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4 4m case of the repulse of either or both of the detach- ments, and instead of an effort being made by Reno tor | Buch a juuction, as soon as he encountered heavy re fistance he took refuge in the bills and abandoned © Ser and his GALLANT COMRADES TO THEIR PATE. It is use! to say that Custer should have amused those Indians as soon as he reached them, or diverted their attention until General Terry could come up with | Teinforeements, for, although it is stated that General Terry was ouly twenty or thirty miles off and be rove by forced marches, he did nut reach the sce: of the disaster until three days alter its occurrence. ‘The Indians were running, und it is very evident to my taind that General To ected theni to inake every possible offort to. ¢ 8 doubtless ordered to pursue them, cut off their retreat to the south and to drive them back upon Terry and Gibbon, and thus hemmed in between these coiumands they Were to be crushed To do this it was necessary tor Custer to strike them wherever found, ana by vigorous blows aud hot pur suit he was to DRIVE THEM INTO THE TRAP which Terry bad set for them. Infantry on expeditions against Indians cun only be used as guards for supply trains, and in the pursuit of Indians on a uission such and Custer wa: as Custer’s thoy are as u as foxhounds in the | Pursue of wild geese. It was expected when the expedition was sent out that Custer tho Seventh cavairy were to ¢ the ing, and superbly did’ a portion Boldier | would sooner to-day lie in Custer and bis gallant comrades alone in that distant Wilderness, that when the “last trumpet?” could rise to judginent from my post. of live in the place of the survivors of the s hills. I knew General Custe intimately trom boy boo during the lato wa Strength ou the tlelds now that 1 never n tang war, 0 man and friend in Custer. Resp rave of General sounds 1 on the nd, being On opposite sides measured an truly say zy guilant fal, whole-so' ace than Majo’ THE SIOUX TREATY OF 1868 (From the St. Louis G obe-Democrat.] Sr, Louns, July 7, 1876. To te Eprror oF tite GLonk-DeMockat:— By solemn treaty, ratitied with all the forms attend- y with a ti »pean Power, the United States agreed w Sioux in 1868 that dll the country north of the North Platte River and east of the summits of the Big Horn Mountaivs and west ot the Mississippi River should be held aud considered to be unuceded Indian territory, and that no white person should be permitted to settle upon or occupy any por- s8 through the sume without Here tion of the same or to 3 Oirst had aud obtained. tent to barbarism—a country larg our first class States—apon which no Amer: Bhail ever be permitted to set his foot or pass through without the consent of the autocrat Indian, Such bargains were very likely to bring the resulis We have Withesseu, | THE SAME TREATY provided, ow the part of the Indiau, that in consideration | Mat the Unite tes should de nm the ist of August, each year, 2 Indian over fourteen y x of coat ver to the Indians, at tor thirty suit loune, ade socks; to iT Kirt, or goods twelve yards of yards of cotion domestic, and about all the young Indians—in constd- eration of this and sundry other things, the magnami- mous Sioux agreed -— 1, Tbat we nuight build railroads anywhere we pleased outside of tueir vast domain, 2 ‘That they would allow coaches and wagons and people to xo about all over the United States, except on their reseryatio That they would not go any more to the white set- nents and capiure and carry off white women aud children, 4. That they would not kill and scalp white men any each femuic ove! to make it, a ey graciously permitted the establishment of sts 1 the States and Territories south of the North Platte—ott their territory. Jeifersou Barracks and St. Louis Arseual were thus permitted. WHAT THE CONCESSIONS COST, In consideration of t ‘acious conce: privileges to the whites they agreed to give cach dian, big and hitic, mate and female, $10 cash per year every year for thirty ye or as long as they engage in hunting or loatiug excius When tu in farming they were to have #20 per year, pended in the purcha such things as the Secretary of the Interior may think best, aud they were also to have, for four years, one pound of meat and one pound of flour for each Indian o: the age of four years, Now, the Black Hills country is situated within this Feservation of the Sioux. When General Custer re- ported goid im that country white men went there in Violation of this tre General Crook went up there and ordered them out, and they went Then the go ernment called a great council of the Sioux, to von- sider a proposition tor the PURCHAS The Commissioners on the part of the Met the Indians last saimmer in the Butte, aud the massacred, Th posterous that n Went into the B hostilities, Bi: served the ri nited States y of Crow aped being re so pre ndians commenced the treaty of 1868 the Indians re to hunt on any lands north of thy North Platte afd on the Republican Pork of the Smoky Hill Raver, This latter privilege was afterward reitu- quished 11 consideration of cattle, horses aud supplies of various kinds, ‘The great error of the government bas been in ever making any “ireaties’’ with the Indians. They should have beeu legisiated for and made subjects of the La Preswent Grant first declared the true policy toward the Indian in this respect, but the failure to carry into effect, by proper legistation, the SUGGES has resulted in te “Indian reservations’ vast tracts of © without evil goverament aud without the machinery lor enforcing tue The In dian lerriiory, bordermg on Missour, Kansas and Arkansus, is ali instance of a country surrounded by elvilizavion and iaw—large enough and rich enough in paturai resources to muke a great State—solemuly dedicated to lawlessness, a nursery of barbarism mam: tained in the very of civilization, Why ts it that not wake up and ex amine this subject? papers wake up Congress? They are Wakening agency when they become loud on any particular subject THOMAS ©. FLETCHER. SITTING BULL THE TREATY. In an interview with a St, Louis Globe. Democrat re- porter Delegate McGinnis, of Montana, gives tho fol- low.ug about Siiting Ball: — : eueral Hancock, then commanding the De- tment of Da thought of organizing an expedi- to uring him to terms, but, as there Was a pros- mm of the Northern Pacitic Railway, 5 simplify operations, he recommended another attempt to buy a peace With bin omtil that road should be pushed into the Big Horn country. On this recommendaiion, backed by the assurances of the Peace Commi: ers and the Interior Department, Congress ve $500,000 to make peace and subsist him. This was AMOUS TETON-SIOUX APPROPRIATION, him TH Sitting Bull lollowers bands of eit claiming to be a Teto: Considerable criticism b t 4 part of but he retuged to treat himself. Next resulted tn. his follower: carried vf rad of horses, alter murdering a harm ber of jarmers. In 18 » Made a pight attack on Colonel Baker, but was repused and pursued. In 1874 be drove the Crows irom their reservation ageney, and MADE WAK ON ALL PEACEAULE INDIANA. The Peace Commission, finding nim iutractable, now bezan to demand that the army should take t otfensive and subdue him, and this request has fr quentiy been repeated by the Peace Commission ond the Indian Department, unti! the