The Sun (New York) Newspaper, August 25, 1869, Page 1

THE CUBAN REVOLUTION, ——— ISH TYRANNY FALLING B. FORE THE PATRIOTS. — Doserting the Sinki the Home of clon Ment to Spain in trons—His Ht Butchery—The Resignation of De Rodas Sent to Madrid. Gorrerpondence of The 8 Havana, Aug. 18.—The Liberty, from New Or- Jeans bound to Baltimore, arrived in port yesterda: and leaves, carrying the mail, today. I wrote you Yael ou the 14th inst., per steamship Eagle, since Which date the revolution hut progressed, bearing down litle by little the dwindling power of Spain, DESERTING THR SutP. + Indiextory of the waning power of Spain in Cuba, ‘and more especially in this capital and metropolis of the islond, are the rapidly multiplying resignations Aendered by and accepted from the employees of the Dustom House and civil offices, auch as judges, alcaldes, and collectors of taxes. Day before yester- day, six of the principal offices of the city Custom House were vacated by the old occupants, two of Whom, Seflores Luciano Pores Acervado and Rodri- fuer Butista y Axgucrino, have held their places the Inst sixteen youre, There are, however, any number Of Spanish army officers ready and anxious to occu- Py their places, and this fact accounts for the will- Angnese of De Rodas to accept resignations from Those who hold paying situations. Nor would those ; resign who lo were It not that they have real estate Interests in Cuba which cannot be dispored of at twenty-five per cent. of their value, and they fear that, in the case of the success of the revolution, they will, if they remain among the crew of the old Castilian bark, sufler confiscation at the hands of the literators, DISPIOURING A PALACE, There has been erat hesitancy on the part of the fathoritics about just what use to make of Don Miguel Aldama’s palatial mansion on the Prado, The Yolnutecrs have clamored for its desceration, and De Rodas reiused until last Monday, when he gave or ders to turn itt spacious salons into eomminaary store room, Huge piles of meat, barrels of flour, @ugar, and stacks of tard bread now diafigure ;the elegant apartments of Cuba's wealthiest eon BOUND HOMRWARD. By the mail steamship Barclor few days ago, seventy Spaniards with ther fumi fics loft for Spain, Nearly all are merchants who Rave accumulated fortunes in Cuba, and are flyir from impending perils, ‘The sa ¥ took also twenty-six other Cubans, all of merit, high Blandi doubt Couta, on the African coast, is thelr dé tion ar. vat men and wealth, who go in irons to Spain. No COL, PALACIOS, THR ASSASSIN, for bis crime of musdering twenty prominent Cu bans of Sontiago deCuba and Bayamo, while e corting them as prisoners accused of treason, fro: the Initer place to Jiguani, has been brought here nd vent to Spain in irons. Tt appears that Palucion Dat obeyed the Wish of the Governor of Santingo de Cuba in butchering these unfortunate mien; but Count Vainvseda himself was astounded over the and sent Palacios to this eity in frons, with a report of the fucts which #0 far stands foremost among the liwlers aud bloody acts of Span- Jab coinmanders in Caba, since the revolutiow began \e names Of those asvissinated,were:sent you by the le, als a protest made by thé people offSantiaxo do Cuba, wd presented to the Governor there by the conrular corps residing in that city. FALL CAMPAIGN BRGUN, mm News [rom all parts of the interior Indicate earnest ork. A Spanish convoy which started out trom Zucaro for Ciego, fell inio Cuban hands after a briet 4 engage'aent, in which Lieut.-Col, Portal, command. $a the Spanish forces, was seriously wounded, uy revulutionists have lately gone trom the Villa Chara to the Puerto Principe district, Th around the latter city has recently b doubles ANOTHER CONVOY CAPTURED. Yesterday news came that Col. Benegasi’s convoy, ent out irom Muerto Padre for Tanase, was Saphire ly and that the fourth battalion of mobilized troops, ately ut Holguin, have gone to reinforce the garri ‘The Cubans attacaed Moro pear Moron La On the Hte inst, party surpris: the gorrivon aptured. 20) prisoners, farms, aud two pieces of artillery THE Paes continues to call upon Gen. de Rodas to make a Wwholessie conscription in this department, The Captain-Gencral has seen of what hitle avail were the men conseripted at Trinidad and Cienfuegos, and realizes that instead of gaining strength, he Would only be weaker by ageneral conscripiion. ‘The Woe de Cuba puplishes a Ieiding. ¢ inst the AlJuina family, now In New York, ant_on the 6th ins!, printed an article written by Castafion, its Wirector, which Cubans consider most remarkable It clearly de ity whieh Cubans poss: 8 of Spain, ints wut precise kness of the Bpaniards it heads its leauer Three Buses of the Rev. olution,” and conclusively shows that the hopes of tho revolutionists are based first npon their mounted men; second, thelr uaving a perfect and most efficient ssstein of espionage, while the Spaviards have no spies thatean be relled upon; and third, the legions of sympathizers not only in the interior, Dut in ull the cities aud in the army of Spain, The article closes us follow “The stato of misery, Inadequate organization, and more evident demoralizauon which Is spresding Throughout the island, cannot be longor disguived. The Aituation Which we have arrived at demands action of She im st denergetic kind. We must not longer HeeIve 0) A mnilll 14 he profitably expendest An organizing #ystew: Riso, A COrW OF Becret police, wv ould be to wateh all spies nd scouts ott is evident ti eon at Puerto Padre, shores, t the resources of medicines and mall supplies of ammunition and clothing which reach The tusnrgente are sent them fom under our yery nets oy thelr frleuds au #.. The ary reds ih Our cities who are doing nothlog else but ald teenciny. They should be found out aad put out of fe emnded ny the Finny dopted by our ¢ Dghiing aa we have done, and wie revives to Muebetand Mat + oust tri ullunately DE RODAS RRSIONS. Just as T am about to close t that Col. Zulueta, of the voluntecrs Announced that Capt, Gen Kot palin by t (mul, pre Fefusal of fri to relnioreo Juba, and withdrawing his p dus 10.0% more men.” The v Palamt over the | of placing some of their offtee:» at the bead vt military alluirs, You may be prepared. to Tearn, at an carly date, one of two things— that either the Volunteers will bave thetr way by having a com mander of thelr own selection, or they will pro ounce »xalust Spain and act accordingly MISCELLANKOUS. Americans who have Visited this uswally Lively aud interesting Capital of the Antilles, would wander sirinvely Urough it to-day in quest of lite Or excitement, oF sociability, ‘Tue Iron-bar red Windows of two-thirds of the honses have their shutters closed, No children nor young ladies with veiled heads pass on the narrow sidewalks Tue Puscos wre deserted, the Louvre is without nests, and the plazas without pedestrians, Kven veautiul bay 1s lonesome, and, but for t larly urr.ving and departing American, French, a English steamships, would be searcely disturbed The majority of the Cubans have gone, scaticred to the fuur winds. ‘They are strung uronbd the contl nent from Merida, Yucatan, to New York and fur ther FE: Those Spaniards who ure able to leave Dave either gone or ure going from the city, Six thousand private residences In this city are tenant Hess, deserted ; and, in fuet, Havana appears more ike a cily closely besieged than a great commercial aud Political iweiropolis. T am this moruit sent his resist the yin Ro Those Spanish Victories Won by the Government Connor, Havaya, Aug. 24.