Ibs; Mf. L: Johnson, Philadelphia, 262 Ibs, ;’ J. Goodsell, Newburg, 223 Ibs’; C. T. Durgin, Milford, Conn., 227 Ibs. 3 ‘A. Chase, Towners, N. Y., 277 ‘Ibs; Charles W. New Haven, 289 lus.’; L. Searies, New York City, 205 ibs.; John C, Hopkins, Jr., Jersey City, 287 lus? M, Sherwood, New Milford, Conh., 0201bs. ; N. G. Ouids, Fort Wayne, Ind., 200 Ibs.’; A. K. Clarke, ‘Tarry- town, 200 Ibs. ; Isdac Daman, Northampton, 201 Ibs. ; ‘A J. Sitamons, Harlem River, 231 Ibs. ; Charles Roberts Hamden, Coun., 260 lb, ; G. B.Leydeckur, New York, 215 Ibs; J.B, Prote, Yonkers, N. ¥., 208 Ibs.’, W. H. Foster, Meriden, Conn., 213 Ibs.; Willis Dibble, Southwic! Mass., 257 lbs.; R.A. Jeifrey, Meriden, 219 Ibs. ; Enoc! ‘orwalk, 210 Ibs. ; H. W. Colett, Hamden, B. Law, New Haven, 202 Ibs. ; J. H. Parker, Huntington, Conn. 223 Iba. ; E. J. Root, Water- POX. Pivicr Majesty's corvette Remdeer sailed on ‘Tuesday, July 20, for England. The Opinion says that at the present time there are no fewer than 140 cuses before the criminal court of | Talea, of which fifty are for robbery, eighteen for un- | lawful wounding, Uventy for homicide, ten for highway | robbery, onc for poisoning and two for arson, | , shipped from Chaneral, from the | Japouesa mine, by the steamer Limari, 248 ‘bags, con- | taining 15,413’ kilos of silver ore, of w ley of 422 marks, and 80 bags, containing 5,184 kilos, of a ley of | 102 marks. Quillota is infested by a gang of robbers. At the date of July 10, at Buenos Ayres, the impres- sion was that the dispute regarding Patogonia would be amicably settled between the Argentine and Chilian governments, | COLOMBIA. ANARCHY IN CENTRAL AMERICA—DESCRIPTION OF A CONFLICT BETWEEN THE MILITIA OF BOLIVIA AND THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT— A DEPLORABLE STATE OF AYFAIRS, Panama, August 16, 1875. Political matters on the Isthinus just now have all | the appearance of tranquillity. In this city there still | exists considerable anxiety as to what will be the dé- | nouement of the hostilities now going on on the Magda- | lena River between the militia forces of the State of | Bolivia and those of the general government under General Delgado, which, at last ad- vices, were occupying ® strong position at the Banco, @ commanding point on the | bank of the Magdalena River, some distance be- low Honda, Of the conilict that took place there the following is the description published by the official | bulletin, issued at Barranquilla, on the 27th July last. The bulletin was dated on board the war steamer | Murillo, which belongs to the State of Bolivia, and was signed by General Santo Domingo Vila, who com- | gado and the national forces, The bulletin, in substance, | is as follows:—*The Murillo, with | THE FORCES OF THE STATE, | after taking in wood and water at Teneriffe, met the steamer Mosquera with the national forces proceeding down the river. The Murillo fired a blank shot to give it to be understood that, without previous explanations ordered by the constitution for occupying the territory of the States the Mosquera would not be allowed to proceed. This signal was answered by a volley of mus coat from on board the latter, The Marilly, with the Vigilante in tow, advanced, when they soon found themselves exposed to the fire of 400 i fantry and & wmitrailleuse, which had been disembarked from on board the Mosquera | The Murilio and Vigilante opened fire in return, and | kept advaucing, botwithstanding an accident w the machinery add the natrownons uf the channel of the river | as that par, About five P, M. the artillery of the | ek bury, Conn., 215 Ibs, ; C. V, E, Brothwell, Bridgeport, Coni., 228ibs,; Captain & L, Bradley,’ Waterbury, 206 Ibs.; Johi Gr New York City, 231 Ibs.