The Sun (New York) Newspaper, August 21, 1869, Page 1

veJY THE BLACKSMITH. JTISTORY OF THE POLITICIAN’S TRIP TO SAN FRANCISCO. ures Ext the Golden Gate—The Ret mph for Roi bility of Kec Tomba. Reddy the the Blacksmith has arrived at last. Yesterday at noon, this distinguished gentleman, in company with Detectives Woolbridge and Dunne, Fenched the Hudson River Railroad Depot, and without any unnecessary delay entered a carriage And drove down to the Franklin atreet Police Sta- tion, Sergeant Thomas J. Kennedy, acting Captain Of the precinct, telegraplied the tact to the marble palace in Mulberry street, and the Inspector in charge promptly acknowledged the reccipt of the nows by ordering the prisoner to be taken before him forthwith, This was speedily done At the Police Crntral OMice, the acting Superintendent Katisfied his curiosity im taking a good look at Sir William, and so profoundly was he impressed with that gentleman's pleasing exterior, that he forth- With ordered his photograph to be taken for the Rogues’ Gallery, ReAdy, who felt somewhat fatigued efter bis long journcy, das yet had not been al- lowed time to atiend to lis toilet, fearing that the Picture about to betaken might not do him justice, earnestly protested against this monstrous ernelty, But the orders of the acting Superintendent were not to be countermanded Sir William, still begzing with all the might of two power ul lungs for a barber, was led off to the picture gnilery, Ho Ftruggled for some time, and kept moving about from place to place, hoping to escape a photogriph, Sergt. Kennedy,who is much more courteous than his Chief of the same name, reasoned w the rebellious Reddy, and ofler a while brougnt him to terms. A good picture was taken on the first attempt, ‘This littie episode over, Sir William de Varley, still attended by the two deqeetives and ironed Aand and foot, drove down to the Franklin street police station, He was at once marched off to a cll end locked up, Through .the kindness of Bargeant Kennedy, a SUN reporter visited the illus: trious Sir William soon aftor his incarceration, He had not ‘ully attirod himself in a new suit of clothes that bis friends had sent bim, and our reporter found him en dizhabille He wo Javenile beard Of about a Week's growth; but his red monstuchio Ul adorned his upper lip, and reminded our repre: fentat ve of tie Laleyon days of Fourth Ward poli Gos. He was perspiring hike an ox, Hus first re mark was Keddy Safe in the REDDY'R ORATION. “Tam always glad to see any one that sympathizos with an innocent man. Yes, gentlemen, 1 am inno: cent, und if Lean get a iair shake, that i« all I want Iwill be sble to prove my ‘hinocency'.” He sat that on the day on which he skeedadied he was in the Court of General Sessions, and remained therein until tie jury were about fo be eworn, when, seeing ‘One of his Witnesses absent, and only Tom Ciurebili At his sie, he slipped out’ of the room, down tl fron stairs, and tence over to Jursvy,'w Wenton x glorious drank that very mgut condition he was put on board the cars aud to Philadelphia. YUNDS SUPPLIED FROM NOME, When he left New York his cash in hand amounted he very soon replenished tis trea ¢ Of $90) from his from his tricnds jladciphia Reddy started on n that taken United states, or, ts nee his own e: Deen tu every d—d place in the country course of his perambuiations he visited Chica, Cleveland, Cincinnati, St. Louis, up on the line of the Pacitte Itai way THE MILL AT FCHO CAR At Echo Caton, tired of being © ear, he ulgited: At the depot burprised at seeing a * fellar © ke hiin by the hand, and convey Mgenee that a litte mill was about ho amphitheatre of thas civilized town, and was just toe onion they wanted vo uct as secund lo Oue of the combatants, “T acted as his second,” said Reddy, his tice Deaming With salisfuction atthe reco lection of waat ust have Leen ove of the happiest days of his hie, ‘and bet my money on him,” he added,‘ It was a ac up jov, you know. — ‘The roverce had hin money et on im, and my man licked the otver son of w — in wu wink.” When he spoke of the canino origin of the uneuc- cossful prige-nchter, hiv land caine down beavily upon tho iron bars, and af he had vad lim there, be @oubtiess would Live chowed him up alive, ENCOUNTER WITH A MOUNTAIN GAMESTER. ‘While at this pluce be aud a stranger bad a lithe game or raw poker, in the course of wisich the Stranger cheated Keduy, and Roddy, to resent this Attempt (o impose upon him, “punched him in the jaw." ‘The stran.er puiled vuta pistol and struck o fugitive in the mouth, tuflicting a wound the at hast ture ina railroad Was agr marks of which lis lordship suil carries, Reddy Bald “Lwent to get « pistol and Igot one. Tlooked for the —— 0: & — tur two days, but couldn't find him. Td killed him it Thad caugnt im, vor doing such # thing as that tome, Suche d— wean ting you know. REDDY ON THE LAW OF AnREST. From Kebo he proceeded on his journey to San me aud another Francaco, where * Aither sonage opened & place few cooks, Le met the Fran- oreco in the #trvet, one day it personage told him that he had been looking for him, and tat be bad received a telegram trom New York requesting Dim to arrest lim. Kiddy replied that he could nut Bold him on any twlegrem, and that owas pot th gal so warrnot for = the Of anylody. The Chief, lowever, wag ‘De iniiuenced by Reddy's law point bi Aolegrams, and (00k Lim into custody ocked up for fitcen day#,” continued Reddy, @ habeus Lin boys Kot Out for me went agau fend Pkucw tion that everything was up. at Been eigit days coming from there, and Tean’t com: Plain vf the Ueatment that J huve received from the {wo oficers who wecon panied me, “Have you got any money?" asked our reporter. REDDY'S CALIFORNIA GOLD, mice y that arrest not to Om, yeu," we answered, “Laave you some Call Yorn gold with ine,” pulling out ® $20 und a $10 Kolu piece trom his" pantaloons pocket. “IL ulwaye Tuae good care of that: and, by tue hoxey, it does mo good to hear it chink, °.fho you want some dinner, Reddy," inquired Ser- geant Kennedy 4 “No, tusnk vou, I can’t eat anytoing,.” THE ORAUAM ROBBERY A MYTH Bir Willian then went on to talk about the robbe ry, und biidt that Gralain Was an imposter, and that Be was vot robbed at all. That wa cz-policeman called Sheehan, played forty-fves with lim and won two dollars frow lim while Gravam was drunk, ana for this breach of the good order of salon de Varley Rody, us soon as he entered, broke the pilever that stood on Uh ouer hit head and kicked Out of the piace Reddy added, that he was vot ar complaint of Mr, Grabam, bat ak street Police ‘Stutio Sand while there Grai Sergeant to command to hold bim (Ret &}), as he intended to prefer of assault, He could show the fallacy of Gral wry to any man OF comuion sense und convice him thathe was Inno- en of the rovbary. ‘Now | don't say IL would'nt have done it, I don’t pay that, But I say that I did'nt do it, and would not Go it in my place, 1 have kept that ‘piace for seven and during that time no gambling has ev tolerated Where, It bas always been quiet ly, No Ogoting, no nothing ever took place, exorps once, When