—The Governor of Matanzas, ina unieation to the Captoin-General, says the Anaurgents have been driven from the neighborhood or acy Grande, and that they retreated eastward. Advices from Santo Espirita are to the effect that Gon, Quesada’s forces had not appeared at that place, ‘as Was expected, - A British Opin » Cuban Annexation, Frou the London Telegraph of yesterday If Cuba severed her connection with & §t would only be to form « new bond with the Uv Btate> gland coull feel no jealousy at ana graudizement Which would complete the ubolition of slavery a8 an anstitation. ‘The loss of Cub Bain would be an wiquestionable go ase to the colony, anit the a ‘The Low and the Outs, lowing appointments were made in the Now York Custom House yesterday: Anson F. ‘Adams, to be temporary Inspector; GM. Cole, Ine ppector; and C,O. Varney, Clerk ; Fred, Williams ight Inspector vice Richard Bennett, removed ; C, “Covke, Night Inspector vieo R, Bideau, removed. Undor new regulations for paying the laorers eu loved by welghers and eaugers in Now Yorks Mr. rank G. Wentworth has been appointed clerk fo f al purpose, with the power of @ dupaty cvileck ache iuininr (atl, oun) The fi A GERMAN CITIZEN KIDNAPPED, - Oficers Enter bis House tv © Street and Drag Him off-His Re- ‘arance in Westchester County. On Saturday last, Venzel Kosche, a German, was arrested and lodged in the Westchester county Jail, on a charge of levying blackinail on Anton Kox- jan, ander peculiar and aggravating circumstances, ‘The warrant for the arrest of Kosche, which w ieaued by the Court of Common Pleas, was based on the aMdavit of his victim, who says that he was kid- ped by a number of persons, under the direction Of the defendant, and that he was compelied to pay #71 to procure bis releuse. It appears that on the 27th of July last, Kosehe, with eight men who represented themselves to be officers, went to the residence of Koxian at 112 Ridge streot at the lute bour of 9 o'clock at night, Avton had just sipped his Mocha with his wife and children, when the visitors rushed {nto his parior and announced that he was their prisoner, and must go to jail. They declined to uame the offence with which he was charged, but one of the bogus officers offered to take him to the corner of Ridge and Hous- ton streets, where, he said, the matter could be fixed. ‘They took bim to the latter place, but fluding t ho was not inclined to purchase his hberty, faid they would take him to Essex Market pi Nine Bo; n They compelled hun to enter a Thid avenue car. Having reached tue terminus of the road, they con- ducted him over the Harlem Bridge; and at mid night he found himeclf, in & house at Melrose. While there, he was informed that if he would pay 74.50, he would be permitted to return to bis ome. Being in a condition of duress and fear, he ave $33, all the money in his posses and col lateral security for the balance, and he was then al lowed to depart, He subsequently ascertatned that no order had been issued for bis arrest; that the men who had kidnapped lim were not officers, and that Kosche hi med that he had" been ered by t Mf, but had not taken legal Mr. Koxian now brings 000 from the alleged kidnap- cane 18 one of yurrounded by ‘lis captors, calendar of the Court of Common Mr. Anderson is counsel for the plaintiff. — PASTIMES OF THE CHIVALRY. A Desperate Fight with Riffes—Two Ro Fired-Oue Man Probab! rtally Wounded. New Onweaxs, Aug. 24.—This city has been considerably excited today over a duel fought yesterday at the Oaks, between a prominent resident of this city and a Mississippi gentleman, ‘Lhe par- ties to this encounter had a falling out some time since, and ws each felt that his honor had been affect- ed tosuch an extent tat “satisfaction ® was rendered necessary, the angered geatlemen concia’ed to meet in accordance with the code dueilo, and shoot things into their normaily amicable condition, Anumber of warlike missives passed between them, and it was nally arranged that a meeting should be had at the Ouks on yesterday, True to agreement, both men, atteuded by seconds, a sur. geon, and several friends, were promptly on the Found. The weapons used, were Minsissippi rites he distance at which the shots were tired was torty paccs, The men stepped up bravely to the mark, and at the signal * fire,” both discharged their ri flex. No harm, however, was done by this shot Some of the friends now begeed that the irate gen- Uemen shake hands and “call things square,’’ but the ten would not listen to such a proposition, ‘They suid they had come there for work and not for play, and that the ditferences between them could ouly be nettled by one or both being killed. After Yate nort parley, the ists once more pliced themselves in position, and almost immedi. ately fired agen. Thus time’ oue of the men was wounded—the surgeom stating that the injury would Brobably prove ‘atal, The wounded man was the ississippian, the challenging party. As #oon us he fell his wound was dressed, “and everything dove to make his condition a» comfortable ax possible, ‘The arties then returned to this city, No arrests have con made, THE BAITL ——— WHICH 8. Exploration ‘The Sp Gerrrsnune, Pa, Aug. 2 meeting of officers Gen, Meredith moved that Vol Bachelder be invited to take charge of the exercises of the day, ‘The proposition was unanimously adopted ‘The party then repaired to the field for the pur pore of definitely fixing the positions of the troops in the first day's battle. Among those who composed the party wore Generals Meredith, Dana, Robinson, Leonard, Fowler, Colter, and Hofman, and Cok Ws Heid, Cooper, Dudiey, Sheaffer, and Lindlay, who were all participants in that fight The roads by which the troops ad tired, and the positions where the 0 met, in con tion with intervening distinctly studied, The additional informat: derived will ina permanent form be added to history. The places where br yminent officers fell or were wounded, were designated. One of the most inter. Gating points was the locality, of Gen, Reynold's death, a tree with the letter “R" apon it showing the place where he died. The opinion of Ucn, Meredith is that Gen. Reynolds was woonded several rods northeast from this tree, as he was in the vicinity at the time with lis Tron’ Brigade; but this witi be fixed by members of his staff, ‘The work to-vlay was confined to the ground cov. ered by the troops in the first day's Aghl, including Seminary ridge, An accident happened to Col. Dudiey, one of the examininy party. Having only o A he rode on cero 9 The saddle girth broke, and this threw him to the ground, He fell upon his beck, but sus. tained no Injury Tn the afternoon the positions of the Bjeventh Corps in the first aay’s engagements were deter- ed. mined. ‘only two Confederate officers 1 Harrison, Adjutant General of Fickett’s Brigade, and Col. Allen, of the Seventh Tennessee Keyiment Gen, Mahone sent a letter expressing protouad re gre! that prior engagements would prevent his being nt, aud Waiter i. Faylor, late Adjutant on Gen UX, Lee's staf, hopod 1 may be in bis powe ud, but he might be prevented from doing +0 nt are ( Aug and ble Lo be at Geitys To-morrow Cuipe’s Hill, tery TL, and viei nity will be visited. On Wednesday evening there will be a ball at the Springs in honor of the military and invited guests ee LOUD IN SOUTH inister MeMaboo Expected tn Paris-His Outrageous Treatment by the Brazilians, Pants, Aug. 24.