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WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 1878.
THE EVENING STAR.
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BT
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JOT TH S AXl) BOY S SUITS.
^Ol TH a ANU BOY'S SUITS
YOUTH'S AND BOY'S SUITS.'
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We are now prepared to furnish
JLAsT INDIA VAMBOO CLOTH,
SEERSUCKER
ami MADRES SEERSUCKER,
at reasonable rates for the heated term.
F. J. HEIBERGER, Tailor.
No. 636 15th street,
jy?-tr Washington, D. V.
lAMl'HEJLL A. HENNEDV,
J
Builders' Hardware, Bar Iron, Steel,
TIN PLATE,
CUTLERY, TOOLS, FILES. Ac,
6(*d PttiM. are.,opp. Metropolitan Hotel,
jj Jfid-ly
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\ DARLINGTON HOOPES. an esteemed
lh-~s .Mini-ieram n<s; Friends, will hold an Ap
Lointea Meetlrg at Friends" Meeting House, on 1
s'r>er, l#twe? n 18th and 19th streets, TO-MOR
R OW EVXNlN'o, at8o-clo-k. An Invited, it*
fr~ ,T SECONl) GlHAND l.OHO MILE ?X
U-r-V CURS ION FROM BALTIMORE TO
NANTUCKET, MASS.,
Aud the Great Camp Meeting and Illumination aad
Fet*- Chain petre at Marina's Vineyard, the
City by the Sea or 1,000 Cottar-?s.
Via Philadelphia. New York, Newport, R. I., aii 1
Boston, Mass.
Round trip tickets froi? Washington, Including
Boston. Jib 50. Round trip tickets from Washing
ton. (e\ehjsive of Boston.) $15 00. Apply B. and
O. R. R. Office, 485 Pennsylvania ave- aog5 4t
ir^r> JUSTICES' OFFICE,
IKrX 466 LOUISIANA AVSNtl.
? . S. KUNDY, opposite City Hall, Justice of
the Peace. jj&-lm
THE BEST SUMMER DRINKS,
XILRCRP-S POLAK SODA,
With Ice-coid Tea, Coffee a^d Chocolate, at 1420
Pennsylvania avenue.
Tt s TONIC SOMA Is tttirlvalled. ]y6-tr
jr t::e n'aiton"al"saVe deposit com
P * NY, corner 15th aud New York avenue,
receives'I runks oi Silverware acd other valuable*
on deposit; also rar.tt, Safes. Its vaults are burglar,
?re and <Lurj priof. Chaiges moderate. Office
I>< nrs, 6 a. m. to 4 p. m, tel3-2m
if ~~HA\ WAHUIk HllfJUINSON,
u>-/ 317 9th Strrkt Nohthwbst,
ith very extensive faci '.tic- for manufacturing,
?>-.? ow s-'.owing a line of MARBLEIZED MAM
TLH unequal for richness of design and color
an?l ilvaliLg in extent any establishment in the
country. Architect designs for Manties and
M ainsci>atiiigs cloee.v followed, and imitations of
rare and 1-eautlfal ."narbles exactly pr'Hluced.
Averts fi.i BARSTOW WROUGHT IKON FUR
N At E. Baltimore K1TCH1 NElt RANGE-; also
the Russia fire-place STOVE Contractors for
Plumliti jt a; d nji i In ;* :1 C-'Pfier Work. With a
laiKe foice of competent mechanics in their va
r. i - ! ranches aDd Inns personal exparteoce, will
do ?<>< d *i ik eheaiwr than any other house. in2-ly
on i sellh? off:
FLANNEL SUITS.
FLANNEL SUITS.
FLANNEL SUITS.
BLACK CLOTH SUITS.
BLAl K CLOTH SUITS.
BLAC K CLOTH SUITS'
ALPACA COATS.
ALPaCA COATS.
ALPACA COATS.
WORSTED COATS AND VESTS.
WORSTED COATS AND VESTS.
WORSTED COATS AND VESTS.
AT GREATLY KHTCE1> PRICES.
AT GREATLY KEVL'VEV PRICES.
AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES.
A. STRAUS,
Popular Clothing House.
JO 11 I'tHtisvlvania avenue.
Between Tenth and Eleventh sis,
])23 tr Three doors from 11th st.
^SLULIULX LOW PlllCES
FUR LCMBJk.ll
AT
WlLLET a LIBBEY'S,
Vomer SixtU Street and JVeto Turk Avenue.
_J5&- tr
^Olt HOT WEATHER.
APOLLINARI3
AATLJiAL
MDIEliiL W ATER.
JJtaltlv Effervescent,
APPROVED by the Acn Umie -l* if. iecin*. oI
Fi-ance. and ltsssue in France authorized by
?t>il ur'itT of the French Government.
Rvi "tumended by the highest MEDICAL AU
THORITlF.s in New York as
'?A delightful beverage."
"Far superior to Vichy, Seltzer, or any other."
"M-wt grateful aud refreshing."
"Absolutely pure and wholesome; superior t'* all
tor daily u^e. free from ah the objections urgeu
agalnat Croton aud artificially aerated waters.1'
"Impregnated only with itsowa gas."'
"Useful and very agreeable. "
"Healthful and well suited for Dyspepsia and
Caf-e- of acute disease.
"Mildly an'acid; agrees well with Dyspeptics,
?nd where there Is a gouty diathesis."
? 'By far the most agreeable, al^ne or mixed with
Wine: usefui in Catarrhs of Stomach or Bladder,
and In Gout."
"Not only a'uTiiry. bat a necessity."
To be ha?l of aii Wine Merchants,Grocers,Drug
fl>ts, and Mineral Water dealers throughout the
'nited State?, and wholesale of
FRED'K DE BABY Jt CO.,
Sulk Ai.Knts,
A'on. 41 A 43 H'arren Bt.,Xetr York.
Xvery ^en'dne bottle tiears the registeretl yellow
liU Utrial label of the Apoillnarls Company (Limit
?s?i), London. au?ao-m,w,f,eow,ly
BWEKT , . NAVY
JACKSON'S
CHEH JXU l BEST. ITOBAVVO,
Awarded Mghett frrif at Centennial Exposition
for cVnctny guaUtxtA atid excellence and
lasting c/uiracter of swrrttniiig and JLivorino.
The best tobacco ever made. As our blue strip
trade-mark is closely imitated on Inferior goods,
see that Jacki*jn a Brft la on every plug. Sold oy
all dealers. Send for sample. Tree, to C. A.JACK
BUN A Co.. kUfrs,Petersburg.Va. ]14-m,th4*,l
IJ111E AIIAMAVTISK BltlCH CO.H
are sellii.g
MERCHANTABLE BRICK
AT LOW HaT MAllKST BATSS.
delivered In any part of the city.
These Brick make a beautiful hard-flulshert wall.
EUCAL TO THE REST HAND JtADH
PROMTS.
Samples can lie seen at
Office National Hotel Block,
corner Pennsylvania ave. and (ith st.
Jel9-eolm
IAML A \ 1> SICK UOHSFS pro
-i nounced incurable cured free of cost.
GILES LINIMENT IODIDE AMMO
NIA. Spavins, Spliuta, Ringbones,"
Burches, Thoroughpins. sprung Knees, cured
without blemish. Stains. Shoulder Lameness,
Navicular Disease, Shoe Bolls, cure guaranteed.
tSend foi pamphlets containing full Information to
l>r. M. GILES, 130 West Broadway, New
York. U^eonly for horsett the liniment In yellow
wraoperr. S^kl by all druggist*. Wholesale,STOTT
A CROMWELL. ]y&-eo8m*
4 \8TKICH !*nd every kind of OKNAMXNTAL
\ " FEATHERS ilyed and manufactured at the
FRENCH ESTABLISHMENT, 618 9th straet,
#m-sit? LTiiud stales Office. ?)? tr
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
Government Recehts To-day.?Internal
revenue, $.V4/>7?' 83: customs, $1; <2,212.^1.
