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GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY. Washington News Commissi'mer J)Eino i*s appointed a numb( r if as-oltt at a-- 1 ss* r, W pl duties wfll b.fl r.-w-(*s !">•' in Urn large, iities. **-! flic work will '* commenced irnmeoi ' t• ly. All the members of the (' ibsncl were in Receipts ofTnetl.ii it currency f>r the urek en!inaf September H. $<11*1,200; shipments, In cortsi .(lienee of the great demand mull ■ rTPrvwherp tor small notes an'l ntT leney, tie’ Treasury Department it an made arrangements In N. w V rk lor furnishing SSWO,(M) a buy in fracii -.mil currency, be ginning on the 20th. The new one, two, nnd ten dollar non • will be r. nly to issue on October i, when the engraver will fur nish |:X),OOU per day. A New York telegram of the lHt.h tys: U U in stated that it is not the intention of 11m: administration t., push the -etllerncnl erf the (hifem difficulties for the present, nor do anything Hint would be likely to irritate Spain and provoke war with hei Mat’ers will prohaly be allowed to drill along as they haw been doing, in the hope that the: Spanish Government will finally aeeept the Hiekles propos'lion.” The amount of specie* held by all the National bunks ol the* United Stales on the Htli ins' amounted to $17,1 )*,lll. 10. A Washington telegram of the 20th /.i “It i stated that strong hopes arc entertained liy our Government that Spain wit! eventually f- j.t gome proposition that will see'ire the independence of < la in No fear- arc apprehended of a colli kion with Spain, ns no cause of iJfenseluw | M -i n r vill h ■ offered. Minister Sickles’ note, vi hich causes so much comment, was simply a reminder that if Spain had lor nully accepted tie United Stale n a medi al between that country and Cuba, oar (lovermih nt was ready to outer upon ne gitllut 'oils.'' Washing! ■ei specials of the 21st say the United Siati-- Government repudiates Hugh's' action a- exceeding his instruc tions, and pledges itself to censure him. The Commissioner of Agriculture at Washington has rei l ived from the Kansas tttntc Fair, what lie pronounces one of the linecollections of fruits and cereals ever received at the depiirlmenl, p ddeni I!rant mil family returned to Washington on the morning of the 22d. Tin* I last. James M. Clark, recently appointed hy l , resideut (.Irani District Judge for the District of llhcde I -land, It. i declined the appointment. On the 20th the heat was intense in New York ci’y, aa ! a case of sun-stroke is reported. Horatio Seymour has boon selected as edil-gaiet.iit.il' New Vork Democratic Hull Convention. On thu morning of the 20th a collision occurred at At liens, 1 ‘,i., on the I'ennsyl taa la A New York Railroad, between an express and a way train One person was failed outright, "tie nth i fatally and eve is! si'ritnislx injured. The National Coin nt ion ol the lid vet-alist deiiomiimli >ti assembled in liuf faliicn the ‘.’lst. Reports were read on Hunday-Schools, the condition of tin: col legi , and on tic state ot the Church A >l Align- ~Me , telegram of the 21 -I says ‘ The entire vote of the State is re (mired, except thirty seven small towns ami plantations Chamberlain received hO.JOt ; Su.illi dT'-MU and Hiehhorn, 1,012. The Sena! • binds JS Republicans, It Item ocrats, a Demon die gain of 1 ; the House, If:! Ki'publi'ans, :;i Democrats, lour dis I riels i,o hear from, bast year the House stood Republic ms, 121; Democrats, do." The New York Democratic Slate Con renlion on the 22d nominated the follow oig ticket. Secretary of Stale, llonier A Nelson, Comptroller, William F Allen Attorney (general, M 1! Champlain . Treasurer, Wheeler II Bristol Slate F.n gmivr, Van Richmond, Canal Connni sioiiei, W W, Wright; Slate Prison In kpeelor, F I.allin, of Flster; Judges of Ihe CJornt of Appeal, John A I. ill, ol Kings, sad Robert Karl, of Herkimer. T'a Nli stein;- Its Republican Stale Convention n the 22d renominated all Cn* present ‘■Kale officers hy acclamation, mdli the exieptioa ol Stall Auditor, the name ol Cha*- In .eoll. o| Canton, being MitiHtituteil I r Ilia 1 ,'f the present i uniin brut The N' w V - //••;•■ if■/ ol the 23d rays Ike report that several hundred thousand dollars had he n embezzled from the Method"d il' a t neem is denied hv its managers. The New A''rk >'m, ol I. ll* 1 contains mi emphatic and ■ dot ihe report that Sen reUiy F -h had tv. .died Gem ral Sickles, iirnl stales that tunieral Sickles has not in ay way even ted hi- instructions, and Mi Kish not dissatisfied with him Tin* W(>h|, Tu 1 freight d> ;"t of the ('level md A rilWiurgh K.I ;,M 1, :i! ( 'Vvrl ill I, is Oil iiroJy destroyed by tire n the 17th The 1 ••.