—The late American ministe in South Americw, Gen, MeMahon from Paraguay, and Mr, Worthington fiom Buenos Ayres, are ex pected here on their way to the Urited States, It is reported that when Minister McMahon approache the lines of the allien, on bis return from President Lopez's heudquars, he was badly tved by the Brazihans, His eseort, bearing & white flag, wus attacked by some cavalry, aithough the Count d'Ko had notified the army of the expected arrival of the ister, ‘The reported pillazing of the American Legation at Asuncion is confirmed, AWAR OC AMERICA, if eae: LIFE IN TENNESSEE, > red Meu Threaten to Sack m Tennen- see Village—T Posse Catied Out-Several Officers Reported slot. Memenis, Aug. 28.—A difficulty ooourred to- day between a negro and # white boy, in the village of Macon, Fayette county, in this State, resulting iu & serious affray, A brother of the white boy inter fered and punished the negro, whereupon a crowd of negroes gathered and thr ened to sack the town, One negro Was shot, negroes In town were von reinforced by parties from the surround. Hg country, and they made an Indiseriminate attack upon the whites, ‘Phe white boys who were in the original diMeulty had to tly for safe 2 ‘The Sherff of the county #as called upon, aud he started from Somervilie with a posse comitatva to quell the dis torbance, It is reported that several of the Sherif’s porty have been wounded by the negroes, The Universaliste’ Convention, Warentown, N.Y. Ang. #4.—The State ¢ vention of Universalists convened at the church that denomination in tis city this morning, About fiity delega:cs were present, The Rev, J, G, Bure tholomew was clected President by an altaost uuanl mous vote, and the Rey. A, A. Thayer was choren perinanent Becretary, The Kev, W. P. Payne was made Secretury of the session, and the Couveutlo then ded with the routine business, ‘T' Rev Sweetger of New York preached at the Univer ‘this evening. lists’ Char : ————— The Balt and # Wasmxatox, D.C. Aug. 24.—Tne game of base ball between the Mutuals of New York and the Olympics of thie city, this afternoon, resulted in another defeat for (he Mutuals by the following ls, 24, 84, 44, 54, Ort, Te. Be. Ha, i. ioe te Oa ae H 46-18 Olympic... 23 (28 4 ‘ oe ‘There were between 3,000 and 4,000 spectators on the gruunds, nan RG : eTDODp : LIFE IN THE METROPOLIS, ae DASHES HERE AND THERE ny THE REPORTERS, ——— trick—Annual Pi s ate. Yesterday mornining some three hundred men of the Legion of St. Patriek and members of the Fenian Brotherhood, uniformed Uke United States soldiers, with the exception of green tacings, and fully armed and equipped, marched to Jones's Wood, where their arms were stacked, The whole distance was done in a soldier-like manner by marching. Gen, Denis F. Burke, formerly com: mavding the Irivh Brigade, was the chief officer; on his staff were Col, Patrick ;Leonard, command: ing Orst batallion, Major O'Rourke, Assistant Ad- Jatant General of the Legion, and Brevet Major P. J. Butler, formerly of Gon, Melvor's. staff, ‘The First Battalion was commanded by Capt, John Kirwin, who so distinguished himself in the Papal army as to receive the decoration of Knight of St Gregory from the Pope. He was arrested tn Ireland in 1865 for treason, but escaped, agd now ® reward of £1,000 Is offered’ for is apprehension, ‘The wood was reached about noun, aud soon after daneing began. Of course there Was the usual amount of velocipede riding, singing, bird-shootlig, ten-pin roiling, guivanic battcrine, #leht-recing, lager becr drinking, and so forth, tat could be expected of 5,000 people bent on a holiday. The rush upon the bar was terrifle, and a couple of acres more Would not have furnisbed elbow room for ail the coupies that wanted to trip to Connel’s music, Of hand-organs, blind mon, and peanut women there Was uo end, and alto rit Wasa reguinr ont-and out jam, Al troops were formed and were reviewed c4 Savage, who arrived At this city last Saturday from Europe, Gen Burke and his Stat, ‘Thon Mr. Savage ascended the plat form, around which the wultitude gathered. ft ing been introduced by Mr. John McGrath, he ad- dressed bis auditors in a stirring and. eloanent specch. He spoke with great spirit of the love of country cherished by Irishmen, and on like topies, and disclaimed any counection of Fenianism with Europran socialism, Subsequently dancing was resumed, and with mu- sic as its mate, was kept up until the noon of nizht A Jolly Party Fiving trom Europe. Quite w distinguished party of “ professionals" arrived yesterday in the steamship Cubs, Messrs. Bernard, Backus, and Wambold, of the San Fran- cisco Minstrels, returned from their briliiant London engagements. Mr, 8, C. Campbell, of the Ritehings Opera Troupe, came back from a brief pleasure tonr. Mayor Rice, of Chicago, who was also on board, may be placed on this list, as, years ago, he was an actor, and once le managed for several seasons the Chicago Thentre, The nicce of this gentleman is Mrs, Joseph Jefferson. The arrival of Messrs, Ber. nard, Backus, and Wambold was expected, and quite large namber of their friends assembled on the wharf, under the leadership of Mr. Billy Birch, who, it Is Well known, was prevented fiom ero his confréres by sickness in bis tamily. ant, J.B. MeDonongh, Charley Wuite, K, Thorne, Jr. J. A. Zimmermay, Bobby Newcomb, Tony Pas tor, W. Newcomb, Eph Horn, C.K, Fox, and John Mulligan were cov spicuous among those present. Miyor Hanzen, the giant, Miss Anna Swavn, the Nova Scotia giantess, and the Circassian Girl, who have been travelling in England, also returned by the same steamer, it is understood, w Piece ve Shirley Dare had become a convert to the “cause, and “related ber experience.” She had begua to emulate the noble works of tho Hungarian women. She wasn't ready for the stake till it be- came the fashion, but was willing to be putin the papers, if the “putters” would only allow her to use good grammar; and in couclusion, would some of the sisters enlighten her as to the benefits ex- pected to accrue from female enfranchisement ? *, Mrs. Blake would gladly, and, with her as eloquence, she explained why the ‘women sho vote, Mrs. Macdonald, although not a membor of the * Association,” wished to tell "Shirley Due’ that she was her own best educator--whatever she meant by that, She thought that conventions called until doomsday, without reaping good, Women whio Were anxious to 9 fering sisters must go out peers, the highways byways—not be content with rem ¥? the Revolution or attending the weekly * buffrage Association. Au unknown stranger, evidently of orthodox ¢: 8 and * demon: nd who was neither vil,” and for his sake she the men treated with such didn manifest impoliteness, een AC flict of Burtal Authority. On Saturday morning last Mrs, Ann Sutton died at 1% Connon street. Deputy Coroner