Subscriptions to the lour per cent, loan to
day $l,l?5,<XiO.
Secretary Tiiompson returned to the city
yesterday, and tliis morning resume 1 his of
ficial duties, relieving Attorney Genera
Devans, and leaving that othcial to the charge
of his own department only.
Toe President, accompanied by Dr. Wil
son, of Ohio, and Mr. Burchard Hayes, visited
the Signal office Saturday aft' moon for the
purpose of seeing how the weather reports
were prepared. lie expressed himself much
interested in the work, and especially so in
that portion of the office containing the self
it cording instruments.
Secretary McCrary returned to the city
yesterday, and assumed control of the War
department today.
Treasurer Gii.tili.an, Mrs. Gil Allan, and
their daughters. Misses Nellie and May, leave
for Ocean City this evening. Assistant Treas
urer Wyman will act as treasurer during Mr.
Giltillan's absence.
Counterfeiters Arrested.?The secret
service division has information of the ar
rest at Pittstield, Mass., on Saturday last, of
Warren Bailev, of South Edgemont, Mass.,
a id George Cr'aver, of Hoosatonic, Mass. They
are extensive dealers in counterfeit money,
and Belonged tothe same gang as MikeO'C Mi
nor, who was arrested in Sew York last week.
Both of them have been taken to Boston for
trial.
Personal.?Col. Geo. K. Leet. formerly on
Gen. Grant s staff, and late of the well-known
firm of I.eet & Stocking, of New York, is now
a ticket seller on the elevated railroad in that
city "Hon. Joseph E. Chaffee, United
States Senator from Nevada," is what "Gath"
calls tiit- gentleman who answers iu the Senate
to the name of Jerome B. Chaffee, of Colorado.
Mrs. M. B. Archer has gone to Atlantic
City, where she has recently purchased a cot
tage, to remain with some of her pupils until
the opening of her school at Highland Piace.
Lewis J. Davis and wife have gone to Sara
toga It is said that the recent failure of
Mr. McYicker leaves John T. Ford the only
solvent old-time theatrical manager in this
country. Some of the youngsters mav have a
little money left, but they will probably get rid
of it this fall Walter B. Williams and
family have returned from Cape May The
following Washingtonians were registered in
Paris on Saturday: J. A. Hickox. 271 Rue St. 1
Houore: <;eorge M. Oyster, JJotel Splendid.
. .Representative Foster, or Ohio, arrived in
the city last ?vehlng Postmaster Tyler,
of Baltimore, had au interview with the Pres
ident to-day.
Another Call for Five-Twenties.?Sec
retary Sherman gives notice that the princi
pal and accrued interest of the bonds herein
below designated, known as " Five-twenty
Bonds," of the Act of March 3,18 io, consols of
is.will be paid at the Treasury of the United
States, in the city of Washington, on and after
the 5tli day of November, ISTs and that the in
terest tm said bonds will cease on that day:?
Coupon bonds?$50?No. 69,501 to No. 70,000;
$1<|"? No. 120,001 to No. 123,OiJO; $5u0?No. sj.Oni
to No. 86,000; #1,000?No. 157.001 to No. 1(53,500; J
total coupon. $2,500,<h:0. Registered bonds?
$!(*>?No. IS,451 to No. 18,550; $500?No. 10,701 to
No. P?,750: $1,000? No. 35,851 to No. 36,100;
$.\000?No. 10,251 to No. ln.400; $lo.000?No.
l'.'.sol to No.'20,5oo; total registered, $2,"<o>,ou
Aggregate, $5,uoo,otw. All above numbers in
clusive.
Stations for the display of cautionary sig
nals been ordered by the chief signal officer at
following named points on the New England
coast: Miilbridge, Belfast. Deer Island, and
Booth's Bay iu Maine: Portsmouth in New
Hampshire: Newburyport, Marblehead, High
land Light, Chatham, Hyannis, and New Bed
ford in Massachusetts, and Watch Hill in
Rhode Inland. The total number of stations
ofthisclass established by the sigual service
since July 1st is thirty-two.
Coinage was executed at the United States
mints during the month or July as follows: Of
gold, (double eagles), 89,00o pieces, with a
value of $l,7SQ,00o; standard silver dollars.
1,- 17.U Q. Minor coins?Five cent pieces, $10;
three cent pieces. $?'<, and one cent pieces, $,,*57.
The total number of pieces coined during the
month was 2.QS3,1CQ, and their value, $3,627,983.
More Notaries Public Appointed.?The
President to-day made the following appoint
ments as notaries public for the District of
Columbia: H. S. Washburn, Thos. J. Meyers,
Charles F. Wo'lard. B. F. Steiger, John B.
Thompson. Geo. W. Bang, Fred. W. Jones,
Waldo M. Tastet, I?. L. Blackford, M. P. Cai
lan, Frank Gait. John F. Riley, Win. B. Mor
gan, Robert H. Yv'ard, Arthur T. Brice, Chas.
W. Handy, Richard McAllister, Jr., Geo. A.
King, Henry C. Johnson, Samuel G. Young,
S. A. Terry, M.JM. Roherer, Samuel C. Mills,
Wm. P. Young, John J. Chew, George A. Hen
ry, E. R. French, A. C. Richards, E. M. Finch,
Jos. T. Coldwell. jr., R. O. Holt/man, E. 1).
Wright, William Selby, H. B. Moulton. Cliutou
P. harrell, Chris Edie, Anthony Hyde. Hart
well P. Heath, Wm. Il.Crook, S. W. Ritten
house and John C. Poor.
Tue $5 Legal Tender Note which was
presented and canceled at the Treasury on
Saturday last is a counterfeit, and was not
printed from a genuine plate, as has beeu
>taiedinthe public prints. The counterfeit
is of the old series of March 10,1863, and was
printed on plain paper?the special paper not
having been introduced until lSd'J. The genu
ine piate of this series was engraved and the
notes printed by the American Bank Note
Company, of New York. There is no counter
feit out on the present legal tender issue, series
of 1S?>.*, engraved and printed by the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing.
Mus. Ha i'ES, Mrs. Secretary Sherman, Miss
Fanny Hayes and Burchard Hayes will leave
this eveniug for New York on the 9:30 p. ni. ;
train. They will be joined in New York to
morrow by Secretary Sherman and proceed to
Newport, where the party will renuin for
about ten days.
The Practice Ship Constellation, with the
first and third classes of cadet midshipmen
aboard, arrived at New Bedford, Mass., Satur
day morning.
Plot for a Dime Novel.?a report has
been received at the Indian ?iffice from Peter
Ronan, Indian agent at the Flathead agency,
M. T , which gives an interesting account of
th?? recovery by "Captain George," a friendly
Nez Perce, of his daughter, who was stolen
from him by some miserable white men.
" Captain George" had been useful to the
whites as an interpreter, and was aided by
them to get his daughter from Sitting Bull's
camp. He returnrd w ith her as far as Carroll
and was there attacked and lert for dead by
son:e w retches, who carried off his daughter.
After his recovery he searched through the
country for liis child, with his wounds un
healed, in constant danger from whites, who
were liable to mistake him for a hostile, and
was finally successful in his search.
