The New-York Tribune Newspaper, September 21, 1866, Page 8

8 NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1866. ambition of two or three men has been satisfied, therefore ! SOUTH AMERICA. THE WAR IN PARAGUAY. Sanguinary L fll[‘.‘ ALLIES ASSAULT THE PARAGUAYAN Battles on July 16 and 18, — g { POSITION, THE ATTACK PARTIALLY SUCCESSFUL. Am@ Loss 4,500 Killed and Wounded. 5 ——— i s DESPERATE ASSAULT ON THE PARAGUAYAN LINE. The steamer North America brings Rio de Janeiro pa- pers 1o Augnst 25, Adyices from the Plate report fighting of a most stub- born and sangninary nature on the 16th and 18th of July, eausinga loss of 4,200 killed and wounded in the allicd armies, and an approximate amount in the Parazuayan srmy, the latter fighting chiefly within intrenchments, snd consequently losing less. The affair arose from a determination of the allies to dis- fodge the Paragnayans from the position they were fortify- ing on a hill, which would have enabled them to endanger the alhied left and rear. The Paraguayans were surprised and driven out at daybreak ou the 16th, by a brigade of Brazilians after a sharp fight. The victors then advanced to the assault of the F works, in the rear, but were received with such a heavy fire that they were forced to abandon the attempt and contine themselves to the de- fenso of the work they had taken. This was successfully dove, notwithstanding two fierca aftacks were made by the Paraguayaus, and a storm of missiles was poured on the ground. The allies suffered considerable loss, and the troops ander fire were relieved several times during tbe day. The next day passed without fighting, but a reconnoi: sance made to uncover the Paraguayan movements and works, was changed into a general assault of the next line of the Paraguayan fortifications, which was carried, but tecovered, and sgain re-taken; but, finally, after very beavy fighting, which involved almost all the forces on both sides, the allied commanders recognized that success in that direction would be too dearly bonght, and their troops were recalled, retiring in good order, without being pursued. The Paraguayans, however, made a dash with cavalry 0 the Argentine flank on the right, but were repulsed and Sghting ceased o both sides, the work captured on the 16th remaining m possession of the Allies. This was strengthened and armed with heavy caunon and mortars, snd is likely to be of real service to the Allies. TORVEDO EXPLOSIONS. ‘The Paraguayans continued up to the 18th to send down torpedoes, and on the 14th and 15th two explosions oc- gurred 8o near the leading vessel of the Allied fleet as to shake her scverely. A boat was blown upand eight per- sons killed. CONSOLIDATION OF THR BRAZILIAN ARMY. The second Brazilian army. 9,000 strong, under Ponto fl-gm. had been incorporsted with the allied forces. 0 or threo thousand eonvalescents had also joined. Further reéuforcements have also been demanded and ex- pected from Brazil and the Argentine provinces. EXPORT AND IMPORT DUTIES. 1t is expected that the Argentiue Congress will increase the export and import dutie TRANSPORT LOST. A Brazilian transport steamer had been lost in the Plate. Al the people on board of her were saved, os well as 150,000 sovereigns. TELEGRAPHIC lUM!VflCLT!O!:BEI“lE! BRAZIL AND THE UNITED STATES. Ri0 JANEIRO, August 24, 1865, The Government of Brazil baviog resolved to accept the posals of Mr. Cayman, Agent of Mr. Perry McD. Col- a large meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was beld to-day, closing at 3 o'clock, aud was attended by most of the influential merchants of the city, ex-Minis- ters aud deputics, at which it was unammously resolved that the Imperial Governmest be urged to clore the con- tract immediately with Mr. Collins's agent on the condi- tions proposed by the ex-Minister of Commerce, Sefior ;lnlo Souza. As 1 was leaving the Chamber to see the orth America off, Sefior Paulo Souza said to me: * Send word to them in the United States that we are resolved to shake hands with them fratervally in less than two years.” LARGE FIRE. There was a dreadful fire in Rua da Quilanda, Rio de Janeiro, ou the 23d of August, owing to the explosion of pome powder kept on the premises. Three persous were Xilled, and severel serionsly wounded. COMMERCIAL. Coffee at Rio was more active; sales for tie fortuight, 85,000 bags, 6t an sdvance of 20a300 reis per arroba ou the Svest grodes. Sapplies from the interior are limited, and the wtock reduced to 40,000 bags, & lerge portion of which is in- ferior. The new crop is estimated at 2.500.000 bags. The ket closed quiet at the following qootations: Wasbed H600@9100; Superior, 7/20027/600; Good Firsts, 66002 900, Exctange on Encland wes higher avd firm at 234, and woney avundant at 7@€ per cent. MISCELLANBOUS, The United States gunbost Wayanda. from Baltimore for Califoruia. arrived 1o de Janciro on_the 7tb of Angust. The steamer Montauk, from New-York for California, arrived at Rio de Janeiro on the 21st o August. Four chrters for freight to New-York were mude at 35/, /6 and 40/. 