} °. A. Boynton, Granville, Mass., 235 Ibs; J.) F. Clarke, Granville, Mass., 235 10s; Mrs, Susie Lake, Hamden, Conn., 221 ibs. ; H. Buckingham, Bridgeport, 202 Ibs. } . W. Bridgeport, 208 Ibs.; G. A. Chichester, Danbar} ibs; Patrick Murphy, Saugatuck, Conn., 803 Ibs. ; stwood, Towners, N. Y., 248 Ibs; E. M. French, Bridgeport, 212 Ibs; B, W, Maples, West- port, 226 lbs. ; H. B, Stiles, farmer, Bridgeport, 200 Ibs. ; rs’ Margaret Thompson, New Haven, 254 lbs. ; John ‘A. P. Fisk, New York city, 337 Ibs. ; J.C. Myers, Wil- ton, Conn, 234 Ibs.; W. B.’Sharpe, Danbury, Conn., 217 lbs’; Samuel L. Booth, Bridgeport, Coun,, 235 Ibs. ; ‘Thotnas R. Lees, Westport, 200 Ibs, ;"D. L. Jones, High Ridge, Conn,” 210 Lbs. Miller, Reading, Coun., 209 "Ibs; George Kellogg, | Norwalk, 206 «= ibs.;_ - Jon Clegg, Bridgeport, A, Judd, Milford, Conn,, 237 Ibs. ; W. P. Seely, Danbury, 255 lbs. ; Isaac Havilind, Bridge- port, 254 lbs. ; Williath H. Brower, Westport, Conn., 282 Ibs. Mrs.’ Enoch Bonton, South Norwalk, '151 Ibs. } James H. Miller, Bedford, Y., 203 Ibs.; A. F. Sea- man, Brook Haven, 1. ‘4 ibs.; Samuel Duskan, 216 Ibs’ ; Charles Northrop, Paterson, N. ¥., 207 Ibs; 'T’ M. Sherwood, Bridgeport, 212 Ibs. } H. D.'Kranae, New York, 241 Ibs.; J. B, Orcott, Nor- wich, 223 lbs.; A. Dixon, Pound Ridge, 202 Ibs.; F. A. Brooks, Springiicld, 208 Ibs.; W. Allen, Norwalk, 224 dbs; W. &. Purdy, Norwalk, ibs. ; W. Bell, New York, 220 ibs; Juhn MeQuake, Bridgeport, 210 Ibs. ; Jos, K, Kautman, New Rochelle, 205 lbs, Total num? ber of heavy men, 108, Aggregate weight, 24,617 Ibs, Average weight, 228 Ibs, Atter dinner a business meeting was held, when officers Of the association for the ensuing year were pled as follows : Mayor of Norwalk Vice Presidents, ©. W. Bradley, 289 Ibs; Patrick Murph B03 Ibs.'; A. W. Walluce, 208 Ibs, ; “Pete” Reid, 287 Iba.; Laurence RK, Kerr, 214 Ibs.; Tt. J. Cov, 260 Jus; W.'B, Sharp, 217 Ibs. ; W. H. Briggs 244 Ib. 5 Ww. Yurner, 224 Ibs, ; J. Goodsell, 223 Ibs. ; W. Lincoln, 266 Ibs, ; Secretary, 'B, W. Maples, 226 Ibs. It’ was decided to noid the next annual bake at Gregory's Poiut during the Jast week im August, 1876, the exact date to be tixed by the Executive Committee, THE UNION HILL RAILROAD WAR. The Town Council of Union Hill has been served with ‘an order from Cnancellor Runyon citing that body to show cause why the injunction restraining the North Hudson County Railroad Company from laying a double track on Bergenline avenue should not be removed. ‘The railroad authorities are to make representations in their own’ behalf at the same time, The hearing is set down for September 4. The railroad company have made no efforts to continue the work, and the police- | men appointed by the municipal authorities to prevent | the prosecution of the company's designs have deemed further vigilance unnecessary. ‘The company, how- ever, during the past few days have extended their track on the Bull's Ferry road as far as Lewis street, with the intention of rumping cars regularly on that route, The Councilmen are suid to be opposed to this | robability is that the legal covet haracterized the company's ceedings and th hich have | aauression will be repeated in the case of the sevoud. President, Willard Perkins, 369 Ibs. ; | { | | i | | ANDREW LEAHY'S DEATH. CENSURE OF THE OFFICERS OF THE STEAMER AMERICUS BY THE CORONER'S JURY. An inquest was held yesterday by Corner Keasler at the Coroner's office in the case of the fatal collision which occurred on Sunday evening, August 15, in the North River off the foot of Twentieth street, by which one man was drowned and two others who were with him on a steam launch were precipitated into the water by the alleged carelessness on the part of those in com- mand of the steamer Americus, ‘The first witness examined by the Coroner was John A. Pease, captain of the Americus, residing at No. 72 Lawrence. street, Brooklyn, who