Army orders.?Capt. Wm. McCleave, 8th
cavalry, is appointed as inspector of certain
camp and garrison equipage and quartermas.
ters' >tor<*s on hand at the St. Louis powder
depot. Major Charles Haywood, U. S. M.C.,
on duty iu this city, has been granted thirty
days leave of absence. Twenty days leave is
granted Capt. P. C. Pope, on duty at Boston.
The marriage of Rear Admiral John J.
Almy, of the United States navy, to Alida,
daughter of the late Colonel Charles K. Gard
ner. was celebrated very quietly on Thursday
afternoon at Christ church, corner of 5th ave
nue and 35th street. Only the immediate rel
atives and friendsof the bridegroom and bride
were present. The bride is a well-preserved
brunette of forty-five, tall and stately. Com
modore Almy is sixty-four years of age, bu'
looks ten years younger. The bride is a na
tive of \\ ashiimton and the daughter of a
former auditor of the treasury.?[N. Y.
World, Jd.
The following nominations for Congress
have been made by the democrats of South
Carolina: 1st district. John S. Richardson ; 2d
district; M. P. O'Connor; 3d district, D. Wyatt
Aiken: 4th district, J. H. Evins; 5th district,
G. D. Tillman.
?-The charges against J. Z. Tappan, late
treasurer of the Bostou Packingcompany, are
to be brought before Boston grand jury.
EUROPE REVISITED.
LIFE ON A GERMAN STEAMER?'THE TRIP OF
THE MOSEL FROM NEW YORK TO SOUTHAMP
TON ? STEAMER AMUSEMENTS AND STEAMER
POLITICS ? THE DYSAMITE FIEND AND THE
MOSEL?A SAI) STORY OF AN UNHAPPY GIRL
LOW ANIMALS BEHAVE AT SEA ? THE DAN
GERS OF FAST STEAMING IN A FOG ?WB
SIGHT THE SCII.LYS ? TH" LIZARD?ISLE OF
WIGHT?SOUTHAMPTON.
[Editorial Correspondence of The Star.]
North German lloyd steamer Mosel, )
Southampton, July 21,1S78. S
In 1855, infected with the Bayard Taylor
fever for roughing it in Europe on fifty cents a
day, I took a twenty five dollar passage in the
steerage of a crazy steamer sent out by some
New York speculators for sale or charter to
the Biitish government, for service in the
Crimean war. Whatever became of the
wretched old hulk after it reached Liverpool I
never learned, but I know that we had to
make several stoppages on the way to tinker
the worn-out machinery: and it was probably
owing only to the fact that we had pleasant
weatner that we ever reached port. Having
pretty well outgrown the enthusiasm of youtn
for abnormally rough travel, I now in re
visiting Europe propc sed to be good to
myself, and get as <jomfortable quarters
as possible. But ther the question arosa as
to which va.< the best of the dozen
lines of fine steamers running now be
tween the I nited States and Europe. One
had a reputation for speed, another for safety,
another for its dietary; and then there was
the question of the relative merits of ships
with fiist cabins amidships, with the minimum
of motion; or aft, away from the disagreeable
neighborhood of the steeragef but nearer the
noisy screw; of vesselsjwitli Dertlis outside the
dining saloon; or below it, and wliere the
port holes must be closed iu wet weather, &c.,
&c. Annd the multiplicity of counsels I de
cided, 011 the favorable report of some of our
i-elid men of Washington who have traveled
.by the North German Lloyd line (New York to
Bremen, touching at Southampton) to take
passage by the steamer Mosel of that line,
leaving New York July 13th. The result has
justified their praise, for the Mosel is un
doubtedly one of the most comfortable and
sea-worthy vessels that travels the Atlantic,
and her veteran Captain Neynaber, wao is
" Commodore " by right of forty years service
on the ocean, and twenty four years as master,
is a happy compound of firmness and good
temper, energy and good seamanship. He has
bten trained in the rigid school oi seamanship
prescribed for officers by Germany, and is able
to claim that he has never lost a dollar of in
surance for his company or has had auy ap
preciable accidents of auy kind. This com
pany blows its horn so little, on our side of the
water at least, that few persons in America
are perhaps aware that, with the single excep
tion of the Oriental line, it is the largest steam
ship company in the world, and has more than
fifty steamers afloat.
SOMETHING ABOUT A GERMAN STEAMER.
The peculiarities of life on a German steamer
have interest to ?.n American. Going aboard
at Hoboken you are met at the gangway by
half a dozen alert, smartly dressed young
men. employes of the steamer, who pour a
dozen enquiries upon you in German, which
naturally causes you to think you have made
a mistake in going on a ship where you don t
understand the lingo, but presently it turns
out that the young fellows speak both German
and English, and thereafter everything is sat
isfactory. They paste the yellow labels on your
baggage, indicating whether it is for South
ampton or Bremen; and then the portion of it
that is to go to your stateroom is despatched
there at once. With your stateroom key iu
vour pocket, and the troublesome question of
laggage off your mind, you are at leisure to
look around and enjoy the animated scenes of
the sailing of a big ocean steamer.
LEAVE TAKING.
Though the majority of our passengers are
Germans, theieis a large sprinkling of Ameri
cans, but the latter are so much less demon
strative in leave-taking that they make little
figure in the present scene. The steamer is
crowded with the friends of passengers who
have come to see them off. The quantity of
flowers contributed in parting is prodigious
exceeding the floral wealth on the front of the
stage at our college commencements. Instead
of the dreaded bilge-water the smell of flowers,
and especially the penetrating tiavor of the
tuber rose, pervades the ship; and as the bo
iiuets are preserved for some days the stale
aroma becomes too much of a good thing.
At some of the tables in the main saloon
groups are celebrating the occasion of leave
taking with champagne lunches, and as many
of the participators are old voyagers who do
not look upon an Atlantic trip in the light of an
eternal separation, there is considerable hilar
ity prevailing hereabout. On the decks, and
especially in the second cabin and steerage,
there is a good deal of noisy lamentation. One
bearded young man, who has parted with his
comrades in continental fashion, with i hug
and kiss, burst out into a regular boo-hoo of
grief as he goes down the gang-plank. As the
boat gets out into the stream, the pier-Bead is
seen to be alive with the good-bye peonle. and
a thousand or more handkerchiefs are shaken
vigorously while the steamer is in sight. At
the same time we notice a perfect eruption of
brass bands. There is a nand on the pier, a
band on the Oder, the companiou steam
er to our Mosel, and bands on a couple
of tugs that accompany us down the
bay. Moreover, we discover amidst the
mtdley blare from all these instruments that
we have a band of our own, playing away as
loud as the best of them. Further, it is devel
oped that the latter band belongs to the Mosel
(composed of stewards, or waiters of the
second cabin), and so, like the lady told of in
the nursery rhymes, "with rings on her fingers
and bells on her toes,"' our steamer shall have
music wherever she goes. One of the accom
panjing tugs is filled with young men who
seem to have for their center of devotion a
charming young lady on the Mosel. Tlie
charming young lady stands upon a "bit," I
believe they call it?a sort of post to which the
sailors hitch ropes?and essays to repay the
devotion of the young men in the tug by
throwing them flowers from an immense
boquet. The flowers fall short, and into the
water, despite the desperate efforts of one
young man, who spoils a new silk umbrella
by using it for a scoop net. Then the pretty
young lady makes a more successful effort:
she launches the whole boquet into the air;
the young men in the tug put themselves into
base bail positions to catch it on the fly; and
then, according to the way things generally
go in this world, it falls into the lap of a
snaggle-toothed frowzy looking chap, too lazy
to even put up his hands for iu He grins,
and appropriates the easily won trophy, but
finally yields to remonstrances and dividesthe
llowers with lib feilows. About this time the
water begins to roughen a bit; the pretty
young lady collapses upon a steamer chair,
with a slop basin convenient, and the subse
quent proceedings of the youug men in tne
tug interest her no more. Now comes Sandy
Hook, and the pilot goes ashore, loaded down
with letters written oy the passengers on their
way down the bay. Just as the pilot boat is
fairly off it is called back, and a ''stowaway,"
a poor fellow who has tried to steal a passage,
is escorted down the ladder and sent ashore
with the pilot.