<* will prole,My ■■mount to over #IOO, (mo No ins r.i i u IniiUlii.l; oreontenls The (Imeri 'i of Oregon hns appointed Ihlee.l deg.i* s> . * -S' !, n;' National il ('.■ vi ■ ■ Vii ' ' 1 > iiul ;> irlj were in Kin e'tnn. . n . eh. and expect is! i. u ' for ih nit October i. In ' ' (11 i' s I, ui■, on tie !"tli. '< '■ :: the Med i of t.'ue in .ui, the t unuis, >f St, Louis, Ih' ■ ■ .-1> . e>. ■ ! .re .ti I ',i f n Hie r George S. Bennett, for twentv-eig’ l years attached to the local stuff of tae Cincinnati Euq'iinr, diet’ -u Im.iy 01, ti, - IssUi. The Or inj Lod-wO 1 < >d<• Fellow- of the United tilalo* ojienid it* si -sio.'i in San Kmr.ciXflo, ondhe 2JU., 11. Weftsaiid Sire Uarnsworth presiding. Thirty Grand Lodges and sixteen Encampments were represented. 'l'ln* inldrc-'ot welconiv was -f ivered by the Grand Master of Califor nia and responded toby Grand Sire Farns Worth. Major J. W. Powell, of tie Powell Ex ploring Rtpedlrlnn; arrived 'n Cbleagoon ' the evening of the “oth. The excursion party of California pio neers, numbering about two hundred per hods, reached Chicago on the evening of the 21st. A dispatch from Santa Fe, New Mexico, .ay Ghe official returns are nearly all in. Chaves, Republican, is re-elected dele gate to Congress, by from 2.-">00 to 3,000 majority. A mad dog at Morris, 111., on the 21 st bit six persons, and several other dogs, before he was killed. The South. The Maryland Democratic Slate Con vention to nominate a candidate for State Comptroller will meet at Baltimore, Octo ber 7. The Republican Convention will meet at the same place. October 13. General Sherman has ordered the elec lion in 'l', xas, which was originally fixed Cor the 30th of November, to be extended through four days, on the suggestion of General Reynolds that a fair election could not be held in one day. The same extension, it. is said, will be given in Mis sissippi if required. The Virginia State Central Conservative Committee have adopted a resolution ad vising against the election of I nited States Senator at Ihe meetingol the Legis lature on the sth of October. On the night of the 18th, a tree across the track of the South Carolina Railroad at (’ongaree Swamp caused the engine and part of the train to full from the trestle. The engine blew up and sel (MX) feel ofthe trestle on fire. The engineer and one fireman were killed, and a fireman wounded. Secretary Boutwcll, Commissioner De lano, and Commissioner Capron have ac cepted an invitation to attend the Georgia Stale Fair, to he held, at Macon, Novem ber 10. Governor-eiecl Walker was installed as Provisional Governor ol Virginia,at Rich mond on lhc2lst. The first appointment made by Governor Walker was Captain W. E. Cameron, editor of the Petersburg Index, us bis Secretary. Foreign Inlelligonee. The London Time* of the Kith, speaking of (oni. Sickles’ note to the Spanish Gov ernment, says “there is no doubt hut that the alternative offered Spain is abandon mi nt of the island, or American recogni tion of the insurgents.’’ It adds; “The probabilities are that we arc on the eve of •erions events. The struggle will he hope less so far as Spain is concerned, but the Government cannot resist the impulses ol the people. The (lame of Spanish pride is fast kindling, and the Government in striving to cheek il will soon he ex tinguished." A dispatch from Madrid on the Kith says: “ The difficulties with the United Slates on account of Cuba are in a fair way of settlement." The Paris (hmloi.i states that the ma jority of the Prince Imperial will he an nounced mi his next birthday, March Ki. The Indian mail steamer Carnatic has been totally wrecked in the Red Sea, Five passengers, nine of the eicw, and fif teen natives were missing, and supposed to he drowned. The mails and cargo,and a large, amount of specie for London, were lost. A National Tenants’ League has been organized in Ireland, which demands a perpetuity in land tenures, the placing of i cuts dii a fixed lia-is, and t he al olitiou of distress for rent. The sculling match between Walter Drown, the American, and Joseph Saddler, of Kiigland, will