'wo Turkish war steamers kud leit Rio de Jaziero for the Bulf of Arabia. PROGRESS OF THE WAR—THE ATTACK OF THE ALLIES ON THE PARAGUAYANS—THE ALLIED FLEET—THE INSURRECTION IN THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC—IN- PROVEMENT IN NESS—MISCELLANEOUS. From Out Special Correnpondent. R10 JANEIRO, August Since my last, of the 8th instant, scveral steamers have arrived from the River Plate, without any imphrtaut news 1ill the 15th instant, when information was received by the military authorities that severe fighting was going on at Fuyuty., Five days aftervard, by the Freuch packet, trustwortky accounts and dispetches from Gen. Poly doro were received, confirming the uews of the 15th and dotail- ing the operations of the allies against the Paraguayau encampment—operations that commenced at daybreak of the 16th and ended at 9 p. m. of the 18th Gen, Polydoro, on taking command o Braz army. soon saw the exposed situation of the left flank of the Allies, and reckoned that to remedy it, 1t b lutely necessary to attack Lopez his fortif There were two advantages to be ed by a rapid move- ment forward; the first, to cover his fauk from the constant bombardment of the Paraguay on redoubts; the second, to get his troops out of the swamp in which Gen. Orono had allowed them to lay 80 long, and thus diminish the fevers and chucho (diarrheéa) frow which the Brazilians, especially, have suffered so much. n consequence of this determination, and after con- sulting with the commander-in-chief, Gen. Mitre, it was resolved to attack the Paraguayans without delay. The early dawn of the 16th of July, saw the Brazilians dash- jog fiercely against the enemy's lines, which were carnied {n sbout an hour, not, however, without a determined and brave resistance by the Paraguayans, who probably lost their first line of intrenchments, because thiey were not furnished with the artillery necessary to defend their bastions. Through the day they attempted to make up Sor thus loss by rushing on to the Brazilians, but were too late. Polydoro having profited by the intervel, had a few ieces of artillery and mortars in positi to receive e, aud a brisk tire they opened on the advancing Para- jyaus, compelling them to fall back on their second ine. Next day, with the exception of light skirmishivg, both armies were occupied in_removing the wounded aud burying the dead. On the following day, 18th, Gen. P doro, trusting perhaps too much to the good fortune which attended hiw on the 16th, advaueed agninon the Para- @uayans, but here, (hough he took ome or twoof the eneiuy's onter bastions, he could not hold them. The General-in-Chief seeing the sacnfice of lives would not sompensate the advantage to be gained, ordered the troops o fall back, which they did in good order; other accounts say the allies were repulsed with great slaughter at the 1866, point of the hayonet by the Paruguayans, and compelled to seek cover i the first line. Be that as it may, the losdes sustained by the allies are certainly very heavy, over 4,000, and it really seems to have beeu too high a price to have d for the advantage of only a few hundred yards. The loss to the Paraguayans 18 ackn ed ( for th . frst tome) by Brazilian officers 10 have been much less severe than that of the allies. It is now reported from the front that another grand assault was to be undertaken on the 27th instant, butitis Bardly probable that the Commander-in-Chief will risk i before n Porto Alegre's troops join him. They siready on the other side of the Parand, but will not able to march befote the 10th of next wmonth, for wan bomes and mules, which do not arrive as gujck 8 good a condition as would be desired. Le o}nmon that the Brazilian Government has spent thousands of contos uselessly in the purchase of iron-clads is becoming more general eve; v, for the cod, of Viscount Tamandaré with the drmy has been u istrue that some of his vessels went up the river ona fewnt, op the 16th; but, though reeing some sunyan cavalry op the bank of the river who were sent to waich the Admiral returned the movements of the squidr without firing & shot at then. e passes bis time away of which have already ¢ The last arvivals from Bueros Avres M0 Wwore pews in regard W the distorbances st Catamarua sud Cordova; the wiole thing is probabiy at au eud; the 1 shing torpedoes, some wed wad accide ow tal and A there will be tranquillity for a few montls, Both theonghout the gmpire and the Or e Republies, th anew healthy be hoped that this war wi they may witho d to progress which nature has too pla The weather this season has been terribly severe on the const. Fieree gales from the east have driven ashore several sailing and steam vessels, among the latter, the American steamer * Jose San Roman,” Capt. Merrill, on her way port wit| rument mails R from Montevideo to this and invaiid troops; happ Some politicians here trouble between Mr. Washburn, the American Charie to P and the Argentine and Bra- Mr. Washburn desires to proceed eruments. to Asunsion, and it appears that Admiral Tamandaré de- nies bim the_right to_pa The matter, it is said, has been referred to President Mitre. iy next packet I will be able to afford your readers the satisfaction of knowing that the Brazilian Goverument ed and closed the contract with Mr. P, McCol- hus appre > Jins for the establishment of his telographie line through this contin A petition to the Imperial Government, praying for the concession of this privil was unani ously resolved upon to-day by