War Department has acted on it. Last year some of his followers went down to meet the coimigsion in conterenee with the Red Cloud Sioux, and came near precipitating a mas sacre of the cominission, Sitting Bull bimseif retused to go in, ant speut the summer in attacks on the Crow Agency aad on the froutor settlers. He captured 4 government wagon train on the Carroll road, murdered a number of recruits going to the Montana posts aud captured the stock of the Carroll Btage Company. Such have been his exploits up to the bloody history of the present year. He deties the government and hopes bhat ho can get the Sioux nation to joim him. If they will only ao this he promises to DRIVE THE WHITES BACK INTO THE SRA, gut of which they came, and utterly digoetieves the reports of Red Cloud and others who have visited the Coast as to tho numbers of the whites they says their eyes were dazzled by bad nedieine Coxresroxpext—How many followers by @inarily? McGixwess —Not more than 200 or 200 lodges, but no doutx that his numbers are now swelied by from ail the ageucies. Tho N fe with him avd a ke mag’ he or. WELL ARMED AND WELL MOUNTED WaARKiOns In these lato fignts, There were times inst winter when he coul’ not have gatuered S00 men, but the yo y slipped away trom the agency, Where Where the old people and ‘wor ° being fed by the government, and hem durin, @ summer then, has no conne ng and children bhey will rema. er, Ithas been waged de lensively on our part for many years betore the bills wore entered by wpybody. The Biack Hills troabies may be Used jor a pretext to induce the treaty Sioux tw joiu him. Ol course he ts avxious to contederate all the Sioux tribes and bands ina general war. He has been trying to do this for years, and has made repeated advances to the Crows and Blackteet, reason Why the Peace Commissioners urged that ye must be subdued, Jest he shoud demoralize all the and bring om a general war. Of course xeept to bring him 4 the governm: Aay otber course woul ot our frontier. friendly Inuiaw allies would be subject to « barbarous ond determined enemy. EXCITEMENT IN MINNESOTA, {Feom the Minneapolis Trivune, July 7.) The priceipal topie of conversation this morning has peen the melancholy news trom the [rontier. ii soris of expressions are to be heard, but indigaation abounds than to | 1, have known him | 4 | wrong, though his | wsund Lard customers from ail the | This is ove | NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JULY 11. 1876.—TRIPLE | inallof thom. One suggests the government call fo 100 day men and inaugurate a war of extermination; another thinks thatif a bounty of from ten to fifty dollars a scalp Was offered, there would be plenty to cwbark in the enterprise, and that there was more money in it than in Black Hills miving. Frank Low, of the St. P. & P. elavutor, this morning received a letter from his son, who is with the Terry | expedition, bearing date Yellowstone River, June 19, He says the expedition arrived there the 11th having lett Fort Lincoln May 19. From the 4th of June they were snowed tn at the Bad Lands by | a foot of snow, ” He says Custer lott the day before with Six companies of the regiment, and that Reno also bad | | SIX companies, Gibbon, he says, was the other side of | | the Yellowstone, with his stock broken down and com- | pletely coralled’ vy Indians so he could not move an | teh. The country is tull of Indians. ewhere We print an interesting communication | from Geueral Rosser, of this city, concerning General Custer, which will be read with ttcrest. These two | euinent military men were classmates at West Point, | CANADIANS IN THE SIOUX WAR. [From the Winnipeg (Manitoba) Sentinel, June 24.} While awaiting authentic information regarding the | impending conthet between the United States army un- der General Terry and the Sioux India Bull, allow me to make afew observations upon the discussion that has taken place in our Province and elsewhere regardiig the resuit of that conflict upon Canada, The importance of the subject must be my excuse for referring to it in your columns, and stating my reasons for differing from the conclusions arrived at by such a well informed and able gentleman as Mr. Yaylor, the United States Copeut, and by the Manitoba Standard and Free Press anit the was Mr, Taylor who tirst sounded th ters, however, are cautiously worded | rather than predicts troubie for Canada, and be tusinu- ates rather than tndicate A WAY OP ESCAPE, Vhe danger is to come upon us w States and the warriors ol th and the Jatter, vanquished and dispersed, sevk | en the army of the | s array shelter from their Victorious and pursuing toe by a | | umely retreat across our trontier, and to cscape this | | danger the hints thrown out that a pohey and a special treaty between Cunada and the United States | Would be eilte —ihis policy to embrace the probable y of an ‘‘irruption”? into | by the Sioux, as one journal termed i, but to to all the frontier tribes of Indians trom the | the Woods to the Rocky Mountains The danger to be apprebended, then, Is (he presence in the Northwest | | of the remnant of 3,000 routed but armed Sioux; and | to avoid i Wo aro invited to enter ito a treaty with | | the Power which shall huve rouced those Sioux, Such | j a treaty would, of course, have but one object— | namely, to tavor the ed States and repress the ‘The issue pre J to Cauada ts this we adopt a mutual policy and enter into a treaty with the United States to meet such an emer- geney our frontier of a defeated fe? Inj $ iugitive band of Indi discussing this question very brief nderstand the position of all parties concerned, joux and the United States are at war. The Indian ribes inthe States are so far semi-independent that they enter into treaties with tue government at Wash- ington, from whom they receivo tribute in the stape Of pensions and supplies, ‘n return for which they cede | territories and abandon rights | | THE URKACH OF THESE TREATIES is accepted by both purties as a cause for remonstrance and ultimately of war, ‘The position of Canada, of the Empire, 18 that of neutrality, We ackno’ | that, as between the United St | former is the soveres, r tween the two we will not be drawn, to judge of the progress aud justice of the war utterances of authorities and leading men in the On the one side is General Terry, with 3,000 sol.tiers, horse, fovt-and artilery; ou’ the other 3,000 badly arined warriors, There are those in the States who say that the justness of the quurret lies rather with the In- dians than with the Washington government; and, if 1y inference can be drawn from the appearance in the of a weak, half armed, undisciplined race against a first class Power, 1t is that the former have bad what to the ufticient provocation, and that they con- sider THEIR CAUSE A JUST ONE, The alleged suvage nature of the Indian, and espe- cially of the Sioux, may be said to render such an in- ference mappheable in the case hefore us; but it may ely asserted that even the Sioux is swayed by considerations, that he ts not insensible to the claims of justice and boner, and that he sinarts under The inference above drawn is not, then, wholly | inappheable, Viewing it in this hight, what ground has Canada to bestow her sympathies upon the States more | than upon the Sioux in this quarrel; and what reason | is presented to us for entering tuto any treaty with the United States that would have for its object the re- pression of the Sioux? THE CUSTER MASSACRE. SOUTHERN OPINION. New Orleans Picayune:—‘The general election is near at hand and a large number of troops will be needed to overcome the conservative majorities in the Southern States, General Custer has been already sacrificed, | and the republican party would prefer to sco the whole | army murdered in detachments to risking the resulis | of a fair election.” | _ Mobile (Ala) Register: —“‘Again we cali upon the av» | thorities at Wyshington to take away the troops from their pohtical services at the South and send them where the hovor of the flag of the United States may be redeemed. The five massacred companies of Custer attest the inhumanity and imbecility of the republican administration.” 