HOW WE AMUSE OURSELVES ON THE MOSEL.
The passengers are rather a sea-sick lot;
very few gather at the dinner table, and those
w ho do look pre-occupied and solemn. As one
of them explains it, they are thinking of the
loved ones at home. It is not until three or
four days that the tables are cheerfully filled.
The Cerinau steamers pride themselves upon
their table fare. The cooking is mixed, French
and German, and is very good. Our cook is
not only an artist in his line, but is so wonder
fully handsome that the ladies go in squads to
ask him about his dishes and to get a look at
him. The bill of fare is made up to suit Amer
icans, but is sufficiently varied to include lots
of things loved by the Teuton.c stomach; and
we find it an interesting line of experiment to
sample the various German dishes, especially
in the way of relishes at lunch?the caviaire,
the de'icate flavored raw ham of Westphalia,
the raw fish, (slightly salted), including her
rings, sardines, Sc., &c.; the cheese, pickles,
preserves, &c., in no end of varieties. There
are four meals per day on the Mosel?break
fast, lunch, dinner and tea. I believe on the
Cunarders they have five meals a day, insert
ing a supper somewhere, but how they man
age to get through them is not easily conceiv
ed. The gong always seems to be souuding
on the MoseC to summon you to eat some
thing, and if you are not forthcoming a set of
vigilant stewards pervade the vessel to notify
you of the impending meal. The attendance,
by the way, is of the very best I have ever seen
on any line of travel. The waiters or stew
ards, both at table and elsewhere, are not only
the most obliging and attentive possible, but
they know their business so thoroughly that
their duties are performed with a readiness
and neatness that leaves nothing to be wished.
THE FEMAI.E FRAUD AT SEA.
By "VyeOnesday the passengers generally are
equal to enjoying the trip, and various amuse
ments are set on foot. The game of shuftle
board is played on deck a good deal. In this
game you push some wooden quoits upon
squares marked with figures, with a crutch
Phaped stick. It seems about the simplest of
games possible, but the young ladies bring an
amount of croquet cheating to bear in olaying
it that is appalling, considering that tnere is
but a plank between them and eternity. One
saintly-looking Madonna-faced young female
kicks the quoits into position ana out of posi
tion under cover of her skirts in a way that
her adversaries truly despise. It is felt that
she ought to have "Fraud" branded ou her
forehead in the biggest job type of the New
York Sun. When the weather is particularly
balmy there is dancing on deck, and when it
rains or blows there are indoor amusements
proverbs, charades, singing, &c. Our obMgiug
band enlivens the voyage with music morn
ing and evening on deck, and at dinner in the
cabin. On Sunday it supplies sacred music,
or approximately in that direction, as it were.
At any rate it is not lively music. Sunday
evenings, according to the customs of the two
countries, the Protestant Americans gather
in the saloon and sing hymns, while the Pro
testant Germans, in another cabin, indulge in
social amusements, with secular music.
SMOKING-ROOM POLITICS.
Of an evening the bald headed old Tellows
who are not in demand in the ladies' cabin are
apt to gather in the smoking room, where
they discuss the fifty-two elemeuts of a pack of
cards, and, at the same time, such matters as
the Eastern question, the European balance
of power. Bismarck, Beaconsfield.and Ameri
can politics. I'pon the latter, the other night,
the talk diifted to the next Presidential
nomination to the following effect: A
New Yorker, a veteran democratic poli
tician, who was a delegate to the St.
Louis convention, expressed the opinion
that Grant was the coming man. and he said
that veiy many democrats of that city and
state would vote for him as a safe man. He
declared that if Grant and Tilden were in the
field, the latter would not go out of the city
with more than ten thousand majority; that
if Hendricks was the democratic nominee, he
would leave the citv with perhaps forty-live
thousand majority, but would not carry the
state against Grant. The Germans would
quite generally go for Grant, he said.
A voung Indianapolis lawyer, (who was a
gallant Union soldier,) who wants to see Ben
Harrison nominated by the republicans, said
that three-fourths of the republicans of Indi
ana weiefor Grant.
A Chicago business man, republican, dead
acainst Grant personally, and a third term for
anybody, was willing to concede that it looked
a little Grantish now, but he thought this was
due to the natura' pride of the Americans
over the distinction with which he was receiv
ed in Europe. It was sometime yet before the
nomination, and he doubted if Grant could
retain that eclat.
A New Orleans business man, democrat,
said Grant could not carry a southern state,
but being Questioned if any republican couid.
he said probably not.
Two or three other smokers, one of them a
Western NewV'orker, concurred in the opinion
that Grant was looming up and would be hard
to beat. I give this talk for what it is worth
as a presidential "straw" from the otf hand
views of half a dozen Americans from different
quarters of the Union. Perhaps it only indi
cates the fellow-feeling of a lot of smokers for
a distinguished comrade.
ROMANTIC EPISODES IN THE CAREEK OF A
STEAMER.
A huge iron steamer like the Mosel, with all
its various departments of machinery, freight,
and hotel, managed with methodical precision,
seems so thoroughly a matter-of-fact concern
that one would scarce give it credit for any
romance about its career. Yet our prosaic
looking Mosel was the steamer selected for
the most tragic fate that ever befel a vessel
freighted with human life. This was the
steamer upon which the "dynamite fiend,"
Thoniassen, had arranged in 1S75 to place his
infernal machine with the design of blowing
it up, to secure the insurance ou boxes tilled
with sawdust purporting to contain freight
of value. The machine, it will be remem
bered, consisted of a piece o' ingenious clock
work, arranged to run for five days and
then to explode a quantity of dynamite in the
same package sufficient to blow the steamer
into inch pieces. Thomassen. himself had
taken passage on the Mosel from Bremerhaveu
to Southampton, where he intended to leave
the vessel and have it go to its doom. Tha
cask containing the machine was taken to the
steamer 011 a cart, but providentially (for the
steamer and passengers) it slipped from the
hands of the cartman in unloading it and fell
to the ground, exploding the dynamite and
killing or wounding ISO people. Thomassen.
immediately after the explosion, shot himself
through the head, but before he died confessed
the details of his plan of unparalleled atrocity.
It appears that fie had beeu working on his
project for six years: yet one of our passen
gers who knew linn, and met him frequently
during those vears says he appeared to be the
most light-hearted and kindly of men, and was
held by his associates in the American Club
at Dresden to be a thorough good fellow. He
had endeavored to introduce his machine and
bogus freight on several steamers of different
lines, but had always failed from one cause
and another, as he did in this final attempt,
which ended his career. The amount of m
suiance he had effected this time was on'y
about 1500, and for this petty sum he was will
ing to murder a whole ship load of people.
