The Sun (New York) Newspaper, July 10, 1866, Page 1

utber 10.600 The Latest News By Telegraph tothe N. ¥. Sun, ee FUCITINj. NEWS FROM CORA BERIOUS REVOLT REPORTED. some time pointed to him as the probab eneral revolution, The State of Tachi en invaded, it appears, from the neightorine Re bite of Columbia, by email qine of men, headed br feneruisn eho ¢ asme is very little known, bi op serious war considerec of tr fling importance prctoAr vonfident ha ibere hive no for some time in ¥ FIRES. Another Great Cenfiagration in the Ot) Regions. Lovisvitte, Pa. June Sra.—There was great i fire on Benneboff Kun last night. During » thunder 7,000 Men Under Arm storm the lightning struck the guapipe in the West. ern Union Telegraph well: The fire qu'ckly comma FIGHTING GOING ON, __| nicated to the tank, which exploded, and the oil ran INDEPENDENCE THE OBJECT. ‘fhe South American Republics Aiding the Movement. | FROM THE OIL REGIONS. : Anether down the Kun, causing the flames to communicate with several other tunks, which in turn exploded and caused one of the heaviest confiagrations the oll regions has ever experienced, We learn that be tween eighteen aud twenty large producing wells were burnt ap, including two or three large flowing wells, among which were the Shoridan and W-stern Union Telegraph Wells, both of them large flowing wells, The Sheridan had eight or nine tanks filled with oil, allot which were destroyed, As fares can learn some twenty thousand barrels of oll destroved, and some estimate the number at a mach larger figure than thie, The oil was a foot deep asit ran down the Kun to Oll Creek. There were also between twenty aud thirty derricks destrored, the wells of which were in various stages of completion. ‘The lose cannot be estimated at present, but itis very heavy. The Portland Conflagration. Portiayp, Jory 9.—The Merchants’ Bank veult had been opened, and the con ents found entirely uninjured. Thie was the last vault opened, and all have been found safe. There is hardly s blackened ruin io the burnt district, ovarly everything being turned white by the jnieuse best. The toate amoug the ruins look quite pic'uresq au artist. “The charch bel heat, Belf-registering ther: Benter's vaults showed or eat Disastrous LIGHTNING THE CAUSE. | #0000 Barrels of Oil Gone, City and Miscellaneous News. ROBBERY AT THE CUSTOM HOUSE. "7 Fire. 62,000 Stolen from a Boy. A TORNADO IN NEW JERSEY. » Destruction of the New Abbatoir d&e., &e., &e. jut iu the lower eu : bie fault was bu tif ven years ag: scrawled out of the . Sa vai bu — - = r Vip go A. ' sspears to the eat fore ie ere hav a many tone Cuba. coal on. are, ‘in. the ar, oud the fire is oti) buroloy. The vault was ballt some twenty-five years . The contents of the First National Bank vault came ont im beeutitul order, Safes of all descriptions proved worthiess im most cases when unprotected, anu the few which did not fail wer ably saved by elrcuimetances, Lhe Masonic Lod 1@ to mees in Conveution on Wed- pesday aitervocn to provide for the needy, wid to arauge lor a uew Masoule all. They saved nothin, but jewels, reeords aud charters, All the loci insurance offices in this city have tailed Portiano, JoLy ¥.- The Executive Vommittee distributed all the clothiog ou band this morning, and stil) found thousands of applicants suffering badly. itisdesirable that any clothing which bas been donated should be forwarded at once, addressed to Woodbury L, Dana, Ward Room No. 5 Zebira Chickering, a trackwan, and bis mother, were bu: ot wa hy Mighly Important Reperts—7,000 Mea Said to be im Revolt. Bactivoms, Jory ¥.—The Sc» publishes the fol fowing account of a ramored revolt in Cabs, which tt received specially from Captalu Rollins, of the steamer Cubsawhich arrived yesterday from Havaus 2 the 4th instant: A tew bours previous to the salliay of the Cuba, « Gitizen of Havana received « letier trom Porto Prio- pe. giving an asecountof aserious revolt at that jace. The Cuban officials had uot made public any @ccouat of the affair, but the statements of the eriter of the letter are sald to have cres'ed lotense ygieg te Havens. The sabstan wo the owing effect: “Atout fnformation was sent by thecivil Wborities of Porto Principe to the C. igh- r house on Larch street, ihe