capitalists and a large num- ber of business men of this city, who met for that pur- 08e, This good result is owing, not only to the importance of this gigantic enterprise, the advantages of which auy one can_appreciate, but to the energies of the agert here, Mr. B. Caymari. AGRICULTURE. COUNTY, N. Y. AGRICULTURAL FAIR. From Our Own Correspondent. CrATHAY Four CORNERS, Sept. 20, 1866, This is the third day of this the farmers’ annual festival, and the third day of the equinoctial storm, which bhas fallen like a wet blanket, to smother the hopes of the ;lwm ple who bave been looking_forward to this, their holiday, aud to very much dampen the energics of the active max acers, who have worked with a will to inaugurate a new order of things here—that is, to make an agnicultural ex- hibition the leading objeet, rather than a mcre exhibition of the speed of fast horse So far as the exhibi COLUMBIA n is concerned, they have been remarkably sucecssful. It is ereditable in all'its branches, and in some excellent, It is true, it might and sbould be made still better in such a rich farming country as this, and it will be whenever all or even hLalf the Hrruplr awake to the importance of making these anuual fairs great schools of instruction to the people. 4 A commodious two-story frame building has been erocted to shelter such produets as require it, and the Yower floor is crowded with the fruits of the ficld, garden and orchard. 1 was pagicularly attracted toward the tables contaiuing apples, pears ad grapes. Of the latter, there are some 48 handsome specimens of Delowares as | have ever scen, and Concords and some other sorts are so excellent it leaves no room to doubt that grape culture can be made a profitable branch of agrieulture, even in this hilly country, if those who plant vines will only first learn bhow. The show of pears also proves that the business of growing this fruit as 4 crop for warket may be here made u profitable business, 1 was surprised to see s fine & show of apples, because 1 had previously noticed the almost entire absence of ap- ples upon the numerous orchards i the country, although the trees were covered with blossoms last Spring. 1am sorry to notice here, as I have over an_extensive range of country, the unbealthy appearance of apple trees and the entire de of many old orchards, I have reason to fear that this invaluable fruit is going the same road of the peaches, which were once as common here and in the adjoning counties as apples. Now a healthy bearing peach tree is a great rarity, Along side of the fruit tables there is a large, attractive flower show, and the attention it attracts from the ladies (who are here in spite of the storm) proves to me that they are being educated in a direction that will produce its good fruits in the hearts of the people. "There is also, upon the samwe floor, a better siow of field and garden vegetables than some I have seen at State Fuirs. The dificulty about this part of the exhibition is the want of room. The space allotted is not haif large enongh for the simple reason that this part of the exhibi- tioa 18 twice as large and generally better in quality than ever seen before. The show of grains is not large, but the quality 1s excel- lent. Buckwheat is particularly fine, and the crop is large in breadth and fotient quality both in yield and grain, and is gene harvested, or at” least cut’ and set up to cure, ready for the thrasher. ‘A Mr. Clark exhibits some handsome yellow ears of corn, which he has improved in yield and qual selecting year after year his seed from only Fulfll 8 produce two or more ears. A few years ago be could gcarcely find a stalk to an acre with two ears. Now he could easily gather twenty bushels in his field, by only taking the best ear from a stalk with threo cars. “Whit would be the grand result if every fanner should pursue the same course ! 1 hope all who bave seen this specimen | will ask themselves this question There is a display of butter creditable to this a8 a dairy county; though it is & matter of general observation among butter makers, here and elsewhere, that they have not, for some uuexplained cause, been able this year to make as handsome and high-flavored butter as us The exhibition of cheeso is mot large, but there are some handsome specimens, and altogether it isa better show than one has reason to expect iu a county Dot par- ticalarly devoted to that branch of the dairy business. Of br cakes and pics there is a good display, and are %_'?hjy creditable to the thrifty housewives of this county. o same can be said of the various products of honsehold industry, including a large stock of eting, by which the worn-out clothes of the family are turned to' 8 purpose which makes bome more comfortable. dlework, both useful and orpamental, is shown in such abundance as to give one a favorable impression of the industry of both mothers aud daugiters of Columbia County farmers, It is one of the cheerful sights here to witness such s gathering of the people, marl catness, y, general jutellig J t, Of the out-door part of the exhibition I ¢ lit- tle, for the rain fe II“ day Wednesday, and it is lowry, lly, foggy, and muddy this morni H ddrees the people at 11 0'clock—postpo; 3 “on account of the weather.” 