There was at the time a good deal of uneasi
ness in the mind of the traveling public from
the fear that he had accomplices in his scheme
and that the devilish work might be continued,
but all the evidence elicited then and since
goes to show that no other human being h id
any share in It. Thomassen had traveled all
over the world, and while in the United States
married in St. Louis. His wife (a beautiful
woman) and children were left destitute on
Ills death, as it appears he had run through his
money. Some charitable people raised means
to support the family but sneturned out badly,
deserting her children,and it was subsequently
ascertained that her reputation was not of the
best before her marriage. The police authori
ties of Germany, France, and the United
States had her under surveillance for a year or
two, as she traveled, but nothing was devel
oped to show that she had any complicity in her
husband's scheme.
TIKEI) OF LIFE.
Another incident, out of the common, in the
career of our steamer was the fate of a young
lady passenger, who, returning to her native
Germany after a residence in America,
mounted the rail of the vessel when at the
mouth of the Weser, only a few miles from
her home, and threw herself into the water.
Life preservers were thrown to her, anil the
captain shouted to her to seize one, but she
answered with a negative gesture of utter
despair, and deliberately thrust her head
under the water. Her water-proof cloak
buoyed her up. and boats sent out from the
steamer rescued her body before it sunk, but
she was found to be drowned beyond resusci
tation. It was learned that she had been be
trayed and deserted in America, and that the
dread of her shame being known at home
caused her to put an end to her life.
ANIMALS AT SEA.
It is a fact perhaps not widely known that
most of the wild animals procured for the
menageries and zoological gardens of Europe
and America are brought from Africa by a
German New Yorker named Reichie, who has
an aquarium in that city. It is another curious
fact that these animals should come from
Africa mainly through North Genu my. It
seems they are collected in Africa (mainly
cubs) and brought to Trieste, and thence to
NorthGerinany,and from there are distributed
to the countries where they are needed. It
thus happens that the North German steamers
frequently carry these animals to the United
States; and it is interesting to hear about their
habits on ship-board. The lions, tigers and
hyenas are great cowards in a storm. They
also suffer a good deal from sea-sickness, and
whine about it. The elephant has little to say
when he is sea-siek, hut lie sways his great
head from side to side, and looks "unutterable
things." It has been described by a famous
writer (Charles lteade) how the sagacious ele
phant in storms at sea, saves himself from
being washed off the deck by throwing himself
fiat upon his bellv with all his four legs and his
trunk spread out with suction power upon the
planks. Captain Neynaber being interrogate i
upon this point, remarks, with a sly wink in
the direction of the undersigned, that it will
not do to believe all we see in print. He says
that no ship master would undertake to carry
a loote elephant on deck. A loose elephant
tumbling aDout in a gale would be a inore dan
gerous object than the loose gun told of by
Victor Hugo. The elephant, and all the other
wild animals transported by steamer are
confined in the strongest kind of boxes, and
the Doxes themselves are secured in the firm
est manner. The horse. It appears, is the most
nervious and sensitive animal that goes to sea,
and a hen shows the most u'ter disgust with
life w hen sea sick, by vomiting and eccentric
movements,
THE FOG DANGER.
During three nights on our trip we have
been delayed by fogs. On two of these occa
sions the fog was very dense for hours, and
the dolorous music of the fog-horn and the
hesitating and irregular motion of the screw,
with occasionally its cessation altogether,
showed that our cautious captain was not of
the sort who nin through fogs at full speed to
make quick tiips. I suspect that passenger*
by ocean steamei3 are not always aware of
the risks they run when a fog is encountered.
With the sharp competition from thirteen
steamer lines crossing the. North Atlantic
there is strong temptation to run at full speed
through fog* to make quick time: and as they
all cross on the same general track the risk of
collision is greatly increased by the larj.e
numteer of steamers now employed. The cap
tain of one of the fast steamers openly avows
that it is his policy to run at full speed through
fogs on the ground that in a collision it is the
slow vessel that gets hurt, and that it is better
to run down than to be run down; but this
theory that the fastest vessel escapes harm is
as unsound as it is selfish and lawless. Th>*
history of steamer collisions shows that the
striking vessel is as often injured as the on*1
struck, and the long list of vessels reported
missing makes it probable that in very many
cases both the colliding vessels go down es
pecially if the co".ision takes places at a dis
tance from land. The masters of many of
the lines considered careful dislike so ex
ceedingly to have their passage spoiled
by "slowing down" in a fog that it is
feared they are inclined to follow in some de
gree in the bad practice of the fast captains.
i notice by the logs of the European steamers
arriving at New York, published in the New
York Maritime Register, July loth, that they
report dense fogs, and yet the run of several
of the steamers on the very days reported as
foggy indicates that they were rushing ahead
atthera'eof 13%. 14 and 1^4 miles an hour,
and shows conclusively that they did uot re
duce speeC at all. liunuing at this rate of
speed, the sound of an approaching vessel
cannot be heard, and when seen through the
fog there is no time to avert a collision. Ger
many has a late law visiting heavy penalties
upon shipmasters who run at speed through a
log, and England and most of the maritime
nations of North Europe have similar laws.
The United States should have such a law,
and it should be enforced. Otherwise, with
the increasing number of Atlantic steamers
there will be a terrible disaster some day.
LAND IS SIGHT.
We sighted the Scillys, some ragged looking
rocks, (where the Schiller was wrecked,) at
l:?i p. m. July 23, and through the afternoon
got glimpses through the fog of Lizard Point
and the famous Eddystone lighthouse. The
weather was sultry, and people went about
the steamer enquiring "Is it warm enough
for you?" just as they sometimes do in Wash
ington. Through the night there was a dense
fog, and the steamer slowed down to a snail's
oace. In the morning we took a pilot aboard
off the Needles, (some rocks that look more
like camels,) and everybody made a rush to
know what had taken place in the world for
the last ten days, but about all the news he
had to tell was that Lord Beaconsfield had re
ceived the order of the Garter. We steamed
along by the picturesque Isle of Wight to
Southampton, from whence I mail this letter,
and leave at midnight for Havre. C. S. N.
Xbe Drowning of Lieutenants Rno
ker and Henley.
The Tucson (Nevada) Star of July 18 has the
following details of the drowning of Lieuten
ants Kucker and Henley, at Camp Supply, on
the 11th of that month: "They met their deaths
in White River canon. Henley had been scout
ing between Camp Supply and the Hatchet
mountains, and had returned with his Indian
company. His command he had stationed in
the canon in the vicinity of the Point of Rocks,
when he started on horseback up the canon to
ward Supply camp. Twice he had succeeded
in crossing the tearful torrent of water that
was rushing madly along its course, carrying
everything with it that came in reach, and ar
riving about opposite Supply camp he made a
third attempt to cross the angry stream.
Reaching the rapid current, his horse lost
his foothold in the bed of the stream,
and Henley was plunged into the water. He
swam with the current for a considerable
distance, when his body was thrown against
a tree with great force, far out into the stream.
The blow he received rendered him helpless.
Lieut. Rueker, who was near at hand,
mounted his horse and rode rapidly a short
distance below, and plunged into the stream,
hoping to catch Henley as he tloated by. But,
alas: the fate of noble Kucker: He too, was
separated from his horse, immediately sank in
the roaring, rumbling current, and was seen
no more alive. Rucker's body was found at 7
o'clock the same evening, about a mile down
the stream, and at 10 o'clock the same evening
the body of Henley was found near where
Rucker's was taken out. Henley's skull was
fractured, and it was thought by the surgeon
that death ensued immediately after the frac
ture was received, which was probably at the
tree or stump described above. Efforts at resus
citation were thoroughly made, but death had
claimed its own. The bodies were sent to
Bowie on the 12th, and buried on the 13th at
that post. The funeral was one of the most
imposing evei witnessed in Arizona, the offi
cers and men performing the last sad rites."