testified substan- tally as follows:—I am captain of the steamer Ameri- cus, which rang between this city and Rockaway; on Sunday night a week ago wo left Tenth street with about 200 ngers on board; about ® quarter to eight o'clock in the evening, when oppo- site Twentieth street, 4 steam launch came across our bow; we stopped and backed and then went ahea'l, she being so close we went right through her; at the time of the collision the launch had no lights burning; our verso! had her lamps lighted, and the launch kept her course, so we cut right through her; as soon as we struck’ her we stopped our engines, but afterward noticed a boat put out from the shore, and did not know any one was drowned; finally landed our passengers and laid up; the pilotof the Americus (Mr. Schenck’ then went to the Twentieth street station house an heard one man was lost; we blew a whistle to the launch, but got no answer; the boat which I command has met with accidents before—two years ago; I was noton the boat then; have only been two months on the boat, and this is the first occurrence of the kind since 1 have commanded the vessel. Mr. Luke Schenck, the pilot, and Solomon Combs, the wheelman, and a number of the passengers on the Americus, were examined. Their statements were similar to that of Captain Pease. The two men who had survived the accident to the steam launch were put on the stand, and it was on their testimony that the jury returned with the verdict that Andrew Leahy came to his death by drowning on the evening of Sunday, August 15, in consequence of a collision between the us and a steam launch (name un- known), on which he was acting as engineer, aud we hereby censure the officers of the Americus for their negligence and a want of vigilance in causing said col- lision, and also a want of proper regard for the sacred- ness of human life, A MATRIMONIAL HORROR. BRUTAL ATTEMPT TO KILL A WIFE BY STARVING HER 10° DEATH. ‘A very mysterious case has just come to light in the town of Boonton, N. J., which, it is asserted, exhibits one of the most brutal and fiendish cases of barbarity ‘that has occurred for years in the vicinity of New York. It appears that one Philip Cook, a carpenter by trade, residing in the above place, has for a long time lived on unhappy terms with his wife, It is moreover alleged that of late he has been on terms of improper intimacy with another woman, and he sought to get clear of his wife by starving her to death. To accom- plish this purpose he 18 alleged to have locked her up in an upper room im the building, occupied as the family re- sidence, and has there kept her contined for nearly three weeks. Cook has three children, and the sudden dis- ‘appearance of the mother led several of the neighbors to inquire as to her whereabouts. The children finally told them that their mother was kept locked up ina room by their father, Cook was then asked as to the where- abouts of his wife, when he stated that she was sick. ‘This did not satisfy some of the citizens, soon Thursday evening about twenty of them forced their way into Cook’s house, and, to their great astonishment, found Mrs. Cook lying ‘in an insensible condition on a bare floor, They removed her to un adjoining room and sent for a physitian, but as yet she has been in such @ con- dition that but little hopes are entertained for her re- covery. She has been unable to make a clear state- ment of the brutal treatment she has received. Cook has, therefore, been arrested and committed to the county jail, without bail, to await the recovery or death of his wife, THE LANDIS-CARRUTH CASE, THE PROBLEM THAT HAS PUZZLED THE PHYSI- CIANS STILL UNSOLVED, Mr. Carruth and hig family have returned to Vine- land. Carruth has become very corpulent and looks re- markably well. His sight is very much