1 can_only from a basty inspection that there are some good cattl large number of handsome work-oxe 8 displa could and she ut number to t. that n farm stock have been and may be improved by careful at- tention and judicious breeding. If the weather had been wonld have been equal to that of almost the State, 48 great attention is paid to this cluss of stock, and heretofore, for several years, the management of this sciety has fallen into the hands of & cluss of men who could sce nothing else nece for an agricultural socicty, cside @ving encouragement” to divers of fast h Hence horse-racing b cading feature of all the fairs. I hold now c hand-bill adv kies and f ment of last y h ¥ horses, and high-traimag drives, and the of the two fastest trotting horses—'* mile hieats, best thre five, in harness. The rules of the Fuashion Cou govern the ra In short, th ieulturs o Colmnbia C yrge-racin 1 © course 1 ents of stock or g Also sowing seed that could m of the buman family, ml rove the equine race. T'o counteract this deleterions effect, a fow carnest men have underteken to bring back the to its legit amate object—the improv " agriculture of t} s reultural shows, instead of hors t produce ¢ uch it might emost in this good work the active and effici Thomas, S yard of M bly assisted tautial farmers in the ¢ e and money, to mak w order’ of things, as ural show. “this the first itis,a h Itis 1o be regretted that by bitic m credit en at war with all these good cfforts i, in spite fully cun tances another yeer. As Lclose this letter, t spite of it, us was the able attendance—as many ANOTHER ACCOUNT. udeut. Hupsos. N. Y, Sept. 20, 1866, Wet weather bas entirely changed the pro o srocedure, especially in the matter of speakers. Th {on. J. T. Hogebooin was to have delivered a lecture on the opening day; Solon Robinson was to have made an address yesterday, Jobn B. Gough intended to delig! but the Hozeboom remau; Solon Robinson failed to spe: h left for Wooster this mor honest people has o rain is still falling, yesterday, t can find ¢ the honest folks about hore to ‘(i}'unhvll them all out. ¥i nd G ance but the thieves have infested the grounds in squads, plu gentry have in their whicli are to be held The American Agricul- they dering all they conld. possession a list of Agr: throughout th transpire P we would t muittee on thieves” has been appointed , at Washington Holl Managers of the Columbia County ¥ favorable state of the weather, hav wue the Fair for der of the week. - WESTCHESTER COUNTY FAIR. anencs cluded to eoi Ju the large tent oze will sce Lt cabbages, ae sawm- and it is appointed | | fruits among sl classes fu ¢ aste | e the exhibition of horees | ruta bagas, currants, heets, tomatoes, ege pl ples of wheat, onte, barter, eorn, awful squash e lery all kinds "of b Reisi wberries in arket, and ing b ar the Wilson b a full erog sed by p Spr Of potatoes he says the White Peach Juuw is best for métket and family use; for first digeing the Early Good- rich; the largest to yield is the Cuzco. A display of 60 varieties of grasses by E. J. Carpenter, the Secretary, is very interesting. Mr. Carpenter decides that the wire grass of Flint is the true blue grass. It is n and in blossom now, while the true grass was ripe Both kinds grow in the same field, and the « ¥y to get set sced s to strip by hand. The ladies do very we [ broidery, and general funcy work, as well as eanned fr. 1 am SOrTY to say thers was only one rag carpet, but t was very nice and well striped. Ilad the names of ex- Bibitors been given I should write them ofte beautiful and arranged with taste. I bave never anywhere seen such beautiful and choice col- lections of wild flowers. The musical instruments on exhibition were played by skillful hands, often good singers joined, and thers were real sociable times, Mr. J. Rider showed me among the fruits and gave me hints. There will be about a shird of a crop of apples Greenings are full, and Baldwics are less wormy than com- mon, and russets light and seattering. Fall pippin of late has declined, also the Newtown pippin aud Vasde- 1 be e showing needle-work, em- 1. years Yier. The red Astrachan, somewhat new here, bore a full crop. Mr. R. said if we were now to plant a new orchard he would select such a8 ripen before peaches, a8 the As- tracham and Summer pippin. Bartlett and Winktield pears bore full erops. He would plant Bartlett, ckel, Lawrene® and Dutebess, The last is most profitable, The Washington is as good as the Bartlett, and is preferred in New-York for the table, be- cause, being smaller, it takes less to go round. The apple and pear quince are most profitable, the first generally sclls for §2a hundred. These should be on moist, rich gronnd. : be enltivated in this country, for Apples lurgely should din it is favorable and near market, This fruit does better on The sweetest butter is granite than on limestone soils. from grass onsgranite hills. It takes many years to settle on the kinds best to plant, and a long time for dealers to get accustomed 10 new names. Strange pears, when 4 little later and similar to n gorts, are sold in con ation for the same. The Herbemont grape, whi small, when first brought to the St. Louis market, be ourchasers at six cents & pound; now it selis well. In .k'n-»-\urk it is seldom seen. Each day through