there was ® prize Oglt for $300 4 two feather birds, which Was uot Worth REDDY'S HOPE OF ESCA “Thardly tink that they will be able to 4a your case,” remaraed « policeman, {T don't think that they wiil, eith oni “Why, you are quite a lawyer, a jury said Reddy said the police. will have to change the venwe,"* man, “i know all about these things, I ain an oll atuger, you know. ‘This ie a matier of jie and death with we ; tor if Lam convicted, thoy will send me up for twenty years, aud thitis a lifetime, I Weut arvay wits the intention of never coming buck. T thought they would leave me alone, Thero was no reward to lempl the police vi other citios to arrest me, and it Wunn't worth tue while to do it, I Chihk this is all a put up job to ger me eut of the you ever been arrested before on charge of a larceny, burglary or robbery “No, never beiore this time, Thave been arrest eds tiousund times for wsswult and bavtory, but never (or any such thing as that T served on’ the Ssland for five mvuths, abd was relewsed trom tuere on b habeus corpus, COMMITTRD TO THR TOMBS, Bir William was transferred to his old quarters in the ‘Tomvs yesterday afternoon, A crows wus out- ‘the #ation to caich # glinpee of him us be ‘All the preliminaries have been arranged riul, which i8 to take place next Monday em OBITUARY, bos Gachlon Fletcher, English Consul for Yeddo and Yokobotiana, died in July, A M ay rominent lawyer, and many years mar MYT” Rronmoud CHY’ Councils died yea say. ow Blow, om old and prominent merchant of J Louis, dvou youterday. Pyle le life ineured for me Douullc of bis erodutore for 117,008, ——_ Victorious—Clarke, Dodee Yielding—The Brokers Payim aco Mr. E. D, Webster levied the tax of 1.24 of 1 percent. upon the capital and income of all brokers doing business as bankers in bis district, ‘This action was like the explosion of a bombshell In ‘Wall and Broad streets, It set the brokers running toand fro among their legal and financial (riends After much chafing, some of the brokers paid the tax under protest rather than be subjected to law- salts whieh were tbreatened. Others, however, persistently recused, and an appeal was taken to Washington, After a careful review of the law and the facts, Commissioner Delano sustained his «ubor inate’s action, and the brokers were again called upon to vay up. One firm, Clarke, Dodge & Co., still refused, and applied to the Commissioner and to the Courts here for an injunction restraining the Internal Revenue officers of the Thirty-second Dis- trict from assessing or collecting the tax upon their monctary transactions. The assessment made on this firm amounted to $13,709.16 for the Afecn months between Dec. 1, 1867, and March 1, 1869, to witieh was added 50 p* y ment, making she total 053.74. ‘This sum Was too large to lose so easily, Clarke, Dodge & Co. appeared. before the Commissioner by counsel, but did not deny that they had done busi ness an bankers as well as brokers, but protested that under the iaw and custom of previous Assessors they were not Hable to pay this tax, b ready id tax ae brokers. In answer to a question, they that in November, 190, the gross amount of money borrowed by them was $1,712,000, of which cent. penalty for non: m um $1,500,00) was used by them in their capacity ax bankers. ‘They received 01 call,” $90,000 ns margine on AL ions dur. ing the month, Interest was allowed on $202,000 deposits of this whole amount, Hiable to be drawn by checks. It was therefore clearly proved that the Orm were doing business in the double capacity of bankers and brokers. ‘There fore the Assessor levied upon their borrowed capl- tal of $1,500,000, and their deposits of $202 000, Commissioner’ Delano, wh olding the An sessor's interpretation of the law, has at length refer-ed the ¥ hole ulyect back to the officers of the district, who have discretionary power to remit the penalty. Perceiving the turn which affairs have . the bankers and brokers are very generally lying with the law, full 8) per cent. of their number having puld op their tax, and the reat are soon to be compe io do so, ‘The receipis frou this source during the past three months I double those of the corresponding period and $127,000 creater than during the previous ti manths,' Clarke, Dodge & Co, yesterday withdrew their opposition, aud piid up ail save the fine of 60 per cont. Judge Jones of the U. 8. Supreme Court is expected here next Tuesday to consult with Dis trict Attorney Pierrepont ani the Assessor and Col- ieetot of the Pairty-sccoud District iu regard vo the enforcement of the law. A test cune in to be argued very soon before Jus tice Nelson ai Cooperstown, and the persons inter ested here are looking forward with anxicty to the result. and all of it was —— NEWS FROM WASHINGTON i The Purification of Washington Impossible without a Constitutional Amendment— New) rtho Plate Printers Presses tf Warhington Suficient to Print all Ourrency. Wasuinoron, Aug. 20.—The communication in the newspapers here to-day from N. Sargent, Com: mivaioner of Customs, taking the ground that Con gress cannot change the seat of the Federal Govern. ment; but if done, It must be by a Constitutional Amendiment, attracted attention, It was « God-send to the Washingtonians, who saw in it much comfort, # they think that ft Would be difinlt to secure the requisite number of Siutes in fayor of removal for many yours to come. Some well known lawyers, after reading Surcent's authorities, anid it was a point wel taken, and likely to be su stained. ‘Toe evening ‘Sar says: “We leven from good authority that if thy printing of Treasury notes and currency ° transferred fron New York to tals city, At will not necessitate any additional expense, ax there are one hundred and fi'ty presses now in’ the ‘Treasury building, which togetver with the nece Aary machinery are'in perfect order, and are capable of priuting all the Treasury and national bank notes and fractional currency of ail denominations that may be needed, ‘The removal of Perey B. Spear welgher in ( w York Custom House, Appraisers office, wus to-cay approved at the Treasury Depart ment. a FROM OUR REPORTERS!’ NOTE BOOKS, ‘The Sun Shining tor All with Lucrensed Fervor. Yesterday was the most aggravatingly and Siriusly hot day of the season, Hard work was out of the question, ~The lager gave out at 10 Inet night and thenceforth the tuffcrings of the Gothamites were intolerable Reports from all parts of the country give us a httle consolation in our misery here, T ‘mometer at 9 A. M. stood as follows t Hastings, 63 dogrecs; — Portlind, 68; Boston, 7h; Oswego, 35; Buitalo, 40; Pitiabureh, 4; Philadelphia, 79; Wilmington, $2; Washington, 90; Fort Monroe, $8; Mtichmoni, 85: Charleston, — 85; ‘Augusta, ‘68; Savannab, 86, Louisville, 81; New Orleans, @4: Key West, 87; Mavana, 4, AL2 P.M. here the mereury ruse to #3. In Rien mond and Washington 1 touched 101 nd in the Tatter placo, ut 7 P.M. it stood at In Pough- keepaic it was 98. Michxel Luring died suddenly tie heat, whi at work in Muliin’s eugar hoase, Water and Montgomery «treets. —— ‘Tho Spirits at Work Agi ‘The wonderful boy, DeWitt C, Hough, of Hart. ford, eave anothor private seance last evening at the ealdence of Mr, Thurber, 88th w#t., near Tbird ay Besides the spirit manifestations already noticed, “pirit lights" were made clearly and distinetly vist bie, The boy was firmly tied to s chair, with hin hande behind hie back, « gold ring was placed in his xt mouth and the light extinguiabed, and in a seoond tho ring was transferred to the foredinger of the left hand, He was then tied 60 closely that he could not move either himself or his chair, and the ring wan again taken from hit mouth aud placed tu bis ruht band, To-night and to-morrow night he will give seances at 62 Bleecker — Remarkabdlo Spoech from Judge Burnnrd, Judge Barnard, soow after the opening of the Court yesterday, said that If there were any report ers present he would like taem to make note that, In reference to an article in tho Times of yesterday if be had kept the writer uf it trom incaree ration In Sta Prison for forgery; and he added that another editor of the Times who had abused him had dropped dead on his way home, When the reporters asked the name of man to whom Le ied, the Judge said (hat he (the writer) himself would know. Loe E—ee L POLITICS. The Second Assomoly Republicans, Mr. Dennis Shay was in the chair lust night, and enrolled an unusually large nuwber of names. The Association appointed a Committee to coufer with kindred orgumzations upon the reorguniau- tion of the party, Despite the very warm weather, there Was @ good attenaance, Lol The William M. Tweed Democrats. ‘The Tweed Democracy of the Scventh Ward met Inst night, under the Presidency of Mr, Kiohard ‘aliers, a candidate for a seat in the Board of Al. ‘wore unanitnoualy carried moat, and pledging the Asso- Win, M. N'weed. 1 '. Marston of Texas, T. J. Montgos Dowley, W. Lippman, J. Bruphy, and ot) dressed the necting. DLCENT SPORTING NEWS, | The Allen-Ga wher Fight, Larry Weasels, the. refe ther umpire an ee sutd that Le did Lo-night. | The re sponge thrown up Alien came to the scratch ; Gallugh hin, whereupon Allen left the ring deviared the battle *s draw.” met and struck He therefore Morvan vs, Kevatons,—The Keystone Club of Philadelphia arrived in town yesterday morning, and in tho ufternoun encountered the Mutuals ut the Union grourd |The game was long and tedious, and was flually won by the Mutuals, with the score 31 1 18, The following is the score by innings: Leb. 2d. Si, 4th, SU, 6th, Teh, Beh, Oth, Motuale, rie wey | ee 2 eu Keyat 22 870 0 0 2K Eoxyoun vs. Niagana.—In this game at Buffa- lo on Monday the Kckiords were successful, the sore standing 94 to 18 Ontentar vs, Nationat,—The Orientals of New York were defeated yesterday by the Nationals of Washington, lu the laitor city, by @ score of 48 to 8, Wittow vs. Aveua.—The Willow Cricket Club of Brooklyn wus defeated by the Alpha Club of Salem, Maas., in the latter city yesterday, Score— Willow, 23 and 46; Alpha, i7 and 68, with three wickets Lo go down, Hantam va. Stans ov Preasanrvites, N, ¥.— ‘The Hariem Ciub visited Pieasantville, on’ the Now York und Harlem Railroad, yesterday, and played the Btare of that place, Al the end of the ninth ini the Harlems were dofealed by #7 to lt, Mr, a r. CanDdr a, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1869 THE FAT MEN'S CLAMBAKE. — THE FALSTAFFIAN EPICUREANS IN CONNECTICUT, —— Norwalk-The Cara on Springs ‘at Men Weluhed before ads of Clams © Charley Nichols, Bob Harper, Long Bennet, Bil Donnelly, Jim Hope, and Aleck Hubbard, of Stamford, with Frank Day and Joe Meyers, of Nor- walk, all jolly fellows and fat, were having a focd last July at Sanford Sholes’s hotel, two or three miles trom the latter place, The talk was upon clambakes, just as Sholes entered the room. “ Sanford,” said Joe Meyora, “ you must get us up a clambake. We'll have s good party for you," said Frank Day “We'll bave ‘em all fat, if you like,” sald Jim Hope. “ Good," anid Joe Meyers as he rolled his two hun- dred and nineteen pounds against his neighbor in » spasm of delight. “We'll have ‘em all fat, We can get ‘em together," and the idea was at once acted upon. AN IMMORTAL FAT MAN, ‘The day was set for the 20th of August. Jim had aft of inepiration, His name will ring through the columns of Tie SN, from Alaska, Flowery Lund, “He will be called ine tature fat men's clam bakes Be it obser ever, that, like all great ideas, this was not born in Jim's mind = unsuggested. Great inventors have always acted upon bints, So did Jim. You see, Joe Meyers bad first to talk to @holes about the bake, and Frank Day said they would have ® good part tor it, beiore the fat idea a La) tA So Jiim was not so very great an A TRAIN OW GARS LOADED WITH FAT MEN, As the 11 o'clock train arrived at the Norwalk de- pot yesterday, £6 men poured from the cars, and soon took the multifarious vehicles in waiting, One long omnibns contained a party of sixteen. The load broke the eprings, The choren spot was to- wards the mouth of the bay, running from the Sound to the Nits were the litte wharf, ana deligitfal breeze to y sail, Tents * were under them, and, oysters. eels, blue fish, sweet corn were secthing pon ® load of hot stones, poking pile of Kea-weed, Alter a Period. of greetines and Wbations at the ‘bar of the jotel, #eales were placed upon the pizza, and the fut candidates waited meckly in a long string for the urpoxe of being weighed. Of the 117 offering, the following welgits were the rerult : THREK NUNDRED POUNDERS, John A. P. Fish, of New York Fawes A. Lined! of Sprint Go Sidney Staith, of stanford. Mok. Sherw (New Milward’ Andrew Hull, of Danbury ©.7. Duryen, of Huntingdon, LI Total, aeeste +1919 TWO HUNDRED AND FIPTY POUNDRRS AND OVER, Stiles Stephens, of New Haven... sobs GG. Northrnp, of New Milford vaneee HS. Spear, of Meriden ise 1. 1! Bennett, of i «51 Jk. Lucas, J.B. Fo. to, of Spring Thaddeus Sil'eck, of Green wie Ls; K. OF North Milfo Ww Bridgeport i J. 1. Damon. of Springneld 1. §. Congdon, Northampton J. F. Caper well, of Woodbury T. J. Coe. of New York 4 Frankan Richmond, of Springhela. Total... +. 8700 TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY POUNDERS AND OVER. WwW. Bradley, New Haven annie dames Perry, Wenton 0. J. Curt, Redding Brag F iteid, New York, BAN Jacuds, Ul 1.8. iemnond, e Sheuns, Fouth Brooklyt. Lewis Woodward, Southington Ai. Davis, Chicopee... veers. WN. Keon, M Pt Mi fora Mprivgnel i P'Siuth of irre ALL. Piatt, Waterbury i 4, Hi Rawards, Sorthaipton..... Total TWO HUNDEKD POUNDEMS AND OVE WF Donnelly, Stamford ff J.C. Meyers, No DWAR. D, Candee, editor Bridgeport dlandard... is Day, Norwalk i Sawyer Dorion, New York. ....sccsscsscs sos DLR. Fairehnd, Darlon,. A. Dollou, New York. hiwaid A. Leeds, Stainford:, FA Taylor, New York, Alox, Huboard, Stamtord, E.G. \vairen, Bridport JOM. Bain nts, Beldgport, i. A, Davia, itetield ries Gerinon, Greenwich en Ives, Neriden..-... ngtieid Frank ¢. Keninpton, Spriagteld x Want A. Lewis, Sirationdi sss, ae ‘Seyiuour, itidgetivld ; ‘ae C. Ht. Nicholls, btauitora’ itt bauitiel Daskain, Norwali lan Frauk Taylor, Bridgeport . 