4 New Oricans Bulletin :—*1t was a base and inexcusa- ble act of bad faith on the part of the government to suffer the invasion and occupation of the Black Hills, in view of the solema compact between it and the Indians, and we have no right to reproach them for any repri- suls they may take.”” Savannah Vews:—“The memory of the ungenerous treatment he received trom President Grant, on the | eve of his departure from Washington to join bis com- mand, wil! deepen the general sympathy.” Charleston (8. C.) Times:—*‘General Grant’s adminis- tration bas a heavy responsibility to incur for the re- | verses and sacritice of life reported in these accounts.” Raleigh (N. C.) News:—‘For the blood of Custer, of | Canby, of hundreds of United States soldiers, the ad. | ministration of President Grant is responsible, Had the Indians been treated with ordinary justice and hu- manity, such as the British display toward the Cana- | dian Indians, we would not have had these troubles on | the border, and the country would not to-day have | | been shocked by the heartrending intelligence that | yesterday was flashed over the wires.” | Richmond (Va) Index-Appeal:—“Let Grant face the | storm if he can, The crime is his own, and for it the | American people will hold him toa strict account. Let | | his dreams be haunted by the spectres of the dead and his soul pursued by the memory of the deed of nis guilt and shame. Only a short time | ago Custer was threatened with =a court tial by President Grant because of his activ- | ity m making kvown the way im which Secretary of War Belknap was disposing of post traderships, as ordered away from Washington, whither he had | gone on a summons from an investigating committee, aud way scarcely allawed timo to give in his testimony. Tt was said at tho time that he was put on the frontier asa punishment for bis conduc. in the Belknap mat- ter, IT it was desired to kill him off, the object has been attained.” Atlanta Constitutfon:—“When Grant ordered Gen- eral Custer to the West in order to got the General out of the way of the investigating committees of Congress, iff litile imagined how successfully he was about to dispose of Custer ” It the President had paid more attention to the fron. tier wars and less to Southern elections the country | would not now be shocked by the massacre of the gal- lant commaid which has been annihilated in the West | ern wilds nor by the death of the dashing officer whom Grant recently disgraced for venturing to testify con- | cerning the corruptions of Belknap, the President's late Secretary of War.’? Montgomery (.Aia.) Advertiser>—“If banditti’ Sheridan were sent to the Black Hills instead of the harmless South, he could flud some splendis play tor his valiant | military boasts. He is ‘not afraid,’ and Grant should have sent him thore, instead of having poor Custer and his faithful followers butchered in cold blood by sa¥- ages. Sheridan would have declared them all ‘banditty,’ | and we woul havo enjoyed ‘Indian soup, Indian stew, Indian hash,’ for the next thirty days. Charleston (5. C.) News and Courier:—“The news of the massacre of Genera! Custer and his command by the Indian created much excitement in the city yesterday | afternoon, and it the government should call for volun- | teers, Charleston would furpish at least 1,000 trained veterans to go to the plains within a fortnight. It was | rumored that the Fifth artillery, stationed at tne Citadel, | had been ordered to be ready for the marcn, but up to | alate hour iaat night no orders of tho kind had been assued, although the troops, both officers and men, were auxious to take their departure for the West. The general opinion seems to be that the government mast now take active measures to exterminaie the | redskins, and the opinion sa freely expressed that the first step in this direction must be the abolition of | the Indian Bureau.” Nortolk (Va.) Landmark :—“Let the people under. Stand something more of the operations of the Incian | be turned over at once to the War Department Let thom be told again and again of the cruel injustice of Grant, and then let the warlike Sioux be ‘improved off the face of the earth,’ and Gen- Bureao, which oug! s under Sitting | | of classic music on the grand organ, DOM PEDROS FAREWELL. The American Geographical Society Receive Him at Chickering Hall. Speeches of Bayard Taylor, Dr. |. |. Hayes and Others. ADDRESS OF THE EMPEROR. ‘A special, meeting of the American Geographical Socicty was held last night in Chickering Hall, Filth avenue and Eighteenth street, The occasign was made the reception of Dom Pedro d’Alcantara, Emperor of Brazil; Dr, A. Petermann, of Gotha, the German geographer; Dr. A. Nordenstjold, of Stockholm, the Arctic explorer; and of Dr. ©. H. Berendt, tho Central American ethnologist. At eight P. M. the auditoriuin was filled. Professor Muvicr presided at the organ, and, while waiting for the entrance of the socicty, gave selcetions ‘Tho stage was decorated with Jags of Brazil and Central America, be- neath whicli were festooned the 5: and Stripes and tho crowu-clad tag of Brazil, Beneath them was a map of Central America. At twenty-five minutes past eight P. M. the members of the society, led by Chief Justice Charles Daly, entered the hall and took seats on the platiorm. Among the gentlemen on the stage were Messrs. 3. B, Reggles, Cyrus W. Field, Dr. Schumacher, Consul; @. Cabot Ward, Bayard Taylor, Colonel Hel- gard, of the Coast Survey; Professor Felix Adler, Colonel Conkling, Dr, L I. Hayes, Peter Cooper, Bev. Dr. Beliows, Rev. Dr. Bjerring, Senator Henry C. Murphy, General Siegel, General James Grant Wilson, Judge Larremore, Judge J. H, Sullivan, Algernon Sullivan, 0. Howard Blood, Edward Bell, Cornelius Van Cott, Howard Potter, Judge William E, Curtis, Professor Julius Bien, Isaac Bornbeimer, Professor Whitney, Paul Gloobhowsky, Alexander Goedecken, Imperial Russian Commission; A. A. Low, the Russian Commis- sioner to the Centennial Exposition, Just as Dr. Be- rendt commenced the reading of his paper on the “Geographical Distribution of the Central American Civilization,” the Emperor of Brazil, accompanied by the Empress and his stafl, entered the hall and took seats on the right of the stage im the first circle, The Imparial party was received with enthusiastic cheors, After the Empress was seated the Emperor passed to a seat at the centre of the stage, where he was again received with cheers. Chief Justice Daly thon came | forward and introduced, with some culogistic remarks, Dr. H, ©, Berendt, the