impaired, and he has to move his head to cover the width of a news- paper column. He thinks the ball is lodged behind the right eye, and if it should troublo him seriously in that region he intends to have the eye taken out, so that the ball may be sought through the socket He can walk or ride without much incon- venience, but exertion is invariably followed by joss of strength. In addition to the thirteen acres of land which be owns in Vineland, and which is free from incumbrance, he owns property in Wisconsin. He is determiued to spend the remainder of his life in his Vineland home. If his income be exhausted before his death, he says he will go to the poor house of Cum- berland county. He has not made # complaint against Landis, as he says he supposes the people will do what is right about it, His recollection of the incidents atterding the shooting are very much confused. The report that negotiations were progressing between him and Landis on the question of damages is unfounded. Neither eyelet aka BA to the other on the subject. ANOTHER THIEF SHOT. ‘ Yesterday evening Owen McBride, residing at No. 300 East Fortieth street, reported to the police authorities of the Twenty-first precinct that he had been robbed of $90 by aman namot John Trainor, aged twenty-four ears. Ofticer Malloy, of the above precinct, succeeded arresting ‘Trainor shortly afterward, ‘upd was pro- coeding with him to the station house when'the prisoner drew a knife and attempted to escape, but the policeman cut short his flight by shooting him in the thigh. Trainor was then taken to the Thirty-fifth strect station house, whence he was removed to Bellevue Hospital, to be arraigned at court as soon as his injuries permit THE TURNFIEST. ATHLETIC EXERCISES AND DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES. The Convention of the Turner Union yesterday held their fifth day’s festivities and exercises, The scene was transferred from Jones’ Wood to Lion Park, on Moth street and Eighth avenue, in order to give the Germans of the west side of the city an opportunity to see the exercises of the Turner gymnasts, who for the past week have been gathered in this city from nearly | all the principal cities of the United States. Early pes terday morning the societies and delegations assembled at the Bloomingdale Turn Hall, in West Forty- seventh street, where a procession was formed, and started for the festival grounds, It passed down Ninth avenue through Thirty-fourth street, and up Fighth avenue to Forty-second street depot, where extra cars were in readiness to convey them to the park. The afternoon was spent in athletic exercises, turner gymnastics, jumping and racing, prize exercises on the bars, the rack, the vaulting horse, &c. A ita of games and social pastimes had also been provide Later in the evening the festivities were transferred to Turn Hall, in Fourth street, where, after a distribution of prizes, 'a ball concluded the programme. A PHILADELPHIAN IN TROUBLE. On the 9th inst. Emil Seidie, residing at No, 925 Ray street, Philadelphia, was robbed of various articles of Jewelry by a man named George O'Farrell, of the same city, who fled to New York. Mr. Seidle, confident of hus ability to ferret out the man in this city, came here shortly aiterward fer that purpose, and on Monday evening last he spied O'¥arrell mn Sweeny’s Hotel, in Chuthain strect. He called Oilicer Murphy, of’ the Fourth precinct, and the absconding Philadelphian was quickly lodged in the Ouk street station house, On the persoui of the prisoner were found pocketbooks, breust- ins, sleeve buttons and other articles the property of ir. Beidle. O'Farrell will be sent to Philadelphia, WATERING PLACE NOTES. Sefior Vilanova, the composer and vocal teacher, re- turned from Newport last week, where he was the guest