Shine heln an inquest, and gave an undertaker mamed Kennedy, of Pearl street, a permit for burial, Inthe meantime a #ister-in-law of the deceased had engaged an undertaker named Reed to prepay, the remains for interment. Reed placed the body on ice, but, in a litle while, Kennedy entered the house and made an unsu ful attempt to take the corpse away, The fri the deceased woman recognized Heed as the regu: larly engaged undertaker, and refused to recognize the rival Kennedy, Subsequently, eed from the pablic administrator a remanins, Kennedy, however ly succeeded 1 removing the body’ from the house to hin root in Pour! street, where it remained yestorday with no Prospect of a decent ly burial before whole matter binges on one of those nice little cou ficts of authority to which we Now York people are hot wholly unaccustomed, The Inman steamship City of Paris, which ar- rived here yesterday, made one of the most remark- nble trips on record. Her time from Queenstown to Halifax was 6 days, 17 hours, 39 minutes, and from Malifax to New York, 41 hours, It may be recollect City of Paris landed Prince Arthur at x last Duiday. Tue suite of rooms which he occupied on the passage, and which were fitted up specially for his accommodation, remain just as he Jee them, and are not to be alered until the steam ers retuin to Liverpool, ‘The steamer lies at her pier, 49 North River, and wail ail on ler return trip next Saturday, at 10 A. M., just 12 days 18 hours from the time of leaving Queenstown for New York. - ‘The Pot Nuisance of Brooklyn Col, Broome, of the Mannes, informed Mr Hasbrouck, of the Police Department, yesterday, that the acetic acid manufactory in Brooklyn was eli} im full blast, and that the stench therefrom was absolutely Indescribable, It 44 trae, he said, that ers, Sprague & Close bad put op a sign inform: g the public that the business had ob Flushing and Carilon avenue he is contioning the bus. n ho said that District-Attorney Morris had the pr arresied und locked up one night last week; but he was bailed out peat day, and the nuisance lias not been abated pthc kc His Majesty on the Cars, The Superintendent of Police started for home the other evening on one of the Broadway and Seventh avenue cars, Tho conductor denanded his fare, “1 nim the Superintendent of the Police." *1 don’t care a Continental who you are, Show me your ticket or #iteld, oF pay me 41x cents, or off you go, Why. if f let you Ko on that pleas perbape thi pext man will tell me he ik John Jacob Astor or Gen, Grant, and the latter goes free every whore. Come, pay up, or turo out," The oficial did noy ‘pay up," aud the eunductor very quietiy put tit off the car, _— A Heavenly Silver Ribbon, At ten minutes to eleven o'clock last evening w ribbon of the cirrus cloud extended from western horizon in an easterly direction somo thirty degrees across the southern meridian, It was two dogrees in width, It passed ton degrees south of the stur called Vega, or Lyra, Its appearance was like the tal of an immense comet, or a brilliant columa Ot the aurora borealis —_ A Terrible Denth by Machinery. Jobn Armour, a boy 14 years of age, employed tn Gregory & Co.'# Adirondack Steel Wark», Jersey City, while engaged in his usual work of oiling the chinery yesterday morning, his oll ean caught be two ponderous ruliers maki 120 revolutions ina minute, Insteadof quitting his hold, he held on to the can, and his body wae drawn between the rollers, made’ two revolutions, and then fell Inte the pit below, a mangled, bloody mass, the face alone being the’ only part that could be recognized as be- longing to & Human being, By permission of the Coroner the remains were taken to the house of his widow mother, who is now lett childless, her only other sou having been killed om tue railroad about @ year ago. ee AF nt Justifiable Encounter, A man named Jacob Mock, in the employ of Mr, Peter H. Conover, @ farmer residing near Free- hold, New Jersey, became intoxicated on last Friday, and witcher | ir. Pe cy ie vent C4 r. Mr. ©. being absen me, his brotl was sent for, who euccecded in Paclfying bln but be soon came back again, and this time Mr, 0, with s boo, Mr. vor, Sy could do with she infuriated my * neerieh wacom ce mens of juoufadle SS oe (RATOG A, ride and ¢ rbili's Horse, Correspondence of The Sun Sanatoaa, Aug. 24.—You have already pub- lished the particulars of the race which took place here yesterday between Lady Thorn and Mountain Boy, and your readers are aware that the Inter w the victor. Bat possibly the some readers do not know that Commodore Vanderbilt's horse and nis prowess were not the only attractions which drew together the immense crowd of spectators who were Present on the course, We do not know whether we belie the gentlemen whether they preferred the horse to the woman— but we can answer for it that the greater part of the ladies, and they were not in the vast minority, had come for no other earthly purpose but to get a glimpse at the single one of their sex who had cap- tured the great railroad king, and to fret and fume with envy for the next month, They were not disappointed. The wenther, which had enlkily refured to consent to the race during the past two or three weeks, could not resist the prayers and anxious glinces of the fair sex any longer, and yesterday was ns beautiful a8 the most sanguine of them could wish, The track was in excelicnt order, and the horses were in splendid condition, About 12 o'clock the newly wedded couple came upon the stand. Instantly @ solemn silence sup. planted the whispering, fidgeting, and turning around which marked the impatience of the crowd While waiting, and this in turn was followed by ® ceneral uprisiox and Uptocing, scompanied by @ Joud buzz of admiration. "The doughty Commodore looked smiling and happy, and was attired in bis usual black dress, with immaculate uccacloth, and bis well ofled locks surmounted by a new white “tile” of the latest atyle, His bride ia a tall, slim. middle-aged Indy, of n fair complexion, with biack hair and eyes. She i a cousin twice removed her husband, and has the reputation of being some. what ofa Biue-stocking. She wore a neat gray travelling suit, aud seemed to be prond of her cholee, NTRANGER : —— CURIOSITIES OF CRIME. The Suppored Murder by a New Jorsey Poticem An Snyestigation was made by the Mayor ot Bergen City into the circumstances attonaing the death of the old German, Frederick Law, trom the clubbing received by him at the hands of Officer Farrell” Wo have learned following facts from what transpired before him, and from other channel Oficor Farrell, itappears, went into the yard of OM: cer Kent, who was off Wuty, and while talking to Kent, in that place, they heard footsteps approach: ing. rreil thinking it was the roundsiman, was on the point of running out to meet him, when Kent told him to wart antil he saw who it was Kent then put bis head over the gute aud saw Law, w! once stepped off the pavement into the strevt, rell at once went after him, J ordered him to Dut instead of doing so he'rin otf, Farrell pursu him, and rapped three times tor assistance. Kent foliowed, and on going about half a block, saw:Law on the sidewalk, bleeding profusely, and Oficer Farrell standing over him. ‘Tho two officers lifted him