An Old Soldier Killed on the Rail
road.?A dispatch from Cumberlaad, Md.,
dated yesterday, says: At 10:30 this morning
a man walking along the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad track, three miles west of this city,
stepped off the north to the south track to
avoid a train, but was struck by one on the
opposite track, which lie had not seen, and
was instantly killed. In a carpet sack he was
carry ing were live discharges from the United
States regular army, dated August 4,1848, No
vember 4. 1853, July 27, ISoS, June 27,1S71, and
July 13,1876, indicating twenty-live years' ser
vice. He was born in Sligo, Ireland, and was
47 years old. A letter, dated January 1, 1878,
addressed to the care of the Soldiers' Home,
Milwaukee, indicated that he had been there.
There was also a letter from his sister in New
Orleans. He had no record of his family. It
is supposed he was going to Washington.
Arrest of Dr. Mary Walker.?Dr. Mary
Walker was arrested and taken to the police
central office, in New York, Saturday after
noon, by an officer of the steamboat squad,
who found her at pier 42, North river, going
from office to office and followed by a crowd of
idle persons. When questioned by the officer
as to her business or identity she became inso
lent, and he was compelled to arrest her.
When brought to the central office the police
commissioners and the chief of police were
absent, but to the strgeant in charge she gave
her age as forty, but at 2lined to give her .>res
ent residence. She claimed that the officer
had acted unwisely, that he ought to have
known her, and had no power to arrest her.
She was discharged, ana left threatening to
have the officer removed.
Toe Yellow Fever in New Orleans.?
Dispatches from Texas show that quite a num
ber of railroad towns and cities ?u that state
are thoroughly quarantined against New
Orleans, and that it is their determination to
keep yellow fever out of Texas if possible.
The International and Great Northern Rail
way company refuse to take any passengers,
freight, express matter or mails from rfew
Orleans over their road. There were in New
Orleans for the 24 hours ending Saturday noon
38 new cases and seven deaths from yellow
fever. Total cases during the season 233; total
deaths ?>o. New cases to Sunday noon 20,
deaths 11. There had been rainv weather
during the 24 hours, the mercury falling ten
degrees. It is unfavorable weather for the
sick.
Miss Mary Anderson, the actress, arrived
at New York, from Europe, on Saturday, on
the steamship Montreal. She returns in per
fect health with a thoroughly equipped ward
robe. having had all her dresses made under
the direction of the costumer of the Theatre
Erancaise.
Outraged by a Tramp.?A fourteen-year
old adopted daughter of Hon. Edward Crosby
was brutally outraged by a tramp Saturday
forenoon within a snort distance o? home, at
Brattleboro, Vt. A handkerchief was drawn
tightly over her mouth, suppressing her
screams. A reward of $500 is offered for the
arrest of the villain.
The Hostile Indians in Idaho are still
commiting ravages. Four Chinamen were
butchered, and another was spared in order
to cook their breakfast. They told him he
had better leave, as 300 more Indians from
Oregon would soon be there.
Murdered Because He Hired a China
man.?a. M.Tullis, a wealthy cattle raiser of
Grand Island, Sacramento county, Cal., was
murdered oh Friday evening while at work in
his orchard. It is suspected that he has been
muidered because of his refusal to discharge
the Chinamen employed by him as ranchmen.
?9~Miss Kellogg is in Paris, Janauschek at
Kissingen, Madame Modjeska is at War
>aw, Poland. They will all be in New York
on or about September 1.
JohnRon>(>raiit>Klaii(on Imltroiclto.
George Alfred Townsend give* ,\s Judge
Hilton's version of the above affair, which has
never yet been satisfactorily explained:
" 1 went to Washington and in the course of
general conversation with <;rant and bis wife,
touchcd on the incident of Stanton resuming
the War office and said if there was an expla
nation of ii no time ought {n be lost in having
it published. It was one of those thiigs im
pugning the personal lionm of General Grant,
which was doing him harm in lofty minds.
"His wife, who was one of the truest women
and w ives in the world, a woman all over?die
bad more influence with that man than all the
statesmen in the country?said to me:
?"Von are right, Judxe Hilton. It ought to
be published. Hut General Grant will not
allow a word to be said about it. Now I war.:
, to tell you, before him, the circumstances of
I that taking buck of the War by Mr. Stanton.'
j "Grant sat perfectly immovable while Mr?.
Grant told the story. Grant had only taken
| the War oflice to keep peace in the country
and had promised Johuson not to give it to
another without telling him. Grant was a
strong friend of Stanton and went to Stautou
and told him he had thought it right and a
duty to take the War oflice. Said Stanton:
'General Grant, there is not a living man I
j would give it up to but you,' and he did giv>* it
up. Tr.ne passed on aiid the radical senate
resolve< to put Stanton back. One evening
I Gererai Grant was about to go out of his house
i with somt ladies to spend the evening, when a
messenger met him in the hallway. Grant had
! bis hat and coat on : the ladies were behind
? him and the ca riage ready. The messenger
I said: "Here is something for General Grant.'
Giant took the parcel. He was then receiv
ing papers and all sorts of things by multitude
ai d be merely saw that it bore the inscription:
I 4 Senate of the I'uited States." He thought it
, a matter to be looked into next dav and went
i out with Lis ladies. Next day he arose and
I b eakfasted and along toward official hours
I took up the papers at his dwelling. He found
i the thing he had laid down the night before
w;is a lesolution of the Senate non-concurring
j in Stantcn'sdisplacement. This wase?iuiva
I lent to Stanton being t.'ie lawful Secretary of
War. Grant walked right up to the War of
fice. where he found that Stanton, from an
early hour of the morning, had strongly in
stalled himself and was prepared for a tight.
He had in fact taken advantage of Grant's
late knowledge of the subject and t iok the
ofbee by stratagem near day light. Grant had
no alternative but to go away. Mrs. Grant,
finishing thi* story, said:
" 'Judge Hilton, there sits that man (Grant)
who knows that story to be true, and he will
not let it be told to acquit him of any duplicity
with President Johnson!"
Giant sat immovable and did not wag his
head either way. Mr. Stanton told Judge Hil
ton that such were the facts; Anticipating
some point of honor on Grant's part. Stanton
had seiztd his own while the Secretary ad in
terim slept. 44 But," said Hilton, "Grant never
was cordial with Stanton after that, and al
ways looked at him askant. He nominated
Stanton, as a dying man, to the Supreme
bench, but never took him into his counsels or
confidence." What must be the mental dis
cipline of a man who will let a slander, easily
corrected, go rioting for years, preferring to
trust to time to lay it bare?
The Lalxir Investigation.
ItOW industrial DOCTORS DIFFE.R.
At the conclusion of J. Osborne Ward's tes
timony, last Saturday, before Mr. Hewitt's
labor committee, in session at New York, G.
W. Maddox read a letter to the committee
containing a scheme for the
EMPLOYMENT Or 100,000 FAMILIES
by means of government aid of money to be
sent to them to settle on government lands.
The money, he said, could be printed, and
when returned it could be destroyed.
Mr. liice asked how the government was to
get the money back without giving an equiva
lent to those who got it in the way of trade,
and how this equivalent was to be produced.
The explanation was that the profits of the in
I vestment would pay for the amount lent,
j Hie witness having in the course of his state
ment referred to the people as scavengers, Mr.
Thompson asked: 411)o you not underrate the
intelligence of the people of the country when
you describe them as* only fit for scavengers?
Are there any laborers as well clad, intelligent,
as well fed, and well educated as the people of
this country?"