of Austrian Consul Havemeyer, Mr. Vilanova started yesterday for a western tour, and will spend Sunday in Chicago. Mr. Maunsell B. Field, son of the late distinguished author of that name, has been spending a few weeks at the Carpenter House, Lake Mahopac. Morris Phillips, of the Home Journal, and his family are at Lake Mahopac, where they intend staying until the middle of September. Among the nt arrivals at Saratoga are:—Dr. J. P. Boyd, Jr., of Albany; G, W, McCook, Jr., of Ohio; R. Rose, of Porto Rico;’ HH, Bunnel and family; Liew: tenant M. B Butlord, United States Navy; J. N. Dock- 'y and wito, of Mississippi; Dr. HL. C, West and fam- of Louisville; Hon. Rufus F. Andrews, of New ork: L. M. Dayton and wite, of Cincinnati; 6. M. and Miss Bollman, of Pittsburg; Hon. 8, B, Chittenden, of Brooklyn; F. J. Englehart, of the Turf, and Farm; Judge Flock and P.’ Archer, of Philadelphia; J. W. Faller, one of Troy’s “solid” ‘men; Lieutenant Commander H. C, White, United States Navy, with his family; T. Polhemus and the Misses Polhemus, of New York; J. F. Quimby, one of the prominent iron foun- of Troy, and Mrs. Quimby; Drs, J. H. Ormsby and 0. G. Tucker, of Albany; J, H. Manning, one of the editors aud proprietors of the Albany Argus; Thomas Dickson and Colonel Thomas A, Scott, two leading rail- road presidents, Dr, William F, Thoms returned from Niagara Falls; he is accompanied by his sister, Miss Fannie Thoms, and Mist Carrie Starr, of New York. James Phillips, of a wealthy aud influential family in Picton, Prince Edwards county, Canada West, Mr. and Mrs. August Belmont and ily leave Saratoga in & few days and will spend the remainder of th | in the last THE CROPS. . Devastations by the Chink Bug and Grasshopper. THE RAINS IN THE WEST. Corn, Wheat and Pota toes Promising. Wasminatow, August 25, 1875, ‘The condition of the crops on the Ist of August, # reported to the Department of Agriculture, was a follows :— During July there were no general conditions o weather affecting the crops ge in the Easters and Middle States, including Marylan Droughts pre- jled generally in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, also in the South Atlantic and Gulf States, In Texas, A Floriga and Georgia, they extended through since every county, and were attended with intense eat. Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina report con- siderable drought in some sections, with more favorable Weather and excessive rains in other localities. In North Carolina, Virginia, Arkansas and Nebraska an erea of excessive rains prevailed, with alternations of favorable weather and drought. ‘THE RAIN. In the remaining States east of the Pacific slope rains were almost incessant, and very disastrous to cereals and hay. They also occasioned extensive rotting of potatoes in the ground, Along many of the tributaries of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers the bottom lands have been overflowed for weeks, In not a few localities devastating tloods are reported, which haye swept away vast quantities of small grains in the shock. The ine jury done by the molding, rotting, sprouting and grow- ing of grain in the shock or stack is very great, but to what extent it is impossible,to estimate before the re- turn of dry weather. ‘ GRASSHOPPERS. Depredations in July by grasshoppers are reported im the following counties:—New Hampshire, Sullivan county; Pennsylvania, Washington county; Virginia, Craig county (sn tobacco); Tennessee, Monroe county; West Virginia, Jefferson county; Ohio, Belmont, Noble and Vinton counties; Michigan,’ Marquetta and Mecost counties; Wisconsin, Dodge and Datagamie counties; Minnesota, Blue Earth, Noble, Redwood, Sibley, Waton- won, Brown, Nicollet, Cottonwood and ‘Lyon counties; Towa, Audubon county; Missouri, Clay, Clinton, Frank: lin, Nodaway, Henry, Bates, Pettis and Platte counties; Kansas, Bourbon, Jackson, Miami, Neosho, Shawn Wyandotte, Atchison, Brown, Johnson and Mi counties; Nebraska, ‘Cass, Johnson, Richardson and Franklin counties. In a ‘majority of instances they have not been serious. ‘The following counties have been depredated by the army worm or some worm go designatea:—In Rhode Island, Newport, very extensive; Pennsylvania, Ches- ter; Mae Frederick; Virginia, Grayson and Au- ‘usta; Ohio, especially to oats, Fulton, Montgomery, ercer, Anglaize, Crawford, Delaware, Licking, Lucas, Union, Warten, Hannock, Huron, Morrow an ‘Adams; Michigan, Monroe; Indiana, Franklin, Laporte, Wells, and W: ¥5 Illnots, Alexander ‘and Ogle counties, CHINK BUGS, rnp oniete begs have Sire mune the following coum es :-— Virginia—Halifax, Orange and Loudon. wert Virginia—Jefferson. Indiana—Madison and Ohio. Illinois—Henderson, Carroll, Lake, Ogle, Cook and Edwards, Wisconsin—Juneau. Sauk, Waukesha, Dodge, Gree! Lake, Iowa, Jackson, Milwaukee, Monroe, Vernon ™fowsClayton, Miasourl, Nodaway, Holt and Peltis, low! ton, Missoui way, Holt oS Kansas—Butler, Franklin and Brown. Nebraska—Johnson, Richardson and Washington. The wet tesco paler in their principal flelds of operation prevented them from dog extensive injury. The same 1s true of the Colorado beetle, the presence of which is noted in New York and Pennsylvania, nine counties each; Maryland and Virginia, IX counties; Wisconsin, five counties; New Jersey, three counties; Michigan, Indiana and Towa, two counties each; Now Hampshire, West Virginia, Ohio, Mlinois, Missouri, Kan- sas and Nebraska, one county each, 4 WHRAT, ‘The average condition of spring wheat in States pro- ducing it to any extent, not including California, {s 87. The extremes of the range are 99 in Wisconsin and Minnesote and 60 in Nebraska, The condition of winter wheat is not reported after the 1st of July, but in all the States in which excessive rains have prevailed inJuly our correspondents in their foot notes have very gen- erally volunteered statements that vast quantities be- fore thrashed or housed were overtaken by the raing and swept away by floods or damaged in degrees rang- ing from serious injury to utter ruin. CORN. ‘The average condition for all the States is about 96 It would be over 100 were it not for the damage on low lands by excessive rains. The injury from that cause is quite liable to be overestimated. Tne highest averages reported ure:—In 149; ‘Tenn 114; Missouri, 112; Mississippi, 111;’New’ Jersey an ‘Arkansas, 109; Virginia, 108; West Virginia, 106; Con- necticut, Maryland and Nebraska, 105; Pennsylvania and North Carolina, 103; Kentucky, 102 Oregon, 101; Delaware and Alabama, 100; Illinols, 99. New York is 95, Ohio 01, Iowa 87, Indiana and Minnesota 89, and Georgia 85, owing drought. Texas is reduced 'to 88 by the same cause. Other States range between 83 in South Carolina and 98 in New Hampshire. Wisconsin 89, OaTs. The average condition for the country is 91, The re duction by rains and floods in the valleys of the Mis- sissippi and Obio was very great. The States above the average in condition are:—Mississippi, 119; Texas, ‘Arkansas and Wisconsin, 111; Vermont, '105; Connecti: cut, New York and California, 104; Oregon, 103; Michi- git, J01. Now Hampshire, Pénnaylvanis, Louisiane and fowa are the average. Kentucky Indiana and Nebraska are down to 63, Kansas is 66; South Carolina and Delaware, 70; Tennessee, 71; Virginia, 76; Illinois, 78, Other States range between 83 in Maryland and 96 in Virginia, Ohio boing 94. POTATOES, Potatoes promise an extraordinary crop, the average condition for all the States, exclusive of Nevada, being about 104. In States visited by unprecedented rains indications of rotting in the ground are extensively re- ported, which may yet