up, and palled bim along Monticello avenue tor some distance, when Law sat down. OMicer Pierce then arrived at the scene rell thon siruck Law several times on the body, and compelied him to walk to station house, A letter was found on bis reson from Germany, stating that $5,200 had been left to him, and requesting him either wo come on oF wend for It, The Egan Custom ti ‘The case of Thomas Egan, charged with com- mitting frauds upon the Governmont in the Custom House, came up esterday before Commissioner Osborn. Gen. Jackwon having closed for the Gov- ernment, two witnesses, James Hogan und Timothy Brush, were examined {or the detence, ‘The former powed that he was employed in ean's depart. ment last July, and that while there be hear! Buctl say if he could put Egan through he would make kumetuing by tt. Brush's testimony merely related to an unsuccessful effort that he made to serve a subparna upon Nadre, Toe case was after thin ad- Journed until to-morrow, —— Whiekey Swindlor—An (addi Th George M. Lawrence, alias “ Matt Bedell, notorious swindl who was captured by MeDermott and jeer Brennan, in Central Park on Saturday last. after aditicent search of three weeks, charged with swindling Buttwed & ‘Thompson, a St! Louis firm, out of twenty-five barrels of whisky. was arraigned yesterday upon an additional comptaint made by Isaae Anderson, cashier of the Harlem Na had swindled out of $300, on jeans Of faire representations. Hie was held to answer, a THE LABOR MOVEMENT, 2 The Newark Shoemnkers’ Strike, The strike of the shoomakers in Newark isa complicated affair, Recently, the cultors resolved to usk their employers for an advance of $2 a week, und yesterday Mosce B. Canfeld & Bon, Win. J: Dudicy, the Union shops, W. Aber, und several small employers acceded’ to their ‘request, ‘Th other strike originated with the workmen of Graf & Dorsch, on account of a reduction of four cents per pair in buffing, trimming, and finishing. The employers have ‘introduced’ machinery, which tiey claim does four cents worth of work, while the employees say it does only half that amount, ‘The finishers, buffers, and trimmers in the employ of Graf Brothers held a meeting yesterday morning, About 600 shocmakers were preseat, ands commit: tee was appointed to wait upon Graf and other em- ployers and arrange @ compromise, but bad vot done wo at last accounts, ‘The strike t# not general, and some of the firms refuse to treat with the workicn, Ab their meetings yesterday the shoemakers ao nounced their determination to hoid out, and tt 1» possible that the number on strike will be incroased tuis morning. ——. Peter Cooper ani Labor Congross, A delegation from the Congress of the National Labor Union waited upon the vener er Cooper yesterday atternoon at hi Lexington ayenue. in, Gen. Wi . Cooper resp orm aud principles, Mr. heen known to tios called out this conspicuous compuimont trom the entire body, - Labor Itomn, ‘The St. Joneph (Mo,) Leradd is a rat paper. ‘The New York Enuineers' Protective Society will {this eveniuy iv Union Hail, 1% Bowery, The Forry Engineors’ Assoriation will meet on Thureday evening in Botanic Ha.1, 63 Bast Broadway Brieklayers’ Union No. 4 will moet this evening in Milleman’s Hall, Corner Twentyeixth street ayd seventh avenue, ——— WESTCHESTER COUN paseo ing Division, No. #9, went on exourvion yesterday to Mullerts Park, e residence of George W. Wetmore, at Kings bridge, was entered bY @ ‘thief on Munday whive the fanitly'were at lunch, and robbed of property Valucd ut $4, And papers of cbnsiderable value ( ——— LOSSES BY FIRL, —- The office of the Murphysboro, Til it entire contents, was burned last ix lit Van Vaikenburgh & i Argue, with F RAL, Brow ‘soll orks in pouhiwectate was partiauy burned yevterdayy Lor, ta Partiauy burued yesterday John H, Moore's hotel in Claverack, NY, was dentroved by, fire yesterday. Loss $0,000; insured for #900 to the Tradésmen's Insurance Company of tai e Lust evening, at 800 West Houst: floor, oceupled ‘by John Donnell kerosene lamp, Daiuay ing $100; insured, A large manufuet ing building on the corner of inth and Wailkoe streets, Philadelphia, and four 1) ‘ate dwellings adjolning, were burned yesterday G04 0. tog. Loos, $100,008), eae LONG ISLAND, A Polander tn th Polander tn the employ of Bi dH, Cattor, och Rieese aD ey ah edeced By cal George Crawford, residing at Cypress Hills, tempted an! ‘by hang! ‘was discovered cul dowe ta tine to save Atte. ‘The following appointments of Postmarters for grcere. county have: Deen, ewtown, Cornelius L. Moor Watters; fticksvilo, ch Gaee, Henry W, howenpe a NEW JERSEY, ~~. An inf art .lef nat of Me. Epite Loos, of Newark, wae pancletior Wiispet fa old men living at south PreEts.oh Moadar Sampitted suicide by bang: A foal son of George Dalton, of No. % Road. as drowned in @ well ou Monday GEN. GRANT'S SUCCESSOR. THE YOUNG MASSACHUSETTS LION ON THE TRACK. - Proceedings of the Massachnactts Demo= jo Mtnte Conve: Woncnsten, Mass, Ang. 24.—The Demoo State Convention which met here today nominated the following ticket For Gorernor—1.Q. Adame, 6 cy. ry Popo aC Fang; of Greenfield K. Tarot, of Lawrence, Fwood, of VarUner torney General Abbot. of Hoston, Auditor —Puineas Alien, of Viitsfeld. Resolutions were adopted denouncing the prohibi tory law; condemning the Legislature for not erant ing charters to certain labor organizations; ree ommending the reestablishment of the school district ayatem ade oa direct issue ja the Sta election; ing for een omy in the public expenditures; recognizing the nity of acquiescinf in the als already arrived at in ational alfaire; expressing contidence in the ul timate success of the party, &e. ‘The ConventiGn in the main was harmonious, Col Adams, in accepting his nomination, made a apeech, which was much commended, both by the Demo He criticised the turn nd endeavored to support his arguments in favor of free trade by quotations from Commissioner Wells's report. In speaking of the prohibition law, he recommend. ed that an invitation be extended to the Republicans to join the party, and defest the law, He had no ob: Joction to cider h'meelf, but rather liked it, rogarding it as the real New England driuk, and he wished their nents to drink more of It, ‘He thought a bottle of hard cider would benefit even Dr. Miner, He cautioned his adherents to carry on the campaign fairly, openiy, sind courteoaaly, and tet the best win. “The great question, the main question w Whether the liberal Republicans would act wit hem om Secretary uf state Kor Treanurer Mtl that — TUE RAMBLING PRESIDENT. Coxconv, N. HL, Aug. 24.—President Grant will arrive pore on the special train on Wednesday, at 2:30 o'clock P. H. He will stop for a few minutes Lowell, Nash, and Manchester. A public re- ception will be held on his arrival at the State House, fe will ding with Goy, Stearns, and will be hiagucst for the night, and loave on a apealal train on Thurs day morning’ for the Crawford Honse via Littleton, and make the aseent to Mount Washington, and then to the Profile House and spend the night. On Fri: day morning he will go to Burlington via the Ver mont Central Railroad, and tuonce to Saratoga, pele eerie ‘The President Knjoys A Paovipence, RL, Aug. 24.