Mr. Maddox said hedid know that il >),<! i
soldiers were wanted to kill one another lor
$14 a month they could be got. In reply to a
question as to his means ot livelihood, lie said
he h;id been in the real estate business but
for the past few years had been lh.tig on fa^
ends, and done nothing that w ould really pro
duce a livelihood.
WOMEN TO SETTLE IT.
Mrs. S. Myra Hall, the next speaker, slid
she represented about twenty million slaves
w ho have never yet l?een admitted to the elec
tive franchise. She said that the questions of
finance and labor cannot oe settled until the
ballot is given to women.
MANY MEN OF MANY MINDS.
Mr. J. J. O'Donnell, a machinist, the next
witness, was one of the most original and en
tertaining speakers yet before the committee.
He said he represented his sovereign self. He
repudiated the financial heresy that the gov
ernment can make a piece of paper into
money by merely stamping it. He argued in
favor of government aiding the poor, against
the eight-hour law, against mistaking coer
cion for co-operation, etc.
Mr. F. Bruner, a tailor, was next called.
After stating the evils under which his trade
and other trades sutfered he wasaskod by Mr.
Thompson how he proposed to remedy them.
"By the referendum," said he. "I would abol
ish Congress, abolish the executive, abolish the
judiciary, and then you gentlemen should go
home and let the people work out their ow n
salvation." [Great laughter.]
Patrick Logan next addressed the commit
tee at great length. His panacea for the evils
under which the country was suffering was
honest legislation, viz: the government giving
$?1*1 to every man who wants to go west.
Mr. Kobert W. Hume's remedy for financial
trouble was to abolish all interest for money
and also repeal the usury laws. He was in fa
vor of a greenback currency, but did not thiuk
it could be issued ooustitutiona.ly.
Saturday's IIaces.? The fourth raee at
Saratoga last Saturday (the three first were
reported in The Star) was a selling race. It
was won by Viceroy, being the first victory
won this year for the stable of Nelson & Go.
The tickets 011 him were worth $li#.*30. Dis
tance, mile and a half; time, 2:43.
The trotting races at Buffalo, N. Y., closed
Saturday witn two interesting events. In the
race for the 2:2o class, for 12,000, Proteine took
the purse after five heats, her best time being
2:19U; Midnight winning one heat in 2:1S'^,
and Adelaide one in 2:19%. For the special
tiial of speed, liarus?the other entries being
w ithdrawn?failed to win the fl,000 purse for
three heats averaging better than 2:IS, the
horse act'ng bad'y. liarus succeeded, how
ever, on an extra trial, in placing the fastest
mile on record. 2:1.'%, without a skip. A run
ning horse accompanied him. Splan, the
jockey, was cheered to the echo by the ten
thousand people present, and presented by
the ladies in the grand stand with an elegant
basket of flowers.
The Banquet to Beaconsfield and Sal
isbury in London Saturday was a brilliant
affair. Lord Beaconsfield, in reply to a toast,
reviewed recent events and expressed the be
lief that the peace would be durable, because
all the powers were satisfied. He congratu
lated the country on the friendly relations with
Fiance. He could not conceive a greater mis
fortune than the estrangement of that coun
try. In support of the view that it was not
hopeless to expect reforms in the administra
tion of the Porte, he cited a statement sent to
the Empererof Germany by American mis
sionaries, setting forth the toleration enjoyed
by Christians, the progress of education, &c.,
in the Ottoman dominions since the Crimean
war. Lord Beaconsfield said this testimony
was preferable to any official report. It was
that of men of the highest principles and of
sublime character, who devoted their lives to
benefit their fellow creatures. During the
presentation of the freedom of the city to
Beaconsfield and Salisbury at Guild Hall, some
man created a sensation by shouting out,
41 Traitors to the constitution.1' He was eject
ed immediately.
A Singular Suit has been instituted in
New York by M. Berger, the consul gyn?-ral
of Luxembourg, against Mr. Massett, a Wall
street broker. It seems that Mr. Massett
wears a long watch chain and M. Berger
wears a thin coat. One day, as the two gen
tlemen were hurrying along New street in op
posite directions, Mr. Massett's chain caugnt
on a button of M. Berger's coat and tore it.
M. Berger now sues to recover the value of the
coat, and the questions will, of course, corns
up of just how much watch chain a man may
carry and just how thin a coat a man may
safely wear.
Killed by Lightning.?A tent at Diamond
and Kidge avenues, in Philadelphia, in which
a Methodist Sunday school was being held,
was struck by lightning yesterday afternoon.
One child was insUntly killed, and three
o"hers fatally injured.
THE LABOR INQUIRY.
Mining Resumption and Strike,
i'l KEN CHRISTINA ILL.
INSURRECTION' IN HERZEGOVINA.
TWO S1IOCKIM* CRIMKS.
KIKI I(.\ SHEWN.
Hank II In I<011<I<111.
1x>mh?n, August ioda> is a b.iuk holi
day. and t!., naiket* are closed.
<|iif'cii 4 lirisllnl I)hiik*'I'<iii?I) III.
nj a i'HiAucust Oueeu Christ inl. wtiow
of rt-n.uiHud \ 11, and ^randmoth'-r <f A1
ousK ill ' Pf'^ "l ki"K 01 s'uin' dan?er
The Calnmlila* tomlng lUnr.
U'Mkin Autiht i.-The Columbia collect*
crew vailed |u the steamer City of H-rlin from
Li\erp<>ol on the 1st loMaiit (or New York
The> t<M>k away with them the " Visi>,?n Ch il.
leiige cup." won at the Henley regatta.
The Insurrection In llrrtoKutlna
I.oni'<>n. August It |s reported at Vienna
that the insurrection ai Mostar, Herzegovina
is fomented by Montenegrins. anl will be
likely to lead to serious complication* with
Austria. It is said that the siate of affairs at
Mostar is worse than at Serajeoo. the capitnl
?f Bosnia; that the governor and mufti have
l?eeii assassinated. 1 he whole population ar*
in arms. aud the musselmans from the sur
rounding country are flocking in to join the
insurgents.
Arrnlrnt to a fMearner.
LONDON. Auk -k?The Williams and Ciiion
steamer Nevada, which s *iir??l from Liverpool
August Sd f*?r New Yoak, has put back tn
consequence of an accident to her machinery.
IMauiw at Cyprii*.
A c<?rres|miulent of the Da 7y .V, jrs in
Cyprus rt>|K>rts that fever is prevalent at
Nicosia on tlie northern side of the island
and that seventeen m<>n and two officers out
of a detachment of 120 stationed there have
been attacked b> the disorder.
Tilt. I.AKWK l\4|I IKV.
I ii<lnsl rial Hffitriiiom 'IViiily inn.
Ntw \oick. August i.?The usual nunibei
ot refc rmers of la'or appeared before the
Congressional committee tins morning. A
recess will be taken to morrow till an early
day. After the r-tess the committee will in
vite business nie i. bankers and merchants to
appear before them.
Wm. Hastings and one Ilobb were before
the committee, but their remarks are not
worth telegraphing.
Sara I oca Karrt.
Saratoga, N. V., August ft.?The weuhei
to-day fine ami the track in good condition
1 Le first race, three-quarters of a nil e, was
won by Idalia: Spruiglwanch second; Sa'lv
Watson, filly, third: Khadaman'hus got o:l
last and ended fourth. Time. 1 is.
Second race, one mile and a half for all ages;
winners of II.? o at this meeting to carry five
pounds extra. Bramble walked over the
course. Some misunderstanding regarding
tlie announcement of in. penalty for having
won fl.tMi caused the wu.:lrawal of l-aula
nier and Invennoor.