the Fair, fine carriages and teams belonging to gentlemen of the connty have been displayed. There have been races, too. These are not in my line. The following address was made by Mr. Elliot C. Cowdin: MR. COWDIN'S ADDRESS, MR, PRESID LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:—T should do violonce to my own feelings if 1 did not say that the seone that we have witnessed during the coutinunnce of this County Foir, might challenge encomium from the most impassive ‘minds, and entice something akin to_eloquence from the duliest :ps Coming, as I do, from the bustle of commercial life, snatchiog only & day or twe trom time to time, as best I can, for agri- culiaral pursnits, T have neverthelessn deep and abiding it- torest in them. The casusl reader of agricultural writings cannot fail to observo that the men of research and refiection in this department of industry, georrally complain of the in- artifical, uuscientific and wasteful mauper in which Americsn sgriculture 18 conducted. Doubtless there is some ground for theso It they were uttered merely by scholustic dreamers, or vision- ary theorists, they might pass unheeded. thoy emanste from such scientific” agriculturists as Profossors, Johnson and Norton, and such practical farmers as Jesso Buel of Albany, Dr. Beekman of Dutchess, Gep, Wadswortn of Livingston, Gen. Wright of 8t. Lawrence, Jobn Delafield of Senecs, and A. J. Downing of Orsoge. Though these ob- Jeevions may be traseable in some degree to the proverbially ‘eautious movements of ibe geuersl agricaltaral mind, which inclives it to trust rather to the resuits of well te expe: rience than to venture upen untried theories, stfil mway we not infer that they have their root in the sparseness of our popula tion when compared with the supcrabundasoe and great natu. ral fertility of our soilt When, almost from the foundation of our Government till now, the richest soils the sun bines upon complaints. could be purchised in unlimited quantities for & dollar and o quarter per acre; Wwhen New York, the most populous State in toe Union, and slo one of the first commercial commumities on earth, has bnt inhabitants to the square mile, while Texas, tho State havivg the largest superficial ares and justly boasting a most luzari- ant soil, has less than three souls to the square wile, is it won- derful that the farmers of such a country should bo less eager to craw from the earth the largest runh-le nomber of bushels d be loas frugal in the use of their lands in the densely peopled portionsof Europe. a-const, from Dilaware Bay to Passams. eem to dispaue with sand. L, §s it surprising thrt stral acres begina to droop und exbanstive tillage o thelr eutery rather than resort 1o eXpensive ag onces to renovate their old fieids, empire, and set up their altars where, uoder our homestead | law, they can for & ten dollar bill, possess a farm in the middie of our wide-rolling prairies, or by the side of rivers that sweep across the coutivent? Dat it is safo to assert that the facts thus accounted for do not exist to the extent which has been sometimes alleg: in the science and practice of this art. They havo not been slow to learn. ror unwillng to adopt new fwjrovements Even here, avd in New-Engiand, amid the rooks. and sands skirt 1he sca, the farmers, notwithst " the more ufixd ains with which commerce and manufacturing bas tempted thew, have, within the lust 25 or %0 ad- vanced in that art with a rapidity and to a hight that excites the wi ‘admiration of ¢very refiecting mind. The most easual observer could not havo falled to Bote at least f theso_improvements. For ex ample, the great chas ‘the impliments of bustandry; the 1y in the brecds of the varions races of anjmaly; dditsons to the catalogue of fruits, iheir wore exquisite flavor and greater abunduiice; the larger projortion of the water lands which are recialmed aud reducea to cultivation; and the more comfortable and tasteful aiyle of buitding ndopted by farmers for their dwellings and outhonses. Indulge me with a word or two these potnts. The improvements of the tury in the department of sgricultural imploments is ma ous, and in this particular America leads the woild, older farmers Dow present yun their me and compare the plows, the seyties, t the rakes of those days with tie mack How marked the ¢k scme of the wore strikin, Within that p I an entirc tevolution in this In tmproving the races of American cattle and farmers of N ork bave taken the lead parted and ix d 1010 our heids and steeds th world. The vost superiority. b every part of th or of the fruits now r to the varicyy and fl with the gua must admit ment is in the greater abund ds wi , suffice it 1o say, t Le more and redu olated pe oSt Boce sme of our yiebest bring forth lenru that in T allow snd are warshe t luxuriant erop these densely ny lan tions a e go dr Kingdom. L went strikes of the inte the marked | i | ment in Liwns ood - gerdens, With the richest soils belting the continent c oc [ cbing from tbe pine fore 1o the orang® groves of the Rio Grand d to the b ilation standing on the hizhest pinnaclo n, Ameriea shonld take Ler pl S'ates of the earth. *¥ of the worl m counted by millions, the population that wust drav . nanee from the acies 18 increasing with startling ra | pidity. To the