Central American | ethnologist, who read a carefully prepared paper jon centres of ancient civilization im Cen: tral America and their geographical distribution, “Liguistic science,” said he, in concluding his re- marks, “has begun to invade the field of American ethnology; I bave only to ask that what It can do there may not be measured by the shortcomings of my labors, commenced and carried on as they were to almost entire isolation, And let it not be forgotten that this science is as little bound as it 18 qualitled to perform the whole task alone; archwology must lend a helpng hand, But archwology is, on American soil, in fits infancy as-yet. “Before any definite results can be obtained the ma- terials for archwological research have to be brought together and made accessible and available, We mus have museums, in which the plastic remains of the anciont American civilizations, either original or in faithful imitations, shall in as large numbers as pos- sible be collected and duly grouped and labelled ac- cording to the place and circumstances of their dis- covery. a You build palacos for the reception of whatever bears upon the natural history of pants and animals; is it too much to soticit ap equal share ot the same praise- worthy zeal for the investigation of the natural history of man, or of early man in Americat And itis the more urgently asked for, it ts the more ps AS the elements, and ignorance, and the progress ot civi- lization itself tend daily more to destroy what little is left of the past of our Continent, “So let me conclude with a wish and a hope that with this second century of our couutry may begin the first of a rationatand iruitfal progress in this purticular, as im many another branch of scieutific development.” Atthe conclusion of Dr. Berendt’s remarks Chiof Justice Daly came torward and suid:—‘Our meeting, Jadics and gentiemon, has been called at this unusual and heated season of the year by the happy circum- stance that our Centenmal has breught togeti from diferent par.s of the world distin. guished persons, among whom are embraced the distinguished guests who have done us the honor to be present to-night. (Applause.) The President ‘went on to say that the gratification of the entire so- ciety at the presence of the distinguished guest Dom Pedro was better expressed by the fact of the large at- tendance, when so many members were living in the country, than they could be by any words ot his, Thig Statement was received with projopged applause, Which evidently bud the effect of making the Emperor it! at ease. Professor A. EK. Nordenskjold, of Stockholm, the Arctic explorer and Dr. Petermann were aiso referred to 10 terins of pri The former entieman had beon expected to atlend the meeting, at some days ago was forced to return to Europe. A letter of regret from him was read vy Juage Daly. Dr. Vetermann, however, was preseut aud later on read a paper. Pah concluding bisremarke Judge Daly sald:—""lt Dom Pedro will permit me, in his presence, to say a word about the Emperor of Brazil, 1 would—” At this pot the Emperor, ing his name an- nouneed, rising, came forward ‘4 paper tn his hand, He was received with loud applause. Judge Daly met hin at the front of the platiorm and, atter a brief vouversation between taem, the matier was explained and Dom Pedro returned to his seat. Judge Daly continued bis remarks, expressive of the gratification he i common with tho other members of the sovicty felt at the presence of their distinguished guest. ‘i do not recollect,” said be, “any otver in- siance tn history of the great and permanent head of a State who has been something more thay a mero pat- ron of jearnmg and sctence—in tact, of beiny a scholar and scientific investigator himself.” (Apphiuse.) Bayard Taylor was then introduced, uud, coming for- ward amid applause, made a brief aduress eulogistic of Dr. Peterman, whom he bad visited at the scenes of bis | lavors in Germany from ume to time during the past | twenty years, adding:—“Let me vevwure to say a lew woras more, aud pardon me if I seem to stray a litte beyoud the scope of this evening's meeting, Since the time of Herodotus geography and literature nave al- haa an intimate ‘relation. The clear [3 rative style and power of description are indispensable = to the struy- eller belong to literary art; the —_do- mains of the two continually overlap, and if I contouvd them now it is because I wisn to speak both 28a memver of the Geographical Society and as an humble member of the guild of authors, The othor distinguished guest of this evening, who is 80 soon to Ioave us, claims our acknowledgment, not only he has iavored the explorations of Herndon, Gibvon and Orton, and assisted the scientific labors of Agassta, Hartt aud others, but also because he has pee | with the tuterest of that lofty nuture which is affect by all that alfucts humanity, the lterary develup- ment of ot country, With an imdustry that puts our national energy to shame and a habit of almost more than repablican plieity he has our geography, our induacry and our mstivution he has also found Ume to mike the personal acquatut- ance, as he already knew the works, of our poets, Bry- ant, Longfellow, well. Such @ hearty and intelligent sympathy wi @ highest mterests of our pational life demauds an equally cordial recognt- tion, Iam sure that 10 distinguished stranger ever came umong us who, at the end of three month: seemed so Jittle of a stranger and so truch of a frien to tne whole American peovie as Dom Pedro IL, of Bra: We can give him no better Godspeed, now as he leaves our shore, than the lines which vur psatmist, Whittier, addressed to him after the decree ishing slavery in bis Empire: — And thou, great-heartea Raler, through whose mouth ‘The word of God fi is waid, o; “Let there be light: —Son of the South, Litt'no thy honored head? Wear unashemed a crown by thy desert More than by birth thy vwn. Careless of wate ward By grat attleeship m: mS oe re pen all Stronger tl aves of brass or iron mi ‘The panoply vf love! ‘Mr, Tag'or retired amid cheers and the chairman read aletter from Rev, Dr. Adams, bewailing his ima bility to be present. Dr. Peterman then read a lot compiled trom bis diary while in this paper which was untry and was | made up mostly of descriptions of the scenery and ac- counts of the Various cities through which he had | passed. He expressed his wonder and admiration of the country and ail he had seen, It had surpassed his wildest speculations, THR EMPRROR’@ ADIRU. At the conclusion of the paper the Emperor was olected a member of the society by acclamation and cheers. When he was declared electea Dom Pedro | came forward and all the persons on the stage stood up | smaltaneousiy with him and remamed standing wh le he spoke. ‘Thy cuce also rose, aud, after heartily applauding, resumed their seats, When silence was restored His Majesty said:— | LabuRS AND GENTLEMEN:—Although sincere grati- tode’s votve is always cioquent I still hesitate to witer | my thanks to the American Gcograpbical Society for the houor it coufers on me in presence of men so prom- inent in geographical science and such gable overs of @ region Where man realizing, a8 it were, with nature feels that labor is his greatest glory and most solid base of happiness. eral Terry sent to the rear in company with His Ex. | cellency the