210 H. Wardwell, Stamtord boy Mallory, Sneruia: a] an Pa 2 a8 208 tn New Miltord oon Win, Hawt, os C.' iiradiey, Kedd ng Htidge «. i Son W. li. Dayton, Strattord «.... pee | George E. Wheaton, Bridgepor' i rae | Frederick Fuicow, fieantord ...000.c0005 te GL ss, Meriden, Ava 25 A. 4. Koces, Wiisted ... ‘ + TW. Mavies, We 25 Lovi Per ins, Hol st) Soch Whiting. Lite oe i 204 Charies A. Sha Pt Thourne Hic, Groen wien, os 4.0. Medbury, Springtied..; ar Voha Daytou, Grucnwien OIE «| ‘Austin Morehouse, pouth Kout, W. Wallace, Bi Fa. ‘y te Springiold tun. port Bustle; Mout Vernon...) Ovenr wells, White Plains...) ait, Springneld. ia Kovert Harper, stamford, A, B, Mais, Bridgeport Total. John Wal D. D. Dougiass. Spr 1 Porter, Br.dgeps J. GOOdr iO Bostou. Ei. Garpentor, Bridx ML. Hill, New York. W. A. Conant, Huntingio ‘Total. Bix soo-poundere 8200000000; ‘ourtesn 250-pounider®. ..» hirty-four £a-pounders Sixty-three 200: pounders, Aggregate of ta aiiie SNRERS AT THE LITTLE As the weight of Carpenter, 188 pounds only, was discovered, a derisive "Helio broke forth, whieh arove to &" Turn mim out,"when Hill Was announced at 175. When Conant, at 172, midly siood on the seule, Kick him out,” was ‘the ery, as his weuht was heard, He was ‘accused of living on barley water and’ bad cigars, No one ventured at lower figures than Conant, Aw each» cand date parsed ox Ainination, he rusued swelteringly into the bar-room, nid irom tuere wre called to ameeting for the elec on of officers for the ensuing year, John A. P chosen pnt, in virtue of bin a8 James A, » Vice-President, and B, pounds W''Mapies, ight weight. of 96 pounds, as Secre: tary, A PRESENT FOR THR DOSS FAT MAN. A big black walking stick two inches in diameter wis then presented to Fisk, with the hope thut his shadow might never ve less, and that the time might come when he would not be able to see his boots, The recipient promixd to guard the gilt with due solemnity, and render it up to any man Who execlied him in weight neat year, Fisk keeps a sample room” in this city, and is a young man of turty-tive, He is over six feet high, and, Owing to his beight, bis breadth i not especially’ apparen ‘The sane way be vald of nearly every heavy, aa present, There were no short and thick fellows and all’ were nse business character kevping hotels, very stables, and stores of various kinds. xO rue PARTY. There were no brilliant Fulsta’ among them—no attempts at jokes, and uo after-dinner speeches, with jon of that of the President, He allu wo tn announcement thet rece were 18 take place, and offered to rum one with CT ty on at Tan on the grou ‘That set! and it was found that the promised could not come off, on account 01 the non-orrival of the machin WHAT THEY RAT. ‘The absence of peculrarities in the fat mon‘exte ed to their eating, They had not fattened on any food in particular, but, ike the court fool in olden time, ate every thing ‘that rk ml. B01 ladies stood on the balcony @f the hotel, proceedings, but did not join the banquet ps Tour hundred persons were present altogether, The adair will become additionally noted each year, and the attendance will be annually larger. It will the: fore be necessary to admit fewer men to the scaica and exact high Ogures, ‘Tie SUN was well repre fonted by one of its business agenis, Fairchild, of Darien, who weighed 917 pounds. PHOTOGRAPHING THR FAT MEN ‘The photographs of all the candidates were taken after the bake, In classes, acoording to weight. The day Was swelteri ‘bat the ft men stood it weil, In fact, Forhaps no body of men of equal) Hioaviness ever assembled togetlier, who seemed to be troubled so litte with their ve loads, ‘The afair broke up about 4 o'clock, to the music of « rural brass band, and all left without disorder or tn toxic tion. It is'proposed to give @ yearly fat men’s bail inthis eity'by the club, Wo begin In December ot next year, ——_ HOME LABOR MOVEME: Workinamon's Union, At the stated meeting last evening the Prosi. dent, Nelson W, Young, was in the chair. Mr Troup, from Typographical Union No. 6 said that the ganization which he represented wos not satisfied with the action of the Philadelphia Convention in many reapects, He declared the action of Miss An « thony Inconsistent in the extreme. She represented no class of laborers. He did not her or her companions as represcntatives of or the word, except on paateboard, only errand’ to Philadelphia was to get her name in the newspapers, He applauded the action of the Ty pographical Union requiring the printing of We Zep. olution by women at Union prices. Mr. Bruener, trom Tailors’ Union No. 1 (German), reported that cheir strike had ended, and that they had been assured an advance of 15 per cent. on forme prices, y xon8e He thought her meeting was briefly dis neo Was small the snhject urn Of the dolegates from id, but as the attend: ala over util the Fr delpti A discussion arose upon @ resolution concerning the eight hour law passed by the last Congross. Mtr Troup wus in favor of a mass meeting, to avpland the action of Gen, Geant and to reboke Gov, Hoff- man for not emulating the example of the President in enforcing the State eight-hour law. H+ despised politicians of all partion, and desired that by a meeting of the laboring classes Mr. Hoffman should be taught a aulutary lease Mr. Young, ¢ € Prosident, took a like view, Inbor Ite Tho Plate Printers’ Union mect in Botanic Hall, (6% Kast Hroadway, next Monday, at 8PM ‘The strike of the cigar makers in Kerb's, % Bow. ery. and Breslin & Boyto's, 181 Water street, is ended, ‘And these shops are open to Union wen. ‘Phe vricklayers request ail mombers of the Uulon not to work on the building corner of Houston and Chrystio streets, aa the mon the loyed struck agalust n soab. ——— The Cubau Expedition Lawsuits An r was mado yesterday morning by Judge Benedict granting the prayer of the petitioncrs the sule by Jacob Herrion et al, axt, Ignatio Alfaro others, composing the Cuban Junta. The wetion rew out of Jacob Hertion’s ault to recover $3,885 jue as ton days charter money for the use of the steamboat Jonathan Buit has been inati- tuted by Peter Hammond for the ase of the brie Hiram M. Cool, and by ©. A. Branklio for use of the brig K. L. Mabey, damages in the latter cases being laid at’ $8 885 and’ $3,000 respectively, Tue property which Was recently attached by U. 8. Marshal Dal Jon being about to be sold to satisfy judymenta, the Junta, tarough thelr counsel, obtained permission to have the default reopened, Fatal Quarret About a Woman, At about noon, on Thursday, in Bradley, West & Carey's wire factory, twenty-ninth street, Peter nud Michacl Gutney, brothers, disputed about a wo- wan, and at length Michael rushed for Peter with the lotention of striking him, Peter pict piece of iron wire to de thi and an rushed at him be brought the ire down on hin head. ‘Tae biow knocked Michael backwards and he fell down the hateh: Michacl was taken to 405 Weat thirty ninth af where ante mortem de- Position wae taken yesterday, Peter has been com: ror tied to the Tombs, —— The Prosidest Khode Is! . Paovinexce, Ang. 20.