seriously affect the promised re- sult, The States reporting the highest average con- dition are:—Lilinois, 131; Obio, 117; Iowa, 115; Ken- tucky, 112; Tennessee, '110; West ‘Virginia, Missouri and Kansas, 107; Connecticut, Texas and Arkansas, 106; New Jersey, 104; Maino and Pennsylvania, 103; Ver: mont, New York and Mississippi, 102; Rhode ‘Island and Michigan, Jul. Maryland is down ‘at 75, The re- maining States range between 81 aud 100. TOBACCO, ‘The incessant rains have occasioned extensive trench- ing and injured the crop otherwise to some extent on Jow land, particularly in Kentucky and Tennessee; but reports indicate that the injury has been less than’ was feared. Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Florida and Mississippi report a condition considerably above average; West Virginia about an average; Tennessee about oue per cent and Kentucky seven per cent below. 4-11-44, HOW A YOUNG POLICY PLAYER WAS TRANS- FORMED INTO A REFORMER—PEARSALL’S BAD CORNER, On Tuesday, 17th inst.sMr, Garrio 8, Pearsall, of No. 286 South First street, Williamsburg, purchased of Tay- lor & Co., No. 11 Wall street, a shp of the Shelby Lot- tery of Kentucky, the numbers being 00, 72, 44 and 18, which were almost as good as a picture of a complement of livery stable, inasmuch as they represented four “gigs” and a “horse.” In this little — spec- ulation Mr, Pearsall, who appears to have dabbled to no little extent in lotteries, was remarkably lucky; for the numbers he had selected, according to the advertisement of the draw- ing, had drawn tor him no less than $2,400, The “horse,” being & powerful animal, hada suceeceded in making away with $2,000, while the “gigs” only made for their owner $100 each, _ Imagine Mr. Pearsall’s joy when he learned of his good'fortune. He at once pro- coed(d to the office of Messrs, Taylor & Co., aud, pre senting his slip, requested the payment of the money. ' But here he was doomed to @ temporary disappointment, for Messrs. Taylor & Co. informed him that he must apply to one Mr, Burr, who could be found at the Gotham, a saloon in the Bowery, Mr, Pearsall forthwith repaired to the Gotham, but no Mr, Burr could he see, He now began to becomo interested, not to say exeited, in the chase after his money, He returned to Messrs. Taylor & Co.'s office, but could find nobody to state his case to, and, for the first time, he began to realize that it was possible that Li eee aaa ses He awaited some time, but, as nobody apy vent out to take a walk up Broadway, ruminating op The evil effects of buying lottery tickets, He had not proceeded far, however, when he cncountered Mr. Burt, to whom he remarked, “Mr. Burr, Messrs, Taylor & Co. sent me to you to collect the small amount of br gd which is due te as holder of the numbers 60, 72, 44, 18, drawing of the Shelby Lottery. Will you kindly oblige me with a check for that amount?” Mr, Burr examined his questioner from head to foot, and then coolly responded, “Young fel- low, its a skin anyhow; let’s see you get your money,” and deliberately walked off; leaving Mr. Pearsall in mute astonishment, He, at last, commenced to believe that had been “done,” true enough, There was a skin," remarked, confidentially, to a Hekato reporter, ‘but he (Mr, Burr) was the skin, He meant | was. but I have become « reformer, now. 1 bought am Havana Lottery ticket to-day and then notified the police of the fraud, Captain Perry, of the First precinct, raided on Messrs, Taylor & Co.'s ollice yesterday afternoon, and touk into custody Oliver T. Taylor, who said he resided in Con- necticut, and Francis Taylor, who gave his residence as being in Portghester, Two and # number of policy slips were ulso seized, The Uial of Messrs, Taylor & Co. will take plage befofe Justice Otterbourg this morning ‘ety of lottery schemes | f