come ollTm October 7,0n the Thames, from Putney to Mortlako. Admiral Hoflj lately in command of the United Slates squadron in Cuban waters, informs Secretary Robeson that the strug gle in Cuba will he a protracted one, tin h s some outside interference lakes place. li is estimated that one hundred and twenty vessels weie wrecked and several hundred seamen lost or injured in the late gale on the Knglish coast A Madrid dispali h of the UMh -ays i( was rumored that Napoleon had tele graphed to his Minister at Washington that France desired that Cuba should be retained hy Spain. The Bishop of Kxeter died on the I'Jth aged K 1 years The London . s an ' i it of the 20th says Prim's attempt to induce England and France to join in a protectorate for Cuba has failed, A W ashington dispatch nf the 20th -tales that the Cubans have deter mined, s,*o;,er than submit to Spanish rule, to render the island untenable for the Spaniards, and will destroy alt their crops rather than have them b\ their enemies and used as a mean- to i am on war a ;-de,.*t tin m. I'• i i/ilian advui Ai at--' LA -tat H ,• he Allies ha Lopez’s strong r s '.u the m :nt on.-, and that (, i T and, and the Paraguayans could no longi r c ntiime the struggle. The ah-we new : ta.i-ul great rejoicing in Bra/il, and the Argentine (Confederacy was considered at an end. Buenos Ay red, Montevideo and Rio Janeiro were illuminated. Henry T. Blow, 17,8. .Mini-ter to s}iazil, had arrived at Bio Tineil*. Ane etma-ot Fopi .n syn.'|bth. vef oin prisin ' some i C.buO penimis, Weftibled in London, on the 81st, and passed resolutions urging the unconditional pardon of the •Fenian* bo* cmimecj il> British’tilsh *•;• A c able telegram of the 21sl states that the Spanish Ministry, after discussing the propriety of rofurhiii? (yen. Sic;kJ> s’ hole unanswered, have decided to postpone their reply until the refiirn of Prim. The London Journals are part icularly severe on Sickles, and say his first diplomatic movement has proved to be a serious blun der. , > The Paris papers of the 21st publish a letter from Father Ilvacinllin, addressed to the Father of his order at Rome, an nouncing that, he abandons his convent, and ceases, henceforth, to preach in tlie* Church of Notre Dame of Paris. Asa reason for this step, lie declares that lie c annot obey tin* orders of the* Hedy See. Hr protests, before the Pope; and Council, against, doctrines and practices of the Romish Church which ho says are not in accordance with the prineiplesof Chris tianity. The Paris journals regard his defection as a great religious and political event. Several severe shocks of earthquake were experienced at Arica, Iquque, and other points along the Peruvian coast, from the Pith to the 19th of August. One account says that in Arica there were no hss limn forty earthquakes on the 19th, all more or less strong. Gen. Prim arrived at Madrid on the 22d, aril at a meeting of the Council it was decided to use every effort to retain Cuba, and to send more troops to the island. The Emperor Napoleon presided at a council ol Ministers on the 22d. A Woman Wins at a Jumping Match. Several weeks ago a number of the young people who reside iu the neighbor hood of Savin Hill, in Dorchester, came together and cm the spur of the moment improvised a jumping match for a small pm i bet we en Mike Flynn and a young man named Murphy. In this match Mur phy was badly worsted, whereupon his .sister Kate, a bright, strong and sprightly girl of about twenty summers, became very indignant, and gave nut to her com panions that she could out-jump Mike Flynn if her brother could not. Katie became very earnest in her asseverations, and to satisfy her a match was made for a purse of s7o, and greatly to the surprise of her friends when' the match came off she won it. This greatly shamed the Flynn jumpist and his friends, so Miss Kate was chal lenged to another contest, for S2OO a side, which came offal Savin Hill yesterday afternoon. The* a flair attracted quite a c rowd to witness the sport, not less than tOO people being present. Kate made her appearance'dressed in flowing red flannel drawers, ala Bloomer, with white merino skirt, and a pair of pretty gaiters lightly laced to her feet. Mr. Flynn was dresses! neaily in the same manner. The ar rangements being all completed, the exer cises began, Flynn leading off with a leap of 10 foot and 8 inches. Kate then took her