mprovements recessary to viace fca in the van of agricnltuasl patiors, we must appreciate the true fmportance and digvity of the vo- cation of a tiller of the soil. that it is & mere vo Like the mysterionsly make the perfeet m calling, theory must combine with experience, stuly must di- | reet lahor, and scienco waik hand in Land Witk practice, to | produce tie sccomplisbed and_ wuccessful wgriculturalist. No single department of human em| s n wider field for stady and o tiop. He wl s Of Frass be I 10 gIOW WhiPe one ¢ tor. Rut be is more t derstands the process beisa man of science. upon eeology. mistry, mechuuics, metally i mediciue; tu & word, in the language of Edmond Burke, it lovies upon “‘the spoils of all sciences and all tiwes.” Surely, if the twilicht of antiquits, when the orts were in their infaney. Oriental nations feit impelied to place o high n estimate upon sgricultural pursuits, American farmers hou'd see 1o it that this historic ealling ke o with the nds of an age biazing with the ligh sclonce and ements in every department of human re clear appreciation smong in the generally ad- us, of the Imp t that ite advancs s not keep pace with i while the danger is imminent that it bebind the mctusl wants of the coun. . The nation 18 filling up with ssional . merchants, manufacturers, mivers and speculators. Eager to acquire suuden fortunes, our youth turn away with something ukin to disgust from the more staid st nd elow gains of o itural pursuits. This drift of the rising mind of the conatry is as lamentable as it is manifest. 1t is sadden- ing to see our enterprisiug and aspiring young men {rom the rural districts crowd into our cities and struggle to obtain clorkships on meager salaries, when scarcely oo in a hund- red of them can ever escape from a dependent position, Whea urs they could become sovereign lords of fer! ree uu& houndless West, t oceupation yie i habits of sel manly inde ith, v eduented young men of the e were turned, o i » ighest to which his facuities can The speaker furthor exy I itude that Agri hor departments of fie Not nod than V The delivery of the address was e tent, and not at . The American farmers Aave advanced | - | | ax Inquest Hiwp | unavoidable aceide s well | the stand, beeause it rained too hard. T notice that many of the exhibitors are Eoglishmen, 1learned that several of the best farmers of tie connty are of this el f th Pres t s Gibse { they i r in the vast tent, the sudic s large. THE PHILADELPHIA TRAGEDY. The Philadelphia Press of Thursday morning gives the following particulars of the murder committed in that city on Wedneeds, Our eity has azai becoma the scene of anotber of the most atrocious murders that it has ever become onr duty to record. On the south side of Buttonwood-st. above Ninth (No. 924) is # comfortable two-storv brick butlding, h bas_ been oceus pled by Mr. Milo M. Miller for sbout 25 years. He is a mill \Wright by trade—his family, yesterday morning, consistiog of bimself, bis wife, Eliza er, and sn old maiden lady, the sister of Mrs, Muler. “As has been his usugl custom, Mr, Miller left his home y terday morning about 7 o'clock, to attend to his daily avoca tions, a8 did also his sister-in-law, who earus her livelibood by making paver boxes. ‘The wife of Mr, Miller, Who was eixty: three years of age, was left alone in the house, Between 5} and 4 oclock in the afternoon, & neigh. bor and friend of the fawily (Miss Sarah Wood), entered the house, and was horrified upon discovering Mrs. Miller Iying dead upon the floor, in & pool of blood. Ske immediately gave the alarw, and o vumber of the neighbors bastened to the spot. The Chief of Police and the Coroner were speedily sum- moned, but np to & late hour last uight no clus or reasonable conjecture could be made out in regard to the perpetration of this most horrible erime. ‘A has been stated, the house in which the deed was com- mitted 8 on the south side of Buttonwood-st. On the west side of the bonse is & narrow alley, leading iuto a yard in the rear. A gote also opens from the yard into several hittle courts at the back of the butldiug. Both of these gates were found open. On the first floor of the house are two rooms, separated by a thin partition, and opening into each other by a single door. From the back room a stairway leads to the upper_part of the At the foot of this lllirll{ the body of Mrs. Miller was found. By her side was an iron fire-poker. Upon ex- amination three contused woands were discovered nEun ber forenead, inflicted by some blunt instrument, Marks were found upon her throat, indicatine that she bad been strangled, and her throat was cut from ear to ear, in a most shocking manner, The murderer bad opened the drawer of a small burean that stood at ber head as she lay upon the floor, and ta therefrom the razor of her busband, with which her throat was ent. A lndy ressding'next doorsays thatat 74 o'clock in the morn- fng sho distinetly beard the screaws of a woman, but in con- sequence of the peaceful and happy oharncter of the family of +. Miller never for a moment supposed they they had any connection with his household, She supposed the sereams came from one of the courts in_the rear u, Mr. Miller's house, From this fact it is corjectured that the murder was committed At that early