bodies d for some time | ¥ wcoveled to-day. An important meeting of ast, and tressouuble lauguege used «pealy in pubtic | the Clty Gove ut was beld to-aight Orders were passed constit uilttees to establish grades, widen, locate oF td sountinue streeteaiu the barat district, Aceneral revision of the iives of etieets will probably be made. Aiso an order tor comm t- tee cu a public Park and a market ou the burut dis- trict. ecommittee in regard to rebuliving the City Goverumen: building Gen. Sickles and the Ex Rebels—The Presi dent Interferes. . p authorities of Havans, however, paid no to the warning until news came that @ portion of opulatien b. vokeu out io open revoit and de the » siared tor th ‘Indepencence of Cuba,’ and @ “sep eration from the Susnish Goverumeat.” Uo the let pustant ® military force, cousistiny of ive comprinies stationed at Porto Principe, was sent agaiust ibe io sareqate to dtiuy them wo order. A tight ensued, io #bich (be Uplonel was k.lled, and two other officers rtally woun while three companies of the pan eh went over to the insurgents, The ~ 5 ced, ing 0) wesend aie recesdad 40 the mounte iD reelcn, Wasuisaton, July @-Is has iaiready been stated he momerg news was Known in Havana, three | that a writ of habeas corpus was recently served on Keemers ware ‘iepaiche gevot, but before they re wry on their way bieh weea'? the Su) the stirring intelligence ar- fived that Tour steamesr with two thousana troops board made their sppearance pear Nuevitas, Reart the Chileac flag, and effected @ landing io they ny. All the discontented thereupou pio ded to the piace of reudezvour, and it was be- eved thy revo. bad ite ramiticatious througbout the wholedsiand § Amoug those wig lef: Porto Prtn- ipe there were about one thoussua negroes, who, it bn evarsed. were arm sbelrownais to jolu the reepts. The w bol ‘air was looked upoo asa Caerk see of the vatives te free themselves Spanish rule. th tropa to the place of | Gon sickles by the Dietrict Court fu South Caroll- ba, to vroduce the bodies of four persons who were coavicted and sentenced to deash by « Military Court, on the charge of Killing # non-commissioned otticer and two of the private sodiers of a militery guard. Gen. Sicklestefused to comply It was aa- certained to-day from a trastworthy sutbority that the President will direct Gen, Sickles to answer the writ aad surrender the parties to the Court. Fenlanism Revived at Philadelphia. Puirapecruta, JcLy 9.—At a meeting of the orl- ginal O'Mabony Fenians held today, to sustain James Btephenus, resolutions were onan mously adopted, pledging him their ald, recognizing bim as the Chief Organizer of the Republic, in whom they have the mos* implicit ance for In.exrity of purpose, loity patriotism and the uecessary ab lity to execute the duty before him; and denounc’ @ bis being « British epy es foul slander Mexico. Reperts via San Francisco. Ban Faanvisco, Jaly $A letter from the Impe- rial Governor of the Department of Lepic, Mexico, The Seuth American Cealitien. New Yours. Jerr 9.—The reported landing of two Thousand Chileans at Neuvitas, to aid the Cuban io- @urrectionists, seems to coufirm the following im- portant statements made by the Panama Star of daly 1, received here by the arrival of the steamer forth Star, from Aspinwall: There appears a prospect of Epain having @rouble on-hand from ihe south American Ke than sbe at drst counted on. Chile, Pecu, Pee the Spanish yoke, and application bas wi ba ee ade to Venezualaand the United Biates of Siig ng bce livia ador have, it is said, formed league to free jatolointhem in aldimg the strike {or lib- Q: course the four joruer powers could do no- without the assistance of the two latter, which harbors of supply and refuge on the Atlantic | states that the Liberal General Corous hes with: See ru, Chile end be vie ore to gavply money, drawn to Culican, leaving small detecbments near ’ ¥ feb mae ith saeeces ape tale Reesluls are te Maza‘ian, to annoy the French. He hed mate vo at so expected that the Co.umbiag war lied cause, hope of succor from th ‘sh through would ef course be very efficacious jon of Southerners could leave that y, and almost unobserved by the jovernmentst Washington. At prerent we merely ve thie outline of @ grand