position, cheered on by her friends, and made the leap, clearing a distance of 10 feet 4*7 inches. This created great ex citement in the crowd, and nerved up Katie for something still heller. The second leap was called for, when Flynn came up to the scratch and cleared 10 feet 7 inches. This was a very long jump, and the Flynn felt greatly encourged. But Katie wasa/aiu introduced, her friends cheering and feeling confident that she would heat. Carefully she placed her lit tle gaiters on the line, and, straining every muscle in her well-knit frame, made the leap, clearing 10 feet 9’, inches. This was too much for her competitor, and, amid the plaudits of the whole company, Katie retired with her purse of S4OO. As this affair has created great excitement in the neiglih irhood, it is possible that Katie mav tie started for another match. —Bouton Ilf raid, Srjdtmber 8. Why Washington Irving Never Married. About the bachelorhood of Washington Irving there always hung a cloud of mys tery, which even his familiar acquaintances tried in vain to dispel. Hut the grave that more gene' Uy hides than discloses the well kept secrets of a lifetime, having just closed over the late Miss Kebeeca (Jratz, of this city—a Hebrew lady of exemplary goodn ‘ss, and w ho w as noted for the great ness of her bounty to all poor and needy persons w e are informed that she was the occasion of Irving’s single life. In re gard to the matter a correspondent of the Ji'irinh JAw/n/cr writes “ Twenty years ago 1 heard the ston, a story that has long been current in I’nila delphia in Jewish circles, among her friends and ac(|aintances, and which has again been revived here since her death. It runs thus Many years ego, when Miss rat/, w (sa yoanggirl, Washington Irving, then already risen in literary reputation, came to Philadelphia, and became a visitor at the house ot her family. It is said that in youth she was very beautiful and very good, and as her acquaintance with Irving increased, the beauty of both her charac ter and Inr features, together with the fact that she was a living representative of that nation whose whole history is romance, so wrought upon his heart that he tieeame deeply enamored with her It is needless to say that, had his attachment been iv\ er so strong, w ith her strength in her faith, it would havi been wasted. As it w as, it was w asted. Irving left the city, but did not forget the lady ot his love. Hut the romance dot s not end hi re, lor the correspondent says that when Irving t Sir Wa Scott :h • iorv ot h sattachtnt nt to tin btuntiful and good Jew . of Philadelphia. A the time, Scott was about to write the taoi of “ Ivnnlioe," and he was s> impressed w ith the portraiture of the object ot Ir vine's love, who, though hwing, was still his heroine the nam • of Rebecca. True or not, the story is a beautiful one, and th ere is nothing in it that is not honorable to all. Mis.-Grata died aged >8 yt-ir- • Philadelphia Jra/ieh A (fee ting IntideiK A correspondent of the Springfield /?. ynHirnn gives a picture of Minnesota, and in the eour.v; of his narrative tells the, ■ fJlloWfny: “ It was only the other day that a chub by-faced Swede made himself ridiculously prominent at tlit cjas(i ru <| pet, by idling every niftn, wofnrin and child prc-s in that his wife ami boy wuiu coming on the. next, train, all the way from Sweden. The poor fellow had been In Minnesota h r two years, and by the dint of hard work and living on a quarter n day, had scraped to gether enough to get. him a little* home and to enable him to send for his family, and now they were coming on the next train, 1 and the months of anxious expectancy i were* almost over. The train dashed into the depot, the emigrants began to tile ont, ' and presently appeared a sad, weary-look ing woman with something in her arms. The man rushed forward and asked for his boy, and the woman hurst iy to tears. The i boy was a corpse in her arms—had sick ened on the journey and died on the train, and the poor man’s heart seemed broken. The depot employes made a rude box for the body, and sadly enough they went away. “ A somewhat similar, but more sad \ event occurred the other day. Every clay for about a week a young but careworn woman came to the end of the bridge, half an hour before train time, and waited pa tiently till the last passenger and the last ; wagon had come over, when she would | turn