Preeident,”’ In so solemn an occasion, however, it is my duty to | express how, io my country, brize and value geo SHEET. raphical studies, which will bring to light its wou- jeriul elements of wealth, an‘ will secure for it—I speak asa Brazilian, but without partiahty-—a fature brilliant and useful to all nations with which Brazil has always cndeavored to maintain cordial friendstip, I trust the American Geographical Society will allow me to send here # feeling adieu to all the people of the United States who welcomed me to their country with so much kindness, and to express to thei at the same time bow sorry I am that a motive doubly regretable for me has not permitted my remainiug longer among themn to seo and examine ws inuch as | desired, votwith- standing the means employed by this great ‘pation to overwhelm time. (Long continued applause.) These remarks were Irequently interrupted by oute bursts of applause, which reached a climax when the Euperor bowed and took his seat at the close. Dr. I. L. Hayes, the Arctic explorer, was introduced next, and in an eloquent address, which, despite the terrible heat of the room, enchamed the attention of the audience and elicited thetr load applause, sketched the progress of geographical science in general and of efforts reach the North Pole in particular, He boped that ere long an American expedition, under the leaderstip of himself or other American citizen, would be fitted up, and would sueceed in reaching the Pole and planting the Stars and Stripes there ahead of any other national An autograph of Dom Pedro D’ Alcantara, affixed to acopy of lis speech, Was presented to the society. MOVEMENTS OF HIS MAJESTY DOM PEDRO YES- TERDAY. Yesterday ‘moroing, at seven o'clock, His Imperial Majesty Dom ~ sedro, in company with the Viscount de Bom Retiro, left the Buckingham Hotel and drove in a landau with a span of horses to the Deaf and Dumb Asylum at Fort Washington, The Emperor was shown throug the instituuion dd made a careful inepection of it, The pupils were assembled and went through some interesting exercises, which seemed to please the Em- peror very much. On leaving the Deaf and Dumb Asy- lum, His Majesty drove back to his hotel and had breakfast at nie o’clock and then hurricd back to the Forty-second street depot, where be took the train at ten for Sing simg, having met Dr. of the National Prison Association, in company with whom His Majesty paid a visit to tie son and looked at the convicts’ celis and bad ¢ prison discipiine explained tw him, His Majesty then returned to the city, and m company with Dr, Macedo he visited the New York Medical College, after which he returaed to the hotel and took dinner at four o'clock. At half-past tive o'clock THis Majesty and the Empresa, with two ladies of her suite, the Viscount de Bom Petiro, Marshal Borgos and Dr, Marcedo drove down Fifth avenue in two open barouches to Tiffany's, on reaching which placo they were met at ‘the entrance by Colonel McClure, a p er of the firm, who showed che imperial party Uirough the ditlerent loors of the house, the kmperor paying attention to the Mechanical departments, where tee workmen were engaged in the ‘manufacture of jewelry. Alter baif an hour spent in this imanuer, the Empress seeming to be much fatigued, by the heat and exertion. The party visited the store of A. T. Stewart, at Tenth street, but, as all the goods were covered up and the business closed for the day, the ladies did not ascend through the butiding, but the Emperor went up on the elevator, accompanied. by the manager, Mr. George Denving, who showed him the aifferent’ floors. ‘Ihe party then visited Chickering Hall, in Filth avenue, ART AT THE -EXHIBITION. PORTRAIT OF GENERAL LEE—TAPKSTRY AND MOSAICS CONTBIBUTED BY THE POPE— CHANGES IN THE SWEDISH GALLERY—HOW A SWEDISH NOBLEMAN LOOKS HANGING PIC- TURES—‘‘CLEOPATRA,” BY EDMONIA LEWIS, Purapetrata, July 8, 1876. The intense heat of the past few days makes sight- seeing at the Exhibition a task rather than a pleasure, Memorial Hall is one of the coolest of the buildings, and is, consequently, well filled even when the ther- mometer stands at other places over 100, es it has in some of the buildings to-day. The most important picture hung during the week is apearly {ull length portrait ot the late Robert E. Lee, painted by Albert Guerry. This has been placed in the southwest room of Memorial Hall ‘The pictures from Sweden, in the room occupied by Spain and Sweden in sMemorial Hall, are being re- hung, and part of them have been placed in the same room as the portrait of Gencral Lee. It is a matter of no small interest to see the manner in which this is done. Here, tor instance, is a large tandseape being lowered and hung about a foot further to the left. A high stepladder is placed before tt and up springs a tull gentleman, with bis coat thrown off. and looking like anything but a Swedish nobleman, as he is, and, after several fruitless attempts, the ‘two muscular Young assistants in uoiform succeed in lifting it, they Standing on the railing and the picture resting on thelr joulders. The Baron, standigg on the stop of the twelve foot stepladder, grasps the rope and shps it over the new hook’ with the quickness of a ractised hand, doubies it over and knots it. wipes js face with his shirt sleeve, and ues down the ladder two steps at a time, and makes a dash at t! next one to be changed, working as hard as of ti workmen, and showing by bis ready, practical common sense an appreciation of the characteristic American trait of go-ahead-ativeness, The room in which there piciures are being placed contains the art treasures sent lo the Extibition by the Pope. These consist of four mosaics, and a life size figure in tapestry from the Vatican. The mosaics represept a copy of Raphael “Madonna della Sedia,” from the Patu Palace; a ‘Sf douna and Child” and two lower pictures, They are so well done that it requires a close examination to detect the material, the colors being so well matched asto have almost the same beauty 2s the orignal and looking more like acopy iu ot! than the small fragments of glass of which the pictures are composed, ‘This room contains several other art works and some which are interesting, althougn they cannot be classi- fied with them. There ts a model of Independence Hall in the centre of the room, and the windows are of stained glass, from a Boston manufactory. Several groups of statuary are here—a hie size figure of a little ir! holding a cup, on which a bird has perched, is by §'s. Marly. ‘Tho Ayure is very graceful and child. like; the short dress bas slipped from one shoulder and given the artist an opportunity for displaying nis skill im the delicate mod. elling of the slender limbs. The movement of the body can be traced under the drapery, and there is but ove fault im the work; the lower part ot the drapery from the waist does not agree with the motion st the body, but gives the ide of swift movement, which ‘would cause it to move backward as the body advances. On the opposite side of the doorway ts the life-size figure, ulso in marble, of Cleoputra, by Edmonia Lewis, The great queen is seated in a chair, her head drooping over ber left shoulder, The Jace of the figure is really fine in its naturainess and the gracefulness of the lines, The face is tull of pain, and for some reason- perhaps to iniensi/y