scheme of :edemption Spanish bondage, which is yet in embryo. but give more iull particulars as matters prog y offensive movement since the Gthoi May. The Im perialistes had received orders to commence an active campaign io Sinaloa and Sonora. Some Ju- ariete had appeared at several points iu Jalisco, but were easily repulsed. From Matawores, Direct. Matamonos, July 4-—Trade is dull. The people are trightened, and expecting forced loans, Cortinas bas errived, and contests the Governor ebip with Carravajal. The soldiers are full of plua- der, and are acting badly. One buodred and tweniy were wounded at Copiayo, The imperialists aré concentrating at Movterey, to move down and oc- cupy the Kio Grande Valley. The Liberals are dis cordant we CONGRESSIONAL FROCKEDINGS, ‘Thirty-Ninth Seanion. From Central America. By way of Panama comes news that President Moequere bes arrived at bis capital and hes been duly installed. Une of bis first acts was to disap- prove of an act ef the Congress making certain annuities to the nuns in comsideration of the confis- sation of their property, The Benate insisted on ry their measure, and the re-ait was e pcpular is) in tavor of Mosquera, the people paradin, ke streets shouting “ Death to the ‘Con ress an u Je," and Long live Mosquera, the President @ next ten years.” Henate Chamber, and by a bellicose, Bispiay "tae SENATE. ena amber, ap a o8e ‘ay ter. TE. br) Congiess into aunul.iug their order act. Wasuinorons, Jaly 9,—A bill was passed, prebib- itlog any State from making pilot regulations, which discriminate against vessels of any o:ber State Mr. Howard introduced a jolut resolution ¢iving the Union Pacific Railroad and ite branches the right ef way through the military reservations, ‘The House joint resolution for the reliof of certain officers of the army was passed, and goes back to ihe be Panama KuJlroad te «man mamed J, which is « perfeet farce ; another a grant ® raliroad acrors Chiriqul—ihe uortuera gartof this State. The o ber scheme is the old canal cross the lathimys of Darie freee enteane entered into by Mosquera while w Em Minister to Europe are pablisbed. One is w ball Troubles in Peru, The Panama Stax says: K P House for concurrence ia the amendments, very disjurbed Haare i toe cmunty ie ja It provides that officers, who, owing to cireum- ent lose! jag with stances beyoud their control, were not mustered being made s handle of by inte the service for Salty dary or jess after actual entrance om duty, shall eutitled to pay forthe term, Curing which they served without being wus- tered, The Army bill was taken up, Mr, Baulbury opposed the proposition to havea certain provortion of the army composed of colored f At would lead to strife, collision, and bioou- ed. Mr. Wade moved to smend the amendment of | Military Committee, by provid: for tous colo! iments | of two, He maid that experience w $ d get huvself agen lato foi why. pg I now said to be canvassing the ro part of the Kepublic, [tle probabie the $ mail will bring us important news, News from New Zealand. Some days ago the news that Gen, Pedra Manuel Rojas, President of the State of Zamora, the ancient province of Barnas, had takea arms against the fiational Government, caused considerable excite on sites teal Whe soiense, troepe made good sol- pent in Careces, but it soon subsided, ‘The minister | “eh Uhl Set faa’, invoreu the proposition to intro- of the Interior for home affairs having received & | duce colored troops. "t it w B burden to serve i wwmunication from the same (ieneral, ing that | the arm. ught to bear their ¥y red peo gis only intention was to interfere ia the ne epare of it. If it was a priv! fug State of La Portugueda, recently separated trom jbatef Zamora, so thas tui pow whatever moll itary wov may have occurred in that part of the epubite ‘are Of a local and circumecr:bed character. 