disappointed away, sometimes with tears that she could not entirely conceal. I At last a wagon came across, and in that wagon a trunk, which she no sooner saw than she darted forward with a wild cry, looked into the wagon, and saw the body I nt her husband, partially covered with a blanket, and dropped to the ground. Sym pathizing strangers crowded round; offers of assistance were freely made, but all ton late; from that, lime to this she has been a ■ raving maniac. The explanation of all this is briefly as follows: She and her husband had started for St. Paul, he in ad vanced consumption, with just enough money to gel them here, in the vain hope that he might get some light employment which would enable them to subsist; but lie had grown rapidly worse on the jour ney ; finally, he had been left at a point some seventy miles below St. Paul, unable tn travel further, while the lady, probably forced to realize the tact that money here, as elsewhere, is the one thing needful, had come on to this city and obtained work as a seamstress, and be after a while had at tempted to follow, ami had died on the train.” II iimboldt. The following description of the ap pearance of Alexander \ ~ llumboldl i> Irom the pen of Bayard Taylor, who saw him in November, 1850, three years before his death. It was at this interview, it is said, that Humboldt remarked that Mr. Taylor had traveled farther and seen less than any man he ever met; As 1 looked at the majestic old man, the hue of Tennyson, describing Welling lon, came into ray mind ; ‘ Oh, good gray head, which all men knew.’ The first im pression made by Humboldt’s face was that of a broad and genial humanity, 11 is massive brow, heavy with the gathered wisdom of nearly a century, bent forward and overhung his breast like a ripe ear of corn; but when you looked below it a pair of clear eyes, almost as bright and sieady as a child’s, met your own. In these eyes yon read that trust in man, that immortal youth of the heart, which made thesnows Id' eighty-seven winters lie so lightly upon his head. Von trusted him utterly at the first glance, and you felt that he would trust you, if you were worthy of it. I had approached him with a natural feel ii g of reverence, but in five minutes 1 found that I loved him, and could talk with him as freely as with a friend of my own age. His nose, mouth and chin had the heavy Teutonic character, whose gen uine type always express* s an honest sim plicity and directness. Ills wrinkles were few and small, and his skin had a smooth ness and delicacy rarely seen in old men. His hair, although snow white, was still abundant, his step slow but firm, and his manner active almost to restlessness. I could not perceive that his memory, the first mental|facnlty to show decay, was at all impaired. He talked rapidly, and with I he greatest apparent ease, never hesitating for a word, whether in English or Her man, and, in fact, appeared to be uncon scious which language he was using, as he changed five or six times in the course of t lie conversation. ‘“You have traveled much and seen many ruins,'said Humboldt, as he gave me his hand: ‘now you have seen one more.’ 1 Not a ruin,’ I could not help re plying, ‘ but a pyramid.’ For I pressed the hand which had touched those of Frederick the Great, of Foster, the cham pion of Captain Cook, of Klopstock and Schiller, of Pitt, Napoleon, Josephine, the Marshals of the Empire, of Jefferson, Hamilton, Wieland, Herder, Evettie, Cu vier, La Place, Guy Lus*uc, Beethoven, Walter Scott—in short of every great man whom Europe has produced in three-quar ters of a century." What Sleep Will ( imp. Tins cry for rest has always been louder than the cry for food. Not that it is more important, hut, it is often harder to get, Tin best rest comes from sound sleep. Of two nun or women, otherwise equal, the one who sleeps the best will be the most moral, healthy and efficient. Sleep will do much to cure irritability of temper, peevishness, uneasiness. It will cure insanity. It will n 'tore to vigor an overworked brain. It will build up and make strong a weary body. It will do e dyspepsia, variety known as nervous dyspepsia. It will relievo the languor and prostration felt by consumptives. It will euro hypo ehomlna. It will cure the blues. It ’will 1 a dl will cure a broken spirit. It will cure ' •trow Indeed we might maki a long li-t ot nervous maladies that sle. p will curt*. 