bour of the morning, soon after Mr. Miller and bis sister-in-law had departed, The ueighbors,'with ove accord, lgnk in the highest terms of the unfortanate family, Mr, and Mrs. Miller were remark- able for their affectionate regard for each other. One lady informed us that they were moro like a couple of loving chil- dren, than an aged man and wife, ‘The murdercd woman was beloved by the whole neighborhood in which she bad lived for a quarter of o century. She was kind, generous. charitable, and of an extraordinarily cheerfnl disposition. The only con- Jee in regard to the cause of this murder, is, that it wus committed for the sole purpose of plunder. It would seem that the murderer or murderers bad attempted to ascend the stairs, and were resisted in the attempt by the murdered Woman. Yot nothing appears to bave been carried away from the premises. Telegranh ] NO CLUE YET TO THE MURDERER. PHILADELPILA, Sept. 20.—No clue has been ob- tained to the murderer of Mrs. Miller. His departure without plundering the house is perbaps explained by the foct of the carrier of The Ledger opening the window to throw in the mornioe paper, which is thought to have frightened bim away. LATER. Pt AVELYRIA, Thursday, Sept. 20, 1860, they are on the track of the mur- The police der of Mrs. Miller, He is supposed to be Gotlich Miller, & miserable pauper, wido 18 paralyzed, causing bim to walk slowly, with peavy stick Iy owned the houso where the deceased lived, and Gottlieb was well nequaiated with the locality. He had been in the habit of nt{m‘ the house, and the de. d was kiud to him, frequently giving bim victuals, nd thick they will capture bim be- ce! Deteotives are in search, fore moruing. — THE HEALTH OF SECRETARY SEWARD. Specisl Dispatch to The N, Y. Tribune. WASHINGTON, Thursday, Sept. 20, 1806 Sceretary Seward is to-day pronounced out of immediate danger, He was not moved to s chair this morning, the fatigue of the changing yesterday being alittle too mu his prostrated system. He rested well last night morning cxNibits the first symptoms of returning ajpe! SEPT. 2—EVENING.—Sccretary Seward is u rapidly. Dr. Norris prononnces him now out of daug —— THE PRIZE RING. b crulfp PIGHT DETWEEN DAVIS AND M'COOLE—M'COOLE THE VICTOR, ST. Louts, Wednesday, Sejt A prize-fight between Win. M. Davis and Mic Coole for a purve of $500, the chawpionship pion’s belt, took ! hotean Tsl ) Two ste; ahove this city, at 4 o’clock this afternoon. s took the spectators to the fleld. The se Davis were Patsey Curtin and Dublin Tricks. Me seconds were Val, McK v A Ned Shaw. v and Sherman Tharston. The nmpires were Frank € The referee was Pat. Coyle, and the time-keeper John Frauklip. Thirty-tive rounds were fought in thirty-four minutes, w seconds of Davis threw up the sponge. Davis was terribly punished, while h hurt. got the first blood and th down on the first round, and had it pretty mg way from the start, Davis acknowledye d 1o fight ox at the thirteenth round, but contin for Davis with & subscription of Sporting ¢ 1% from ( , Ci New-York, Boston, Buf and present. — BROOKLYN NLUS. g e A MYSTERIOUS Uasi—AN IxsaNE WoMaAN Diks Tur Bopy 1 man nam BE DistyTe 1 Daciel M AYD 18 Hastiny INTERrp. A tallor, residing at No. upon Coroner Lyneh of this city e bods of bis wife, Attoli the 13th inst., sbould b arcertaining the + woma: nrpose of the san netghbe tor of Jersey City, was seut lor by some one, certifl eate of death, in return for a ! . KLYN, Sept. 14, 1065, Mre. Att ¥, azed 41 years w ““This s to certify th d Eamier's b th I d; white; res A n Iy Upon this cert Cemetory; b that he Lynet, presented him convey the impre of bratality on th n “I'tie relatives of Mrs. Ma that she was not insane, but the viet of the hushand. This is denie part of th e husba Al alous of him, and sed him 1 ced toms of insanity on the he Louse at Il lock p. 1. to r theseaf: ter wos enlled st Mre, M. sho hud climb night;" witness then removed ez to Lis own r put ber to bed; after she had been there ashort ti out of one of the front windows and ran throught toward the railroad depot; wittess pursued and overtook her at the corner of Green and Columbia sts.; called a policeman, and be took her into custody; asked if she would him, and sbe replied, * bad man—you gav amined by th was arrested with 1 d the cb physicians strangely, howeve 1o breakfast, witness fo in his own and cbildre and, the ceffee having witness th on being questioned, she be had put cream of tartar ia it to kill them all. Other irregularities were testified to on the part of the wife. The hody of the deceased is to be disinterred and av investl- gotion mpde. —— DAMAGES FOR BrEACH oF Proyise.—In a case tried 1 tbo Brookiyn City Court for breach of marringe promise, the partics betog Catharine Jane Shannon, the plai- LT, againat Samuel A. Wasburton, the jury brought in a ver. dict of §2,500 damages in favor of the fady. Tbe amount claimed was 83,000, —e Steausur.