10 do #9, the colored 4 uot to be denied \heir share of it. ted that Mr. Wade modify bis few sais sont ymalog § three instead of sour regi- i 7. i‘ Mr, Wade accepted moditi and the 4} RebGerartan a of une Sekar cet | atqaa ete an eau 1 ' the uecessary steps to prevent the developme: , Conness offered s 7 tag to b section i ‘amy other wore important plane euits the that the provision ieee distribution of ue ' Kaseral might sucertala, oo public inion beg syyvla eels ome CUB Wer servine amges the ” NEW YORK, TUESDAY, JULY Btates and Territories, according to the namb«r of troovs furn'sie!, shall not .ppiy to the States of California, Nevada or Oreron Mr, Conness ex blined tht durime the .ebeilon the Secretary of Wariefuced to receive troops encered by Calfor Bis. The amendment wa: agree! to Mr. Sauabur the follow1: 12. T moved to amend by striking out rection: the Burean of M litary Justice shall t of one Juuge me (ieperal, Bre Judge Advoc id have recorded Pp ed jal. courte of inquiry and military commissions, sll pertorm such other duties ae have heretofore been perioimed by the Jadge Advocate General of the arm * d of the Judee advocates now in office there & pamber not execeding (en, to be tel by the Becre'ary of War, who shall pertorm their du'ies under the direc'ion of the Judge Advocate General uutll otherwise provided iy law, o. uniil the Secre= tary of Warebali decide tha: their servicag can Le dispensed with, lebury spoke fn favor of his amendment military tribunals aud thelr acts aud ings of ali courte m: of Lodiana, rep 4 to the argument of 4 of Mr, Saulehury wae d'encree! provisions eo rp) and led. Yous 19; yess and uaye wee druar The bill was then read @ third time, and passed It now goes to the houre as pissed by the Senate, It provid or five regiments of artillery, twelve Tegituen so! Walty. auc forty five regiments of in fautry. Three of the new reg.mente ot cavalry shall co ored troopa, The tourth seeiion of the bill provides thet the rty-five iegimeuts of ineutry provided for by this Sct shall coosiet of the fire teu regimentsof ien Compan .er » bow tn service f twenty-seven regiments ten companies to be formed by adding two companies to each battalion of remaining nine regiments: and of eight new regiments of ten cowpanies each. and five revimente which shall be compgred of colored me d ail the orixiual vacancies in the graces oi F d Secoud the origival v shat of First Lieu eoant, on from amoung \ end the semalnce. tow officers of th allof whom shall have rerved two » war, amd have beeo disinguished jor yecsty and good conduct, [be oflicers appoiuted to ui the origi Dal vacancies ln the :egimeute vu! colored \roops shall be sulected irow oflice:s who have Leen in the service during two years of the war, aud Lave Leen qaneniees for capacity aod good couduct in the ry The 6th of volunieers, reru ar army, duriug the tection provides that the appointments eer officers and sol diers under the provie. une ot eball be dis tributed among the States, lorriteries, and Dniatrict ef Columbia, in proportion tothe number of troops furnl bed by them iespecuvely during (he late war, reduced to au aver: °@ YORis wervi Section ¥ pro’ *@ shall Ly one General, oug Lieuteuant ve Major Geue.als, ond ten Be! ng shall have the same pay and emolumenia aud nlitled to the came sveil ofticers in mumber aud gra ¢ usuow p ovided by law section 75 abviishes the office of sutler tu the erimy @ud at military pos's, aud authorizes aud requires the pubsisteuce Depertinont.o fu: uish euch articies ae ueay Ve de igusiel by the Inspector treueral, wo be sold to officers and eulisied men at cost prices, end if pot paid tor when vurchasea, 4 count the: eof to be Key, ond the amouui .euucied b, the Paymas ter at the { beat following such purchmes sectul eal! bosgo imo effect January, 1364 Tue s6b Gos tas: ior the purpose of promotiug & ie oi muiery sclence amouy tLe young men of the sted Bint! upon the apyication yt wuiversity watulo the Uni cupacity to educaie at on buadred anu Gity wale studen, detali an offer of the army to act as President, superintendeut or Piclersor of such college or ubiversity: thes ibe pumber of officers wtaiied shat pet exceed tweu- 4 atauy time, ep ebeil be uppo.tioued thioayu the | cued otates iy we Pnctionne aceo.uiug to a aio, and b. rove. wed by peuyraiiues to ve pe eerived by the Piesiacat Tbe ovber sectious rel.te to the grganization of sepmenis and cepa twen's LO Bemnte ato o'Gl.ga WM. adjourned HOLSE QF REPRESENTATIV E3. Mr Scofield introduced s bili to change the time for the aunual meeting of Congress, from the first Monday fn December tw the firet Mouday in No vember, which