—Presdent Grant and fumily arrived’ at Newport tnis morning, and pro- eroded to the summer villa of Gov. K. D. Morgan ‘The President named Sevurday, from 19 to 1 o'clock P.M. at the State House, ‘as the time when he would inoet the eitiens of Nowport. From 8 to 6 o'clock on Saturday afternoon the President will at~ tend a reception, in kit honor, at Gov, Morgan's, ‘On ‘Tuesday he will participate in a ciam-bake at Oceun Cottage down Narragansett bay. The Latest Mexican Revolution. Ciry ov Muxico, Aug. 14, vin Havana, Aug. 20.—Gen. Placida Uega, with 1,000 men, is moving on Guadalajara, Conductas Wave leit Guadalaja, Goansjuato, and Zacatecas for the capital with total of $1,500,000 in specie for expo A freight with merobandise belonging to Waish & acked on the Vera Cruz Railroad, near ad plundered. The loss is estimated at § A sumor is in circulation that Tampico eee captured by insurgents; but it is not cred- Selle ve Coal Mtrike, Maven Cuunx, Aug. 20.—All the colliorios struck in the Hazelton region, ex t those at Asburton and Buck. Moun: tan; all at the Beaver Meadow ‘egion, t Ane Mouutain Company at Jeans- ville, and ‘and Company at Beaver Meatow, and’ at the colliery of the Uppor Lekixh Company in the Upper Lehigh region, Lat eal Andy for Repudiation. Nasnvitus, Aug. 20.—Comment is made on ex- President Johnson's Knoxville speoch of the 17h in which he appeared to favor repudiation of the national debt. ‘The Knomville Whig says he uleo favored @ repudiation of the State bouda issued under the Republican State Goverament; but other reporis do not sustain the Whig. Execu hn. Mawrmis, Aug. loin was hange to-day ut 1 o'cloe! On the scaffold he admitted hay ing Killed OMicer Fenton, but said ho did it in sel? defenee. At 2 o'clock, Sam, Muody, a colored uutt,, was hanged on the @ame gallows, | He suid be Was’ not guilty of the murder of Capt. Berry, but that the tatal shot waa fired by Bodfurd, who ‘is in the penitentiary, ——$____ Death Sentence Commuted. Cueverann, Aug. 20,—The sentence of Thomas Mulhall, #ho Was to be banged in this city on Auust %, wax commuted to-day to imprisonment (0: lite Diuihall was twico ropvicted of uiding and abetting in the murder of David Skinner, George Law's Kerry Fraud. To the Ediwr of The Sun, Sin: George Law carries on the Roosevelt street and, I beileve, the Grand strect ferries, Ht run bis boats ab first for one cont to and frou Wil Namaburgh, of balf@ cent each way, until he hud broken up the Peck slip ferry. Now, we who cross twiee every day im the year must pay three cents, or commutht only gain eight 644 Nar, while the reit carries as many if vol Shan the Bouth, Hewilton, aud more peeve Catharine ferries, Fulton excepied, Theu there are the bad regulations, or rather no regulations, 0” bridges, Can we lave no relief from w's ferry? OLD READER, ——__ LOSSES BY FIRE. ——— Schofield’s woollen mill in Mont, ¢ Pa.. ppposite Manajunk, were bares iy Tord Loss, Barglars stole $170 from Dr, Munger’s dental rooms, 14 and 16 Badalo street, Rochester, N. Y and set them on fre yesterday morning. Lows, $15,000, Two young men uamed Stoliwagen and aa ¢ arr yesterday 01 ° crime, and made a full Toteeniee. TO alles NEW TBRaRY. ian Wm, Taylor, of Believille, was knockod down and robbed while passing along Broad #,, Newark. wa We,large performing bears, and four Tiallans who Toray ap oisiag Seems, arrested in Jersey Vily yew Mrs. Choser, who afew @ Meappeared from Hudson City and who was supposed 10 liave bec murdered vy herhiusband, : situation ata teugand, Ra eek + ea Yooterday morning @ rald was made upon one of the peach trains that ved in J: cu A car SLGper oven artes ie decaeat ns pao : kah WESTCHESTER COUNTY. ooctnetie Arthur Ramsden of Wi q tue Hariew raliroad ATS Mts Bride acd i dine temas bound by aNow Hayeo bound trala, known as bie a ally ajtrea. THE CURIOSITIES OF CRIME THE RUIN OF A HANK CASHIER BY STOCK SPECULATIONS. Mr. Stokes, cashier of the banking house of T. F. Morris & Co., who has decampod, is a defauiter tothe amount of $40,000 or $50,000, On Saturday morning last, Mr, Stokes asked permission to go to New York to meet some members of his family. The request egeited no suspicion whatever. Buton Monday he fail to make an appearance. Tuesday also parsed without Mr. Stokes. On Wednesday, fone of the firm came to New York to look after cer tain securities, and it wae ascertained that Mr Stokes had already converted the securities into available funds, and appropriated them to his own tne, On the return of Mr. Morris to Yonkers, and after a consultation with his brother on the subject, it was decided to close the bank, and investigate the true state of their affairs, The exact amount of Mr. Stokes's dlefaleation has not been ascertained. Tho Messrs. Morris are anid to have received a letter from their defaulting cashier, dated at some place in Canada, informing them that be had lost his money in unsuccessful stockjobbing speculatior Mr, Stokes ts about 50 years old, He has held re ‘sponsibio positions of various kinds, aud been cash. fer in a number of banks, including the Patcheu Bank of Buffalo, ‘The Morris Brothers had known him from boyhood, and had implicit confidence in Lis Integrity. ity Pollooman si js Karuings Spent for tng Himselt—A Yesterday morning Officer Samuel Ramsay committed suicide by shooting, in the store of bia brother, Gen, John Ramsay, at 5% Montgomery street, Jersey City, Karly in the week OMicer Ram. say had indulged to excess in intoxicating drink At about 9 A.M. yesterday he entered bis brotly cignr manufactory, and waking for a pencil, wrote ou a piece of paper, John, don't blame me." He then tarted towards the door, and calling out to his bro- ther, who wus in the rear of » bef “Johnny, of a pistol was heard, when Gen, Ramany and the workmen ran out, ‘The was caught in the arms of the General, who laid him on the floor, where he expired Ww minutes, On the Coro- brother testified as fol- y afternoon he was erying neatly all ere, saying that he had nothing to lve for, as Working Bard ever aud that evory ht him deoper Into that ‘halt the every home and give #10. nod in a few days the money would beall spent for Tiqiors all the unterctothing that ho had. the carpets froin the floor, quilts and sheets were all sold for liquor, Ho said that the shirt he had on he had worn for Wonks: and frequently when he putied of a dicty he had to. put another ditty one on, und that all he ow for his inoney was four or Ave old chairs aud» Doring Wedveaday and Thursday f advise his to leave the. city, leave bis wife, and take the ebiid. When Lgave him clean clothes he went home. he told me that as soon as he entered the door his wife said to him, ** You ron of ab——-, whure did you get the inoney to biry clean clothes ?” Yesterday morning, Mr. Jasper W. Carpenter, the proprietor of & Orst-ciass intelligence office at 134 West Kleventh street, in this city, and Lewis Rogers, of Norfolk, Va., a very fine specimen of the colored race, appeared at the tribunal of Marshal Tooker to seek the redress of their respective Erievances, aud to ascertain whether a check could hot be given to the villanies of one 8. B. Ging, rotugee carpet-bagger now resident in Norfolk, and of whom they lave both been the victims, “This Ginn, it-seema, bas recently established an employ- ment’ office In’ Norfolk, which he afirms to be a branch of Carpenter's large concern in Weat Kle enth street, ‘The apectal business of the keeper of this branch office is to exact from such colored men down theres wish to come North, and enough to tnke his word, the trifle of 3 paying which the dupe is handed a ticket, iw instructed to present to Mr. Jasper W. Carpenter ‘on bis arrivial in New York, and thus procure profit able employment, Among ‘the dupes ia the above- mentioned Lewis Rogerr, who, on reaching our metropolis and calling at'Mr, Carventer's, found to hiv chagrin that the ticket was fraudulent; that Mr. had no agent in Ni 4 that consequen r employment, bimself fundions folk or ‘anywhere had no claim on prospect of work, ‘away to the Marshal's offer. ‘ne Marahal str; uspecta that Ginn is in reality certain A. 