—We w to say, that th ia, Anchor Line, arrive net. But fo , they wonld SAFETY OF 1HE thorized by a le B o reached their destin p. m. the shaft Ic locomoti A I8 stor might gers threo | ; ke aeted | THE SOUTH. e AN EX-REBEL OFFICER'S OPINION OF THE ‘‘LOYALTY” OF THE PEOPLE. The following letter from a distinguished officer of the Rebel army was read by the Flon. J. M. Bottsat the Union meeting at Paterson, N. J., on Wednesday evening: Tagree with yoa that sometbing onght to be done to re- store the States to their ante bellum condition, and I willingly confoss 1 have not been able theoretically to fix upon avy plan that was even satisfactory to mysell, It is evident that any sttempt to ot the States lately in rebeliion by men who are Just as hostile to the Federal Union now s they weie at any stage of the past fearful strag- gle, and who will have the same means of dragging the help- ess peoplo into ‘means of Tesistaneo thet fature con- tingencies may suggest, is eminently unjast to the sufferisg wasses, and dangerous to the safety of the Government, 1t 38 impossible to deseribe the seated and implacable batred with which the sc-called leaders -in the South "5‘"‘ the Uzion and everytbing appertaining to it. It hatred re- sulting from disappoinited hopes and the frustration of ambitions schiemes, and s much the same feeling the thief entertains Who has broken into some rich magazine of wealth, where he has loaded bimself with the stolen treasure, and is about mak- ing bis escape, when a policeman steps up, and takes the fellow into cnstody. Ho looks upon the officer and all the agencies used in bis dotection as his mortal enemies, and no time or cir- cumstances can obliterate the undying animosity of the de- tected thief. ‘Nothing reconciles thess political charlatans of the South to « residenco under the protocting folds of the banner of the Unton, but the fast growing hope that they will one day get into power, and be able to wreak a ferrible vengeance upon all those who in any manner nesisted in their downfall. 1 have beard this feeling expressed by the flickering camp fires. 1 bave heard it in the edito- rial sanctam and around the social circle, and I know from personal observation of men and things that it would be dan- rerons, nay, it would bo suicidal in Congress to restore these +{ men to place and power. I will oppose it while I have an; means of successful resistance, and when all hope is gone .ni the ontrageous deed is consummated, L will seil my property and leave the country. You will doubtless think this strange langaage to come from one who held high rank io the Rebel army, I will not stop now to detail the means by which I was induced to take serv- ice agaiust my better judgment and all the convictions which some years of close aj plication to the study of politics had forced upon my mind. The influence of relations and friends is not always to be resisted, but I huve never ceased to repent the unfortunate deed. 1 am an usconditionnl Union man, and T take great pleasure ininforming you that there are many of the same pattern in m; own and adjoining counties, who are generally indisposed need- lessly to avow their sentiments,and thus draw down upon them- selves the concentrated wrath of those who have it in their power to do them immense injary; bat let the time cone when these men will be called upon to take sides for or against the U and you will find thousands of those who followed the o victory on many n well fought fiel), will raogo s under the Stars and Stripes, and the Union and the Constitution will be their shibboleth. “I'te Rebel 1'aders are sadly mistaken if they suppose they can bully the rak and file into anotber onsiaught upon the Government. ‘They were satisfied with the Government be- fore the war; they are satistied with 1t now, and all they ask is to be permitted'to labor for their uurport in peace. The masses are all right, and the only thing the Government need to do to fusure its safety aud perpetuity is to forbid the leading politicians and officers of the South, both civil and military, from ever holdiog any office whatever, eitber State or Fedéral., CITY NEWS. i Is MeyoriAM.—A meeting will be beld this evening at Dodworti's Hall to commenorate the lifo and character of the late Rev. John Plerpoat, at which the Rev. 0. B, Frotbiog- bam, William C. Bryant, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Miss Emma Hardinge are expected to speak. Tte public are io- vited to attend. - —— WELCOMING MEETING.—A public meeting will be beld this eveniog at the Chapel of St. Jobn's M. E. Clurch to extend a_welcomo to the Rev. Robinson Scott, D. D, and William MeArtiur, esq., of the Irish Wesleyan Conference Ceutenary Deiegution, - —-— FrrL OVERBOARD AXD DROWNED,—Patrick Hickey, ailor employed on the brig Heleo, Iying at the foot of Fif- teentb-st. in the East River, on Monday nl:m last fell over- bosrd and was drowned. On Wednesday nigbt the body was recovered, and yesterday Coroner Gover held an inquest. A verdict of * aceidentally drowned” was rendered by the jury. Deceased wos o native of Ireland, aged 20 years. ——— AryY MEDICAL BoARD.—An Army Board, consist- fng of Irevet Col. J. B. Brown, Sargeon U, S. A, President; Brevet Lieut-Col H. R. Wirtz, Surgeon U. 8. A.; Brevet Mojor Warren Webster, Assistant Surgeon U. S. A, and Brevet Lieut-Col, Anthony Heger, Surgeon U. S. A.. con- vened o this city yesterday for the examination of candidates for the me 1 ‘staff of the United States Army. The ex- aminations are private. REMOvAL OF GEN. SANFORD.—AS has been stated would be the ease, Gen. 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