Thud race, oue mile for maiden three year
olds. Urouude came in with a broken ankle ;
Swain complained that Barrett cut him down
with Bertha. The judges investigated the
matter ami gave the race to Beriha; Bijou
second. Time, 1:4H;'4.
All Artre*ft Hiir<lore<l by a Jealo<i?
.Man.
New \okk, August 5.?A San Autouio
(Texas) special says that on Saturday last
John Lanaham fatally shot (ieorgie I H ake, an
actress, in a variety theater, ami seriously
wounded A. Malton Squires, of the *th cava!
ry, an>l a young man named Win. Bailey,
lanaham was jealous of the attention shown
tJeorgie Drake by Squires, aud determined
on the de truction of a'l concerned. I.ina
hain attempted to shoot himself, but missed
and struck Bailey. He then made his escape.
Itiu Fire al Nl. John.
St. Jon v N. B.. Aug. !>.?A fire broke out
Sunday morning on the wharf adjoining Mil
ler^. Woodman's mill, on Spurt's Cove, oppo
site Indiantown, and after burning a cotisid
erable quantity of IuiuImt, extended to the
distillery of J. Dew Spurr. About oue million
feet of lumber, including some valuable Aras
tooppine, were burned. The distillery con
tained 2?i.<n*< gallons of spoiled poach brandy,
which had been stored there for years, owned
by John Bisk and T. K. Millidge.
A Farmer Mur<l<>rr<l.
Batavia, N. Y, August on Saturday
niulit, about In o clock, Ilorner Hill, a farmer,
eit here in a buggy for his home.?. miles dis
tant. Ou arriving he found his wife awaiting
him, and drove to the barn Not returning in
a reasonable time, his w ife went to the barn
and lound him with his skull fractured and his
pockets rifled of fcjm. Sheriff Ward, on Su^da*
arrested a man at Warsaw with blood oi ..
clothing and under suspiciouseircu.n stances.
It is thought Hill cannot recover
Stiver Pirate* Killed.
]'ini.Ai>i:i.riiiA. August 5.?About 4 10 this
morning Cbas. Anderson, Kdward Wilson,
John Smith and a man named Drew, b larded
the sehoonei Xephiua Still man, Capt. James
C. Fisher, lying in the Delaware opposite
Kaighn's point. The captain discovered them
in the aet of robbing the vessel and tired upon
them, instantly killing Anderson .tnd seri
ously wounding Wilson and Smith. The lat
ter, with Drew, esca|>ed.
A Strike al the Coal Klines.
PoTTsviLi.E, Pa.. Aug. 5.?About an men
and boys employed at the Buckridge colliery,
bhamokin, struck to-day for the restoration of
five cents per wagon of coal mined, which was
taken off during Jnlv, and submitted to at t'ie
time. As the majority of the men do not de
mand the restoration, and are willing to work
at the reduced rates, it is thought all will be at
work in a few days.
Tliel'onvieleU Insurance President*.
New Yokk, Auuust ? Itoliert L. Case, of
the Security I.ife insurance Company, and
l?r. T. A. Lambert, president of tne American
Popular, Itnth sentenced lor swearing to fals??
returns, obtain* d a stay from Judge Donohue
pending appeal to the Court of Appeals. Dr.
Lambert is unable to procure bail. Case who
surrendered this moruing. had his bail renew
ed in #25,<mn.
Resumption ol Hiuliiif.
Puttsvili e. I'a.. August 5.?After a week's
suspension there was a general resumption ol
mining in the Schuylkill region this morning.
The Philadelphia aiid Beading coin pan \ have
about M2,< ?? tons of their August quota to
mine and ship. It is tnought this will gtv??
steady employment to all interests in the coal
trade in this region for the balance of this
mouth.
A Family l>ronne<|.
Watertown, N. Y., August 5.?Chester 1>.
Park hurst, wife and son, were drowned ou
Saturday night on the " bog." in south woods,
:to miles from Pottsdam. They were out for
pleasure and the boat capsized. The bodi ;?*
i tire all been recovered. Mr. Parkhurst was
a merchant at Pottsdam.
Storm In Ses Jersey.
Noruistow v August rt.?A severe hail and
wind storm swept over this city yesterday
afternoon, breaking a large amount of glass
and blowing down trees and signs. To the
southwest of the town some of the cornfields
ate completely cut to the ground.
Fatal KoDer Explosion.
Cincinnati. Aug. 5? The boiler of an en
gine running a saw mill at Knterprise, W. Va.,
exploded on Saturday, killing tleorge Avery,
John Parr and Fran* Dii worth, aud seriously
wouudiug Dent Park and three others.
The nark eta.
BALTIMORE. August 5.-Virginia six* old,
20; do. deterred, 3 H: do. consolidated. 56 v. do.
second series. 28--4; pits', due coupons, 78V . Nortli
Carolina sixes, old, 15: 1o. new. 8, do. suecial tax
1 bid to-day. Sugar <|ulet, s.
BALTIMORJ-, Auguht 6.-cotton firm ant
higher?itlddli jj 11 ?j,. Flour quiet an<l steady?
Howard sjioer aud western super. 2.o??a3.00; do.
extra. 3.^>a4.20: do. faisiily, 4.60u5 SB; city millii
8uper. do. extra, 3.76a4.86; dr>. Kia
biai ds. 5. .6: l'ataimco faintly, 6.50. Wheat,
scuthfra active, firm and higher; western quiet
aid lower?southern r?d, prune, 1 00al.u6; dc.
*mV?ei 1.06a 1.08; No. 2 western winter red, sinit
and AugTittt. 104; Beptemiier, 1.04-*aL04?.
Corn, southern steady and firm; western quiet ai' I
st-ao) ?bouthern white. 54*56: do. yellow, 82;
wtstern mixed, spot. 48 aa48l?: Aueast, 43 ,;
Bepteiuber, 49 st49^: sieamer. 45. Oats ttea : /
*01 d? matd lair -southern. 32a36. western whit'.
33.331*; do. mixed 32a3S: Pennsylvania. 33^2
Rye steady. 50*53. Hay dull and heavy?Man lau I
and l'eni.sy.vaiita prune. iO.OOalS 00. ProvialonM
f ?iii. P< r>, It 00. Balk meats, looee?aboulders,
6X: clear 1 lb sides, 6*; packed- 6Bacon?
?boukien>. 6 ?; clear rib atdea, 7a. Hams, 12*13.
Laid-n flinst. 8 4. Butter active and Ann?choice
western. 13al5. Fetitileum quiet? 1*flned. 10
etude. &?'?. OoCoB fltni?Bio cargo,*. 13?16V.
Whisky dull, 1P6. Keoaipta-flour. 3,400; wtxar.
H3.000; corn. 30,000;.oat*. 8.000: rye. 1 J00.
^blpmtnta? wheat, 114.000: corn. 3L 500. Freights
to Liverpool per steamer J4<L; flour.
Si 6<1.; (rain. 8d. *
MW TOBK, Angnrt 3,-?toek? about stMdv.
Money, t. &oM, 100^. Kxchaoae, long. 4t!3;
abort. 488^. tiovenuneutigeuenkily itead*.
lOKIt, Auau?t Flour quiet *r,<t
Arm. Wheat unsettled. Cora doll*
FnSSscS** Dennls' 01 ItoiWd, 13 lfl
??^enator Brno?, of Wittlssippl, win dfcttlo
near Cleveland, Ohio, when hi? Senatorial
tens Wires. He iw M Uiw ikcie