wee read twice and referred to the Jadiclary Committee Mr. Anderson introduced « joint resolution, grant. ing to reilroad compauies the right of way not ex ceeding 10) feet in width, ou each side of the track, and the necessary grounds for depots and ststious om the Military Keserve. and authorizing the Pres ident to restore military reserves to the vublic do- main where not needed for military pu poses, Mir, Wesbburne, (Ili) denounced the Lil ase most monstrous proposition, and appeaed to the Houre not to secoud the previous question, and then Mr. Kasson, rising tocevate the joint resolution, it went over under the ru e, Mr. Grinnell introduced @ concurrent resolution is, When it adjoarus on @ certain day oll take a 8 te meet on Saturday, Lext, which was retecred and Means on, which was adopted, @ 00 Military Affalis to inquire into the expedi of pa ing to the soldie.e the bounty of eight dollare and thirty-three centaf r each month they were kept in the service aiter the year tur which they en isted, Mr, Clark offe.ed @ resoiution, which was adopted, jastructiog ine Comumattes on Military Affaire to inquiie whether any further legisie ion is necessary for tue ont of three woulhe @xtra pay to officers who, having served oue te:m aud baviog beow mus- tered out, bad axel entered ihe service, Mr, Dawes, from the Cowmuttese on Elections, re ported back the memorial of Mr, Poston contesting she seat of Mr. Godwin, Delegate fiom Arizoua, with « statement that uo testimony had been offerea in eupportof it, The Committee was then discharg ed from ite further consideration. Mr. McClurg, trom the sme committee, reported im the case of Kooutz |(nion! con esting ‘he seat of Coffrath (Deweoer:1) as Rep.eantatives trom the Tutu District of Penceylveuia, that Mr. C trath was not eniitied to bis as, and that Mr. Kooue was. The report was laid ou the table aud \idered to be printed, * Mr, Bche renewed the proposition which he had made last Saturday in reie.euce to the Auny bill, and there Leing oo ovjection he reported back the peuate bill, and moved as@ substitute thereior we House bil, The subs'itute was agreed to by v3 to 86, and the bill as amouved was passed The House then resolved itselt into a Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, Mr. Scofiel im the Chair, aod resumed the consideration of the Tarif bill, Mr. Morrill moved to fill up the blank for the time on which this act should teke effect, with the words “rivet day of August, is00" wme nov lene than vue om | tee Mr, Cotb offe.ed & reso! instiucting the Comm. On mo'iou of Mr, Boutwell, the collectiog of the direc. tax was suspended until January 1, 1565, Finally, the Committee rose aud reported tue bill and amendments, The bill comes ap ae ibe uufinished Lusiaess to- morrow On motion of Mr. Allison, the Senate smend- ments tw the House bill extending the benetite of section 4 of the Army Appropriation billet March 3, 1905, was takes from (Le speaker's table aud cou- curred in At 6 o'clock P, M. the House adjourned After the adjournment it was enuounced by the reading Clerk, by direction of Mr, Morrill, that a caucus ef Lalon Senators aud members would be held im the Hall of the Houre tomorrow evening, Tur pew Opera House going op in Cincinuati will sccummudate 1,17> people. ‘The stage will ve fifty-five feet deep, aud the seats will ve eo ar, renged that the view of none will be obstructed- The proscenium walle wil be brick, with wire curtains to quad winitfre, Tae eudiwrium will be one Luudred feet square, the largest in th world, acd lighted from sovve and back of boxes, thus doing away catirely with the gees upon the eyes. Koows are also of & gallery of perotings sud sculpture, ° buil will be 85 .eet front and 190 deep; the fyous of freenious, and the gulrence bel mar’ Haws [tema Dy Teleyraph te the New York fang Taxas cotton news is unfavorable, The crop is estimated to be about one-fourth, The worms are threa'ening. Taw L: uisiane State Convention of 1904 has been @elled to meet on the 80th of July. Judge Howell will uudoubted)y be indicted by the Grand Jury, | for issuing the call for it to assemble. Tax Democrats and Conservatives, an New Or- | leans, have beld ® caucus, and agreed to call « State Couvention to appoint delegates to