the expression—the classic stand. ard has been departed trom. and the fentures are not even Egyptian ip their outline, but of ade- cidediy Jewish cast. The human heads which orna- ment the arms of the chair are obtrusive, and detract from the dignity which the artist has succeeded gaining in the figure. A canopy of Oriental bright- hess in color bas been placed over the statuo, and every afternoon about six o’clock a plump little woman, whose complexion and features denote her African origin, may be seen darting beneath the cord eurrounding the statue, and with a common varnish brush tho dust is removed from the surface of the marble and the crevices in the folds of the drapery where it may have setiled, then a piece of crinu- olined mushn ig quickly thrown over it and tucked in allaround. This bright and busy little creature is none other than Edmonia Lewis, tho sculptress and protégé of Charlotte Cushman. A letter written by George Washington was shown to ber one day, and she said reverently, “Press it against my forehcad,” ns though the paper once touched by the great mam conla retain the power of his mind and its touch could help her in the art to which she gives ber whole seul and devotes all the energy of her lite, AMUSEMENTS. OLYMPIC THEATRE. ‘The main attraction at U.is house last might was Cap- tain McDonald aud his trained Lnalans, the Occidentals, There was a good house to witness their performances, which consisted of war dances and songs, acrobatic and gymoaetic exercises, manual of arms, drill and repre. sentations of Iodian warfare. Ln their acrobatic feats they were only ord narily good, but _m the exhiditi ot ihe rifle and tnanual of arms they showed remarkable expertuess, anu women as weil as mea showed by their sk:li that they are equally weil trained, Together with the Indians, who were well received, a good variety performance was given to fill up and help to make the evening’s entertainment. Woon’s MUSEUM, Mr. E. 7. Stetson appeared tast night as Colonel Roward Preston, of the Continental army, in one of the most absurd and idigtic of plays that have beon inflicted on the public this season, 1t would bo very dimcult to analyze the play. It is called “Valley Forge,” and 1p front of a cheap, tawdry snow scene u occurs a series of ridiculous scenes that seem to have been specially designed tor peopie of very iimited intellige! “Valley Forge” is as much a picture of the times that ‘iried men’s souls” as a modern chromo is of a Muri MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES, A New Zealand paper spoaks in the most extravagant terms of Mile, Di Muiska’s singing at Lyttleton. Mr, Sanderson has succeeded Mr. Poole as managor of the Olympic, and the change is for the better. Keliy & Leon’s Minstrels have a new and attractive programme this week at their pretty house on Twenty- third street, Mme. Papponheim sang Arditi’s waltz, ‘L’Estasi,” ‘at Gilmore's Garden last night. Kowalski piayed asa Weber piano solo his own paraphrase on ‘Faust.’ The 215th night of “Pique” at the Filth Avenue Theatre last evening was wituessed by a large audience, The splendid company of Mr. Daly lose none of their Attractions evea in this hot woathes SEA CLIFF ENCAMPMENT. THE DANGER OF UNPROFITABLE HEARING OF THE WORD OF GOD—SLIM CROWDS AND THE | REASON WHY, : Sea Curry, L. L, July 10, 1876. If you want a sail that shall, in time at least, be | value for your money the General Sedgwick, which | runs from the city to this encampment, will turnish it | ug wellas any boat that I know of She began her | trips here on the 3d inst, but made such poor time that, without notice to anybody, she was hauled off tor three or four days to have blowers put in, and the re- sult of her “blowing”? yesterday was to consume two anda half hours in tke trip from tue clty to the Clif, so that those who came up to attend the morning ser- vice get here half an hour after it closed, There came up on the boat Rev. Thomas Crowther, Moderator of | the Presbytery of Brookiyn; Rev. A, McClelland, of the same presbytery; Rev, J. D. Wilson, of New York Presbytery; Rev. Messrs, Yost and Giesregen, J. 8. Willis, 8. H, King (Brooklyn), W. G. Higgins, Metho dists, and some others. Most, if not all, of them however, returned by the same conveyance, which left at two o'clock, so that the excursionists had barely time to take dinner and return, If this is to be the policy during the week I predict that this camp mecting will prove a dead failure. Indeed, the eflects of it wore heard in the unsparing condenmation of the management, which left the passengers who came up by the boat on Seturday and spent the Sabbath here, to find their way to the city this morning as best they could, ‘The owners of the Sedgwick—who are also trustees of the Camp Meeting Association, and ong of whom is President of the Association—are too pious themselves to run the boat on Sunday, albert they will rent it to others and pocket the hire thereot, Well, the Sedgwick went on an excursion to New Haven on Sunday and got back to New York about cleven P. M. It was then, of course, too late to come up hero and take her passengers down to the city. Hence they were left to shift for themselves, ‘Theu, agai, on her up trip this morning sue wanted to take in coal, and the passengers had to await her picasure on Jewell’s Wharf, Brooklyn, unui ten o’viock, three-quarters of an hour bebiud ‘her advertised time of string. To- morrow she may want water. 1t seems to be a kind of “GET SQUARE WITH YOU"? POLICY. of the steamboat cumpany this year with the Camp Meeting Association for their scurvy Ureatment of ihe jormer last year; but it is such a policy as willina very little time drive outall the camp inceting spiritand idea if it be persisted in, Its effect was seen also this afternoon at the preaching service, when about fifty persons gathered in tho Lage tabernacle to listen to a sermon vy the Rey. Mr. Myers, of the Presbytery of Brooklyn. It was a sermon in every way worthy of the largest audience that could be guthered into the big tabernacle. [t was based on Hebrews, iy. “But the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.’ The two leading thoughts of the sermon retated to unprofitable hearers and the causes of unproiitable hearing, All have their root in unbelief, Mr. Myers con- sidered algo what is that faith which, being mixed with the Word, makes hearing profitable, and bow does it operate to produce this result, He algo briefly discussed the guilt of those who have not 4his faith, That there are two kinds of taith he demonstrated, and that itis inthe nature and consti- tuuion of truth andof faith that unless they are both mixed the Word becomes the savor of death unto death to the hearers he aiso made clear. It ts not always the fault of the preacher that the people are not profited by the preaching of the Word, For back of the mere human instrument stnds the Word of God itself, which demands a right reception from the hearer. Prophets, apostles and ministers in all ages have preached the truth that would bave proiited the hear- ers had it been mixed with faith, And no matter who preaches the truth nor where it is preached it will profit ali who mix it with faith, TO-MORROW THE BAPTISTS’ DAY. In the evening Dr. Thorburn, of India, preached. To-morrow morning Dr. Armitage, of New York, is to preach bere, and in the