—President Grant attended the reunion of the Grand Army of the Ke- public today, at Ocean Cottage, om the bay, three miles below this city, He was accompanted by Mra, Grant, Secretary Boutwell, Senator M: and wite, Senator Anthony, Gen. Porter, Jadge Birdsall, the Hon, Charlo Russell, L. P. Morton, of New + and others, Capt, “Douglass and ex-Gov, Dyer received him, ax a Committee of the Gran Army, Aficr avalute by the marine artillery, the President was welcomed by Gen, Horatio Rogers, to whose address the President briefly responded. ‘The Fronident was afterwards entertained av aclam bake, after which he returned to Newport, ANOTHER BLAST AT BELMONT, - Ropud the Seventh W Democracy—Tho Hon, Wm. M, Tweed's Signe of Belm A large gathering of the Seventh Ward “ Red Hot" democracy took place Ist evening at Botante Holl, 68 East Broadway. Mr. James O'Donnell pr sided, and Counsellors Andrews, Brophy, Walters, and others sat about him. ‘The meeting was opened by Mr, J. P. Solomon with the following resolution Whereas, The Central Tweed Democratic Assoc tion. oF the City of New York, ata recent mectiny, lopied resovutlous eetting forth the lncaumpet»ney of the fon." Auznst’ Belmont. ax Chairman of the We- Yonal Democratic Committee, and pointing to the Hon Win. M. Tword asthe man whom. the people delight to bonor, fe best able to dl that huportanl position ; there. Oro. Wesomved, That reoognt ; , Tweed eaventive abit ahent orders broad And -conprehonmve nd “iomw er Adetity to Democratic prinerp tially paar cic the xction of the Central Tweed Democraue Hon and pledge them Our earnest colperation In thelr praiseworthy vtforts, Mr. T, J, Montgomery followed with some resolu. tons of his own, In which he endorsed every wor that, appear a letter to Tuk SUN of Aug, 20, headed * The Political Horizon,” and recommended the repudiation of Belmont as 1 man opposed to the Demueratic party, although openly professing to be hand in band witli it, He way ap aristocrat, and vot © Democrat, He bud caused the purty three politt cul defeats, and should not cause ik another. Speeches were also. made by Mr. Waliers, Coun: nellors Brophy ‘aud Andrews, aud. Mr. Andrews of ‘Texas, all tuvoring the overthrow of Belmont and selection of Senator Tweed as Cautrman of the National Democratle Committe, ——_ Mr. Belmont Must Go. To the Kaitor of The Sun, Sin: In your issue of this date, E notice an arti- ticle signed * A Eighteenth Ward Democrat," which T think interests every good member of the Demo: cratic party, If ever we hope to be triamphant, we must frst purge from our leadership British influ ence, for it is now a well-known fact that uo true Irishman ean vote for any party having at its head A, Belmont, who hela our hard earnings because the same was to be invested in striving to overthrow British oppression in Ireland, For my part, I care not who the man is who I¥ atthe head of the party, providing tnat British influence is kept ut bay, Let the Democratic party do this, and {t will again be what ft formerly was, the boacon light of the natios Newlect it, and you will have every bater of England vote a Republicun ticket, Such is the feeling of thousands, ATENTH AY, DEMOCKAT, Ang, 23, 1309 ee jon Republican Contral Committee. The new Simon Pure committee met last even- ing at Apollo Hail, ‘The various Assembly districts were represented, Mr, Kear Keteaum dehvered a. jong address, cod retarned thanks for the tonor con ferred tn Ling him President, and exborted those presensto do their w mt to redeem the ¢ eter Of the party. from the obloqay brought upon it by the shamotul p sand iriekery ot the Twenty id wtreot " ring.’ In accordance w the election of other om ceeded will, and lie following gentler Hectcu: dir.” Norman Stratton, First Vi dent; Mr, James A, Locus, Second Vice-President: Mr. Hagh Gardiner, Treasuror; Mr. Thomas J. Al gon und Dr, Emil A, Hober, Seoretarivs, pees Ub Anannit on Tammany, The Independent Democrats of the Twenty- second Ward Jefferson Association assembled f° fa6 Kighth avenue, Mr, Wm, B, Finle the chair, Relentless war waa pro inet Tammany, and a committee of turee was deputed to wait on the Pollce Commissioners and. ask for a fale representation in the appoinunent of registrars, poll clerks, aud canvassers for the approachiug election, pst, Meeting of the German % ‘The General Committe e German School Association of thir city, represeuted by about seventy delegates from all the wards except the Fourth, Twellth, Fifteenth, and Twenty-Orst, met last vight at Cooper Institute, Mr. W. Wallach Iu the chair, A memorial to the Bourd of Education was laid tor meeting by th heirman of the Committee, Mr. M, Otte burg and adopted. A Committee was Y “de pointed to dellver the memorial to the President of the Board of Kdueation, and to obtain #iguatures of German eitgens tor it — PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, caiiaaae The Rey. Father MeMabou, the Feulan prisioner, is lu Butta, the guest of Bishop Ityan, President Grant will reach Saratoga on the 23th instant. Dri will preside over the meeting of the British sus wlion Of Belence next year ‘The E Kugenie and the Prince Imperial wore In Lyons yesterday, on thelr way to the Kast. ‘The Board of Canal Commissioners of the State g0 to-day on a tour of Inspection, Prinoe Arthur attended a picnic and concert yo terday in Haiita: Mr. Rolph Waldo Bmerson has bet, just for fun, a pair of gloves with Dr. Holmes that Harvard wius the Face. Governor Senter, Col. D. M. Nelson, and Col. Jobn B. Krownlow, of Tennessee, are in Washingtou, en route tor New York, ‘The opening of the New York and Nowburgh 4 celebrate ter cit SBatquee a Moore's Oporn House. | on? 7Wrday OF At au election for Colonel, of the Twonty-eighth Hesiment of Brookiyo, held on Monday evening, Major reer was chose! Rear Admiral Henry Chads has been appointed to the command eo Englh Vaoife squadroa, vic Mansi! Georce Pasting: bi Mr. G. F, Beech de Casals, editor of L’ Eco d' Italia, left yesterday to the annual evaveation OE alate Hafan Sita ‘as aaah, . Stig ta the U 1 be mh inet, fe PRICE TWO CENTS, THE OLD WORLD'S NEWS, THE WARVARDS AND OXONTANS STILL HARD AT WORK, pane rent arvards Take a Pall in their Now Hoat—The Kesult Satistnctory—The Crows Row over the Course, and the Oxentans come in Thirteen Minutes after the Mare ‘eported to be Twe te One Bana the Weat Uniting with New York via the Erte Ratiro Yesterday was a groat day for our up-river friends, the occasion being the opening of the New York and Newburgh Railroad, familiarly known aa the “Short-Cat.” This branch leaves the main trunk of the Erte at Valley Gate Junction, about one mile southeast of Tarner's station, and ins straight liao of 18 miles cuts off a distance of % miles, Th on Oxford. Loxpox, Aug. %4.