'T, Henly whom he scared out of Now York two years ago. pee ee) Begging for Living Dend Men, A chap who, just spent months enough on Blackwell's Island to become famillar with the pa- tients in the hospitals there,» going around this city collecting money from thelr friends, on tence that the patients bave died and burial. He pretends to have been commmiaa| th resident physician ‘or keeper, and usually suc- ceeds, Hand him over to the first policeman, pleases Murdorers Sentenced in Onrlisie, Pen Canuisie, Penn, Aug. 20.—Adam Titus was sentenced on Tuesday to be hanged for the murder of Henry Stamm, Puul Schoeppe has been denied » pew trial, and to-day was sentenced to be banged, Hie denied bis guilt, William Gould, court erier, aa old man, dropped dead us Lie sentence of Schooppe wus prcuounced Boston, Aug. 20.—The first conviction under the new Pronibitory Liquor law was Superior Court, The jury were out for five hours, ‘The defendant was fined $15 and costs, —— PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, anes Queen Victoria has gone to Balmoral E. Mestre, « eutenunt of the Spanish Navy, has Jolned the Cubans, ‘The Cubans say that Rodaa will soon return to Spain, disgusted Senator Fessenden carrlel the Maine Republican County Convention in Vortiand on Thuraday The Hon. George H. Yeaman, Jato Minister to Deutark, sails from Karope for New York to-day, La Vallettc has presented his credentials in Lon don as Minister from Frauce ‘The Prosident is expected to return to Washing: ton about the miludie of next weok. Soveral Southern Generals will participate in the jysburel Kounlon, EB. LitehHold has subscribed @500 toward the oreotion of a Presbyterian church at Babylon. Inspector Jobn 8. Fotk Is sick, and Jan toson, of New York, is attending to bi Irooklyn Police Headauarters Gen, Sherman will be at the Martha Vinyard's camp meeting ground on Sunday. Ho will be the guest of Houator Sprague, ‘The Prince Imperial of Fr ye Camp at Chligi. The ‘kinvrers and the Wriuee Inperlal depart on Monday next for tho bast Prince Alfred arrived at Honolulu, July 21, from New Zealand, via Tahiti, Hw lett Aug. 2 for Yoko: hama J. Ross Browue, U. 8, Minister to China, who re turned to California on, Wednesday, heard ‘at Yoko bama that Mr, Howard, bis successur, bad declined the position, Vice-President Colfux pad party la jan Francisco for Yo Bemite Fails on Thursday. The will retura on ‘tne bth prox. ‘The Hon. Emerson Ethridge reviewed the situa How "y Danoerville, Teau,, ob Thursday, ia a two hours speech Pi rot, Baird, of the Smithsonian Lnstitution, left Hastport, Me con Wednesday for Grand Mengn Island in search of mineralogical specimens. the Committee of the New York Kexchange were unfavorably received by the Communsioner of Loternal Kevooue op Thursday, 1 un Inspector dutios at the ce has roturned from ‘The story thi Stoo ‘man Hurrchman, a waiter employed at Taylor's Brooklyn, bas Just become ue r to $0,000 nee, one Gottlien Fisch mek BeAr Di , Californis Capt. George A. Waddy, of Brooklyn, was married on Taursday to Miss Phebe Ayres, at tho bride's reat ton street, Brookiyn, by the Ruy. J.B. Elizabeth, New Jorve Mr, John Wallack has returned to this country for the cavuing theatrical Campain, in splendid hoaith aod figure, with bis mustache tore Fich and lustrous than ever, Mr, Oliver Dyer will lecture at 4 o'clock P. M, to morrow, on the Ten Bi to the New Churchinoy Tiwedewborgiaye) of Mo the Universadat churoh yoar, Attorney-General He Bedford, on W ednesday, and tailed in for Naushon in the afteriioou, the guost of who owns tho Wslaud, and hes lus sume: orion. They have rented that village for the presout r loft the Parker Hous 1 ‘The Hon, Morace Greeley spoke for an hour and « half at the dedication of Muse Hat, Kingston, on His speech was able aud intercating, bat Vent for & dance which was Mise Kate Reignolds, the popular actross, le city laut evening for Hah Franclsco, via the’ kee under contract to appear at Maguire's (isn6, on the 30 ur weoks, She will play ac Sait ie City aud Oia back, and will reappear 10 Ute olty during \ : seperti | Ag te as Wai gt which en | iceude thereon ocoanon a ia apeoscht of dopartars the (er cy cy Beli Sabor Ss | Cosi eon ae ' ‘ Department of We Paicapenrmia, Aug. %.—The National Labor Congress met at9 A, M. today, Resolutions were adopted to organize women's labor and demand for it the same pay as for male labor; to appoint a Com mittee of Ways and Means and a standing Commit- tee; and denouncing coolie labor, but deciaring that voluntary Chinese immigrants sb ould be protected. A special Committee on the “new poittioal party" was appointed, and a report was read suggesting ‘that the Government purchase and rum the Pennayl- ‘vanis coal mines. A platform was adoped, of which the following fe aynopsia: That all political power is interent in people, and free Government is founded on their thority, and established for their benefit; that laborers in all departments of useful industry arc suffering from a system of monarchical laws which were enacted during the lato war as tmenanres, it waa assumed, “necessary to to the life of the nation,” and which is now gonght to be perpetuated in the interest of the bondholders and bankers, as 8 means to subvert the Government of our fathers and establish on ite ruins an empire in which all political power shall be centralized to restrain and oppress the rights of iabor, and subordinate its votaries to the merciless demands of aggregated capital and guperscitions authority ; that the national banking system being Inimical to the spirit of liberty and subversive of the princi- ples ofjustice and without warrant in the Constitation of the United States, and wrongfuily increasing the burdens of the wealth producing classes millions of dollars annually. he aspirations of honest industry, and the spirit of imperiled liberty demand its immediate ropoal, and the substitution of legal tender notes es the exciusive currency of the um tion ‘That the National Labor Union t# opposed to the continuation and creation of banks by ucts of iucor ern by either State or National authority, with he privilege of making, issuing, of putting in ciren- lation any notes, bills, Or