'fill •, .>( veepilU'ss h. e.vever n*t so easy, ; utieularly in thosy who c.rry . rax t\ sp •usibUlUt >■ The habit : sleep ine well is one which, it broken ujwfor any hngth of ♦.imp; is nor easily regained. < Mien a severe illness, treated by powerful ■•ilnijyi 4*ranes thdnemmaipstem that 9b <i> is mrtr r iv.el alter. Or perhaps, loitircontinued watrlifhlin-') piodnce' the u .i t Heck,' or hard of'foo Ihtie ex- Pn i-wot the nr Tfrt and whisky drinking, and tobacco using. To break up this requires; 1. A good elicit laaL, , 2 k'dlkelHit ey'wcf'-e to ptWfuced t\‘mri ness, and pleasant oecupalion, .1. Good air and not too warm a room. 4. Freedom {rum toq much care. HI A clean Stomach, 0. A clean conscience. 7. Avoidance of stimulants and narcotics. For those who an- overworked, haggard, nervous, who pass sleepless nights, wo commend the adoption of such habits as shall secure sleep, otherwise life will be short, and what there is of it sadly imper feet.—lli rald of Health. Interesting Facts. Glass windows were used for lights in 1180. Chimneys first put up to houses in 1280. Tallow candles for lights, 1290. Spectacles invented by an Italian iu 1210. Paper made from linen, 1802. Woolen cloth made in England, 1841. Art of printing from movable type, 1440. Watches first made in German;, 1447. Telescopes invented by Po:ia and dan son, 1590. Tea first brought from China to Europe in 1501. Circulation of blood discovered by Her vev in UilO. Newspaper first established in 1029. Pendulum clocks first invented in 1080. Barometer invented by Torricelli iu 1585. Steam engiue invented in 1049. Bread made with yeast in 1650. Cotton planted iu the United States in 1759. Fire engine invented in 1085 Stereotyping invented in Scotland iu 1786. Telegraph invented by Morse in 1882. The first daguerreotype made in France in 1889. Ovu Young Folks.—ln “The Story of a.Bad lioy,” in the Octobci number, the hero give? an entertaining account of n few attack? of love sickue.-- from which he suffered when a lad, one of which proved quite a serious though not fatal, af fair, and lie cause of which th : “Bad Hoy" was for a season an unspeakably happy “Blighted 15 dug.” Among the other '•ontenta ol Die October number are. an entertaining and instructive sketch et titled “ The Ghoshs of the Mines." by Major Tru, rso; How to Head, hi Everett Hale; Thirteenth Packet ol the William Henry Letter- ; Ancient and Modern Coral H-cls, by Elizabeth C. Agassiz; How Spotty was Tried for iter Life; The Swan Story, by Helen C, Weeks; A neat little song. Three in a Bed, with music, etc.; with many illustrations. A capital number. Published by Fields, Osooon & Cos., Bos ton. Mass. tfi.ixi per annum: three copies. #5.(Kt; live, fs.OO; ten, #15.00 : twenty, #iO.(H), with extra copy. Single numbers, ill cents. 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Godei Lady’s Hook. — “Lois Grant and her Howard,” is the title of a now story, by Marion Harland, which is liegun in the October number. “For Love's Sake," by M. K. Wood, is concluded. “Tho Queen's Jewels,” by Sidney Hyde, and other -lories, sketches, etc., are given in this number. “ Playing with Pussy,” is the title of the handsome steel plate A six ligttre colored fashion plate, w ith true designs, and a colored plate of designs for counterpanes, with full directions for working them. Tho extension sheet contains live il lustrations of tho latest designs of walking and even ing dresses, and twenty-three engravings of articles for ladles' and children's wear. “ Plucking the Thorn." a wood-cut. The “Work Department" contains several design# of fancy work, with Bins (rations. Many seasonable household receipts are also given. Published hy L. A. Godet, Philadelphia. 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The Children's Horn,—The number for October give- seu'fal short stories and sketches for the children, w ith appropriate picture-, poetry, etc. Each number of this little monthly contains thirty-two well filled pages, and is published by T - A unit r sonb, PliiladetpbU, Pi Single copies per y tr, #1.15: one copy three years, f'i.oo: five ct.pb'- one ;. #5O ; ten . opic?. "a. #'. ' ‘st. - _ I mbers, 1' cents. -ample number, HI cents. A pew day- j,g-> t L hghtninfr struck tip' trick of the N • \ York an i Now Haven I’ailrcad, ab-m three hundred the i ml tho shock w.c distinctly felt by the ju^-ougers.