—The Harvard four wore out this morning In Elliot's boat, They wore stecre@ At O26 A.M. yeatorday Admiral Tink, dressed ap | b¥ ® stranger, who was weighed ap to the standard in patent leather boots, gray pants, white waistcoat, | Of their coxswain, Barnham. ‘The perform. velvet cont, colored straw diamond pin, &e., | ance of the sew boat was generality took charge of @ party of abont twonty persons, | Satisfactory. It is thonght thet the crew consisting of Dircetors and officers of the Brie Rail. | #F¢ more formidable opponents in this than i amy road, aud went in @ special train from Jersey City | Other craft whieh they haveztried. They srarted with to Paterson, where an additional number got on | strokes per minute and went to Hammersmith hoard, and thence onward to the junction, where | bridgeand back. In the evening the Harvard ao@ they were joined by an excursion party from New- | Oxford crews both rowed over the entire course burgh, jed by Mayor Clark and accompanied by | fom Putney to Mortlake, the latter makiag the lie» the West Point band, The people turned out at | tance in 13 seconds legs than the Harvards, every stopping place, waved handkerchiefs and | The opinion is generally entertained by Bngfist banners, and sent op hearty cheers for Fisk and | men that Oxford mast win, But the appearance @@ Erie. Tho distance from Jersey City to Newbargh | the crews hardly warrants the assertion that either Ta the Short Cut is aixty two and a half miles. ‘The | ie aupertor to the other. The reeult will mainly utes, and via the Hudson River Railroad torec | Perfect knowledge of the conrse, If the hours. boats are well steered from the soap works throug rived at Newburgh, carriages wore ready to | Hommeramith Bridge, and past Alt Island, and age then well together, the result will depend entirely om tuke tho excursionists rouod the city. The proces- sion, about half a mile in length, moved throngh muscular force, The betting ts two to one ow Oxford, Front, Seeond, Water, Third, Amith, and Liberty Stree the’ residence of the Hon, Homer Rams: fall, where the most regal hospitaliiies were en- joyed, AUTP.M. the New Yorkers started homeward, and arrived in New York at 10 P.M, — The Inter-University Boat Race. From the London Times, Ang. \4 oe aly thee the ¢ preat trunk lines to the West— On Thursday the Harvard crew were out i@ ¢ Eric, New Central, a Penn nta Cone tral—will test 1 inning ‘cxpacity between this | (Me Morning padilling about between bridges, and city and Batalo Fisk thinks: bi with ateel rails. again in the evening, when they rowed up to More lake and buck, The Oxford crew were not out i rate of (5 miles an hour, Mr, —now nearly altogether laid more than a match for ite com. etitors, Excursion tiekets for the round trip will | the morning, but embarked about 6 o'clock in the e sold at $12. ‘The coupon ticket aystem wilt also | CYeMiney fae pencies, dome te Putney Aanea go Into effect to-day on trial, and if found success. | Whence they started at high water, the tide havi ful, it may be permanently ‘adopted. The rie | Mon anceds but they met the eh thon Wer fale poke Onn, laying ieee .000 tons of steel | ing“ itammersinith, and had to row thee re: carry passengers fours, "They have | Walnder of the distance agai t from New York to Chicago in which was har@ Paid gat nesely cleven millions more duriog the Balog rowed ‘nonme tor. thers OY Mt. George Morte ast thirteen moaths than they reeelved from the » Business of the roud; but althongh they hi who ie cosching them, aed Mr. 8. Hl. Wood house, their odd, or reserve man, Numbers of spee tatory’ wore on the towing paih. anxiously await their return, and, we need scarcely say, were mu disappointed, Yesterday the Harvard men were out as asual, but thelr two forward oarsmen (who have been substi- tuted for the two who originally came over with the crew) fall to row in time with the stroke, and cause the boat to present a somewhat ungainly appearance, to say nothing of the detriment to pace and form: ‘The Oxford men were out tn the morning, tying 8 new boat which bas been built for them by Jewitt, of ried freizht 8 per cent. clea road for the first seven months of tois year vas been $1,700,000 more than for the same period Is Anu they expect to Increase It still more in fature, Next yeor the Newburghers are prom! other grand railroad opening when the Boston, Hartford gud Brie Haitrond te completed. and then, the New Kngland and the West will shake hands with New York, und the poor mau in the Kast can get rel of flour delivered for Mfy cents freigh| ad of eighty cent the earning © in: a8 now charged on the Erie, and nearly twice that sum on the other competing fea Dunston, near Gutesbead, but sho svemed. week ciples tnd too inal or the, power crew whi had 5 fo carry, althous indisputal fast. in the event PERILS OF THE RAIL, they were agaln adfont, this time in thelr Salter iewinti ne hexdn thts Be and paddling down to the Aqueduct, rowed at speed on a strong flood tide (o Hammersmith bei Last e an accident occurred near Port | where they eased up. Their pace was good, Jervis, on the Krie Railroad, by which four freight | their rowing showed ® Vast iinprovement demolished, and @ number of trains de. | upon that of the preceding day—the whole tained weveral hours, ' The ears tormed a portion of the eastward Lound way freight train. ‘Phey ran of | n0 the track and into the bridge which crosses the Delaware sume four miles west of Port Jervis, No person was burt crew being much more steady. There were wenger steamers about—the wet morn- ving stopped the Kew boats running; on Thursiley they were in full trate. The evening was five, and the water in spleudid condi- tion for rowing, there not being saMlcient wind te Tule the suriace of tne river to any appreciable ex. Aumaxr, A 2%4.—The Oneonta passenger jad We Cay id that the frm of J. & 8. Salter Heiser tale acearaurnasns Rallcoad, due here af 9 | Oxtoed ere, sad itis boped bok she Will bo oe i in of horses abou One mile from Kminoue'e Stations. ‘The norves were | & them in all respeets, Knocked tuto » culvert, and illed, and the entire A meeting of the captains of the two crews was train was thrown from the track. ‘The locomotive | held at Putney yesterday, Mr. Lord, the excentive wan badly damaged, ns was also the b: car, | OMcer of thi “rhamen Ceesery ney Present, Nove of the passenier cars were damaged, nor were | Sud, after considerable discussion, 1¢ was de- cleared so that trains were Fun on time this evening. | SEO" Ta clear course, Mr. ‘Thommen a . M.P, hasbeen to as referee upom Hundred Care Des | too "proposition “of the — Harvard Puivaveema, Aug. %4.—A report has reached | Well. Mr. JW. Chitty, of Exeter College, here of u culliion Ba the eaten fatree a wc, | selected to officiate for Oxford, but the Harvard wie toorning above Morristown, by which nearly a han- | Pire!s not yet decide t upon. | We believe the Oxford dred coal cars were demolished, and two mom kivled, | CFeW Were for having one official alone to arbitrate, ‘as has always been the case in amatear races; though who that umpire might be was a matter of difference to them 60 long as he was thoroughly well Verved In boating matters, Fron the London Spectator ‘The “international” boat race between Oxford and Harvard has been fixed for 4 o'clock on Wed- The race excites an ‘Two coal trains collided. ‘other train layed on th The Sta ‘The records of the State Department show the following regarding. btate action om the Fitteenth Atnendinent to the National Constitution : Frere ia 5 yell al a to by ane All the passenger trains have been de- road to-day. - —— Complete dati ration—North Carolina, West Virginia, | traordiuary interest, “more espectally since it Massuchusott Maloe, Louisiana, Michigan, | bus been discovered that the race is to be South ca Als, Arkausas, Connecticut, | a race, and not & over. At first, the worthy public was quite ccrtain that the Americans coud not row, that they used the ‘nglish their bodies, that they that their ours dipped'too deep, ti we aten before they Lad begun.” Careful obser- has, however, greatly diminished this seeart- ty, wotil at lant it is acknowledged, with an odd kind short, they Pants, Aug, 24.