the Na- tional Convention at Phi Neanty @42,000 wae out bel within three hours yesterday in Btate str Boston, for Port- land, [sb was expectol the cash subscriptions in Boston wall reach $100,000 to- ay, Avraep B, Exy, of Massachusetts, is endorsed by @ host of mfluential men, as just the most compe. tent person to be appointed United States Commis sioner of EB ‘ucation, Tas p Picayune, of New Orleans, Captain Books, from Ganoa, in ballast, for 8. Joby, NB. was wrecked on Duck Leland, near Mount Desert, Me., ina tog oa the Sib inst, Crew saved. Ships total lost, Guneoits SrtapMaw and Fullertos are taking teatiroony in Galvestou, Texas, Gen, Steadman publicly remarked that the Bureau in Texas bas been sud is weil conducted, and requires ao fur- ther investization Tus Lancaster (Pa.) Exrurss announces Hon, Thaddeus Bievens ass candidate for United States Senator, 1s is understood that bis friends bere Lave Lis consent to use bis name iu thet connec- tion, and bis claims will be vigorously pressed. Donine athunder shower on Sunday evening the lwhtning struck the dwelling of George Fair- banks, in Hudson, Mass, killing bis daughter Emma, aged 15, and prostrating the other mem- bers o: the family, but not fatally. The lightoing also kille atile i. the neighborhood, Top rece a {x Park, Philadeipbiv, yester day, between Dexier and Patchen, Jr, in harness, Was woo by Der.er tn three straight beats Time 2.26%: 225; 293% The latter isthe best time made by Dexter There were about 1,600 people presut. The bettiog was comparatively hgbt, and the race waseagily wou. Tuer was erict in the warket at Charleston, 8. C, last Saturday night, Bome negro soldiers were blocking up the passage, and were requested to desist by the police. The party then lef, but abortly after returned reinforced, avd fired into the police, dangerously injuring one or two colored bystanders, Forty policemen cbarged and icuted the wob, Denisa @ tempest of thunder and Nghtning, Buuday evening, toe lightniog struck the house of Charks Whiting, in Forestville, Conn., instantly killing Mr. Whiting sud bit son, Mra Whiting was seriously injured, and, though she sull lives, itisdoubtful if she will recover. She and Mr Whiting sat on @ sofa, and ber son on a char near by : Ucy. Hawit os, of Texes, bas drawn up e call for # Convention of Union men throughout the South, to mect at Washington on the first week of Bepicmber. Signers are being obtained, and let- ters sent South to lnvire the co-operation of what Coiou man there are Gov, Hamilton calls the August Convention, to be held in Philadelphia, an- otber rebel inves'on of the North, to form am all: ance with the Democratic party, for the reiustate- ment of tho rebel leaders in their former political power, to the utter exclusion of the Lalon men, who have Leen persecuted, oppressed, and ignored for the last few years, General Intelligence, (By Malte the New York Sun} Lx Lon‘on there are 29,000 Roman Catholic children, for wkow there are 143 schools, Tar Prussians, ent .emypalgn, stall marked wi distinctive mark in the pres- on the left erm @ Land of white # rod cross. Yar city of Pari is about to create at the Hotel de V lie w museum ch will contain all the doc- uments, curiosities, svals, medals, d&c., relating to the history of Paris. A cuvac clerk jn Lineolnsbire, England, lately locked the coors on ® wedding party and kept them inside until « collection was taken up in tue village to pay him the usual fers. A DEBADFUL accident bas taken place at Paris, A pyruve-t.n.s'e laboratory exploded, aud twen- ty-one besone were killed aud teu severely wound Moox so birdé are esbundant in all the rural arte vi ihe city of Galveston, Texas, and may be ard warbling at ali bours of the day and night, They are the fiuest birds of song in the world. Five noblemen--the Earl of Breadalbane, the Dukes of yl, Athole, Sutherland and Bue- cleugh-—sre said to own onetoucth of all the land in Beotland, * WouLp you like me to give you # sovereign 7" asked alittie boy of # gentlemen met in the sireet, ‘To be sure 1 etould, as the reply. very well, then,” aaid the boy, “do ume others 6 you would others should do unte you,"* ‘Tae Faepontan, published by Jobn T, Babcock, t New Brunawick, Now Jersey, is one of the of