afternoon Rev. William Lloyd. fo the evening Rev. J. H. Lightbourn is to speak. Though the boat was late this morning the peopie did not miss much. Very few pergons were out and miove feast took the place of the preaching. There was an carly morning prayer meeting. led by Mr, Olmstead, which was slimly attended also. There is a very remarkable lack of trustecs and members of the Camp Meeting Association this meeting, and I understand that not a few of the orivinators of this enterprise are heartily sick of their investment and are trying to sell out at as little loss a3 possible. None of them are ‘‘bossing” around this year, as they did lac. The big fence pur around the tavernacio last yeur at a cost of $600 has been taken down at much jess expense and lies in heaps on the border, Visitors who have come up bere by rail and yot off at Sea Cliff station Instead of Glen Head have had a mile of a rough walk to get to the encampment, there being po convey- ance hither, Iwo summers ago the association $1,500 to purchase =a fiatiron piece land and erect a depot aud _platiorm at the railroad, After a good deal of finanvial ougineer- ing they obtained the right of way througn the prop- erty from the camp ground to the depot tor tue period of two years. This lease baa expired, and for some reason oF other the association has not renewed it. The owner has, therefore, dug a trench across the roadway at the entrance to his plot, thereby effectually provent- ing the passage of wagons aad teams. This is why passengers who get off at Sea Coiff station have to foot it to the camp ground. I noticed the trench filled up to-day, but whether a compromise has been effected or the shrewd farmer bas relented aud become pious, like the Sea Chif trustees, and desires to make an atone- ment fur the past, I have not learned. AN ALLEGED DEFALCATION. DISCREPANCY IN THE ACCOUNTS OF AN INTERNAL BRVENUE COLLECTOR'S OFFICE. Prrerspere, Va, July 10, 1876. The people of the city were greatly surprised to hear reports to-day of the defalcation of ldo Ramsdell, chief deputy and cashier in the office of Colonel George S. Richards, Collector of Internal Revenue for this district, Young Ramadell is a son of Hon. G P. Rams. dell, formerly a republican member of the Virginia Legisiat and now United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Virginia. Tho amount in which the accounts of young Ramsdell were found to be short is stated to be $8,000, This cunnot be definitely ascer- tained at present, as Colonel Richards declined to be interviewed, though he does not deny the correctness of the reports m circulation He states, however, that wit ay such affair has taken place the government and himself will both be protected from loss.’ Colonel Richards’ reason for his reticence ws acknowled; by him to be consideration for the feelings of Marshal Ramsdell and the family. There are some circumstances of the case of a pecu- Var and romantic character, About three months ago young Ramsdell established here arepublican weekly paper called the Virginia Citizen, of which he was an- nounced to be part owner and editor, About three weeks ago he shot himself, as was supposed, by acci- dent, throngh the left lung. His case case was thoaght to be very critical, but he menied suiliciently fast to leave a few days ago for Philadelphia, where, it is now stated, that his wounds have broken outafresb. His place on the Citizen was taken by James H. Van Auken, himseli a federal officenolder and an alleged delauiter to the government, ‘There were four names on the bond of the missin; c. Ramsdelli—to_— wit, ~=his father, Marshal P Rayasdell, Mrs ‘Schank, 2B S Burch and Morgan. Sherman, who have all been pro- tected from loss, however, except the first nimed, who bas mortgaged his whole handsome property in the city to protect the Collector and indemnify the | Aberny o Tt cannot be surmised what use young amsdell has put the lost funds to, as he was a person of no bad habits and no expensive tastes that appeared on the surface, He 18 married and bas children. There is a disposition to judze him leniently, and general sympathy ts felt for Marshal Ramsdell, whose loss will robably cover the larger part of his property. Young Ramsdell’s bond was in the sum of $25, The in- ternal revenue office shows a disposition, for reasons stated, to hush up the affair as much as possible, ils aeaptetionoeminds NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. SAILING OF THE CORVETTE PLYMOUTH FoR THIS PORT—THE CONSTELLATION AT NEW BEDFORD. Port Royat, 8, C., July 10, 18" ‘The corvette Plymouth, Captain E. Barrett, sailed from this port for New York on Suuday, the 9th inst, She carries all the discharged men from the fron-clad flvet, more than 200 in number. All well on board. New Beproxp, Mass., July 10, 1876 The ship Constellation, of the United States Naval Academy, arrived here to-day, and will remain during the summer, GOLD FROM TH® BLACK HILLS. Owaua, Neb., July 10, 1876, Two well known citizens returned here last evening from Dead Wood, in the Black Hills, bringing with them gold dust to the amount of over $300, by DESTRUCTIVE FIRE, Yerteraay aiternoon, about five o'clock, fire was dis covered issuing from a barn belonging to a Mr. Egbert, Kinsville, Staten Island Yesterday afternoon two boys and aman were scon in that neighborhood, and tbe man was seon to feave the barn, shortly after which a cry of ‘Fire’? was raised irom the house occupied by Mrs. Gilligan. The engines were slow im arriving, and the fre seized six buildings, and = was threaten: to take more, when Captain Brown's — Enterprise hook and ladder truck arrived, and om =” few min- utes tore down two small buildings that were abiaze and threatened the adjoining houses, The total loss is estimated at about $15,000, on which there 1s known to be an insurance of fully $6,000. Many of the parties | THE HEAT. ANOTHER TERRIBLE DAY—-LARGE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM SUNSTROKE. ‘The thermometer lost a little of its ambition yesterday, and was satisticg to rest on !ts laurels at umety de- grees. An overcast sky somewhat dampened its ardor, but the sun came out at intervals to offer it encourage- ment, The day was a trifle more comfortable than the previous one, the record showing a decrease of eleven degrees trom the bigbest poiut to which the mercury rose the previous day. In addition to this it gavo hope that reef was at hand, which was strengthened Dy the opinion that it would possibly rain. A light breeze was viowing all day and, in shady places, it was tolerably pleasant, Promenaders wera few on Broadway and the avenues until tate in the afternoon, and those whose business carried them out during the day gave a preference to the shady sice of the walks, There was no abatement in the rush for the many excursion boats along the piers, and thousands enjoyed the luxury of the fresh breeze down the bay, The hotel keepers complain that while the namber of guests they register is very large few of them remain over a day or two, A large major ity of visitors to Philadelphia include tu their pro grammes a stay of a week or so in New York, bat dis- gusted with the excessive heat forego the pleasure (?). Numbers coming from the far South, anticipating at jeast tulerable weather, say they never felt such heat during the hottest days in the Sunuy South, Those