—Salvatori Patti the father of Adelina and Carlotta Patti, died in P; ton Monday pdassoa giuut, that the Americans sre wonderfully fash 4 for ® spurt,” and that if they can only hold ous DROUKLYN, victory over thom may be a. real trluvaph We have wy opinion to offer on racing of any kind ; Due huving been palied many taousands of miles by mea who pull with the arms only, never ** laying them- selves" to the oar at all, we rather doubt the wank of staying gener attributed to such rowers, They would kill Roglistmen in a race of @fty miles. eee Mix Pyat, the Ex Returns to Parte, Patus, Aug. 24.—The official news of the am. nesty to the Freueh exiles has been received with, unequivoeal demonstrations of gratitude aad sym. pathy toward Napoleon and theGovernment. Felig Pyat has taken advantage of the proclamation and returned to Paris, The St. David's Benevolent Society went on their third annnal plenie yesterday, at Pope's Park, An illicit distillery was selzed in King street, ucar Conover, yesterday morning. The totai number of deaths in Brooklyn Inst week wae 210, A camp meeting of Methodists was o Thuraduy last at Van Dranvs Woods, in New The ninth aunoal pienic of Neptaue Division, No, mperance, w t Boulevard Grote, Eest'Brookiya, ve" Tevlerday at ‘The A. M. Miss Arsociation wont on a moonlight plcule asd chowder Ia Myrtle Aveauo Park om Monday A German named Hans Heintz, a member of the ned 0} recht, | ipepratts i rer wfaces ta yandgstiraeots | The Monatsh Ntuictry Getug to Pieces Of bis loge. Mapu, Aug, 24.—The di i the William Hankens, a machinist, was brouzht before | Miniotry are increasing. Admiral Tom te has threat duatice Dein G esterday oo * chara me te by auotner wed to resign if Zorilla persl in Wt GO engin, winen ne eee | aR We Bishops, ‘The Republicans have petitioned the Governmeas, for better tood wnd better quarters for the Carling prisoners, wont the Post Ofice. "The accused was hoid tor examination ——— JOITINGS ABOUT TOWN. esti abe _ raphic Notes from the Old Wertd, ho crops throughout Europe look promising, nate will hear the report of the mitvee on the Senatua Consudtuns tora The Vi py of Exypt las replied to the Sultan’ note ng auple aeadiances of his loyalty, At the York, Eny., August mecting yesterday White Slave won the Zetiand etakes, Kingeralt the Com vivial stakes, aod Tolson d'Or the Yorkshire Oaks, Musle on the Park Mall at 4 thin afternoon ‘The Police Commissioners have returned to down Matinée ut tho Waverley Theatre to-day, ‘The Catholic Association of Rosaville bad a very successful festival yostorday at Klin Park, ‘The Gollege Kevlew, w vow College Bociesy pe odlent, hes thea seario fa histciors ee CORNY perl Watson's Art Journal contains five [fashion plates aie and patterus, SPARKS PROM THE TELEGRAPH, Several clergymen returnod home from Burope > yostorday in the steamship England from Liverpool ‘The crops in Pennsylvania are good. B. Clark ihe procured 4 caveat for a su a 7 7 The House Carpenters Association will TOOL HOT EE Sree phodatowyraticker aig so ona | Mre, John Ferry, insane, drowned herself at Ohare lotte paterduy. Two more distilleries have been seized and closed in Philadelphia, plente to-any to Myer's Grove, ‘Thomes Delaney, aged 1%, of 425 Weet Twenty sixt fi treet. died laat eveniog from the eilvcts of a blow stone, Fg RS minea saa 4s locked ‘The next meeting of the American Sctence Asso- ‘The steamers Kvening Star and War Bagte were Henry Noe was committed by Justico Ledwith | burood at St. Louis yesterday morning, thont bail yesterday, for scalding Thos, Duguea with | Join D. Shute, aged 69 years, was drowned while & pot of boiling colle, Courad Hofman, who bad fullen through a hateb. way in Somers's Lrowory, 22 Wost Bixtwenin street died yesterday 10 Bellevue Howpital road Conductors and Dri- 90 an excursion ‘oney Kslaiid, tod ements for the Ham. vening at % Kast Fourth jous (or the colebras bathing near Horchester, Mass., on Monday ‘They are building aw addition to the Buffalo riak for the Iutcruational Industrial Exhibition of Oct. 6 A meteor whieh followed a vertical course en a Philado'piia at about TA. M.yosteraay. 4 A beoutital displ {the aur: notre at Worcester, Mase, net cvenlage st wae Wit . Wil- ‘The canvass ae opened in Mississippt. J. ning, the conservative colored orator frptn Tennessens, ‘SW; Mangaway (colored) of Virginia are at work tule | lke Perry, the murderer of Deputy Sherif! Pra yr. | of Tazowell county. Lil, wh , pv] Mya | Sd lodgedim the Baxi jane **P4: WAP Fecept The fist bale of the new crop of cotton raised neae Heliia, Ala, was sold at auction ta Philadelphin, yester: day, at (0 cénts per pound. A gang of youthful burglars were arrested in Rooke ester on Monday night. They con.ess to having dome @ big business In the burgiary ine, ‘The heat has been intense in Pooria, Ilt., di the past few days, and four eases of runstroke o¢er taking arsenic early yestorday moraine (tended hit, aad Gon reported favorably oa ‘The First Union Cooperative Building Soelety hold an important meeting this evening for ve Of premiuius. ‘Two more appropriations will bo Septet A team of horses with a track rin away last cyon- ing at the corner of Twenty sev ect and ‘Third avenue, throwing ont the ar orge Hassler: who aces one day inst woek. Jeremiah MacDonald, an old employee of the Bos. ton and Albany Kailroad, had botn of bis logs cr: 98 Mo y. bY falling uder a freight train, at [4 Owing i. the ptoppege of panes. mills at Mane isonet pki, YaRDTad cede Ute Tan paper daily ‘The coroner's inquest in the case of Bilen Gulver, who committed suicide in. baker village on Ji a Yesterday. but wothing The Excelsior Campaign Club, an organization formed two weeks a0 for purposes Of political retry Lold a niceung a tic ab 484 First avonue. Me. Flo: vuce Senonell aud several other geateinen delivered Address, ‘The inquest yes Morrow, aged 11, Jay over the body of Samuel 8. 10 hind been run over by car No. 1, Bieeckef street line, resulted tm a verdict from tour Jurors exouerating the driver, aud two ceusuring both tho Company aust the driver: ‘The Board of Health are distributing a barrels of | Yes resumed tn fiudson, Me oval tar Creosote daily to teuement h t i i rou Forty whith altoet (Haat ant Westy eth ga G balatdaya rll ry. Two men go rouud With cal er + han boon arrested held every quarter of the elty. seth aaiini trial in ewhfon, eter roane ghee, 0 ie hoines {oF ‘pa pros! 4 The American News Company have for Pye yt utloa i thie ety, tances. Mustrated map of the river Thames, showing U couree of the Harvard and Oxford boat rage (P Moe unin, obtelned wy to | ‘The Cor ‘s jury im the case ridge over (he sane Course. sold Wo bi (or vane Nelson Row, of 149 Faltum treet, this city, has | SAapothoary’s Hct nauitolages fo natugtets | yeaa daa tw Leg Staats af GPCRS cetanite apace: | tate Ps aes 1s Will DovOr be ite oopr Mie Gan bs fa wha spe