the State, tilustrati vy ite enter. ergy of ite proprietor, e graduated prize \ trom # pew spaper office ia this chy, Wa. Coon, of Old Deposit Station, on the Loule ville wud Nashville railroad, took @ horse Lbelouging to W lham Holden, and @ bim to desth on Mvoday, 2d inst, Holden aflerward met Cook and euct bia dead, H iuen was arrested. De. Jownxsox once dined with a» Beottish ledy who bed bhoteb for dinuer, Afier whe Dr, had tasted it, she asked him if it was good, wood fur bogs ma'am, id the doctor.” hep pra said the lad), me help youto geome more A ovUNTRaY surgeon, who was bald, wee on @ visit to @ iricua’s house, whose servant wore es wig. Afier bantering him « considerable time, the doc.or said: ‘*You see how bald | am, and yes I don't wear a wig.'' ‘*Lrue gir," replied the ser- Vout; “bus tiupty barn requires no tuatch.'' igs years ago there were not more than 8,000 or 4,000 acres planted with the vinein the Uviied B.ates, and now there ere nov less than 2,000,000 scree so panied. Furmeriy Americau wine would scarcely uring a dollar « gallon, aud vow it sella at from two to #ix dollars per gallon, In the Palace of St. Cioud, Paris, the wooden beneb which Louls Napoleon made with Lis own beuds ot Ham, and which wae bis iavorite #@4$ on the summit of tue ramparts, he kecps it arefully ase sort of taliaupam to crevent luriuue Grom wre law bas bead Thirty-Third Year A CONVENTION oflocomot! engineers, wooed Of delegates represent nz the gree body of en in. sere in the United States and Canada, bas jus closed a session in R cheater, N. ¥, They issued an address aalnet tne empl /ymont of incomperent Persons ag railroad engineers, and urge legislat! action op the aubject. a hg A surra man in Nashville, Tenn, recent! marries by @ minister of the ri Depts Chureh to ® negro woman, but shat of civil rights not be ng itted by the laws of Tennes- oer Lod bad ee sil br hingroo were sent to jail, and the minister baled f betore the court, en Tan following toast \s given in the Now O-) Proayens for the Fourth of July eelevrat on? The Tree of Liberty.—May it never produ @ any aprige of aobiliuy, or of-shoote of tyranny; may every aveker it would put forth be nipped iu the bud; may every limb become limb er and pliahle in the handa of Justice; and wuile 1 ie leaving, may those who .annot ure ite shade leave toot Tra last twenty-four years 889 new Italian operas bavo been written, the last year twenty Sree, When Donizetti wae alive and Ri ci and Mereadanto were more fertile, vosrly fly italian Operan were produced @ year, Between 1519 and 1880 Donizetti wrote twenty-four, all of which Were failures, Ul his Anna Bolens attracted public Sttevtion. In the fourteen years following he Wrote fifty, So great is the labor aud talent ne. Ctasary to produce a good cpefa, A ooatecronpant relates the following: A few dave since, a Yours man, guilty of homicide and sentenced to death, was about to be executed, as Braociano, near Rowe, He was placed in pom- fon on the guillotiue; the execu’ let go the Tope which kept the kulfe suspended in the air ; the knife glided halfway down, @nd there step- The wreiched culprit, finding death kept as *y, turned bis head, and seoing the knife sus. peodedin mid air, he cried, ‘*Evviva Maria {'* (God save the Diessed Virgin!) The executioner wasconiounded, Theerowd bawled: “Grasiel @razia!" (Pardon | sion!) ‘Tbe prisoner wae carried back to jail. Rots escape was cons.dered ® miracle, the assasmn was pardoned. Tur R o Grande river is thus desertbed : Imaging four of the crookedest things im the world, thea imagine four twice as crooked, and feacy to your- self e large river three times as erooked as all these put together, and you have e faint ides uf the crovked disposition of this crooked river. Toere is no dritt in it, from the fact that it is ee crooked that timber can't find its way dowa tar enough to ludge two sicks together; bus fow snakes, bessuse (6 1s not gtraight enough w wim in, aod the fish aro all in the whirlp.ole im the Venda, because they can’t fod their way out. Birds trequeatly attempt to fly across the river, sud light on the aame side they start from, betog deceived by the diffrent crooks! LOCAL NEWS mEW YORK AND THE VICINFPY; Asorukr Footuanpy Exrertment,—The tiny