any other papers of any other bank to circulate as money, except the legal toner Treasury notes therein contemplated, ‘That the revenue laws of the United States should be altered so that Instead of subordinating labor to capital they may afford just protect to labor and the industrial interests of the whole coun try, That the logal tender money should be made a legal tender in the payment of all debts public and private, and convertible at the option of the bolder into Government bonds bearing interest at the rate of three per cent. per aunum, with the privilege to the holder to recon vert bonds Into money and money into bonds at hin pleasure. ‘That the €laim ot bondholders that bonds which were bought with greenbacks, and the principal of whieh is by Jaw payable in currency, should nevertheloss be pai io gold, is unjust and extortionate; the exemp- tion from tax of bonds and securities is a violation of the principle of the revenue laws, that jand monopolies are at variance with the doctrine that all free men, when they form a sccial aro equal in righes, aud if in must ultimately result in the Subuersion of free institutions, a alko of the social and political weil-being of the laboriny that "an labor in. the. foundation. and of the national prosperity, it is both and to the interest of the Government to nd pratect it. Its Importance, there- fore, demands the creation of an Ki Department of Government at Washi be nominated a “Department of shail ad in protecting it above all other terest ; that the Nationa! Labor Congress recommend the adoption of such measur all classes of workmen in all sectio country, as will secure the adoption of hour system, and call upon the! Stxto Logisiatures to follow the example of Mational Congress, in recognizing eight hours as a gaat day's work ; that political eqaulity being one the cardinal principles of this organization, we therefore urge the (ull restoration of ¢: cul rights to every American citizen, exsept such as have been conyicted of felony. ‘The piatiorm, as read, was unanimously adopted. Tum CONSPIRACY LAWS. loThe Committee on Odious Laws reported as fol lows: Whereas, There exists in the statutes of the States enactments making It a penal offence fo mechaulos and laborers to combine for #eif-prot tion to secure their tnailenable rights, a fair day’ fale days i and Labor." ‘oupective AL and politi. ‘eapitalial Mborty ; and F the mechanic or pea ent, he Whinks he ls unjUsLiy taxed wi Jor thee tyrannical laws tharefore convicted Resolved, That tho workingmen of the United states emphatically demand thelr” unconditional repeal, Adopted. REPORTS YHOM SUBORDINATE UNIONS. Col. Kuhn offered the following: Resolved, That it shall be the duty of each Inbor or zation to reply quarterly to the followig questions « 1. The name of tho labor union? 0 Humber of thelr members? usual hours of daily tabor ? ammount of thelr wages ? cost of ? hat bs th Have thoy got stead 7. How many of them forthe last three months #. Are thoae who have work fully employed ? 9; Has thore been ® rise of fail of their wages dur- ing the last five years? have! been prevented from io. How. m ft working, om ac bkivess, during whe last tree nd how many bave died ? Tt tiave: they tried. codpe! what fe the result. Aside from givin, choice of every trades union to a esting or important facts, v resolution was adopted. — incrense of Hreight Tolls, Cimomnatt, Aug. 20.—A meeting of freight agents of Western tuilroads was held to-day, it. ly employment ? been out of employment productions, and it Is left tothe any othor inter- Care, of the Jeffersonville Railroad, was elected President. It was agreed to raise tho price ot fourth class freight five cents per handred pounds, and flour ten cents per barrel, This refers to Kastera bound freight only, ——— ‘ JOTTINGS ABOUT TOWN, Patansks Music on the Park Mall at 4 this afternoon, ‘The largest tree in the City Hall Park went by tho board yesterday afternoon, A poor woman was fearfully crushed at the Park fenoo yosterday afternoon, Jamox Burns, the last of the Cuban volunteers, wis relenned yosterdsy, James Webb, an insane prisoner in the Charles street police station, cut his throat yesterday. S. writes to complain of the impudence ot the deck hands and the tardy tine of the Hariem boats, James Carrigan has today been appointed opener and packer tn Appraiser's office, Custom House, Adolph Soriver, aged 12, was drowned yesterday at the foot ot i River, while bathing ©. Hepp will lecture in the Continental Ei e Hall Hotol this eveuing, Ned James will receive # beneftt in Jones’ Wood this aftern on and evening. A. B, Buclety No. 2 meet on Sunday even. lic Association of Rossville hold a festi Park, Staten Isiaad, on August 44 The Young Men's Christian Association holds prayer meetieg to-morrow evening at their rooms, Fut Avenue aud Twenty secoud street. ‘The yacht race of the Good Enough Club, post poned from Saturday last, will take place om the eth inatant, A derrick on the 4th floor of the Morcor st., Loppled over and fell to the day afternoon, carrying with It Frederic! A. 8. Ktlenger, Andrew Schaef of offertiig cigars for bal porly stamped, were held tor John Rooney, for absco mont keeper, with 34 barre bail yestorday in $1,000, ‘The steamers Sunny Side and Sleopy Hollow will take excursion parti the North islver to-morrow, stopping at Bing Slog aud other poiuta, ‘The one Police Commissioner who was on duty yosterday ordered the disinisaal of seven policemen Who had no political friends to eave then dent thinks that Petroleum inspectors knowledye of chemistry, aud that the in- struments used will bear improvement ‘Tne commission of Collector Wr Sixth District of New York, was mai ington j esterday, Lis sceurities having been approved. ‘The Fenian Brotherhood of the District of Man, hattan will go on a grand civic and military plonic In Jones Wood on Tuosday be .t ‘The oftices of the Erie Railway Company been removed to the Grant Opera House hue wud Twenby urd ateoot Mr. John ‘Tyler, Jr,, hay made arrangements with H.C. Mardey & ou, 4 Wail street, by which porsons who wish to bet on'the great internutional Between the Harvard aud Oxtordcrews can dy ‘The regular morning boat for Nowburg (Sunny- Will stop also at Sng Sing. in n- of Whiskey, was hold & have bilghth ave mp mecting beld ‘ns shot in the affray in Wa. 2 Was a Dowty broke Was 4 ‘lotectly. a ma to 188 was in self Bernard Kelly, aged 15, of 174 Kast Eleventh atioet, while riding on the front platform of a Third ay enue Car, attempted to get off at Kloventh strect, wud teil. Ho was dragsed along by the car, aud was severely Lajured, In our notice of the brave act of a deck hand lly, who jumped into the water from th Wehild tie other day, we omit nat waen Welly was ckuAuated ah abe nee ny treet, Weaped’o ad caved 19 x rr PRICE TWO CENTS, THE OLD WORLD'S NEWS. THE FORESHADOWINGS OF THE OCUMENICAL COUNCIL, ——- in of the Charch with the State ibility of the Pope—The Spirt~ poral Assumption ef the Banux, Aug. 20.