who are fortunate enough to sleep during the night with any degree of comfort aro fow and far between. To men of leisure and light la vor it 18 not so trying, but on the hard working classes it comes very severe, Living in close and crowded quarters, and failing to regain at night the strength exhausted vy their daily toll, it issurpriae ing there is not more sickness than at present exists, From many sections of the country complaints are coming in from the farmers of the wantof rain, and unless we have it shortly the result will be seriously damaging to the crops. Even the growing corn, which is so partial to hot, dry weather, 18 shrivelling up for want of water, As will bo seen below, the lat of deaths from sunstroke is a very large one, DEATHS FROM SUNSTROKE. The following deaths from sunstroke were yesterday reported at the Corouer’s office :. James D. Clark, 54 yoars, No, 420 West Thirty-fifth street. John Wolting, 20 years, No. 257 Madison street. Michael Ross, 33 yours, No. 101 West Twenty fourth au len Knowles, 46 years, No 693 Water street, John Haun, (6 years, Seventy-third street and Eighth avenue. Mary Klepfel, 49 years, Thirty-fourth precinct, Mary Devine, 50 years, No, 222 West Seventeenth strect. Gabriel Drisshel, 36 years, No. 435 West Fifty-third street, George Smith, 61 years, No. 420 East Seventeenth street, John Rushford, 21 years, Spring street, Stephen Tyrrill, 30 years, No, 61 Greeuwich street, Joun Wiliams, 46 years, No, 10 Clarkson street, James Walker, 38 years, No. 86 Mott street, Ellen Hogan, 46 years, No, 698 Water street, Antoine Poliman, 29 years, No. 1 Varick street, Joho Flood, 29 years, No, 300 East Thirty-second Sireet. Walter Scott, 47 years, West Thirty-sixth street, near ‘Tenth avenue. Edward Burns, 38 years, No. 747 Ninth avenné, Rovert William Adamson, 23 years, No, 387 West Seventeenth street, Karl Frel, 43 years, No. 532 East Eloventh street, Christopher Farreil, 46 years, No. 301 Bast Thirtieth street. Joseph Mohr, 68 years, No, 530 Sixth avenue. Thomas Noonan, 82 years, No, 821 Kast Thirty-Ofth street. Lulu Yarber, 2 months, No, 239 West Twenty-nioth street. John Edleman, 50 years, No. 402 Wost Fiftieth street, Mary Saunders, 62 years, No, 242 East Soventy-flith street. William Reynolds, No. 239 Atlantic street, Brooklyn, Michael Kearney,’ No. 94 Wyckoff treet, Brooklyn. George Hussey, a tramp, 50 years, walked from Tar- rytown to White Plains, Sunday afternoon, and on reaching the latter village was prostrated by the heat and died ina few minutes, * Patrick Guoning was sunstruck, at half-past eleven o’clock yesterday, while at work at the foot of Con- gress street, aud was removed to the College Hospital John Ash, 24 years of age, was overcome by the heat, at the corner of Boerum street and Fulton, Re- moved to his home, Patrolman John Lettins, of the Second precinct, was placed on the sick list, owing to the effocts of the heat, Austin Gibbons, residing at the corner of Dean street and Vanderbilt avenue, was sunstruck on Gates avenae and was removed to his home, Jeremiah Farrell was overcome by the heat at Fal- ton ferry yesterday avd was removed to his residence, No, 385 Hudson avenue. ¢ ‘Three chiidrea were reported to havo died of sua. stroke, in Hoboken, yesterday, e About twenty funerals took place in Hoboken, yes terday, death having resulted in most cases from sun- e yesterday a child of Charles Halstein, residing in First street, died trom the effects of the heat. ‘The Star Council, of Hoboken, while on its return from Philadelphia, had two of the members, E. Dubois and W. Sloat, prostrated by the heat; likewise Warren Carrol, a mewber of the bund, They have all recov- ered, however. It was reported last night that one of the members of the Ninth regiment bad died of sunstroke at Union Hill. He belonged to Company B. The following record wit show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four bours, im com. parison with the corresponding date of last year, ag indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s pharmacy, Herawp Building:— 1875, 1876, 1875, 1876, 3 36 91 7” 83 80 81 $4 12P, is Average temperature yesterday. Mg Average temperature for corresp: YOAreecee ua 10% THE WEATHER IN RICHMOND. Ricuwoxv, Va., July 10, 1876, During tho heated term, which has now lasted six- teen days, the thermometer has ranged in the day time from 90 degrees to 100 degrees in the shade, Saturday, Sunday and to-day, however, were the worst, the thermometer indicating, during several hours, over 100 degrees, At three o’clock this after” roe) it stood at from 105 degrees to 107 degrees in the shade. Several cases of sunstroke have occurred since Sate urday among men and horses, and some have termi: nated fatally, THUNDER STORM—DAMAGE BY LIGHTNING, A thunder and rain storm here this evening caused the thermometer to fall twenty degrees, lightning struck George B. Stacy's shuck and mat- tress factory, in Manchester, burning it, together with @ quantity of cedar ware, which was stored therein by the Manchester Cedat Works, The Joss 1a estimated at pag insured for about $8,000, of which the Na- uonal Fire Insurance Com; of Baltimore, ha’ $3,000. pany, re, havo THE HOTTEST DAY FOR YEARS, Norroux, Va., July 10, 1876, ‘The thermometer here to-day was 103 degrees, boing the hottest day for years. There was one case of san- stroke, Norain has failen for twenty days and veges tation is parched, with a bad prospect for crops, DEATH FROM EFFECTS OF HEAT. Provipsxce, R. 1, July 10, 1876, John Owen, an employé of the gas works, died om Saturday from the effects of the heat, KILLED BY LIGHTNING, Puvaverruta, Jaly 10, 1876, During the storm this afternoon Roger B. Heille finger, a drummer belonging to a visiting cornet band, was struck by lightning and instantly killed at the encampment at Kim station, near the Centennial Grounis, The body has been remo bom: Mechanicsburg, Pa, sal a aed JERSEY'S GRFAT RAILROAD FIGHT, The great legal contest between the Pennsylvanig. Railroad Company and the New Jersey Central Rail- road Company for the exclusive right of way from Nef York to Philadelphia, was continued in the courts at Trenton yesterday. The argument was on the motion for an injunction restraining the Central Railroag Company from wterrupting navigation by the erection of a railroad bridge over the Delaware River, at Yardieyville. Tho bridge is constructed on the line of the Bound Brook Raiir which has been im operation between New York au Philadelphia tor several weeks A similar opposition Was raised by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company on the construction of a bridge over the Raritan at Perty Amboy, on the Long Branch Ratlroad; nten on tek ‘oad; but it proved te ASSOCIATION HALL, Representatives of several Gorman Evangelicd churches of this city and vicinity met at Association | Hall, corner of Fourth avenue and Twenty-third street, | last evening to discuss the quostion of organizing « German Young Men's Christian. Association for New York. Mr. F, Martini presided. The Rev. F. Schiimbach, General Secrewry of the National volon of German Young Men's Christian Associations of | America, was present, and delivered an address, It burned out had thetr furniture more or less destroyed by removal, was resolved to bold another pant meeting at the ‘al same eve; jt pe = ning, July 24, when the proe