abip “ed, White aad Blue,” twoandabalf tons burthen, cleared at the Custom House yesterday foa London, She is commanded by Captain Hudson, with acrew of one man and @ dog, Whether she will reach the other side ef the Auantic, or share the fate of her fellow dwarfahip “ Vision,” is a mat- tor of speculation, Bhe was accompanied as far as the Ship by the steamtug #8. O. Pierce, having on board « large number of the Captain's friends, In going down the Bay, the dog fell overboard, bat was rescued by a boat from the tug. When last seca the Littio vessel was standing Kist, all aall set, wth * Light breese from the Northward. ROMANTIC Srrvatton.—The police report that on Sunday afternoon, during the prevalence of the bigh gule,a yacht was capsized in the North iver, opposite Fort Washington, There were three women and eleven men inthe boat. They nll clung to the ve.sel wotll abe drifiea “@. Owing to the rity of the joxe, ‘hey ited the police of abuty-secvnd.recinct, whoass.sced t..em in land t upses ia the Bb is Yacht Biub Home om buuday evening, and would uudoubieuly have veom downed but ior the timely sesstance of members of the Yachts Club, TRicwINa,—A genuine, authentical case of this disease is now undergoing medical treatment by two experienced physicians in this city, The pane of the patient is withheld, but mo hopes are ‘tertained for his ricovery, The case has beew examined by the Cooper Unien Scientific Asso etation. Cuovera Matrers—QcARanting, Erc,— The only fatal case of cholera reported ycaterday was Mre. Susan Ely, aged 44, who died on Sunday evening, after an iliness of eight hours, The attend. ing ph)s'ctan (homoopathic) st tes that the lady. who is @ native of Massachusetts, had been ill forthe ; bas had scroffula, and had taken al pening Thuedivine with poor success. A married ip @ private house, No. 83 Cnarites hiseo name’ the Inspector declined ving, rday moruing es suffering trom o, Wh came ou Sundey afte:moon. onder the eare of a hom@op.thic physician, port received from the Lower Bay he te.day by M.. Curtiss cou!ains po particular = ness 5 +} S.ioge.her dies pe .red from on the hospital ship Falcon, The cecision of Judge B.ruard, o! Brookiyao, in the Seguin Point injuction case lets the Hoa:d of Health no alvernative but to evacuate me preemies fitted up there # connected tu fui prumaee ree estes para Tpvee 0! rmaly ecusts dis (oer bed biued of Mr. Jobmson, All the expendi\uces ior Limp, ove: lc. are of gourse As « last sesort, if a:@ compeliod they will laud passengers aud care ior thom atvery Barracks, PrrsonaL,—General Sherman yesterday left. the Metropolitan Hotel, where he bas been steying for the last few days, for Philadelphia, Lt is boleved that he will go to Washington, Dearu's Hanvest.—The weekly death re port of the Registrar of Records, was sent into the Superintendent's office yesterday, ihe total number of deaths for the week ending at So'clock YM. ow Baturday, wae 493, being 80 less than occurred lu the previous week. Of these, 4died in the New York fospital; 4 in St, Vincent's Hospi'al; 15 in Ward's fipcalbog im the Nursery and Child's Hospital: 1 in the J Hospital, aod 13 in Bellevue Li apical. tal jo whe Lustiutions, 4%, The diseases iu Sty one Tostitucions were as follows ;—~mensloa, car To ig tina, 1 iptheria, 4 croup, whoopiug Oux b. typhus iever, 4 typhoid lever, ere, & ‘choiere Torbus, ¥; choein tnfeotum, } Other | diseases, 4; other zywotic (foul ai.) a.e- pordagy wie. gymobe, Lids Goothe Isom sated , AT) oher discases, 495. iether ees ue anusueily healthy. the were but two zymo.le ths, (uneasies : in the Becoud, one, (scarlatiny); noe tive ip tue Fourth; juding 4 cholure the llth, there and 2ud, LL ext if be it is presum ‘a cou- Mionce or the Buraver ‘of sudden deaths vu aur: day aernoon aud sunday, Ar FoR THE PORTLAND SUrreRERS — Mexrixngs YserEuDaY.—A large meeting of mér- chante and others was held yesterday at the Oham~ ber of Commerce, A, A, Low, Esq., in the Caair, The Committee appointed on Saturday to receive and collect subscripsions was increased to one bun- diet, Subserip ions te the amouat of ..,500 wee, couected aud jorwarded to the scene of desolation. Tue sum 126 suvecribed by a, wash jewelry Saturday was sent once, (Comtlaued oa Fourta Pea