—The correspondent of the Wrassian Aves Zeitung at Rome asserts that the [iste Syliabus of tho Pope will form the chief sr'aject of the deliberations of the cumenical Cound, The Paragraphs concerning the relations of the Charck and State are to be modified, and probably tstens- fied, The dogmas of the infallibility of the Pope and the spiritaal and corporal assumption of the Virgin will be promalgated. The Holy Father has expressed is regret that no schismatic or Pro testant bishop has offered to take part in the Council. The Re ug. 20.—The Archbishops of Armagh and Dublin have published an address to the clergy ‘and Inity announcing the speedy meeting of the pro- Vincial synods and requesting the laity to parations for sending representatives to the synods, The Archbishops offer no suggestions. dut invite freedom of action on the part of the laity, and ex. press thelr readiness to make, use of the peroghial ayatem of diocesan conferences if desired. The Dab- lin Synod will meet at St, Patrick's Cathedral om the 1sth of September. Berast, Aug: 30.—A meeting of the cleray of the diocese was hel to-day, the Bisliop presiding. Te was resolved diocesan synod be convened to consist in equal nambers of clergy and laymen, —— ‘The Harvards and Oxontans. Loxpox, Aug, 20,—The Harvard crew went o-day, from Putney to Mortinke, 1m W seconds. Thele tt from the aqnedact to Hammersmith Bridge waa 9 minates seconds, ‘The Oxonians rowed from the aqued to Hammersmith Bev making the distance in 9 minutes ¥) seconds, ‘The wind was not so favorable ff, them as for the Harvards, but they had a beter tide ———__ THE REVOLUION LN SPAIN, Praise of Minister J berforce of Amerten. Mapain, Aug. 20.—Two Carlists have bees shot at Temeute without trial, Casalis, the offices who recently shot ning Carlist prisoners, has written a self-exculpatory letter, in which he says that im executing his prisoners he merely complied with the orders of the Government, The Government declares that the orders only applied to highway: men. ‘The Riforma (newspaper) eulogizes the late Amert- can Minister, Mr. Hale, for the steady favor he sow ed, and the protection he eave to Spanish liberala, ‘especially to those who have been at various timer sentenced to suffer death. It praises him as the first forelgn represeotative who recognized the presemd revolution, and calla him the Wilberforce of hie country, Mannip, Aug. 20.—A band of Carlists undoes Polo, was rocentiy defeated at Almagro near Cindad Real, Polo bimseif and his Secretary were among the prisoners captured, Most of the Cartist bande have dispersed. It is rumored that a cons favor of the Prince of ered by the Spanish authorities, A coflagration at Janina, Turkey, has destroyed the business part of the town, Thirteen hundred stores and three hundred dwelling houses are im ruins, —_ BROOKLYN. > A social hop was enjcyed in the St. Jamos Hotel te Marion, N. J, on Woduesday eveuin Mr’ Kirk, 02 tue Klizabetiitown road. ‘A nuceesatul trial of the Amosk eine was made yeaterday In prevence o of the London Fire Department. A temporary house for the dead has been estale Msived in a shed on Columbia atreet, near Degraw sircey Pending the completion of the hew morene team fire apt. Shaw, The Forty th Regiment concluded Inst eves ing to er to Litte Neck on the 8th of Beptemver tur tar Kel pene Theerr Sd-boy Theodore Eve, accused of an ab- towpt to polxoo and Fob hia employers. Messrs. Whitnep & Voaberry, was committed to tue County jail yestor day The property owners on Atlantic street, from Henry atroot to Flatbush avenue, fled a petition you terday, remonstrating agulust the district repavemeds a day afternoon the Committees on Docks vesofthe Newark Coumon Connell went om ner Nadahon to inspect the for 2 tax tsed by thet for. banking. Honor sustains Oa Federal Government, —— SPARKS FROM THE TKLEGRAPH, ‘The civil war in Japan Is ended, Captain-Goneral De Rodas has gone to Matupans, Bowling alicys at watering places are to be txed, ‘The Aldamas mansion in Havana is to be occupied by various courte of justice. ‘Taree schooners destined to patrol the Cubs ‘coast are receiving arma neo! at the arsenal, The frst bale of new Mississipp! cotton was re ceived io Cincinnati on Thursday, ‘The brig David Owen, which went ashore on Cape on Monday, has got off. Silas H. Hoxie, who was in the employ of James E. Abbott, grocer, of Boston, dropped dead yesterday Portamouth, N. HL, iy to be the terminus of the proposed German: Awertean Atiauue Cable. John Bean was buried alive by the caving in of @ woll In Medford Centre, Mass., yesterday ‘The schooner Co from Gloucester, towed @ forty foot whale ud oo Thursday. Hopkins, © negro route mall azent was arrested im Jackson, Tenn,,ou Wednerday for perjury. A comp! ciliation has been effected be tween the Sultan and the Viecroy of Egy; t. Charles Wells, of Wells, Butterfleld Evpress, waa robbed of $1,800 at the Poughkeepsie depot, San Francisco ts startl.d by singular red lights which appear im the thy. The Northern Ceniral Railroad will pass oflcers: free to the Gettysbarg Keunion, ‘The French authorities have arrested twelve Car- Uist leaders who Were AULenpting to cross the frontier into Spain, ‘Thomas Norton, 40 years of ace, died in Boston esterday, of faudaiam, Wich he had taken by wistake for riwoarb, id white y (colored) were h lay; the fret at 1 P.M ‘The trial of J. W. Rea for the murder of J. 8, Ree at the Frank Blair demonstration Iu Madison, Lad,, las fai, ls proceeding. The crops in Honolulu have suffered severely drouth, but showers have falien lately which will ably save thom, A. J. Buckland, a Buffalo broker, was arrested yenefday moralng'ss an wecewory to the patent right swindle, ‘They are trying to remove the Commissioners of Otsego, N.Y because they refuse to sell the stock of the Susquehaina Rallroad, Gen. Spluner bas authorised several San Francisco firms to draw on the Bub-Treasury for gold to relieve the stringency of the money market, ‘The woman found dead in East Avon is #1 to be Ann Wilson, of Klmirs, who was searching tor @ nged in Mom. nd ihe second a truant soa, ‘The project of a ship canal through the iathmus of Corinth has beou presented to the Chamber of Greeoe. None but Government employes are hereafter te be permitted to reside om United States military reses vation, ‘The international postal order system between the [united States and Switzerland, wil take effect Septem a Forost trees are dying in Virginia, Yesterday was the seventy eighth since Fain enoagh fell to thoroughly web the groum ht out to Quebea, x wor ‘The steamer Medway has bro Prince Arthur's groom, footmen, e horses, eral carriages, ‘Tedge Rowoyn has admitted to bail in $10,000 Whit- beck, Jr. and b Wo 8008, pei the coroner's death of Deputy Sueriit Grigas inthe anti-rent row, ‘Two Frenchmen and a Belgian, all partisans of late Emperor Maximilian, a been arrested of tte couspuacy agains A man, suppposed to be Lee Brown of West Jeffor gon, Mativon oun) Lud. committed suicide tm Magi oa ‘Thursday eVening by taking two Ounoay ecohs declare that they will send d C civeu for the separete poriuoa of Bobess in tae eae bit ‘Tne three associations of (ne Educational Coaven- Pisco to Faytor lial saat cvening. ‘The body of Martin ERRSEE :